So I picked up a little jungle carpet girl and she is a serious spitfire. She is around a year or a little more and around 3' long. She is mellow in her cage and was exploring all over last night. Well I know its a no no since I just got her yesterday but I couldn't resist and I tried to work with her today. I went in slow and from under her and got her to climb on my hand although she seems to not like to touched really on her back or sides, underneath is ok. Well she was fairly relaxed while sitting on me and crawled around my neck and sat on my arm. My question really is does anyone else who has jungles have the same issue of theirs not really liking to touched on their sides or back like petting? Possibly/probably cause she is new? And she did tag my finger when she made a beeline for the CHE fixture next to her cage and I had to cut her off. Guess a giant hand in front of the face of a new snake will provoke the "oh yeah!? watch this" bite response lol. Luckily she is small and it only drew 2 drops of bloods.

I guess bottom line is how do you guys going about taming a feisty girl? Just give her a week, get her eating well and then just suck it up and let her climb on me until she gets used to it and work on the actual "holding/petting" part? At night when she is on her cruising mode and has her head at the front of the cage, I can touch the glass where her face is and doesn't even respond so shes not like a cage striker. I'm so used to boas and BPs who are more or less "lazy lovers" who couldn't bite lol but this little jungle girl is ready willing and able to bite and isn't afraid to hit 3rd gear for speed lol. Already being kept on my toes and its been 1 day lol. Anyways, thanks all for the help/responses. So far i'm loving her.