Quote Originally Posted by kojack8389 View Post
Do you hold your snakes or let them move around on their own? I usually try to hold my snake a few times a week for 10 min at least. Sometimes when Kojack gets comfortable he will try to escape my grasp. One time when he did that and I went to keep him from getting lose he jumped back at me. Kinda scared me but it probably scared him more. I'm still trying to get over my fear that he's going to strike me one day :-P
Kristen,

As a keeper of snakes you may get bit one day. It hasn't happened to me yet (knock on wood). But I'm looking into larger more aggressive snakes and I'm sure it's just a matter of time. I understand that a bite from a BP is not that big a deal though. Take comfort in knowing that the more you get to know your snake and the more he gets to know you, the less you will worry about it.