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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 189426" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>To intentionally pick up a T can stress them if they are not happy with it. due to them not wanting it. But they do not recognise us, or know what a human is, or get stressed by happily walking onto us. To some T's we are just a climbing opportunity. An opportunity for a walk. So if a T climbs onto me, I never think I'll stress it out. But it falling off me, that is a risk & that I do consider.</p><p></p><p>Look around these pages & you will find lots of comments about not giving terrestrial or fossorial T's too much height in their enclosure above the substrate, as if they climb & fall. Then they could realistically hurt themselves. We are no different to their enclosure & once on us, we sometimes cannot easily stop them climbing higher, or moving at speed if that is what they chose to do. I have had a large sling do a runner from it's container up my arm, over my shoulder & down my back at speed. I had to carefully remove my shirt to retrieve it. I have also had to sit very still & spend several worrying moments carefully looking around. After a large sling did a runner from it's container at speed. Fall off the table & hopefully into my lap. Neither slings were harmed & both incidents occurred when I was feeding. Accidents happen, so I try not to put my T's in positions where they are more likely to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 189426, member: 29323"] To intentionally pick up a T can stress them if they are not happy with it. due to them not wanting it. But they do not recognise us, or know what a human is, or get stressed by happily walking onto us. To some T's we are just a climbing opportunity. An opportunity for a walk. So if a T climbs onto me, I never think I'll stress it out. But it falling off me, that is a risk & that I do consider. Look around these pages & you will find lots of comments about not giving terrestrial or fossorial T's too much height in their enclosure above the substrate, as if they climb & fall. Then they could realistically hurt themselves. We are no different to their enclosure & once on us, we sometimes cannot easily stop them climbing higher, or moving at speed if that is what they chose to do. I have had a large sling do a runner from it's container up my arm, over my shoulder & down my back at speed. I had to carefully remove my shirt to retrieve it. I have also had to sit very still & spend several worrying moments carefully looking around. After a large sling did a runner from it's container at speed. Fall off the table & hopefully into my lap. Neither slings were harmed & both incidents occurred when I was feeding. Accidents happen, so I try not to put my T's in positions where they are more likely to happen. [/QUOTE]
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