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I have two dragons around 6-7 inches each but they dont seem to like me..They always run from my hand and one bites on the rare occasion..I try to go slow and come up from the bottom but it doesnt make a difference. I have to be very careful when I hold them as they will sometimes dart out of my hand..Is this normal and I am expecting too much? I have had them about a month and a week..

Yes, they are like that when they are babies, they become more tame as they get older. Mine is an adult and I rarely handle her, but when I do she isn't aggressive at all.
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I've had mine since late August, early September, and he is still pissy. So much so that we dubbed him "fat bastard." He is a nice boy and likes to eat, but has an additude. Now, I have a roommate and friends who like to party at my apartment when I'm not there, and I think that they tease the old boy. I've found thinks like gold fish crackers in is tank...it ticks me off! I can't wait for him to move out, but he swears that no one teases him...yeah right, drunk folks don't want to cause trouble. Anyway, I hope that mine settles down when my roommate leaves. If you continue to work with them, they will be fine. Remember, you are much bigger...kind of like a predator would be. You might want to try baiting them with a piece of their greens and/or a cricket/mealworm. Oh, mine doesn't really might, he just flattens and pokes his beard out, hisses, occasionally flips around with his tail, and gaps, holds his mouth open...th usual defensive, pissy mechanisms of a beardie.