I have a spinner male that is skitzo, this snake jumps if you breath the wrong way.. But I have noticed that after 3 or 4 days of regular handeling(half hour or so for a few days) he becomes as calm as a kitten.. We have 30 snakes so it's hard to hold each snake for 30 minutes everyday, so when his rotation comes up again in a few days he's back to skitzoville, anyway long and short is, I think it's beneficial to regularly your snakes maybe not 3 times a day but atleast once a day if you have the time. Hope it helps.