Hands always works better with me and my bloods have got a system as to when they get held as 2kdime said. I tried a hook once and that was it for me that female was mad and bite me and took three wraps i was bleeding and uncoiled her and since then no hooks and we see eye to eye ,it is funny now wish i had it on u - tube. I hold my ultra,s a lot more the are pretty calm and less to hold, adult reds get so big they are hard to hold all of there body. Hey 2kdime i see where everybody went to bp.net.