Striking at my face

[bcr229]

First thing I tell people "NEVER bring a snake up to your face", your head is the hottest part of your body and snake seak to strike at the hottest part whether it's defensive, hungry, stressed or just zero in on that heat.

This. Also your snake thinks you're a predator about to eat it since your face is BIG.

Now, it's different if you're holding your snake across your shoulders once it's grown up a bit, and it decides on its own to investigate your face/hair/head, but that's a far cry from you suddenly lifting the snake up to your face.