Hand Massage

[kilabyte]

I usually handle my normal bp daily & depending on her activity I either keep it short or polonged. There are times she slithers between my fingers & wrist and really gives a tight squeeze/massage. Sometimes she'll stay in one spot while her whole body tightens up reaaly hard. I was wondering if anyone knows if this has any signicant meaning??

It sure seams like it is some form of effection.I just fed her & she can't be hungry that fast thinking I am some sort of rodent by sqeezing this hard now for a good 15-20 minutes so far.

[stevepoppers]

Just fed her? You know they say you ought to wait like two days before handling because of a risk of regurgitation. Probably from the stress and/or physical forces on the stomach.

I don't think they show affection. I keep hearing they don't like handling; they just tolerate it.

Maybe she's trying to keep it down?

[kilabyte]

It's been about 36 hours since she ate. She also just took a small poo. the white type this evening. She does this squeezing/massage routine quite often when I handle her. If it is not affection which I can understand they are incapbalbe of then could it have some other meaning??

It's kinda cool but I wouldn't want her to do this around my neck as she squeezes quite hard!

[WingedWolfPsion]

She may just be feeling a little insecure--like she might fall. Ball pythons are largely terrestrial snakes, and they don't climb very much in the wild. Your hand is sort of like a tree branch, and she's hanging on tightly to make sure she doesn't fall off.