I got Plop about 2 months ago. He was 3g then. (Actually I don't know the gender but I refer to it as him until I can determine the gender.) After a couple weeks of having him I tried to take him out and handle him but he just wanted to scamper away. Once he jumped onto the floor and ran under the lounge chair that's next to his tank and I had to flip the thing over and dig him out of it.

Now I'm so petrified of losing him that I only try to handle him by sticking my hands in his tank and trying to let him hand walk while my hands remain inside the tank. He really doesn't like this and just wants to get away. I want to take him out and get an updated weight on him but I'm afraid to have him outside the tank for fear that he'll jump on the floor and run away (He's awfully fast...).

How do you people get all these cute pics of your cresties? I'm a half decent photographer, I want cute pics of my lil Plop! Are ya'lls just that much bigger and thus calmer? Did I just end up with the scaredy cat flighty one of the group? Help!

Plop the day he came home: