Quote Originally Posted by djansen View Post
Right now we have a tiny okeetee corn snake that is just a little jerk. She gets so defensive if you stick your hand in there. She puffs up, rattles her little tail, says mean things about your mother, and strikes. She will hopefully grow out of it. The adult we have has the personality of Winnie the pooh, he just seems like a big goof.

Aside from that almost every snake I have owned has been pretty mellow, even my rainbow boas.
I've had many corn snakes, bred Okeetees, & still have 5 (various) corn snakes: your tiny one sounds normal, considering that so many birds would just think "worm!"
& gulp him down. Some hatchling corns are mellow but they'd probably not survive for long in the wild, so just think of yours as a survivor! And just be patient, she'll
more than likely out-grow it just fine, corns are awesome pets, easy to feed & easy to handle. BTW, have you noticed that even if your hatchling corn "bites" you, you
can't even feel their teeth!? they're too small to even break the skin, hahahaha!

Try to imagine being so tiny and confronted with GIANT HUMANS & your instincts say that which picks you up is a PREDATOR -that's where she's coming from, she's
definitely not a "jerk", she just wants to live a while.