Yea I know what y'all mean...the advice is to let him strike/bite with no reaction so they will not have a learned behavior...as much of a passion I have for snakes...and absolutely love them...I'm sorry but my first and only reaction to a snake strike is a quick jerk response lol...it's not a fear of the pain as much as it is a surprise...don't know that I'll ever "get use to it" lol