My ball python bit me but it wasn't a normal bite. I slowly went into his tub and removed his hide. He sorta puffed up a bit and started to breathe quicker than normal. I put my hand towards the mid part of his body away from his head and started petting him, when I did that he tensed his body and seemed to twitch away from my touch. I put my hand under him and brought him up in one motion and supported his body with both my hands. I could feel him breathing more quickly though he wasn't balled up. He started to explore and flicker his tongue after a little while. He was going in the direction of a watch and wristband I have. Then he slowly opened his mouth and started to bite my wristwatch. He let go after a little bit and flickered his tongue below my thumb and bit me. He also let go after a few seconds. I placed him back in his cage and as I was moving his hides back in place he moved away from me more quickly. I'm asking this question because he did not strike at me, just opened his mouth and chomped on my wrist watch and thumb. I don't think he can be hungry because he is feeding on appropriately sized prey every 5 days [he was hatched on 8/15 and feeding on f/t small mice]. The forceps I used to feed him 3 days ago were in the room and away from his tub so I don't know if the smell is still in the room and mistook me for prey. I also wanted to know if him jerking away/breathing quicker from me softly petting him means I shouldn't approach him (I'm new to ball body language). I got him last Thursday and this is the first real handling session I have had with him (because I had to remove him completely out of his tub to clean a few hrs after he arrived. This whole session lasted a bit less than 5 min. Sorry for the long post but I want to know how to properly handle him, figure out if hes puffing up/breathing quicker means I should not handle him, and what to do to build trust with him. Thank you