Baby balls tend to be a little more defensive because they think everything is out to get them. When i got my baby BP i gave him a fuzzy about 2 days after. My thinking was if he is going to refuse meals i might as well see what i have to deal with but i had no problems he ate right away. Most of the time a baby will most likely just bump you with its head as supposed to bite. It takes the snake a little while to figure out that you are not a threat.