what i need to know is how do i go about teaching my niece(7 yrs old) how to hold a snake so as not to scare it. she is absolutely in love with my snakes and always wants to hold one, but when she does hold one i think she is still kinda scared of it and of hurting it and is jumpy and the snake keeps trying to get up her arm. also im a horrible teacher so i cant explain to her how i hold them or what i do and why, its just natural to me how to hold them.

also a few days ago she was at a picnic and was rock flipping and found a ringneck and i guess she scared the crap out of her mom, thats how much she is into snakes now.