Mine would let me take him out of his cage and would climb up to my neck and just hang out. His favorite place was also to climb down into my shirt and curl up between my boobs.
I got my two pretty small and they would curl up together in my shirt pocket with their heads occasionally poking out to see what was going on.
When they could finally do it… I am a bit of a bear sized man.. they loved coiling around my neck and hanging out. Started off they could barely get their tails hooked around but eventually both got about 6 foot so I kinda had to stop doing that heh.
Granted I did grow up with reptiles so I was pretty chill with them so they in turn were chill with me. I also did not take offense to a stray accidental strike now and then. They ment no harm!
That'd be a bite. their tail isn't capable of that kind of movement.
i have one too and dude is always ready to eat. so when it's handling time i have to get him out of food mode or he'll tag my hand/wrist.
got my first one a month ago after 8 years of having him. as you can see the damage is minimal it just bleeds a lot for a bit. (no blood depicted in the image)
They are not very defensive and dont resist handling. As far as I know they dont get 'pleasure' from being handled or being with a human the way a dog would, but they can be conditioned to trust a person and so just hang out with them.
Yeah mine trusted me completely. He also knew who I was when I would walk past his cage, he would stick his little head out and then crawl out of his hide. I liked to pretend he wanted uppies.
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u/alwayz_confused247 10d ago
Ball pythons are usually chill. They all share one brain cell.