Ball Ptyhon Hissing

[Physician&Snakes]

I don't want to do 4 separate responses, but I tried to pick him up like I normally would, I've had him for about 3 weeks with no problem in the way he is picked up, he's not aggressive at all usually. And the reason I wanted to make sue I picked him up is someone had said if you don't handle them for over a week they might not be used to being handled and I didn't want that to happen. I was worried because it's been a week. But I'm certain he's fine. He seems to be acting normal now.

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I don't want to do 4 separate responses, but I tried to pick him up like I normally would, I've had him for about 3 weeks with no problem in the way he is picked up, he's not aggressive at all usually. And the reason I wanted to make sue I picked him up is someone had said if you don't handle them for over a week they might not be used to being handled and I didn't want that to happen. I was worried because it's been a week. But I'm certain he's fine. He seems to be acting normal now.

In my experience, it takes at least 1-3 months for a snake's established habit(s) to be completely altered after they are well conditioned. For example, if I only open the cages to feed for the next 1.5 months, then more than likely a few of my specimens are going to begin to only expect food when the cage is opened. The "scooping spaghetti" method mentioned by a previous poster is very effective for almost any small animal in my experience.