Well, I cant wait for my snakes to come out of their hide(s), they never will!! lol. See, most of my cage is coverd by the "hide", because Ive got a 50 gal. thats filled with about 15-20, maybe more, slabs of differnt colors or granite.
Its all set up in a safe way so that they cant get hurt and it works great, the ones more on the cold side are still a little warm, and on the warm side their not too hot, and the snakes LOVE it!!
So normally I take out some of the slabs and their curled up in balls, so I just pick them up and start unwinding them. But I do have to VERY docile babies, and not everyones so lucky... But theyve never hissed or struck before.