Racer, youve had yours a week now? When I get new snakes (or any herp) I dont handle them for at least 3 weeks. If I see noticeable improvement by then I start gently handling, but Ive had it take longer. It took 2 months for my rescued leo to stop dashing into his hide at the slightest provocation, and 2 weeks after that to stop the biting. Weird though, makes me wonder what the heck happened to him before I adopted him...
I lot of new ball pythons just go limp and listless because of plain stress... People interpret that as 'tame'. im not saying yours is, but its very unusual for a pet shop ball python to be truly 'tame' that fast. Would you accept a giant smelly monster as a non-threat after only a week of it lifting you out of your house and carrying you around?
ok guys. I understand both your "young hearts and young bloods" points. I will get it. Of course that, in comom lingo, being captive bred and periodically handled, it is "tame", by tame meaning "adapted" to being force handled..but not liking it, not wellcoming it.
Consider it truely tolerant of handling when it moves around freely, not striking or hissing, and not curling into a ball when you take it out. If it's curling into a ball, it's scared.
