I LOVE to handle Chester, my Ball python. He is my best bud.. although I dont carry him around like a fashionable purse, I carry him in my shirt *gasps* but yes its true. Me and my snake are very close. He is very close to my heart... literally, especially when he is in my shirt He doesnt like to be out and about. So I respect that, and he either gets the choice to slither in my shirt or being around my neck as my hair covers the him.