My daughter's 16 - she wants to train to be a vet specializing in herps I guess if she does she's going to have to get used to things biting. I think it's more he makes us jump - no way can we say it hurts - he doesn't measure much more than 1 1/2 ft I think. I was really just wondering what the chances are of taming down a spotted of this age that is already jumpy - I know baby spotteds/childrens are supposed to be nippy but (mostly) grow out of it.