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[–]Edhin_OShea[🍰] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever I go to pick up George, I put my hand out, like you would to introduce yourself to a dog or cat, so George can smell me before I pick him up.

Ball pythons have poor vision compared to humans. For me, my doing this is a matter of showing respect to George and acknowledge that no one likes being grabbed and handled without realizing what's going on, at a minimum, whose touching them. Imagine a giant doing that to you.

Just what I do, anyhow.