Quote Originally Posted by NormanSnake View Post
Yeah, the snake isn't constricting for any reason other than to not fall. Ball pythons are terrestrial snakes, and they can feel frightened when they're lifted and not on a solid surface. To them we're basically like warm, soft, moving trees (the scariest kind!)
Are you sure they are terrestrial? I thought they lived in rodent dens and others things in the ground and underneath it.