Quote Originally Posted by etenia View Post
Have they ever tried to strike at you when you aren't feeding them? Just curious.. I dont feed mine in their tanks, I dont want them thinking I'm prey when I take them out to hold them. My bp knows when it's time for him to eat when I put him in his feeding tub, it's rather neat to watch..
Sure I've had snakes strike at me. When you own 40 of them, well somebody is going to take a jab at you once in awhile. Is it related to the fact that they all eat in their own home enclosures - likely not since there's no obvious pattern to it to indicate to me that is the reason. Snakes strike occasionally, it's what they do.

Quote Originally Posted by etenia View Post
My snakes have never struck at me and I hold them both just about everyday for a few minutes. When it's really nice and warm we go on walks!
I was just curious cuz a friend of mine has a snake he feeds in it's tank and he's gotten really mean. His other ones haven't though.
Most likely it's not related to feeding or perhaps he's only got his hands in there for feeding so the snake is simply reacting to a habit. There's far too many factors involved in why a snake might strike at you to lay it all at the door of feeding in the environment.