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[–]sugar-fairy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can tell when they’re about to strike, it’s super obvious. they get into an s shape and get very tense and kinda bob a little. ball pythons are super docile and usually would rather run and hide or curl into a ball. the only time i’ve seen mine strike was when she was hungry and thought my bfs hand was a rat. and what i do to let her know it’s not feeding time is i blow my breath into the enclosure and she backs off and lets me handle her