Here a tip from a guy that gets bit all the time..Balls never bite the hand thats holding them. Now getting them out and putting them back in their tubs or tanks takes practice and typically causes most of my blood loss. If you can keep them focused on a hand in front of and out of range of them and slowly reach in behind them and scoop the up you'll be good. Then if you have to change hands just do it under snake. When putting them back just place them in and at the last minute kind of flip them over on their back and RETREEEEEEEET!!!!

Also take you a water bottle with you use it to gently tap them on the top of the head and normally they'll go defensive and you can get them out with out injury or stress to either of you.

Pssst I have a pair of gloves to..not that big and bulky for snappy babies. So no shame.