Okay this is my 2nd post on this forum. Let me be TOTALLY HONEST here: I over analyze everything. ^_^ I am just very careful and want the very best for my pets (I really never want to have children so these guys are my babies), and since I'm new to the BP thing, please let me know if all this stuff is normal and cool. If you read my other post, Althea (my BP) spazzed out the other day. Scared the you know what outta me. Since then I've regrouped and am messing with her again. hehe

1) Often times when I hold her, she yawns. I know she can also be re-aligning her jaw - to eat. But she's never nipped at me. So... if she's yawning when she's out (she does it most when I let her hang out on my laptop keyboard) then that means she's all relaxed and casual, right? I've never gotten a pic of her doing it, happens so quick and I'm not ready. But then after I'm like omg, is she gonne bite next? She never has, so like I said, I'm probably over analyzing.

2) Today I felt all special because she went to drink her water and she totally ignored me when I was stroking her and just kept on drinking. So... that's a good thing that she just keeps drinking even though I'm petting her, right? I even took a pic of it so I will post some pics of her soon.

3) Sometimes when I hold her she will put her nose RIGHT up against my finger. Like touching it. Usually my pinky. And so I'm like what are you doing dood...? I am small and skinny so I'm like does she think my finger is a baby mouse and she's gonna have a little sample? She eats full grown adult mice every week, every Friday. I never miss. And I feed her inside her enclosure so she NEVER eats anywhere else. So I'm just being stupid again, right?

4) Sometimes she gets all coiled up with her head/neck when I hold her. Then I start thinking wtf dood... But I think she's just trying to make a "U-turn" to turn around or look someplace else. Right? But I hope she's not thinking about striking.

5) She is almost always in her little rock cover near her warm side where the under-tank heater is. So when I want to hold her I move it. (whenever I feed her I leave it in, so I feel like when I move it she isn't all looking for food.) Anyway, I usually stroke her first to say "hey it's me..." since prey animals don't usually stroke the snakes. Anyway, sometimes she gets her head/neck all tight in that "S". Is she just waking up and being shy? I am careful to pet her on her body that is behind her head so she would have to make a major ninja move to bite me, and when I pick her up she's never hissed or nipped or been aggressive. So is this whole S thing just her waking up or what?

She has NEVER hissed at me. Once I touched the sensitve tip of her tail (gently!) and she moved real quick. oops, but she moved away, not towards me.

6) I have seen videos where people let their ball pythons swim. Is this good? We do not have well water. I pour out her old water give her fresh bottled water every other day. If I let her swim in the jacuzzi, does it have to me chlorine free? I can have one side with water and the other not so she would not be forced to be in the water if she doesn't want to. Should I make it warm? Room temp? Or is this just a bad idea altother. Her water dish is large enough for her to sit in, but not large enough for her to swim in. Her enclosure, being 1 peice acrylic, holds humidity just fine so humidity isn't a problem here, I was just wondering if she would enjoy a swim and am worried about temp of the water and the chlorine issue.

7) Sometimes when I hold her she wants to move around a lot and gets annoying. So I put her back in the enclosure and she usually poops or pees after. I guess if I had to poo I wouldn't want someone holding me either, but does any of your snakes act the same way? I am glad she's not constipated and holds it in until I get her back, but good grief. Sometimes she's had all day to poo, why does she gotta wait for it until I'm ready to play??

8) I told you I over-analyze.

So besides telling me I'm a loser wad and that I just need to handle her more so I'm used to her... what do you guys think?