thanks for all the well wishes! good news! no more cold (YEAH!) and he's liking being held more! when you open his cage, he climbs out onto your shoulder and will sleep on you forever! then, when you go and open his cage again, he'll climb back in and go get in his water bowl again. no complaints at all, he listens better than the dogs do. also, we got him to eat a good meal, which put him in a way better mood! tonight we had a mishap ha ha. peanut was being silly, and jumped into my lap while i was on the comp, and hopped right onto the poor guy. talk about a scare! the snake took it pretty much in stride, but peanut? not sure what scared peanut worst though, my reacting of pushing him away or the snake, since i don't think he realized what he landed on!