Hello This is my first post here. So my story first i guess. I have wanted a ball python my whole life, but my mom would never let me get one. I turned 18 joined the marine corps and after about a year got to my duty station and got a house. I was extremely excited to finally be able to get one. Then my wife dropped a bomb and said NO!!!! Finally(after alot of begging) she said yes! Now i am the proud owner of Kaia my 2 year old ball python. When i got her she was very aggressive and she bit me the first night i had her and my wife freaked out and almost made me get rid of her. After a few weeks of daily handlings she is now an amazing snake! I can handle her now with no worries of being bit. She was also very skinny and the previous owner said it had been awhile since she ate. When i brought her home her cage was absolutely disgusting! I cleaned it out and immediately rushed out and got her a small rat. She is an amazing feeder she will only eat live small female rats! Thats it she won't even touch a male! And it has to be live or she just looks at me almost as if to say "Do you think I am stupid?" My question is do ball pythons yawn? It may be a stupid question but i want to know because sometimes when i am "playing" with her she opens her mouth very wide. Is she yawning or is it her trying to scare me into leaving her alone she only does it right when i take her out and after that she just climbs all over me!