She should be eating a meal that is the same size as the thickest part of her body. I have fed my guys both in their home tubs and in a feeding tub. Lately I have been moving them to a feeding tub only because I have had issues with their rats exploding and spraying gore all over the snake and the tub (I have a new supplier now so hoping that issue is gone!), and removing them to clean the animal and the rub is a lot easier if they're in a dedicated feeder tub. I do handle my snakes quiet a lot though. If they haven't just eaten I often hold each one for about an hour a day. I've had them long enough now I can handle them when they are in shed too. Also when I do a feeding I feed on a day where I have time to pick one up, walk around and hang out with them for a bit, then put them in the feeder tub and leave them there for 15 mins or so before offering a rat. I have had no issues doing it this way so far. They don't seem to associate the tub with eating. I also use cypress bedding in their home tub and don't want them gulping any. How big is your enclosure for your snake? When I first got mine they were small enough I could pull the tubs out and put them on my lap with the lid off, talk to the snakes and let them smell me before I reached in. If I was worried I would sometimes wait until they uncoiled and started checking things out and then picked them up back end first while talking to them. Taking the time to do this has made both them and me very comfortable and now I'm starting to just reach in, with some talking. My female was very hissy when I first got her but now she's ok because she knows it's just me lol. A bit of time and respect should turn things around for you and your snake. I'm not super experienced but this is what has worked for me
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