Welcome to BPNet, Kerig. Congrats to you and your family and to Monty on ending up in a caring home.

You are lucky that you live in Chicago. There's a fantastic snake show in Tinley Park every fall that you may want to attend just to have a real view of what's possible with these amazing snakes. A lot of top breeders attend it and from everything I've heard, it's a fantastic and fun experience for the whole family!

http://www.narbc.com/htm2006/tp_index.htm

I love how you are experiencing such nice health benefits from owning your snake. I've always found them a very relaxing snake to just sit with and very helpful with stress, etc. Thanks for sharing the lovely pictures of Monty.