Why do some people return their ball pythons?

[KMG]

they want to get rid of a snake because it's "mean"- and they "know this because the snake chases them thru the glass when they walk by"- they actually think the snake wants to eat them, not realizing that snakes just go after motion when hungry, & don't identify prey (or us!) by vision alone. In every case, those unwanted "mean snakes" never bite me, & even when I explain the issue to the owner, they're usually too afraid to take a chance of keeping it, because "other (misguided) people" keep filling their heads with nonsense (horror stories about how that snake is going to get them).

That is how I got my beautiful Dum. My buddy and I went to an expo and he picked her up. I helped him get everything set up and all was good until the snake put on some size. Then he started telling me "it comes at me!" I tried to explain he was dealing with a hungry Boa but it didn't matter. Before long he started asking if I knew somebody that wanted it and offered it to me. I told him I was good at the moment. Some more time goes by and he was ready to flat out give her away. At that time I said "ok."

He brought her to me at work and I took her out of the tub right away to check her out. He jumped way back and was visibly afraid of her. This was funny because he is a big ol' corn feed country boy you would think could handle a 4.5 ft Ground Boa. I handled her a bit and then put her back in the tub without issue. I had her for awhile and then one night when I was giving her water she tagged me GOOD! Hit me like a missile on my left hand that was just hoovering outside the cage. Of course made me bleed and actually caused a bruise over the next week, but like all my other bites I had no damage. I sent him a picture of my bloody hand and he flipped and said something like "See! Told Ya!" I just laughed because I know that if you keep snakes long enough you are going to get tagged and having been tagged many many times I was not worried about it. So in the end I got a beautiful snake for free that was one on my list of wanting. It was only win win for me.

Out of the snakes I have owned only my big Blood, Carpet, and ETB have not tagged me......well and my new Boa but she is in shed and settling in so I have not done much with her. All the others, including my Ball, have tagged me at some point. For snake bite pics check my gallery. I have a few before and after rinsing pics to show how bad they may look but how little damage is actually done.