I was watching a video from Garrick on YouTube from royal constrictors and he made a great point about new owners or less experienced hobbyists. That it's not always a great idea to buy a hatchling or brand new snake as there are more challenges getting them to eat, get comfortable shedding etc. It made sense as he was recommending something maybe 130 -140g as a first snake is a good idea.

As I read through tons of listing on morph market and kingsnake I do come across listings that mention the snake is very nippy or tags out of defensive nature and have even seen some videos with larger balls to where they're still just very defensive and strike a lot. I know that as a previous snake owner (before having a kid) it comes with the territory but for our purposes which is introducing my young daughter to snakes with the wife that is not a snake person it's going to be difficult if we acquire one that turns out to just want to bite all the time. Our plan was to go to the reptile show to see a bunch but I wonder if we are better off going with an experienced seller and trying to explain clearly what we are looking for and seeing if they have something that just seems a whole lot calmer and better adjusted. If we get one that ends up wanting to strike often no matter what we do or handle it properly we will end up having to get rid of it or my wife may bite me.

any thoughts?