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A warning about buying a ball python....they're ADDICTIVE!
Seriously though....they're great animals to own. They do hide a lot both day and night...they sleep a lot. But are typically active in the late evenings and can be fun to watch whenever they are out and about.
Just because they're "sleeping" though...doesn't mean you can't take them out during the day for some handling. If you only waited until they seemed to "want" out, then you'd never get to play with them.
Babies can be nippy sometimes, because they are so little and vulnerable, they are trying to scare away anything that seems scary to them. On rare occasions, you'll find bigger ones with an "attitude". But for the most part, even as babies, they are pretty laid back and rarely bite. Most bites from ball pythons are due to feeding errors. (Don't smell like a rodent or tease your snake with your fingers! LOL) But even if they do bite you...they can't do any real harm and it rarely hurts more than a quick pin stick.
They have adorable faces that make you fall in love...and make it worth putting up with the fact that they hide most of the time. I'm not into anthropomorphizing my snakes...but they can seem down-right cuddly at times....which is very nice, even if intellectually I know it's not "affection" as I'd like to think of it.
If you get a nice, healthy ball python from a reputable breeder, I am quite sure you won't regret it one bit! (Except for the addiction part of it....that can get painful when you fall in love with all the beautiful colors and patterns!)
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