Hello everyone,
I have a very young female ball python that is approx 4 months old. She is the winner of a pet contest, known to be very very friendly and docile, and loves being nosey...
She has always done very well in her habitat, and I have been keeping a good routine with her. (I even limit how often and how long she can be held to prevent stress for her).
I recently went on vacation and left her on her own (in her habitat) for approx. 5 days. I had someone check on her to make sure temps and everything were still correct. She was fine.
Since I got back about a week and a half ago, I have held her a handful of times. I fed her about 4 days ago, and waited the usual of 48+ hours being handling her again.xf
She seems very sheepish and jumpy. She was like that the first week I got her. But now I'm starting to think that something is wrong. She is usually never afraid of my hand, and I always wash my hand before handling. I did however keep in mind that she may have just needed some time to get used to being held again, and that I would take a couple of days and handling a to get her back to the comfort of it all...
If I slowly place my hand a few inches away in front of her face then she will jump and pull back. If I walk by her habitat she will start breathing heavily and ball up/pull back. She hasn't struck at me. But last night I decided I wasn't going to handle her again until I got more opinions as to what I'm doing wrong.
Please help me, I really love my BP. I haven't had her for long but I felt as we had a good friendship and I was beginning to be connected to her in way. I do not know what is wrong
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Not a recent weigh in of her. She is currently 73 grams
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