Quote Originally Posted by karma279 View Post
the next day I walked by the cage and heard "bam!"
I turned and he had struck the glass....
I waved my hand around in front of the glass and lightly tapped on it to see if he'd do it again and sure enough.... mouth open and struck the cage.
You are surprised he'd do it again? The snake just smacked the glass. What possessed you to knowingly want to trigger that behaviour again by irritating the snake with both fast movement and vibrations from your glass tapping?

[/Quote]I've never heard of a BP doing anything like this.[/Quote]

You've never heard of a Ball Python acting like a snake? They may well be a fairly laid back, fairly shy snake but they are a snake with all the instincts, abilities and reactions that every snake possesses.

The temps stay decent.... maybe a drop low at times but nothing to worry about. The only change from last handling was that he'd eaten; and I added a small UTH. I got him out to make sure the glass wasnt hot.... all seemed OK?
What exactly is "decent"? What are your temps both cool and warm side and what are you using to measure those temps with? If your heat source is controlled by a t-stat you shouldn't be getting any low drops to worry about.

I'd hate for him to strike at my kid. She'd freak out!
Children should always be closely monitored when interacting with a snake. They should also be aware that a snake can bite. So can the pet dog. So can the pet cat, the pet bird and heck, the pet turtle.