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Sun Tiger Rehouse advice

So I just got a Venezuelan Sun Tiger at a reptile show over the weekend. I'll be rehousing it soon. Just wondering if anyone has any advice or things to watch for that I may not be thinking of or may just come with time and experience with this species.

It is a juvenile/sub-adult at about 3 inches. I know they are bolty/flighty and insanely fast (found that out first hand the night I brought it home lol). I also know they can be defensive sometimes and have some significant venom compared to other New World species. Just kind of looking for anyone else's experiences with rehousing/handling. I don't plan on actually handling it but if it bolts or jumps on me or gets away from me I'd like to be prepared with some idea about how to handle it.

Right now it seems like a fairly skittish lil fella and prefers to hide than actually throw up threat poses or be defensive. But I haven't done anything with it other than feed it so far.

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