Suddenly Scared?

[Lolo76]

I agree with the others... you WILL eventually get bitten, it WILL get you over the fear, and you WILL laugh at how insignificant & painless it truly is. That doesn't mean you're weird to be jumpy, as it's human nature to jump when something's lunging at you with teeth bared - but at least with these smaller snakes, it's really no big deal if/when they make contact. Now a Burm, on the other hand, could probably do some major damage (so thankfully they're quite docile by nature).

As somebody else already mentioned, rodent bites are so much worse - I fear them much more than my snakes! My cats can also do some damage, especially my evil 10yo Persian who feels we need permission to pet him. I have scars from that kitty, while the snake bites have never left a permanent mark.