And this is where your animal's individual disposition plays a part.
I think we really discount how much effect a snake's personality can have on its behavior in terms of response to stressors and other environmental effects.
If that is true, then I am NEVER selling my male normal Ragnarok for less than $1000, because he is super cool and tame personality. You have a point, he was always fairly docile since I have known him as a juvenile I rescued.