My boyfriend got his first ball python about a year and a half ago now. I was TERRIFIED of the thing, I would not touch it! I wouldn't even want to be close to him when he held it. I was convinced that it looked scary and was going to bite me. So I ended up getting a wee little corn snake that wasn't scary to me.

Long story short it was my fear of snakes that made me terrified of the ball python (something about the head shape freaked me out) I now have many snakes, mainly ball pythons. I even have a 3 1/2 foot boa constrictor and she is my little angel. My first snake, the "wee little corn snake" turned out to be the devil. I use a snake stick to take him out.

If it's a hatchling they can tend to be a little more aggressive, "strikey" but if you handle her she will get used to being handled. If she is "constricting" your wrist then she is just hanging on for dear life, it doesn't mean she is going to eat you

Goodluck Any questions just ask.