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This is actually a good change, but strange nonetheless. I have a 1yr male Mexican Black King that was very agressive. He has an incredibly strong feeding response and would bite anything that he could and hold on. I believe this agression to be all feeding response because of the fact that he holds on and because he is not defensive in any way....Anyway, one day I opened his tub for a routine cleaning and he was real jumpy, trying to get away and doing his best rattlesnake impersonation. This time he did not bite? Not only that, be has hasn't bitten ever since and he is not nervous either?? The last time I took him out I just picked him up and he laid completely limp while a changed his water. He still eats like a champ though!

Is this common with Kingsnakes? My boas and pythons never changed this suddenly.

thanks
jeff

I do not know how common it is but I have a few snakes in my collection that have done the same thing. More namely Honduran Milks though. I hate to handle them as babies, they're bitey and flighty. Then, without regular handling....they just calm down. Once they have some size on them and you can hold them easier and restrain them less they just seem to get more manageable. I have many new snakes here....and they all bite, poop, and try n flee at the speed of light. What a freakin pain! Consider yourself lucky LOL Tom Stevens