Quote Originally Posted by kojack8389 View Post
Do you hold your snakes or let them move around on their own? I usually try to hold my snake a few times a week for 10 min at least. Sometimes when Kojack gets comfortable he will try to escape my grasp. One time when he did that and I went to keep him from getting lose he jumped back at me. Kinda scared me but it probably scared him more. I'm still trying to get over my fear that he's going to strike me one day :-P
He will probably not unless you give him a reason. Learn the snake body language. I'd rather be bit defensively than as mistaken for prey. I got bit by a rescue who thought i was food. It sucked big time. A snake* that is biting defensively is not going to sink their teeth in as hard (most 'o the time) as they would if they thought you were food. They don't want to get stuck with those recurved teeth to a scary predator! it takes them a few seconds to disengage the teeth, most snakes (balls/corns in my experience) will strike conservatively and often don't bite down hard, if they even open their mouth at all. I have received many a love tap from a scared baby ball. They bunch up, then go "doink" against your hand or wherever with a close mouth strike.
i think it's pretty cute, but i do try to calm down and not frighten them any more if they do it.

*Most of my experience is with relatively pleasant balls, i hear some snakes are mean biters! i can't say for sure...