Hi all,
Another post from the newbie. I had originally made a post about our snippy new baby ball that snapped at me twice a day after we got her. Sorry for another post but I'm a first time snake owner and want to make sure I'm doing things right. Mostly because it's my 6 yr old daughter's snake and I want her to be able to handle it properly without fear one day.

So long story short, we got out baby last week Friday, it's now been a week and she has eaten 2 days ago. I would like to start handling her tomorrow but want to make sure we start out right. She's still very skittish, and hisses at me when I clean and fill her water dish everyday and snapped at me again today.

So my question is: what's the best way to get her out of our front opening tank (can't spin it around to make her back face me) if she is clearly scared and in lunge position? Should I try to distract her with one hand and scoop her up with the other? I don't really want to use a hook. I also don't want to let her think she can scare me away by biting so I'm going for it either way.

I'm just looking for advice on how experienced handlers would deal with this, and how you would take a scared baby out of a tank and not a tub.

I know shes still a baby but I'm really hoping with time she grows out of this scaredy cat phase sooner than later for my 6 yr olds sake.

Thanks again everyone! Did I mention I love this forum!

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