Recognizing a strike/bite before it happens?

[Kaorte]

Ok,

so someone said that if you are bit while handling not to put the snake back until it has calmed down, otherwise you are just rewarding bad behaviour and letting the snake know that if it bites it will be left alone. Does everyone agree with this? On the same note, lets say I pick up the hide, give the snake a little rub on the side, and it hisses at me...proceed to handle it with caution and confidence or leave it alone?

I would agree with that.

When I go to get a snake out of its enclosure I approach from the side, gently touch the side and then scoop it up. If it hisses, I pick it up anyway. Eventually they will learn that hissing will not make me go away and I am not going to hurt them.