I've had him for about a week now and have only held him a couple times. One of which was to help him get some skin off his face, (that was on the first day!) I guess they had shipped him to me during his shed. Which probably didn't help his temper at all. I'm planning on shipping him back tomorrow, because of how aggressive he is. He will even strike the glass when I walk by. (pretty hard, too) And I don't want him hurting himself. He's only my second ball python and I'm really not ready to deal with one that aggressive Unfortunate, really. He's such a beautiful snake.