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hey everyone i bought a blonde pastel ball python on sunday at a reptile show he is young and very skidish anytime anything move around him he jumps back and tries to hide how can stop this or get him to be ok with handling ? thanks

At a young age, ball pythons need consistent handling to relax with their new owners and new homes. But, being you just bought her, you need to give her a few days to adjust to her new surroundings before handling her alot. But with proper handling, she should calm down nicely as she gets older. Though there are some that won't, we have a five year old male that still curls up in the ball. All these years we've had him it still takes a few minutes of handling for him to start to relax and he's still somewhat jumpy. Good luck.

thats what i figured i just needed to handle her and she will come around. after a couple mins she does warm up and starts roaming around trying to get into stuff but she is still jumpy i will contuine to work with her tho.
thanx for the help.