The best trick in the book, and I'd forgtotten it until someone reminded me a couple of weeks ago, is to take a T-shirt and wear it under a sweatshirt for a couple of days. When it's full of your smell stick it in the cage for your little one to use as a hide, it will get to know your scent as a a safe place and will not stress out so much when you hold it. Don't do too much handling maybe 5 minutes while you are changing their cage and water then gradually increase length of time. Try only handling it at night, try not to disturb it's sleep, but pick a time when you see it out cruising. And don't worry too much about them biting (it's not like it hurts), they can sense it and it will stress them to further bite. You should be able to mellow him out in a couple of weeks no problem.
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Tosha



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