There are plenty of wild adult snakes that I've encountered in the field that were perfectly tame. I'd say this about every glossy snake I've caught, as well as a number of gopher snakes. I don't think anyone was going out into the wild and regularly handling them as babies so that when I caught them they'd be "tame." I reckon some adult snakes are "naturally tame" whether they be captive-bred or wild.



I've noticed that specific clutches of Honduran morphs can also be quite handleable as babies. I'm not sure what's up with that, as most non-morph Hondurans I've produced flipped out whenever they were handled. So I do agree with the post that not all baby Hondurans are spastic.



Tim



Here's a wild Bungee Cord Snake that I saw crossing the road in Arizona. It made no attempt to escape. I am holding it behind the head because I am not sure if this species in venomous.

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• Taming a pueblan - johnthebaptist, Fri Dec 3 13:52:27 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - KevinM, Fri Dec 3 14:52:56 2010
• Simple answer: No. - Sunherp, Fri Dec 3 16:02:42 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - markg, Fri Dec 3 16:05:35 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - JKruse, Fri Dec 3 22:39:13 2010
• that snake is giving you the....... - DMong, Sat Dec 4 00:26:27 2010
• aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaaaaaa........ - JKruse, Sun Dec 5 00:09:04 2010
• LMAO!!!!! n/p - DMong, Sun Dec 5 16:04:56 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - tspuckler, Sat Dec 4 09:04:59 2010
• exactly!....... - DMong, Sat Dec 4 10:28:19 2010
• RE: exactly!....... - mfoux, Sun Dec 5 20:26:05 2010
• RE: exactly!....... - DMong, Sun Dec 5 21:16:51 2010
• RE: exactly!....... - johnthebaptist, Sun Dec 5 21:40:27 2010
• RE: exactly!....... - tspuckler, Mon Dec 6 11:35:38 2010
• RE: exactly!....... - johnthebaptist, Mon Dec 6 13:10:01 2010
• RE: exactly!....... - DMong, Mon Dec 6 13:31:46 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - mikefedzen, Sat Dec 4 13:55:00 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - mingdurga, Mon Dec 6 09:26:29 2010
• LOL!! - DMong, Mon Dec 6 10:51:35 2010