I grab my ball by whatever part of him is most readily available (not the head or tip of the tail obviously, but other than that) he usually moves a little to check me out and I just grab him up in the palm of my hand... He's really never offered anything other than curiosity when I disturb him... I think they're a pretty chill species! We'll have been together a month on the 14th

Congrats on your new snake and welcome to BPnet!

ETA: my ball is tiny though!