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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tongue Flicker" data-source="post: 19028" data-attributes="member: 1055">I only interact with my Ts when i see them move around the enclosure for more than 15 minutes. I simply remove the cover and they let themselves out, walking slowly towards my hands. After 10 seconds i direct them back in as if nothing happened. It's my form of free-range handling. No forcing and their own free will. This usually happens during summer time here. Must be the heat is makin them active.I can say my Ts are never stressed. They never kick and does not have bald spots. Feeding usually happens once or twice a month.My T enclosures are in full indirect sunlight the whole day. They have been for the past 6 years. I doubt they'll last that long and grow into adults if they're stressed by that.As for knowing my kritters, i know better to just leave them alone. I'm already suffering from allergic rhinitis even though my Ts are just there, doing nothing.. I'm more stressed out than any of my pets are when i'm sneezing lol</blockquote>