oh man, Brita, my old Barneck Scrub Python. we got her from my brothers friend, he got evicted from his apartment, and his parents said hell no, so we took her, for "two weeks". anyway, she was eight feet when we got her, never been held, and she would strike the glass everytime someone would walk by. we put a blanket over her cage and she still struck as soon as you entered the room. it was a challenge just giving her water, you'd have to poor with one hand and hold her down with a hook with the other. the guinea pigs barely had time to hit the floor before she got them. eventually she started calming down around me, i would just sit in front of her cage for an hour or so at a time. i decided that since she stopped striking at me, i didnt need the hook to give her water, so i reached in there, and she got my hand and coiled up my arm. it took me ten minutes to get her off, and at this time she was 10+ft and i was like 14-15, at home alone lol. about two yrs later (she was 12+ft now) she stopped striking when i would give her water, which was quite the relief. and after some liquid courage (jager), i swung the door open, grabbed her and put her around my neck, and she was fine for like 20-30mins, then she gave me a quick bite on my arm so i put her back. then all of a sudden my stupid sister who didnt even live with us at the time called the guy that gave her to us and told him to come pick her up, without any of us knowing, so i came into the garage and saw him loading her into his truck that was like 2-3yrs ago, and im still at her for that. that snake was special to me, i was the only one that could reach in her tank or do anything around her with her being completly undisturbed. if anyone else went within 10ft of her cage she was instantly in "S" mode haha. man i miss that snake