Depends on his mood, he is learning to chill a bit but he'll still take random swings at my hands when I'm handling him every so often. I don't trust him and he don't trust me yet, lol. But if I'm feeding him or cleaning/changing his water bowl, he just watches me which is a far cry from when I first got him. :) And he's not as determined to strike when I do handle him, if that makes sense. But I sure wouldn't let him near my face or let him roam about my shoulders like Ma-tsu or Gomez!