My baby ball is trying to eat me LOL

Hi my new ball is trying to bite me I got him from a breeder he is about 1month old I talked to the breeder she gave me great tips.... Im not trying to handle him just changing the water and thing... I think my shadow is scaring him has this happened to anyone else.....

They are very nervous and scared when they are young. Make sure to get your snake on a good feeding schedule, at least 6-8 good meals before you really begin handling.

he has to adjust and learn u r not a threat. move slowly and u wont scare him. all he sees is a big heat source moving around and it prolly scares him cuz ur so big. eventually he will come around. if hes hungry hell strike at u like that too. my snakes are a lil over a yr old and my normal is very calm, my pastel still needs some work but he is getting better.

This is common if not expected behavior when they are that young. They are very small and everything seems huge to them, and here you are with your giant hand and arm which is also emitting heat digging around and moving stuff around. It's all quite strange to them.

With proper care it won't take long at all for it to grow out of that phase and get more comfortable.

What kind of proper care all levels are good I'm feeding him this week

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Originally Posted by fire-eyes

This is common if not expected behavior when they are that young. They are very small and everything seems huge to them, and here you are with your giant hand and arm which is also emitting heat digging around and moving stuff around. It's all quite strange to them.

With proper care it won't take long at all for it to grow out of that phase and get more comfortable.

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my 2 newest do the same thing rember they are still basically wild animals and when they are young other animals eat them so they are just trying to scare you off from eating them.

i got 2 green tree pythons who use to strike at me every time they saw me but both had a not so good shed so had to take them out there cages and put them into one that holds higher humidity and they never tried biting me even when they crawled off there perch onto my hand while moving them to the shedding cages. it's taken 6 months to get them to that tame though and was only touching me for maybe a minute at most