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I don't understand
So I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this. The explanations a little long, I know, but bear with me. 
I've got this California King snake and when I got him he was a sweet curious snake. Already a year old, I rescued him from a 8 year old boy who had lost interest, he was surprisingly friendly.
After I'd had him a few months I was pretty comfy with him so I'd let him cruise around on me and my chair while on the computer or whatever. Then one day he bit me. Not struck or anything. He was just cruising up my arm, nosing around like usual and he opened his mouth and set it on me. Real slow and gentle like till it closed down. It was my elbow which is a ridiculous place for a little king to be trying to 'eat' me from. And he would work his jaw back and forth like he was trying to swallow. I figured it was a fluke and put him back in his tank.
But it kept getting worse, started out gentle but escalated to full on strikes and eventually I couldn't even get him out of his cage without employing gloves. I stopped handling him for months, feeding in his cage and only taking him out to clean.
After a couple of months I took a chance and tried picking him up. He was skittish but fine. Now he seems back to his old self. Though I don't trust him enough to relax at the computer yet.
Anyone else experience a weird change in personality?? 
I swear nothing changed in my husbandry of him. Not before the aggression and not after, unless you count the amount of handling time.
Thanks for reading.... what do you think?
~TruthsDeceit~
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