I've assumed responsibility of a BP that my roommate has left (now ex-roommate). I had not payed much attention to its feeding habits or methods, have not studied its mentality, but it turns out it's almost impossible to handle it. I pulled it out of its cage for the first time myself two nights ago. It must have been resting because it was not very reactive for a few moments. As it gained consciousness it was as a BP should be, curious and unaggressive. I handled it for a good 45 minutes. On two occasions when I laid it on the floor, I let it roll away for a minute and when I went to reach it, if I touched the upper 30% of it's body it would spring backwards like "OH MY GOD?!?!"

The next day I fed it. Had a frozen thawed adult mouse. The previous owner never pulled the snake out of the cage to feed in a separate container. I dropped the mouse in, and it was immediately interested. Took about 20 seconds for it to come up and snatch.

Tonight, about 18 hours after feeding now, I opened to cage to start handling as I'd like to handle more frequently, however this time it was awake (vs the first time when it seemed to be resting). It's mannerisms put me on caution and thankfully slow. It seemed way too interested in the position of my hand. I dropped my hand in hear it's tail and it sprung towards my hand mouth open. It had not problem with hands when it was outside of its cage. From what I've read up on the past month or so it sounds like it has associated the cage door opening with feeding or something very close to that practice. What can I do to tame this guy?