His light head is awesome btw. His pattern is pretty clean too with way more yellow then the gold coloration. I have to be honest here but neither of my pastels male or female have a head that light. I have seen pictures of supers with light heads. That's great he's getting used to you. How long do you handle him for? I usually pet all of mine daily to get them used to touch but I pick them up and hold them only for about 2-5 minutes after they get comfortable and start trying to get away or explore all over while in my hands. I feel I should do it for longer now that I'm thinking about it.
That's funny about the pastels though, I've seen them on you tube being cranky too. Snakebites did a thing about the white snakes being the most docile and the dark ones being the most aggressive. I guess they have never had a BEL or what we're calling BlkEL bite them in the vast amount of snakes they've dealt with. My male pastel is the only other snake I have that makes me nervous. The others I feel I can reach in at any point in time and pet them but those two, mostly her make me nervous. I need to read up on it but there was something interesting I heard about "dominating" the snake. I guess if you just grab them before they know whats going on and are slightly overbearing with making sure they just stay in your hand that will keep them from being snappy??...
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