When I handle my crested he'll stay still for a bit and then start climbing and jumping, etc. I'm soooo scared that he'll fall and hurt himself or get away from me and I'll lose him that as soon as he starts moving I tend to put him back in his cage. I've seen many people post pics of their cresteds sitting on their desk, in a plant outside the cage, or crawling around the outside of the cage, etc - obviously w/o worrying like I do. So I'm wondering if I'm overreacting and should let him 'explore' a bit more.

On a great note - my new little guy is eating well. He loves his baby food and his crickets. Ac ouple of nights ago I took some fresh watermelon and strawberries, diced them up real small and mashed them. Instead of feeding him from my finger I just sat it in his dish (I usually feed the baby food from my finger). He found it and gobbled it up - I think he liked it better than the babyfood! To make it easier for him to hunt (and to reduce the risk of him injesting the substrate) I put him in a Kritter Keeper to eat his crickets. Last night I gave him a couple of tiny waxworms as well (I had a couple left after feeding my skink). Once they started moving around he gobbled them up. Should I limit the number of crickets he gets in a feeding or feed him as many as he will eat?