Quote Originally Posted by paulrcooper
I have owned by BP now for 4 months and had him since he was 6 weeks old.

When i first got him he was really snappy but now he has calmed down and is very happy however I still find it hard to handle him.

I can hold him but when his head gets near to my skin I think he is going to bite and I put him down.

Do they only bite when in the 'S' position ?

Do I just need to trust that he wont bite me and if he does its not going to hurt anyway ? Any advice please ?
I've been looking after my friend's boa constrictor for a while now, and he's struck at me a couple of times (never successfully bit, thankfully). Sometimes I get quite tense when I hold him and he looks at my face though. The key is to remember when you weren't afraid of them biting and to power through it. It's usually just you being paranoid. Of course, if you don't want to hold him, no one is going to force you to.