Can you pick up a ball python while it's in a ball?

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well if your snake is in a ball its obviously because it is feeling a little scared. if the snake does this every time you pick it up you may need to handle it more. at the same time, dont handle it every day because if the snake is timid you dont want to stress it out to much. so handle the snake every other day for lets say ten minutes at a time. eventually you can start to lengthen the time you handle it at a time. this should help with the shyness. so to answer your question, yes you can handle your snake when its in a ball, because you want to tame it a little more, but not too often as it will cause stress also. which could, throw the bp off frozen thawed rodents... but just keep a good balance and all will be fine.

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yes as long as you don't go fast and try to pick it up from underneath it . ... don't go towards it head.

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Yes, you can! But it's best to touch the snake first to let it know you are there.

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Yes, the ball position is defensive and not aggressive.
As they mature and get more used to you they will relax more and you will see the ball less and less unless something startles them.

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Yes, technically you can.
Though I don't like to because the snake is feeling incredibly vulnerable at that moment. The only time I pick mine up while it's in a ball is if something (like my dog who likes to lick him) is scaring him. His head pops back up right away when I do so, cause I've "saved" him from those frightening things. ^^ So cute.
Like someone else said: always touch the snake before you pick it up so you're sure it knows you're there. Otherwise it doesn't know what the heck is going on.

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Yes you can, pick it up from underneath not from where it's head is, also pet it so it knows that you are there and you don't scare it.
Krstl

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Of course you can

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I'd leave it a bit if I were you. Ball pythons get into a ball when they feel threatened, so leave it alone for a while.