Bruce,

Hard to argue with your logic and I certainly understand what you mean by overhandling. I handle my snake pretty much everyday and part of the reason is that as soon as I open the top he's climbing up and wrapping around my wrist. Which leads me to assume he's wanting to be handling. Generally I just drape him over my neck and he crawls all over my face and neck. Am I stressing him by letting him do this? For his own good do you think I should just not handle him even if he comes out for it (or so that's how it seems to me)