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Mention to her they don't get THAT big and they're supposedly the sweetest snake you can get - if they bite you you can almost guarantee you were mishandling food and confused them or just flat out stress them too much (in such a case they generally will barely scratch you. i have yet to hear of a bally properly latching onto someone and needing to be pried off or anything). They also tolerate handling very well. Raven actually enjoys it enough he begs to be let out. Thought it was something wrong with his environment at first but nope, he just likes out to explore and feel new textures (has a thing for bracelets too). I used to take him out places(like friends houses) but he'd get really frisky sometimes and try to mate with peoples arms XD Don't ask. XD He still does that from time to time but only to my arm - *sigh* boys >> He'd defo like angel once they met XD Her liking him though... that's a whole other kettle of fish. She's way more timid than him and I don't really blame her. She was shipped to me in a box from a breeder. She was one stressed out baby and very snappy at handling so I gave her her space - now shes a mellow adult who i can read like a book. I can SEE when shes getting too stressed from too much handling but all in all she's fine with it now.
Sorry for nattering, I just love my snakes so much. I'd look into breeding them soon but I'm waiting for her to get a bit bigger even if shes already in the recommended area. There's just so much that could go wrong and it'd break my heart if she died. She's even named after my BF even though he face palmed when he heard I got another one - especially one so expensive. She's Het for hypo(carries the gene but does not show it) so cost me about $300 for the /baby/. She's probably worth about $500 now that shes breeding size. Possibly.
