Yeah, I found Loggerhead Acres/John Richards (got his last name wrong in the original post) very helpful and others generally report him as very fair. He patiently answered my questions by phone and I'd certainly do business with him again if I suddenly got crazy enough to keep two of these critters in the house. The consensus on growth is that they can get to over 200 lbs, but it takes over 200 years. Mine most likely grew slower at first as I'd had the water heated to only the mid 70's. I heard 82 degrees is ideal, and when I changed to that it really kicked up Vlad's metabolism. My prior experience was with common snappers, cooters, chicken turtles, sliders and eastern painted turtles, and their growth rate is much faster. He has never warmed up to handling, so I try not to disturb him except for tank cleaning and showing the neighbor kids the reason for the locking tank lid. After seeing him bite through a stick, carrots and a plump goldfish, I don't want to volunteer a finger. When he wouldn't eat with spectators present, we set up a video camera and taped him angling. It was three hours of being immobile, then "BAM!". Fast forwarding to the lone action scene was interesting. His movements were minimal and as slow as the minute hand on a clock, until he banged that bear trap shut on the fish.