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I rescued a near 5 foot ball python about six months ago.
She had a realy good temper with me.
She wasnt being very well taken care of, and she had scares on her belly.
Well anyways, I brought her home, and put her in a nice clean 30gal, with a big water bowl and hide log. She loves it, but anyway I can take her out snuggle with her kiss her on the face, pretty much anything I want. But when anybody else comes near she snaps right at them, like just today she almost threw her self off the table to bite my bf and as soon as I picked her up she was fine.
Just wondering if anybody has had this happen before?

hahaha--- maybe its a sign.... like you know when dogs get aggressive towards some people.

We have some snakes here-- like one of the burmese pythons we have--- HATES my husband.
But my husband is also just now getting really 'used to' the big snakes.

is your bf at all nervous around the snake? --- he may not admit it but you can tell from body language...

Beth
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The rescue site: www.freewebs.com/okreptilerescue

Many of my smaller snakes do the same thing. Smaller I mean a few of my balls, borneo is bad about that and my marble bloods. I think they feel safe in your hands and when someone walks by they see the motion and strike.
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Education is Everything.......

Yes I have had some like that . You take them from a bad situation and give them what they need and are good to them , they see you as security and they feel that with you nothing will be allowed to heart them , so then some strange shape and smell comes along and they pick up on a unsure vibe from that person and so they start to feel insecure and strike out as a defensive gesture . If you are holding her can your B/F approach her and touch her ? If so it ma just take some time to get her to trust him . David of DS Reptile Rescue

Thanks to every one for replying ^^
As for my bf, sometimes she will let him hold her, but latley she hasn liked him much. She is good to me always.

I think that is just an example of one of the things I like most about snakes... it's just another trait that makes them beautiful. They're not like dogs where loyalty is just handed over... With snakes, you EARN their trust. I truely believe they know who you are and remember you and each has their own individual personality.

My cobra is the perfect little bracelet for me becuz I'm the only one has worked with him for so long and made him tame and docile. No one else can get near that snake. But me? I have no problems. It's the same with my female Albino Ball Python. I can toy with her all day long, but if someone other than me pulls open that drawer she is hissing up a storm, and they haven't even reached in yet!

But it goes different ways. Frank has a Boa that no one else can get near. He can be an evil guy, but Frank's raised him since he was a baby. He was his snake, not mine, I never spent the time with him that he did. He trusts Frank. My Cobra and my Albino trust me.

They know you're good to them and you don't mean them harm. YOU'VE spent that time with them and that YOUR bond.

Snakes can bond tight just like any other pet.

Call me crazy, it's just what I think.
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)