Quote Originally Posted by tbowman View Post
I think you would still have that even without the head shyness. My burm you can touch him on the head or even kiss him and he doesn't flinch. But when I have to secure his head is doesn't like it. I had to give him injections for an RI and as he got better he liked it less and less.
Even though I've never had to administer meds, I think this is true with my BPs too. Toby doesn't mind having his head touched at all, and in fact he'll even let me give him chin rubs... but the few times I've tried to restrain his head, just to check something unusual (weird scale/reflection), he was definitely not having it!

To answer the OP's question, most snakes are fairly head-shy, but will learn to accept it over time. Mona was really shy when I first got her, and now she's pretty cool about having her head touched. Just keep handling them gently, and they will eventually get more & more accepting of your touch.