Help with handling

[Annarose15]

I put her in a seperate feeding tub. I offered a F/T hopper with tongs which she readily ate. I had reached in (very slowly) and was wacked on the thumb, after giving her about twenty mintutes to eat. It was a smaller tub though, like a plastic Rubbermaid shoebox, so maybe she felt threatened? I have a larger plastic tub I can use I needed.

This is precisely why I recommend AGAINST feeding in a separate tub. She was either defensive because she is more vulnerable during/after eating, or she was still in feeding mode. Feed her in her enclosure. She is obviously more likely to assume your hand is food or a threat when you reach in to handle her right after eating, than if her food always comes via metal tongs.

But hey, at least now you know a bite is nothing to fear. ;-)