ball pythons "in general" are a calm, easy mannered species. but they have their own personalities just like any sort of animal. 95% of my snakes are sweethearts, but i have a few that are complete biatch's and i've had them for 6 years, so it's not that they are not used to me. they simply dont like me or my presence.

that said, young ball pythons can be nippy. teenage years. you frighten them and over time they will learn you mean them no harm. also, this animal is new to yr home, yr enclosure, yr way of doing things. give it time. and if it's small, let it bite you. it will soon learn it's not having an effect and stop. if it is larger or your woried about being bit, wear gloves. it's important that you dont act jittery afraid of being bit - calm and confident and if it bites a few times, so be it, it will soon stop. the hissing though... sometimes that never stops with some individuals. grumpy gus's.

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• Hissing and striking question - acampero, Thu Aug 6 08:21:34 2009
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