Handeling when another is present.

Yes, that should be fine as long as you pay attention to Jojo's signals about what s/he is comfortable with. Paul only got Plissken a couple of weeks ago, so he is still very much in the acclimating stage.

Hey Marla,

How can you read your bp's signals to see if they are comfortable?
This is my first bp also.
I can read a dog, cat etc but I am having a hellva time figuring out Ozzy

Well, I am sure the others here can give long lists of signals that they get from their bp's, but here's a couple of examples from mine.

Hanover generally wraps tightly around my hand when I first get him out, then within several minutes wants to climb through my hair, go up my sleeve, or otherwise explore. If he curls into a ball or stays wrapped around my hand with his head tucked underneath for more than 5 minutes or so, I know he'd rather go back in his enclosure.

Snyder is not one for sitting still unless she's on your shoulders, and usually doesn't wrap around my hand when I pull her out but looks around immediately. If she draws back or wraps my hand, she is distressed and wants to go right back home (as she did when I pulled her out the other night to see if she wanted to feed, but her eyes were still slightly cloudy and she wanted her safe, warm hide instead of food.

As you can see, hand-wrapping means different things with my different snakes, so I have to observe them and see what their behavior patterns are to figure out what their signals mean.

Hope that was helpful.