LOL well to be honest, she was bought for my daughter, who wanted a "pretty" snake and ummm....we bought the flowers just to match Emi's colors (okay all you manly man snakekeepers may now laugh & point okay...geesh! ).

From what we researched and what we've experienced with Emi, Nelson's are considered to be one of the calmest of the milksnake family. They don't tend to be too spazzy, nippy or musk all that much if cared for and handled properly. Emi is an 05, just reaching her breeding maturity (Nelson's develop quite slowly compared to other colubrids so I've been told). She's never hissed, never nipped and hasn't musked anyone since she was a tiny noodle baby.

We use Emi as our "introduction snake" when we've done snake shows for small groups. We bet people we can produce a snake that's pretty darn hard to be afraid of. We bring out Emi and most of the time instead of "EEEEKKKK!!!", we hear "awwwwwww". It is pretty hard to be afraid of a cute snake that looks pretty much like a living toy, has bright peach eyes, a peach flicking tongue and a winning personality.