Have you had him the full year? How often do you handle him? Is he in a clear tank? It is true he will calm down with time but if you have him in a clear glass tank he can't see you..they have very poor long distance sight. He just sees something big coming for him and he's still in that phase of his life where everything is trying to eat him. I'm honestly not too sure when he'll outgrow that, but the more you handle him the more safe he'll feel in your hands. You have probably noticed from the first time you handled him to how it is now...mine used to run from me but now they just let me pick them up with no problem. If you get close enough and he recognizes you from that standpoint he may stick out to see if you're going to feed him, but mine are the same way as in always hiding. I TRY to take mine out 2-3 times a day for 15 mins at a time (the yearlings). Good luck.
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Current snakes:
0.1 Licorice Stick Black Rat(Lola)
1.0 Neonate Black Rat (het for Lic Stk's) (Frankie)
1.1 Texas Bairds ("Bill" and "The Bride aka Beatrix Kiddo" )

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