I personally think they are a must. I’ve kept a good amount of different snake species and find it to be a useful tool for each, maybe not with balls because even if they are fussy they are easy to work around.
I hook train all my snakes, I rub them on the head before handling for about 2-3 seconds and I find they react well to that. But to be fair I also mainly keep retics now and I’m a firm believer that retics need to be trained with a hook or paper towel roll.
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