Hands-on handling, positive and negative experience question

[formica]

thanks for the comments guys

Toothless, no I've not been picking him up, only previously out of necessity a few times, my interactions with him, since he moved to his grow-on, have been nothing more than tong feeding and arm perching, and i feel his confidence in that time has been in decline


agreed Nepoez, i'm inclined to think its hit and miss aswell, the fact that I was able to handle him a few times early on, suggests that it may be worth trying, i've had plenty of snakes and lizards who needed allot of attention in this way, before they learned to tolerate interaction like that, both WC and CB, my Sav is WF, so at least it potentially shouldnt be as difficult as WC.

[Toothless]

Originally Posted by formica

thanks for the comments guys

Toothless, no I've not been picking him up, only previously out of necessity a few times, my interactions with him, since he moved to his grow-on, have been nothing more than tong feeding and arm perching, and i feel his confidence in that time has been in decline


agreed Nepoez, i'm inclined to think its hit and miss aswell, the fact that I was able to handle him a few times early on, suggests that it may be worth trying, i've had plenty of snakes and lizards who needed allot of attention in this way, before they learned to tolerate interaction like that, both WC and CB, my Sav is WF, so at least it potentially shouldnt be as difficult as WC.

I was just being smart :P. Was feeling a bit silly yesterday as I have a sick baby and havn't slept in 3 days.
It probably wouldn't hurt to give it a try and see if he tolerates handling. If he looks stressed, you can always go back to the hands-off (you know what to look for ).
My guy probably wouldn't like to be picked up, but I don't think it would stress him if I did it slowely- he seems quite settled in and doesn't spook easily anymore. I just havn't had the time to see how far he'll let me go with the handling thing.