I have a Spider that loves to be handled. He will sleep in my lap, around my wrist or around my neck.

I also have a normal girl that, while she doesn't really like being handled, she will tolerate almost anything.

I had her sexed by a vet a couple months back and even getting probed she didn't put up much of a fite and didn't strike. The vet said she was the best behaved snake she'd ever sexed.

My California Kingsnake is also super great. He loves being handled and you can pretty much leave him alone and he won't go getting himself lost outside his cage.

None of my snakes has ever even tried to strike me. I guess it has to do with how you treat them and how calm you are around them. Or maybe i'm just rediculously lucky.