If so, I'd greatly appreciate some advice. My little girl is extremely defensive. She's about 150 grams, I haven't yet weighed her because she seems to stress out so easily. Before you ask, I'll describe my setup a bit:

Housing: she's in a tub, it's an off brand but I think it's pretty close to a 28 qt. I only have 1 hide, but I know many who use tubs don't even provide them, so I'm not sure if that's the issue. Honestly it could be a little more cluttered. It's a foggy clearish tub, do I need to black the entire thing out? I have a ceramic water bowl on the cool end, and a digital thermometer I there as well. (Yes, I know it's not recommended to use battery operated things, but I check it regularly to make sure there aren't any leakages, etc).

Temps/heating: I have a small UTH on a hydrofarm, warm side is 91, cool is 82 as of this morning. My ambient room temp is 86 degrees, perfect for reptiles, absolutely horrendous for anything mammalian (myself included!!). Humidity is pretty high due to our evaporative cooler, it's sitting around 60%.

Feeding: she gets appropriately sized home grown ASF Not surprisingly, she's an extremely aggressive feeder, has never missed a meal with me, not even when in shed. I feed every 5-6 days, depending on who's hungry.

Now she's been a little pistol since I brought her home ( she was a complete angel when I was checking her out before purchase, go figure). She tagged me pretty good the first night when I was checking her temps. For the first 3 weeks, I didn't even touch her except for feeding and cleanings.

I've been trying to handle her for short sessions a few times a week, but she's still a holy terror. Strikes when I open the tank, huffs and puffs when I hold her, the whole nine yards. I cleaned out her tank the day before yesterday, which she was NOT happy about, but hey, it needs to get done. Then today as I was walking past and checking on everyone, she violently threw herself against the side of the tub multiple times. I think she has it out for me lol.

Now I do keep a small colony of ASF about 6 feet from her tank, should I move them to a different room? They don't seem to have any effect on my other ball or hognose, both of whom are housed in the same vicinity.

Do you have any advice about her behavior? Aside from continued handling sessions? I've read through quite a few of the posts here regarding fearful and/or aggressive snakes, I'm looking for fresh insights, or some alternatives that have worked for you.

Thanks for reading my novel Let me know if I forgot anything!!M