beardie789":9trt5sqg said:
Also, I do not hold him outside of his viv. He's still small and extremely fast and jumpy and I don't want him to get lost someplace in our house or give one of our cats the opportunity to get him! Is this bad? When I pick him up (from under him not above him), he tends to want to run directly right up my arm which I don't want him to do because I don't want anything to happen to him. Is it wrong for me to wait to handle him more outside of the viv til he gets a bit larger? He seems very happy to me.
not at all.
when tasty treat was tiny i would hold her on my hand inside her viv. when i did take her out she would be sitting perfectly still and then just jump and take off.
you can take Sobe into another room and hold him on you. just block off any spaces he can get into.
some people go into their bathrooms, i prefer my hallway since it is the easiest to block off.
when he gets bigger you'll be able hold him more. just as long as you handle him a little everyday it won't be a problem.
as for the biting, when they are being fed something they like they get a little over excited. Mr Dargon bit me once the same way, I shouted mostly out of surprise as well and he actually looked sorry he did it. he has never bitten me again.
just try to get him to see the difference between your fingers and food. i use tweezers for most of the live food, they tend to get excited when they see the tweezers now since they know it brings the noms.
don't be scared of him biting you again, animals often know when you are scared. plus since he is small it won't really hurt, Tasty Treat has nipped me a few times. It seems to be her way of telling me she's mad (if she runs down to the cricket cage when i take her out and i pull her away she tends to bite me and give me dirty looks).
now when they are adults the biting hurts. some people here can tell you all about that!