Quote Originally Posted by aquamentus_11 View Post
my <1y is also being stubborn so I may not be the best source of advice, but my strategy is to have her tank right next to my desk so she sees me all the time and gets used to how i move and smell gradually. i'm not going to try to handle her or offer food for a week. i've only been doing this since yesterday and it already seems to be paying off: she's been staying out on her branches all night and basking out in the open in the day. actually, when i saw her still in the same spot that i saw her in last night, i was worried she was dead. she's not she's been out so often that i have delusions that she's giving me the "food now" look. even if she is, too #@$& bad: she had her chance(s). two can play at this game.

she also let me remove her food dish from the day before without moving: i had to reach right over her and jostle the branches she was on to get to it, so that's huge to me. try setting your snake up uncovered wherever you go most and only mess with him to change water and clean. I even keep the amount of peering into her cage at her to a minimum.
I have removed the towel now and the tank is and always was on my clothes cupboard which I have to walk passed to get into my room which I can see from my bed and chair so can check on him with out having to get up close and disturb him but he will know when I'm here and stuff.

He used to come to the corner of the tank and look at me but I guess giving him complete privacy has made him weary again.

It funny though because he burrows so well that I can't figure out where he's burrowed and get that split second of panic when I think he's got out HA HA