She never did break skin - as far as we could tell she was skipping straight to trying to swallow - no chewing or attempt at envenomation that we could tell (just a little drool). We're aware of the risk, and figure it's comparable, or even less than the risks of working with honeybees, which my husband has not always worn a bee suit for. "Less than" because one snake is easier to keep track of than several hundreds or thousands of flying little bees.
Our son is 22, and the youngest semi-regular visitor is a HS senior who likes snakes, wants one of her own, but we trust not to handle one without asking first. If Dizzy doesn't figure out that humans aren't food, she'll only get handled by family, or other "snake people" that clearly understand the risk.
And as Fraido said, snake's gonna do what snake's gonna do. I'll take an attempt from Dizzy to swallow my finger over a bite from my big Bredli!
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