Handling my new ball python - am I impatient or is this normal?

[First_Phantom]

I just got my first BP indica a couple days ago. I cannot help this feeling that i want to handle her very badly. I am in love with this little snake of mine. I have 3 dogs and my wife said (jokingly) that the snake is more important to me than her and my dogs .

Am I impatient or did anyone else have trouble waiting a week before handling their first ball?

[Gloryhound]

Anyone who says they were not impatient about handling their first snake, probably didn't want one to begin with. Congrats on the new one!

[Toronto Python Gurus]

luckily i have other BP's to keep me busy while im thinking about the one adjusting to his/her new home for a week. . .but it is still hard . . .hang in there!!!!

and congrats on the new pet!

[marvint]

had the same problem when I got my first Bp

[Ranegyr]

Sounds to me like you have your priorities pretty straight. lol. i have multiples too. it's funny, when i get a new snake, i end up holding my others more. it's perfectly normal. Man up and deal with it. lol

[southernboagurl]

I read it over and over and over that you're not supposed to handle them for a week or whatever. I got my bp from a show that she wasn't really handled that much at but for me handling her before I said she was mine lol!! I did handle her a little too much for her first week and then it hit me like a load of bricks, no she didn't regurg her food or act skiddish, just realized that I shouldn't have been handling her. She is really an exceptional snake and sometimes I think it depends on the snake. However saying that, I don't recommend anyone else doing what I did cause all in all, it's best just to wait.

Congrats on the new baby and remember, patience is a virtue!!

[snakegirl4life]

I got my ball python Maxwell a few weeks ago, the first day i brought him home i put him in his tank and watched him explore for about 2 hours, (i woke up about 9 times that night and ran over and looked in and watched him for about 10 minutes. lol.) then the next day i couldent resist (its my first snake!) and i got him out and handled him for like 10 minutes.. then from there on out ive been getting him out about 2 times every day.. im still making sure he doesent stress though, and he/she eats like a pig, so i know he/she's ok with it.

[Slim]

Sounds like your feeling pretty normal to me!!!

[ParmleyStyle]

i got mine about a week ago and i still wanna just grab him up and let him hang out with me.... but i am letting him adjust and waiting to get a hook to get him out with... better safe than sorry i always say.congrats on the bp and have fun its a blast!

[joshn6805]

i hate to say it but i never followed that rule and all mine have turned out to be exceptional snakes. the only problem i ran into was my little bino boy wouldnt eat so i had to leave him alone after a week he was eating like no other.