Whenever we get new snakes, no matter what we give them a whole 5days (at the least) to acclimate with their new surroundings, so they'll not be stressed out and be stressed with a full belly. But that doesnt mean you cant look at them, the snake needs to get used to you. Also if you wait 5-7days, on the 7th day you can try and feed your snake, and when its fed, leave it be for another 3days and then start handling it. Start easy (it may be hard, but your snake will get use to you) like every time you handle it do it for 10-20mins, a few times daily, and week by week you can up that. Our snakes are handled a lot. Heck we have a 14 and half male retic python. If we dont handle him daily, Im sure he'd be pissed at us by feeding day and take out his anger on us not the food. We feed f/t to all of our snakes. I like the one-on-one interaction we get with out snakes when feeding and live feeding just doesnt cut that. When you've had your snake for abotu a month you can probably handle your snake for a couple hours at a time but you must make sur eyour snake is ok with that, if it keeps trying to slither off and way and acts frightful you may want to put your snake back if you notice thesr things. And if the snake is acting aggressive you need to work with him. Feel free to keep on asking, Im sure many people here can answer them much better than I can