Have you ever been constricted by a snake?

[Bogertophis]

I was cleaning my Children Python's tank. He is very cage aggressive. After I was picked him up, he is not as snappy but he had wrapped himself around my wrist tightly. Usually he would calm down enough for him to hang out on my arm or I can put him away, but on that day he would not let go. I had to clean his cage with one hand because he would not relax or let go. After the tank was done, my hand was going numb. I waited for about 10-15 minutes with my hand in his tank until he is comfortable enough to let go. If I move too fast or try to unwrap him, he grips tighter. I'm not surprise though since these little guys would spend hours hanging on cave ceilings and branches to grab microbats from the air.

Another time I placed my ball python on my shoulder because I'm an idiot. He wrapped his body around my neck. He was not trying to hurt me; he just needed to hang onto something. Fortunately it was not as tight as my Children Python and I was able to unwrap him. The pressure on my throat was not pleasant for sure (I'm such an idiot).

Similar experiences here- neither snake was trying to have me for dinner, but both were being jerky or not their usual selves...maybe a fear of falling, who knows?

One was an adult bull snake I was given (this was many years ago): she hadn't been handled much by previous owner, & while not mean or trying to bite, she just
decided to hang onto my neck too snugly & was also tangled in my long hair so she was very hard to remove (to find the tail to unwrap) & it was quite uncomfortable
not to mention sobering...I've not made that mistake again. (My hand WAS "in the loop" but it just wasn't helping much, or fast enough.) The other was one of my
large male rat snakes (7') that one time firmly wrapped my hand/arm & would not let go...again, not biting, he was just being a jerk...the usual methods to get him
to release did not work, & like you and your Children's python, my hand was getting blue/numb by the time he got off. Not a good feeling.

BTW, I have a similar snake, an Aussie spotted python, who is very big on gripping tightly too. She has never bitten me or anything like that, but one time got stuck
in my hair- "knot again", hahaha! For a while I thought I was going to have to go around town with a snake-bun hairdo. At least she's not very big...but it's really
not fun when a snake won't let go, even when they aren't trying to hurt us, it's very uncomfortable.