How often can you handle a ball.

[Old Sloppy]

You don't need to worry much about ball pythons. They're the most docile as snakes come, and even when the do bite, (from aggression), well, lets just say I heard that a scratch from a cat hurts more.

Yes, a cat scratch hurts more, but the BP bite bleeds a lot more.
Years ago ( first and last time I got bit) I came home from eating pizza, went to change her water bowl and she bit me. (the whole event lasted a 1/2 second )
So now I always wash my hands before reaching into her cage, I haven't been bit since.
Harry