Last night I was putting the water bowl back into Apache's cage, and he walloped me. He thought I was food, because it was not a quick little snap, it was a feeding response. It's not like he is starving; he gets a rat every week, and just had one last Thursday! But maybe he just got excited and went for me. He didn't seem to be in an attack posture or anything.
I hate how it feels to get bitten! Like all these tiny spikes going into your hand. And then it's like they "peel" their jaws off of you!
Just remember kiddies, snakes are always able to bite. And when you let your guard down once, like I did, you open yourself up to get whacked!