Dave is savage killing machines and qleverly lured you and your into a false sense of security so he could get into position and Bam Nope, lol Just couldnt resist, could have been a front pager.

I only have the one Fiesty little girl, so I havent had a BP bite me full on yet /crossfingers. My kids 1.1 8/12 that have been handling snakes since they could crawl, neither has been bitten, yet. But there have been times when its been close, like the other day my girl was hold my little lesser, the fiesty one and logan leaned over to have a closer look and a small striking fit did happen. Good thing hes got daddy reflexes but got a better view then he expected, never got touched though.

We have a couple little rules, one about sticking our faces in theirs, one about always washing hands, one about not pulling away if you do get bite (so far this one is more a ideal then a rule), and one about comfort, if either you or the snake seem nervous the visit is over, and we make our guests follow these as well.

I wouldnt write old dave off just yet, he can still be a trusted family pet, as far as you can trust a pet completly driven by instict

chris