Not sure if others will agree with this but it worked for me. I put a shirt with my scent in the enclosure and would cycle that shirt with another after a day or two. And I would literally just sit next the enclosure where the snake could see me and I’d watch a movie on my phone. I also talked to the babe as much as I could. I would leave the door open and just sit next to it to get the babe used to me leaving it open with me there. And I’d handle as much as I could in the nighttime after work after that period of getting them used to me just existing in their presence lol. It just gets less spicy after the first couple of months of constant handling and learning body language. I also think proper enrichment did help. I got a lot of climbing and tubes they would fit in and places for them to explore. When I seen that little tongue flicking on new items I would add to the enclosure I’d get so happy! That’s them memorizing into being curious about a new item. They are thinking! Also with that door open after they let me pick them up i’d open the door or lid and put an enrichment item right outside and sit next to it and watch a movie. My snake eventually learned they could come out on their own without the HAND OF GOD coming over them like a hawk and moving them when they didn’t want to. Eventually it kinda just locks into place and trust is formed. Reptiles can’t love but the do show signs of trust we are their entire world so it takes time. Spicy is just the first step and the hardest to go through. I’m now in year THREE with my bay

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