i do it with mine every now and than just stretch it a little and put it around ur neck i think they actually like it for the warmth mine will stay curled around my neck all day if i would let em, i wouldnt do it with a full grown one tho if they realy wanted too i think it could prob strangle you unlikely but u nvr no, and my last one that passed on me back in november that i got from petco he liked to explore alot and he ended up falling off my neck and onto my bed luckily it was the bed and not the hard wood floor! so becarful if you do