Hey, this will probably sound like a silly noobie question, but bare with me, I am a noobie I was just wondering if your BP has ever bitten you once you were already holding it. Like it seemed docile when you picked it up and while you were handling it, it just out of the blue bit you? I'm more concerned for my kids, we just got our first BP and I have basically told them that she doesn't bite, and I would hate to give them a bad experience with snakes. When I was about 8-12 years old I spent a lot of time finding and catching (and releasing) snakes (and turtles, and frogs), and I always found that if a snake was non aggressive when you picked it up, it would never bite later while you were still holding it, and likewise, if you found an aggressive snake that was striking, as soon as it calmed down and was ok with being held it wouldn't bite again. These are wild local snakes though (garters, corns, red bellied), I have no experience with pythons.