Hi everybody my name is Joe and I just got my first ball python 3 days ago (well 2 balls at the same time). I didn't mean to get 2 but thats just how it ended up. Any ways the one I picked out is now hissing at me every time I go to pick it up and the other one is calm and relaxed. I try to handle them at least 30 min. a day. They are both baby's and about 18" long give or take. The cage is kept at about 80-85 degrees during the day and about 75-80 at night with the humidity at around 60-70%. The have a big water dish and a good hide spot. The calm gentle one likes to hide under the water dish and the hissing one likes to hide in the coconut hut. Anyway my question is why is my ball hissing at me and is it going to bite me? Also do I continue to try and handle it why it is hissing or do I back off and give him/her room? Any comment's would be great. Thank you and have a wonderful day!