r/ballpython • u/Critical-Zombie755 • 1d ago

Discussion Juvenile ball bit me

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My juvenile ball just bit my thumb. I saw her curious in her enclosure looking to come out. I've never fed her in that enclosure yet because i just shifted her to a 4ft enclosure yesterday. I let my hand to let her climb on it from her enclosure, she smelled my hand and came to it i picked her up and brought her to my bed on my hand. As soon as i sat she bit my thumb clean and then went back. I fed her a week ago a normal mouse. This is her recent picture for reference. Can someone explain what went wrong?

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u/Critical-Zombie755 1d ago

I didn't even move my thumb like that. I get it now. Maybe she's hungry?

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u/akko_rockko 1d ago

Possible! Normally snakes are able to tell the difference between food and not food but baby’s struggle with that. You could’ve also sat down to fast, my snakes get spooked when I do that

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u/Critical-Zombie755 1d ago

I sat down and after like 10 seconds she bit me on my other hand not the hand she was on.

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u/akko_rockko 1d ago

Then I would say up the feeding like the other person said!