Hi all

I got my bp about a month ago, he is 5 months old. I handled him very little for 2-3 weeks, as I did not want to stress him out- only when I cleaned the cage. He is eating fine and is healthy.
Since it's been a month I have started to take him out of the cage and handle him for a few minutes every day or so, so that he gets used to it. However he is clearly very scared when I pick him up, he balls up and his breathing gets really really fast. I don't want to scare him so I put him back in his tank.

I just want to know if I should be handling him anyways, just so that he gets used to it and stops being scared, so should I wait for a while longer because he's clearly not ready? What do you think?

thanks so much
kat.