I wrote an article a little while back on it. I'll have to dig it up, but the jist of it is this...


When you pull your animal out for handling, before doing so you rub it/bump it on the head very gently. Do this every time you pull her out for handling. When you feed your animal, simply drop the food in her cage and leave her alone. Do not show the hook or anything at this time. What will begin to happen is she'll actually learn that the hook means she's getting pulled out, and no hook means she's getting fed. It prevents you from getting nailed...from any accidents happening. What it will do is if you open the cage one day to pull her out and for some reason (It does happen) she flips into feeding mode, getting bumped/rubbed with the hook will actually kind of cancel out her feeding response.

Hope this short version of it helped lol.