Hey all,

One of my latest aquisitions, Rowan, has settled in and is eating regularly for about 4-6 weeks now, off the tub floor. Since she's been here she has always acted very shy during tub cleaning and very minimal handling. No matter what she thinks I'm going to eat her everytime I open her tub. I make plenty of noise so as to not sneak up on her but no matter what when I pick up that hide she freaks out. Frantically trying to escape and bumping her face into the edges of the tank. She's obviously not going to get any better if I don't handle her but does anyone have any suggested time limits or perhaps suggestions. I've stopped handling her because I don't want her to go off feed and I don't want to stress her out. I also don't want her to be this shy and crazy when it comes to handling her, any advice would be appreciated.