Well, african house snakes are NOT corn snakes. All my research made them sound like corn snakes, docile, not bitey, a little flighty/nippy as babies but grow out of it quickly... etc. Yet my little 7 month old is not only extremely flighty and defensive, but about 20 times faster than a corn snake. Literally faster than my eyes can even follow. Possibly the speed of light. (Yes, I know that last one was an exaggeration
). She's fast. And bouncy. She bounced/jumped from the substrate to the TOP of the sliding lid when I opened it. That's a 10 inch jump!
Had she bounced again before I caught her, she would have been long gone. I never would have caught her.
She also has much bigger teeth. A corn snake hatchling bite feels like velcro. A house snake hatchling bite feels like needles. It's gonna take a while to tame this one down I think. But now that she's settled in, I can get started.
That's the bad news. The good news is she has not musked me (yet), and she had her first meal with me today. I stuffed her mouse full of sugar to make her sweeter. (kidding) And she's as pretty as she is insane, so once she calms down she is going to be awesome!