>>I find it interesting that You say Agkistrodon contortrix sspp. are easy to handle when 2-3 others said they don't ride a hook easy...?

Hmmm... It's certainly possible that my definition of "fairly easy" is somewhat skewed by having worked with a 10 foot, wild caught black mamba, 13 foot king cobras and a few demonic forest cobras...

The only copper in my personal collection rides a hook very well MOST of the time. Others I've worked with may have been a little more "squirmy", but at least they tend to hang over the hook and "hold on" when they feel like sitting still.

Most pygmies I've worked with have had a tendency to try and stretch out straight while on the hook even when they are not actively trying to get away. This tends to result in the snake tipping off the hook in one direction or the other. They just don't seem to have the instinct for holding on to keep from falling. Two hooks sometimes sometimes solve this problem if they will sit still, Puff adders and a few others have similar tendencies.
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