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If you mean how do you behave around a boa constrictor, then you move slowly so that you don't startle it. Let it climb on you as if you were a tree, not a predator grabbing it. When getting one out of an enclosure, it's best to have some way to tell it it isn't feeding time. For example, you could rub a snake hook along it to let it know there isn't food coming. Don't lift up just by tail, if lifting by the tail lift it a bit and put your hand under the middle of its body before lifting it out. Don't tap on its enclosure as it could stress them out. Try to stay away from it's head, unless for diagnosis purposes or if letting someone touch it who's afraid of snakes, etc. Don't just flip it around like it's a bag of potatoes, it's a living being with a sense of balance and this will just disorient them. Don't pick them up by the head, and be gentle! If feeding, don't just reach in and grab them, that's just asking to get bit, and you don't want a big angry boa biting you! And, of course don't grab one with prey scent on your hand as they will be in feeding mode, and you will get bit.

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