thanks for the replies that were nice and made sence...for the others sorry you feel the need to be so whatever you wanna call it...i would use words im pretty sure i shouldnt be putting on here but anyways...my son has been around snakes sence he was 3 he is now 8 this is just the first time he had one strike...JKPCONSTRICTORS..i have tried to get mine to bite me so i can know how it feels and get over it when i try to feed him..but i have no luck...im pretty sure the reason he did strike was because he just got put in tub last night and realy hasnt had time to get use to it before i took him out to add more holes..and iv been trying to switch him to f/t so he hasnt eatin in about 2 weeks...hopefully he will take it tomorrow..but again thanks for the encouraging replies that he will hopefully get over it.