Oh, I don't know...she looks pretty relaxed to me. One of my young (2.5 years old) rat snakes still puts up a huge fuss when I pick her up- she'll often thrash wildly- & then wrap really tight on my arm like we're locked in battle! She & her opposite (overly-mellow) 2 siblings are each about 4' long now, so she has enough length to really be a "tourniquet" when she does that, lol. And only after she goes thru some drama, then she calms down & truly seems to like being handled- it's been a long time since I've had any nips from her (not many, in total, either) and she's really making great progress now- I enjoy holding her because once she "remembers" she's safe with me, she just has so much personality- but she's an odd snake, for sure. I have to keep a light touch- she's hyper-sensitive, & the challenge she presents keeps it interesting. I wouldn't want all snakes to be the same & puppy-dog mellow- some of them need to keep us on our toes.
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