Hey All,

Just picked up a baby albino burm yesterday. I am going to make an effort to hook train from the beginning. In the past when I hook trained, they were much larger already, and weren't using hides. My question is, when the snake is in his hide, do you pull the hide off of him, stroke him with the hook, and then pick him up? Or do you try to gently hook the snake and pull him out of the hide? I see both situations being stressful, and was wondering if y'all had experience with this.

Ive read currently that there is a debate whether burms ever need a hide, but I thought as he is still a hatchling having a few in the viv would be best until he puts on some size.