Difference between BP and Corn in regards to handling and temperment?

You did the right thing by going and holding both types of snakes and figured out which species and which specific animal "spoke" to you.

I love all three of our snakes and they are all quite different. Our ball, as she grows older, is way more active than she used to be and waaay slithery. Carmen seems to be getting more used to handling and seems to enjoy just hanging out (we joke that her two modes are "spaz" and "asleep"). Jenson is just a pup and is OOBER slithery, but even in the short time we've had him, he seems to relaxing a bit.

With my limited experience with snakes (so take this with a grain of salt), I'd say that a corn is really the ultimate beginners snake - super easy husbandry, doesn't get really big, inexpensive and a plethora of colors to choose from.

But really, it's all about the ORANGEY GOODNESS for me!

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2/6/orange.jpg

I agree, young corns are a little hard to hold at first because they're so active but i dont really see that as a problem personally. As someone kinda mentioned earlier too balls to feel like alot more snake (because they are :P) so it depends on what you want in a snake too, if you want something with more body to it or not.