We rescued a Pinstripe that the owner was afraid of and used a hook to even remove his hide so we could see him. He was striking every time, but I realized pretty quick that it was just fear.
We started to handle him with caution and two days later I sent the seller a pic of me holding his "terrible" snake. He never gave him a fair chance!
Today I can even hold his head to inspect his mouth if I have to, and to date we haven't been bitten once..
Just be confident and relentlessly stubborn about your snakes improvement.
I guess the moral to this story can be summed up with the words of Henry Ford:
"Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you're right."
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