I just got my first ball two weeks ago, and started handling her regularly about a week ago. She's just a baby, and yet so much calmer than my adult corn snake and king snake. I think she likes being handled-whenever I open her habitat to change the water and spot clean, she pops right out of one of her hides and starts cruising around until I pick her up, and then she starts navigating her way around my arms and shoulders. So I'm guessing she's happy and comfortable-temps are all good, humidity's great, and I even put blankets around the sides of the glass to give her more privacy. The only concern I have with her is that in the two times I've tried to feed her, she balls up, hisses, and/or jerks away from the mouse-I've been trying to feed her frozen/thawed like with my other snakes, and she was eating live before I got her-which I certainly know could be the problem-but I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem before? I just wanted to know if anyone else has had this issue or has solutions before I go out to buy her a live mouse.

The first time I tried feeding her in her enclosure-I personally don't find my snakes to be any more or less aggressive this way-and the second time I tried feeding her in a plastic box, but I got that same reaction both times.