We have a corn snake that is our oldest sons pet since he was 12 and he is now 22. he nolonger lives at home but the snake (betty) still does. I like all non poisenus snakes,I dont mind the rattlers as they have always warned me where they are BUT those DANG copperheads will lay in place and before you see them you are bite. My oldest son and I have both been bite once and it feels like someone injected fire into you. our dogs get bite nearly every year so I kill every copperhead I can find. Snakes in general dont bother me as they have there place in mother nature.