I have had my sumatran red blood for a couple years now and I have found that he has more personality than any of my ball pythons or other colubrids that I have worked with. I first got him at the Rocky Mountain Reptile Expo when he was a few months old and was as mean as you could possibly find. I worked with him every day and he calmed down, but it seemed like once he hit his "teenage" years he became extremely unpredictable, warm and cuddly one day and trying to take a chunk out of my arm the next. I stopped handling him for a while until just recently and now he is very calm and relaxed with me, but as soon as he knows theres another person in the room he will start hissing and striking at them.

I really do love having him, even though he is a challenge and pretty unpredictable. I would say that you should try to find one that is fairly docile as a baby and then work with them. I hope you find something! Good luck!