Does anyone not leave new snakes alone for a week?

[Skiploder]

To use your own argument against you, how do you know that 7 days is enough? Maybe you need to wait a month. Maybe you should wait until their first shed. Maybe you should never handle them at all to avoid the fact that you might stress them out. What made 7 days the magic number?

My point is, either you're right and you can never have any way of knowing if they're stressed, or you have to admit to one of the following:
1) Acknowledge that there are external signs of stress to indicate when a snake wants to be left alone
2) Admit that some stress may be present, but it likely not that harmful as long as the snake is acting "normal"

Either way, I think as long as your snake isn't trying to attack you constantly, is eating, and isn't trying to kill itself to escape, it means you're probably ok.

Why not just wait 7 days to be safe?

Unless there are extenuating circumstances, why not leave the animal alone for a week to allow it to acclimate? This whole idea that someone can't control themselves for 7 lousy days and stop touching or mucking with an animal is ridiculous. Wait 7 days and let the animal get used to it's new surroundings. There's no argument outside of a health emergency to NOT be safe.

The whole point of my post was to point out that there are often not any indicators present - which means that you can't ASSume it's not stressed because it's eating or not biting.

It's not a discussion about why I'M right. It's an attempt to get people to acknowledge that the standard acclimation time of 7 days that most of the hobby goes by is set for a reason.