One thing that caught me was the vet said it was an uncommonly friendly snake. One, most of my BPs are really "Friendly". With the proper handling a BP becomes tallernt of handling where they almost seem friendly this includes being head shy or not. A Ball Python is STILL a wild animal, and there for is not tame. Silver and Abus do not rare back or ball up when there head is touched, they are used to it. so there for are the two I use the most for presentation when I let kids and nervous people hold the snakes. To me if you can't train it to play fetch it isn't "Friendly"