My two were both shipped to me. The boy was mellow and calm out of the box, and still is - I open the cage and he climbs onto my hand to be taken out. The female was extremely snappy and struck at me any time I got near her, until the first time I got her to eat. She's still cautious since then, but hasn't really struck except when I was holding her and gesturing with my other hand while talking to someone - and then it was a fear-strike at the hand I was waving around, and pretty half-hearted at that.