lol.... i dont blame ya dont want it to think fingers=food, was just joking. I tend to believe the behavior re-enforcement, my female when i got her was rather snappy and i started handling her with gloves to avoid bites when i first got her as she was my first snake. There was numerous times in the first month or 2 that she would snap at us, sometimes multiple strikes, and i kept her out utill she settled and stopped snapping and then put her back in her enclosure. Now after 3 months i am just reaching in and grabbing her and havnt had a problem for a little over a month, but it might be different for each individual. Most adult carpets that i have been around have been calm thats part of the attraction for me as our 4 kids love all the "strange" pets and my smaller 2 are quite good with the kids (under strick supervision) so i wanted something that they were able to handle "safely". Next on the list is either a pair of hypo bredli's or a pair of B&G Jungles