I was at a box store during a sale checking for any good BP morphs or Leopard Gecko morphs and picked up a Gecko. The lady asked me if I knew anything about them and I told her I had a few, a beardie and over a dozen snakes so I was good. She then asked more and more about snakes and finally asked me if I wanted a milk snake. I said I didn't have one, but wouldn't mind one (I didn't mention I also wanted a King since they will eat just about anything [for infertile eggs or deformed babies]). She asked me if I wanted one and I said I wasn't looking to buy one. She replied that I could just have the one they couldn't sell because it was "too agressive" (I've heard that before...). Turns out, he isn't aggressive at all, just really flighty. I finally got him out the other night to see just how "aggressive" we was and all he did was try to run and then sprayed me multiple times.

Being a complete newbie to Colubrids (other than having a friend with 50 or so of them [who also just hatched 5 snow motley's out of 6 eggs!]) ... is this typical? I've never been sprayed by a snake before. It's obviously a defense mechanism, but I am curious if it's just the thing they do when they are scared and want out of your hands. I assume it will pass with time as it gets older, but I know what assuming does (if you don't, it makes an ass out of you and me [ass-u-me-ing])

TIA!