Some ball python babies can give you a little nip, some will hiss like they've sprung a leak. It's just posturing. Nothing is meant by it.
However, I feel that once they start, you have to continue holding them, touching them, picking them up. If not, they can learn that if they do this, you will leave them alone. I think it's called negative re-enforcement.
Good Luck!
Jim Smith
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