Hello, I'm not a expert like some guys on here, however 2 years ago when I first got into snakes I was still nervous around them because lack of knowledge about them"believe it or not even my corn snake made me nervious 2 years ago lol" however now Im the opposite, instead of being nervous, I want to start breeding and I want to work with bigger snakes! Trust me, you'll get over the nerves, and if you don't then maybe you should try a display snake =)