As a general rule, if you don't want to be bitten, wash your hands after handling mice, rats or girls (only joking). And move slowly when you're around your bp. If you move too fast, your bp will see you as a pray. Even if you feed it. Come on, put yourself in its shoes for a little while. What would you do if a hand bigger than your entire body moved fast towards you. Ok, you'd die of a heart attack but ball pythons would strike.

Handle it with care like as it was your little baby.

A funny thing you can try, try to stroke your bp on its stomach (well, on the white surface it walks on) and you'll see that its white skin does not like it. But it should not byte.