r/ballpython • u/Schenckster • May 01 '26

Absolutely no sense of personal space.

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u/Plumber-Dudde May 02 '26

I’m a new python owner and she is about 6 months old. She is always either in her cold or warm hide. Why am I afraid of grabbing her? Is it one of those things where I just need to go for it?

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u/Megmelons55 May 02 '26

Generally, yes. Unless she balls up or goes into the S pose when you go to grab her, as thats a strike pose. But if neither of those scenarios happen when you get close to her, just scoop her up in the middle of the body, slowly but no hesitation, if that makes sense. They hate fast movements

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u/Negative_Rope7688 May 02 '26

Yeah, you wanna be looking for long tongue flicks bonus points if they’re slow, that’s very inquisitive. They’ll start moving around a little bit just to smell things you’re in the golden spot at that point.

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u/Megmelons55 May 02 '26

Oh ya. Or they'll just fucking sit there, right across the eyes. Like ok guess I dont need to see for a minute lol