I have a 2 year old red tail female. She is beautiful and eats like a pig, and is growing like a weed! I have already posted questions about her aggressiveness before, and I was told that her age, and that she always wants to eat is what is going on... and I believe this to be true because when she has a full belly she is calm.

So my question is, I saw a video where a guy had a set procedure for taking out his big snakes (including huge red tails). he would use his snake hook and put it under them and lift lift them a little, then he would reach in and grab them with his hand. He said that using the hook every time when handling them taught them that when they were touched by the hook it was handling time NOT feeding time.

Do you think this is true? being a BP man, I don't own a snake hook, but if the general consensus is that this does work, then I will either get a snake hook, or use something similar home made.

thanks for your help.