GLAD U HAD YOURS IN A CAGE WAY BETTER THAN WHAT I DID. OK TO START OFF THIS WAS MY VERY FIRST SNAKE. THAT I STILL HAVE TODAY, I HAD HIM BEFORE I EVEN KNEW OF THIS FORUM. BUT HE WAS NOT A YOUNG BP STILL KINDA SMALL. AN I HAD JUST GOT HIM LIKE A WEEK BEFORE, AN I GO TO TAKE HIM OUT ONE DAY AN HE WAS JUST FINE WITH IT. SO IM STANDING OVER HAS CAGE AN WHEN I GOT HIM OUT I MOVED BACK NOW IM 5'7 BTW AN WHEN I STEP BACK A FEW STEP HE OUT OF NO WHERE STUCK AT ME. AN I WAS SO TERRIFIED THAT I KNIDA THREW HIM. NOW I HAVE SOFT CARPET FLOORS BUT HE GOT SOME DISTANCE AN HE WENT ALMOST HALFWAY ACROSS THE ROOM LOL AN HE WAS JUST FINE BUT I WASNT I WAS SO SCARED TO GO PICK HIM BACK UP LOL NOW IM USED TO IT IVE BEEN BITEN IVE BEEN STUCK AT BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME BUT NOW HES MY BEST FRIENDS HE WASNT TRYED TO BITE ME IN A LONG LONG TIME BUT THE POINT IS LOL IT HAPPENS DONT WORRY HE GONNA BE OK AN IT WAS A REACTIONS AT LEAST U DIDNT THROW HIM LIKE I DID