Quote Originally Posted by DerekG4 View Post
Alrighty, will do that soon as it arrives.

Also wanted to ask, my BEL roams in his tub a lot more than my mojave, I'm assuming this may be because he's looking for somewhere warm? When I open his tub he doesn't seem to mind my presence. I put my hand in the tub to see his reaction and he simply climbs up. Is it okay for me to do this repeatedly (by repeatedly I mean roughly every time I see him out roaming for an extended amount of time, holding for about 10 minutes per time)? I thought it would be good since my hands could warm him up a bit and he doesn't seem to mind at all since he's approaching me rather than me picking him straight out. He didn't seem stressed/scared (Relaxed breathing, no flinching, wasn't balling up, nor did he have that S shape posture) over the whole ordeal.

My Mojave however has been hiding a lot. I haven't handled her since the day that I first got her. Currently she's hiding in the Gelato container. I'm assuming I shouldn't handle her at all unless she clearly doesn't mind going near my hand? I know I shouldn't handle them (or just about any animal, really) when they're in their hide. I only did it once to the BEL because he got the paper towel in to the bowl and soaked the whole paper. Other than that, I haven't done anything else handling wise.
Don't handle new snakes for at least a week. Give them that time to de-stress and know their surroundings. After that handle as much as you like providing you give them 24-48 hours after meals to digest. If mine are in hides, I shake the hide a bit to wake them, then lift hide and get them out.

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