Is it bad to take their hide?

So I was wondering if it was bad to remove the hide in order to get to your snake, such as in a case where I need to clean her cage and she is being stubborn or some of the like.

Not at all.
I lift the hide, let them realise it is just me and I have no rats or mice for them. Then I pick them up and move them to a temporary tub while I remove and clean or change out everything I need to.
When the cleaning is done depending on their body language they either get some handling or a return to their familiar enclosure.

If I didn't remove my BP's hide, she'd never get handled, I swear she spends the whole day in there. In the evening she pokes her head out but I have never seen her just hanging out in her enclosure outside of a hide. She does move from hide to hide, but apparently not while I'm looking lol.

lolz alright, thanks guys!

Yea, I do this to mine when I'm feeding or cage maintenance or just taking them out. If they don't like it then they've got no choice really, lol.

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Originally Posted by Shera

If I didn't remove my BP's hide, she'd never get handled, I swear she spends the whole day in there. In the evening she pokes her head out but I have never seen her just hanging out in her enclosure outside of a hide. She does move from hide to hide, but apparently not while I'm looking lol.

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Yea, some of mine stay in the hide with only a head poking out.

I pick up the hide as well. She looks up at me like... really Mom!! Lol. I stroke her side then pick her up.

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