Quote Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany View Post
3- Their personality is so great. They are very nice snakes, but usually a bit shy when young. The young ones will most likely play dead as the older Hogs will hiss, "mock strike", and hood out like a cobra. Though, they are very friendly snakes and great for a first time snake owner. Being bitten does happen rarely; they are more likely to bump you with their nose than bite you. And if you do get bitten, take it off right away and do not let it chew on you. The chewing is to keep on pumping saliva into you, and if your allergic to the saliva it would not be a good thing at all. So if you get bit, take it off right away to prevent it from sinking the rear fangs into you. And like I said, the babies will put out more for the playing dead display rather than adults, but if your snake is used to human contact and being handled it will rarely play dead or do any defense mechanisms.
Actually it is not their saliva you need to worry about. It is the venom in their fangs. (Which they actually have). Look at the 3rd post: http://www.venomdoc.com/forums/viewt...ight=heterodon