Will my ball python sense my African grey parrot and bite me

[Ballpython2000]

Hello i am new to this forum and was thinking about getting a ball python but i also have a African grey parrot and was worried that the snake would sense my parrot and when the snake sees my hand he will think its food or try to bite. my room is quite long so obviously the snake will be on the other side away from my parrot and will be in secure housing. any help would be appreciated.

[Stearns84]

No you are fine, just was your hands prior to touching the snake. I have put the cats in the spare room and forgot to use hand sanitizer prior to getting my ball python or SD, nver had a problem.

[Ballpython2000]

Thank you alot i feel alot better now and will proberly get one.

[Ballpython2000]

And can Ball pythons smell birds or can they only smell rodents and interested in rodents?

[Zincubus]

Many of mine happily eat chicks !

[zina10]

Hm...I never really worried about the smell of cats and dogs.

I'm not so sure that birds might not be different ?

I think I would wash my hands well before handling the snakes. That is something you should do between handling different animals anyway, but you might actually prevent a food strike that way

[Hlow87]

No,my blue front amazon parrot shares our living room with our snakes and never had a problem when we hold them,i dont get too close to him when im holding them either though just to be safe for both of them

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[Kristaok]

You'll be fine, I have a redheaded Mexican Amazon, a Severe Macaw, Budgies, Finches etc and my BP doesn't seem to notice or care.

[redshepherd]

I have two budgies in the room next to them, and they never care when I bring them to the bird room.

If you're worried, just use hand sanitizer before handling your snake, and it'll be totally fine.

[paulrobert]

I've always wondered if having a pet bird in the same room would always trigger them to hunt or not.
I've been scared that, even with hand sanitizer, the lingering smell of a bird would get the snake excited enough that it would just want to strike at anything warm & moving.

Based on the replies in this thread, though, it seems having hand sanitizer around does this trick.