So something strange just happened. I have a wonderful baby normal ball python that I love dearly. She was my first ball python, and I take her out a lot. She's the sweetest thing ever, and has never bitten me or struck at anyone. I've never even seen her get agitated or stressed, and she doesn't even hide. She's just happy and active and not shy at all.

I was playing video games and had her around my neck like I do sometimes. And she was curled up and exploring my shoulders and back like always. Then she moved up and curled around my ear and licked my face a little, all perfectly normal. Like she always does.

And then, she very slowly, while her face was against mine, opened her mouth and sank her teeth into my cheek. It wasn't a strike, and she didn't seem the slightest bit freaked out or defensive. It was completely casual. She didn't clamp down, she just kind of got her little teeth stuck in my cheek. I reached up and gently removed her, and she seemed fine. Like I said, she didn't strike at me or seem stressed out. It was more like she was trying to eat my face.

Any ideas why she would do this? It didn't hurt, but when she's older, I certainly wouldn't like to be randomly bitten in the face by a 5 foot snake.