don't you find you grow into it as well genevive? i want to get a boa, not sure if it's gonna be bci,bcc or bcl yet, im up in the air, but for my balls, i've gotten them all as babies and i find they grow with me, and i know how to read each one inside and out, cause i "know" them, i've never been bit or struck at cause i think i can read them pretty well, from what i've heard, OP is that bci are pretty much the best snake to have once you get over the size, tempermant etc are excellent, but remember they are just like people, different personalities, tempers, etc ,everyones different