Most female Thamnophis are calm, there are a few exceptions and there are exceptions by species also. As with most males of the species, they are more about "feed me and leave me alone" with some exceptions. I once had a nature abused wild male radix that looked like he had been in a war. He would go crazy at the site of me in the room. It took a year to calm him down and he became a good and trusted radix. He gladly came to me and hung out, I miss my boy "Scar" I still have one of his daughter and she is the spitting image of her father with the temperament of her mom(Lucky,R.I.P.)