Last week I brought home my first ball python. She was hatched in September 2012 so she is only 5 or 6 months old now. When I brought her home she was pretty active and seemed friendly and fine with being handled, but I know I'm supposed to leave her alone for a while to settle in so I set up her tank and left her alone for the weekend. Today I wanted to take her out for a few minutes but when I tried to pick her up she hissed at me, so I left her alone for the moment. I've watched plenty videos on how to handle ball pythons so I did what I've learned. I took up her hide slowly, and pet her away from her head to let her know I was there, she is okay when I'm just touching her but as soon as I try to pick her up she hisses at me. I'm supposed to feed her today but I'm not sure if I should leave her alone for a few more days or just pick her up anyway so she will get used to me? I'm still a little nervous since she is my first snake so I didn't pick her up, but what should I do now?