I kind of understand this fear. My first ball python is arriving tomorrow morning (2010 super pastel male) and I've only ever been handed snakes as well. I handle my friends 6 ft. Red Tail Boa pretty frequently and am fine with him. It is just the fact that I will be completely responsible for this little guy kinda freaks me out. I'm going to take a vid of me unboxing him because I'm pretty sure it is going to be pretty funny seeing me trying to pick him up for the first time. I'm not so much afraid of getting bit as I am of just not being able to take the step and pick him up.
LOL I want to see this vid!
- Dave Harms - www.wax32.com | Pinstripe, Yellow Belly, Sulfur, Cinnamon ph G-Stripe, Pastel het Hypo | Pastel, Fire, Albino, Mojave, Lesser Platinum ph G-Stripe, Pastel ph G-Stripe, het G-Stripe, het Hypo, het Piebald, Pastel Yellowbelly