I have done probably 10-15 school, summer town celebration etc presentations with my ball pythons. The one question that is always asked is...."Do they bite?" Yep, they bite. Then the response is ewwwww shiver shiver shiver lol. Then I ask if they have a cat or pet. Ahhhhh Yep they usually say. Has it bitten you? Ahhhh Yep. Then i go ewwwww shiver shiver shiver...lol just kidding on last part, but the point is simple all pets, ones we consider domesticated or ones we dont, can bite and do bite. I know humans that biteJust like us, animals are unpredictable and i would chalk it up to that.
Now if I had a bp that was defensive all the time, struck all the time, cage aggressive etc, then that one doesnt get held by others or taken to presentations. But even the ones we think would never bite, or over the years have never shown any signs of aggression or nervousness can bite. And unfortunately they wont tell us whySo as long as the animal is not one of those that we like to say is fiesty I wouldnt worry too much about it
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