Kane, what I have learned & what others have echoed around here, is that if you wait to handle your BP for any reason, be it necessity or just the desire to spend some time with it, until they are out of their hides, you will probably wait forever!! Yeah, it is ok to remove her from a hide. The best thing to do though, is to lift the hide off of the snake. You don't want to put your hand into the hide cuz there is a good chance the snake will be highly threatened & that could lead to a love tap.