Quote Originally Posted by Ascended View Post
I have experienced this. I had a good feeder adult start to slime me when I over stressed her trying to take pictures for too long. She slimed me every time after that and went of her food for a while.
I had to leave her for a month or so for her to get confident again. Now she is ok with handling (within reason)

I didn't know ball pythons could stink slime you. Other species yes, but can they or is that something different? It smelt the same as say when a rat snake does it.
Hey, I never knew that rosy boas could musk either until I had a bunch of neonates to probe (determine genders)- OMG I thought I was going to hurl! It sure didn't take much either!

Some kinds of snakes are more prone to musk- when rat snakes are properly "socialized" they don't do it either. King snakes are more prone, since it's their typical & only defense as hatchlings.