Ok, so my character leveled to 8, the prerequisite for entering the Lair or Snakes.
Hermit still says I'm too low for Search for the Lair of Snakes which requires 30 snakes killed.

I enter the lair and the Snake Charmer gives me several bigger quests which include a 50 kill count
each of Big Snakes and Giant Snakes. At level 9 the Hermit still won't let me kill 30 regular snakes.

During the Snake Charmer's quests, I gathered 5 snake skins for the Recipe: "Wooden Pole" quest
and now can't turn it in until level 10 with the update (my fault, I know). By the time I reach level 10,
I should have every snake quest completed except the Hermit's 30 basic snakes left to kill.