yeah.... that tends to happen alot..... don't wory about it..... i think i've lost my snakes more than anyone else here and i have only had em for 2 yrs....... almost every time i have found willow my little.... (well.... not so little any more........) male eastern...... he tends to bite..... but after his last little and the longest (hopefully the last....) so far..... he has been a good boy