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You hook a ball python in the upper 2/5 of a ball python. Never in the middle, his heart and lung are there, you want to avoid compressing any major organs. You don't want to hook too low, as the stomach, especially after eating to get him back into his enclosure.
Try to get him just below the neck as he'll try to slither away and any lower he'll fall of the hook.
Good luck.