Cant pick my dragon up

[sinko562]

my 1 1/2 month bearded dragon wont let me get near it he/she was cool with me picking it up when it was 3 weeks when i first got it and for about 2 weeks i was able to hold it and now for the pass 2 weeks he/she is acting like its the end of the world when i get near, running, jumping from my hand, opening its mouth and hissing, seriously heavy breathing ribs go in and out like crazy. and its starting to piss me off i cant even get it out the tank to give it a bath! it hasnt had a bath in about a week the last time i was able to get him out i was walking to the bathroom and he/she jumped from my hands (5 foot drop) and ran behind the tv stand had to wait 2 hrs til it came out then ran under the couch took a total of 3 hrs to get him into his bath, then on the way back to his/her cage she ran under the stairs. so i cant get a hold of it i already tried a bunch of tips from different forums but nothings working you spend all the time and money making sure their healthy and you cant even get the reward of holding it. i currently have 4 adult bearded dragons that are 5yrs old (seperate tank from this baby dragon and the tanks arent even near each other the adults are in the garage this one in my room) i never had a problem of holding any of them at any time. so i dont know how to deal with this.

 

[Jamiedog]

Mine also likes to try to jump, so when we're going from point A to point B through the main part of the house, we use a Rubbermaid container. That should at least solve the problem of her getting away from you when you're going to have a bath.

...I wish I could offer more advice, but that's about all I've got. Hopefully someone with a little more experience can give you something more thorough.

 

[TASTIGER]

babys find everything scary so they have to act tough you just have to keep going dont show her your scared and she will calm down with age

 

[Puff2011]

My Puff always ran from me at first. The people I got her from told me to bring her back and pick a different one. I thought that was mean so I just held her in her viv for the first few months and did baths in the tupperware in the viv. I think she was 5 months old when I started taking her to explore the couch. She is 14 months old and very accustomed to being handled now. She only squirms when she wants to explore and I am holding her back from her adventures.