Yep Judy's got it right. BPs just aren't big on being messed with a lot. A bit of quiet handling a couple of times a week usually is fine with most of them. We try to keep it around 20 minutes max and just sit with a snake while we watch tv. We're lucky enough to have 14 snakes so we can sort of rotate through them (12 are BPs, 1 is a BCI, 1 is a Milksnake). Remember to not handle the snake for 48 hours after a meal though.