My blood (Baby Nia) is almost 2feet. She is great. She doesn't mind handling at all. I just feed her saturday night, for the first time. She had no problems at all. I also have a female ball python. She was actually gravid when we bought her. (Which we didnt know) We used a friends chicken egg incubator, her eggs didnt make it. The temps/humidity were perfect. I had a feeling it was the incubator. The eggs were too close to the heat. I was sooo upset. But the ball was my first snake EVER! So I tried my best.