Handling

When people say that the snake should only be handled for 30 min, does that mean letting it crawl or does it included when the snake crawls into your shirt and chills?

Pretty much just human contact stresses them out. So untill they get older and get use to being handled its best to keep it down to as little as you can. I handle my ball like 15 to 20 minutes evrey night at around the same time and he doesnt seem to care.

so if mine is a few years old then I am good, he actually seems to like being held in shirts, he used to crawl on my ex's tummy and hang there forever. He didn't want out. It was so cute

Yea he should. It all depends on the snake but if he doesn't seem to mind then its cool. Just make sure that he doesn't get to cold. If he starts hagging on to you or trying to find a warm spot then its time to go back up. Thats proably why he like your ex's "tummy" it was warm and dark. So just keep an eye on him.