My boyfriend and I have recently decided that we want to move in together. The problem is that he has ophidiophobia and I have 3 snakes. We never really thought about it before, as most of the time when I spent the night, I went to his house and I never forced him to look at my snakes.

However, he's decided that he wants to try to get over his phobia so he can live comfortably with me and the snakes. The thing is, I don't know how to go about helping him. Obviously I don't want to immediately throw a snake at him and make him hold it. I figured we would first start by just watching the snakes in their enclosures and him watching me handle them.

The tough part is I don't have any especially small snakes. My smallest is my 5 ft ball python, who's pretty shy, so I don't know how she would do with someone who is scared of her. My tamest snake is my 9 ft rtb, but because she is so big, I don't want to start him on her. I also have a blood python, who is actually very nice for a blood.

What's the proper course of action to take? When he is ready to hold a snake, which one should I start him on (He does want to try to hold one, I just don't want him to freak out and accidentally drop them.)?