hello!

I have a question, how you do wake up your snake without startling it?

We have have to take out my BP to feed him, clean up his tank a little, or for just handling him.
And he is always in his hide. well he should be from what i know of. he hasn’t come out in about 4-5 days, other than me taking him out two days ago.
But anyway, i don’t know how to get him out without picking it up from on top of him, but that startles him.
i feel like we shouldn’t do that because it could cause him stress that he doesn’t need. just being abruptly woken up like that.

i have seen that people stroke their snake to let them know that they aren’t a predator, and that they are going to be taken out.
but his hide is much to big for his size. and the hole is small, so i would still have to lift it up slightly. and i tried it today, and he didn’t wake up.

i have also seen that you can wake them up with smells. A smell that i have seen that people say work is fish. so i put some in, in an open bowl, and nothing happened. he didn’t wake up and it didn’t even look like he could smell it.
i’m also not really sure how that works, because they use their tongue for smelling, but when they are sleeping their tongue is in their mouth.

sorry for rambling