I got a 1 yo female pastel BP about 3 months ago. She was never handled and is very afraid of anything and always coils up in a ball. No problem with that. She was fed live so I attempted to switch her to F/T.

Well she is way too scared to eat F/T, and the only time she showed interest she missed and smashed her head on the side of the rubbermaid I feed them in, so now she is too scared for F/T.

I have been successfully feeding her live medium rats, but now today there is a new problem. She was about to strike and the rat came too close to her to smell her and that scared her away and she rolled into a ball. So now she is even scared of her food....

She is not going to be a pet so I try handling her to a minimum just for feeding and cleaning her bin, but if she's scared of her own shadow and her own meals, is there any way to help her being less scared of everything?

Should I handle her more? I just don't understand what the big deal is with her head.All the other snakes I've had that were scared never had a problem with the food itself, just human handling.

Thanks