Today I was cleaning out some of the BP tubs. One of them wrapped very tightly around my finger and hand when I picked her up, and I do mean tightly... it was significantly tighter than any BP or snake I've ever held. She did not strike or bite or even open her mouth, and in fact although she coiled me with almost her entire body down to the tip of her tail, the one part that wasn't wrapped up was her head. I started to try to unwind her, and she responded by wrapping even tighter. She was wrapped so tightly that although I knew I could force her off, I was slightly concerned I might hurt her in the process. So I just decided to wait her out and sat still. Unfortunately she had no inclination to loosen her hold at all, and when I noticed the tip of my finger was turning purple, I decided enough was enough and ran some water over her head. That got her to loosen her hold immediately.

So was this a feeding response? Maybe she thought she was going to fall and was holding on for dear life? Any other ideas?

I'm not concerned; just curious what was going on in her head.