I just brought home my new baby girl on Sunday. Finally talked the wife into letting me get a snake! I have picked the brains of the staff of the shop I got her from and most of the snake owning friends that I have but some more advice wouldn't hurt either. I got her all set up and she started exploring right away and I completely left her alone from Sunday night until this morning (Tuesday). I went to change her water out and she seemed to just be watching so I went ahead and decided to see if I could pick her up. I gave her a little pet along her side and she coiled up a bit and figured maybe I startled her a bit and let her be. Finished changing water, checked on the temp and humidity. After she started moving around I gave her another pet and started to lift her up and she tightened her tail around a branch and got stiff and tried to coil back up. Left her alone again. I've read conflicting ideas and am looking for more feed back. The store I got her from said to give her a day or two (and I'm pushing it at 36 hours) and some places on the internet say anything from a couple of days to a week or two. Other places say after a couple of days just pick her up anyway there's no other way for her to get used to it. Fridays are her feeding days and she did eat last Friday, I was hoping to get a couple of handlings in before this Friday. So longer story than I wanted it to be, should I give her the full 48 hours and just pick her up anyway this evening or lay off longer?