i had some great advice from frankykeno when i first started out which snakes. she told me to follow a routine with my ball, dexter.

i would take off the top of the enclosure and remove his hide. then i would stroke his side a few times and pick him up, putting both hands under him quickly so he felt completely supported.

then i would just sit still and let him unball and check things out himself. after about 10 minutes, i'd put him back in his hide. i did this about 3 times a week max.

that is, of course, if all your husbandry issues are correct. are your temps 90-92 on the warm side and 80-82 on the cool side? do you have two nice snug hides for your snake, one on each side? how about some safety/privacy. is your enclosure a plastic tub or a glass tank? if it's a tank you can cover three of the sides to give added security and even ball up some newspaper and fill the tank with it. this will make your snake feel very safe and secure.

every week, remove one piece of newspaper until the tank is empty weeks/months later.

hope some of this helps ya out.