One of these days I'm gonna save the Justin Kobylka video link I keep referencing BUT..
Sometimes my female mojo is testy, not necessarily snappy but very jumpy on anything else that moves in the room and with a wife, 3 dogs a cat a beardie and 3 more balls on the way it's hard to isolate her, anyways in that video especially the young ones and little noodles tend to be a little more defensive. If they don't try and wrap you up its a defensive strike which means husbandry is off or the animal is stressed often times they go hand in hand.
The whole point of this video was more putting your snake into flight instead of fight mode, for me it's easy with the killerblast but the female mojo is a big girl and she's very confident. Unfortunately for her I'm more confident, if she starts getting testy or coiling back in a strike position I touch her head or depending on where my other hand is under her chin. Under her chin she immediately calms down, top of her head she'll make a violent jerking back motion but after that she's fine, it's important during that case that you don't jump. They sense if you're not confident.
Before going that route I'd bump your cool side temps up a bit. Also as slim mentioned some take longer to settle in. My male normal is an 08 and he's not aggressive just doesn't really care to be handled much or for very long. Good luck!
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