Went through 2 years with these guys... from 200grams to 1700grams... trying to overcome snake phobia... never been bit. Even getting really comfortable with them.

We hatch out a pretty bumblebee and he's the creep snake from hell! Actually all 3 of the guys are.

It's like they transformed overnight too. I've been cleaning the paper towels everyday since they hatched... is it 6 days now? No problem. Then this morning, I go pick up the hide and they're all in s-coils! All 3 of them. So, I get my son to move them out, so he put them on the inverted hide. I go clean everything out and they're still in s-coils, so I pick up the inverted hide intending to just slide the snakes out onto the paper towels and Jack - the bigger bumblebee stretches out his neck and tags me - bam! - right on the wrist. I got so startled I dropped all of them on the floor! It was a high drop too. Like a good 2 feet down!

I was screaming like a banshee, I can't help it. I felt something pinch but I look at my wrist and I couldn't see anything - no puncture, bruise, nothing. But, I'm pretty sure I got bit.

My 9-year-old son had to inspect all of them and put them all back. My snake-phobia was back in full force.

I think I just went down a full 10 notches in my son's cool-mom rating.

Is this normal? I mean, no not me screaming, I'm pretty sure I'm down 10 notches in your herp-keeper rating too. I mean, for these guys to go psycho like that.

No shed yet, so no meals yet either.