well with our wild caught saoirse,once we got her eating and everything, I would just take her out while I or jo was cleaning her home built on it from there she's still not really into being handled dons't need it she will sit with me for a 15 minutes to a half an hour now come out of her ball and exlpore a bit but truely she dosn't really care one way or the other she tolerates me better then jo for some reason. We have gotten her eating she still fasts every winter and she's clam in her home so for her we just try and let her be where she is most comfortable hope that helps .