So, how often to you play with your BP's?

I handle mine most days for short periods - 5-10 minutes. My bp is very docile and I like to just sit with him in my lap. He will wrap his tail around a finger (one day one of my nipple rings lol) while he explores. I find it very calming to just sit quietly with him. My corn is more active. He likes to climb on me or explore if I let him. I talk to them like I would other animals, calm and quiet. Logically I know the talking thing is all for me, but hey, I live alone - might as well talk to the snakies. The corn is more active so I"ll often see him when I pass by and say "hi squig" (squiggle), and I usually take a peek to see where spot is and it's "there's my boy". LOL - I have no idea what sex either of them are but I refer to them as male.

same here, I havent had either of ours sexed yet I call them she and he..although I believe it might be the other way around. lol.

Your snakes all sound so chill. I take Orey out (if my boyfriend had his way he'd never be in his cage!) and he's like "Oh it's you heey let's go explore heeey is that a box oh wow check out these cables oh my gosh UNDER THE COUCH I bet you that under the couch will be so awesome hey don't move me oh my gosh LOOK AT THAT CHAIR I'm going to climb it oh wait oh my gosh GAMECUBE CONTROLLERS I am going to curl up in one of those instead!"
as soon as he's out it's go go go go go go go! He won't stay curled on my neck - he'll curl on my ear and try to get down my shirt or my arm and off for another adventure :P

i handle mine about twice a week for a couple minutes at a time. i dont want to stress him out or anything. he does'nt like being out in the open. the minute i put him on my desk, he sneaks behind the laptop or inbetween my books. thats the one thing my bp and i have in common. we just wanna be left alone. :D

I handle my BP probably 3 times a week for anything between 1/2 hr - 1 hr depending on her mood (and mine). As she's big I let her crawl around on the floor in the evening (I watch her of course) so she gets up on top of (safe) things and can really stretch her body out. Boa tends to like sitting still more and exploring the couch (carefully LOL). My western hognose most tolerates handling (I'd almost say enjoys it).



I've also got 3 rankin dragons who love to come out and sit on a cushion in front of the patio doors in our one lizard proofed room. LIke Marshall I also have a monitor (savannah) who (like the majority of monitors) doesn't always appreciate being handled but still make awesome "pets" ;) anyway. He'll let me scratch his head and comes out and sits on me sometimes - but it's always on his terms.