Quote Originally Posted by Lferg View Post
Let him bite you. It's fun and makes for great pictures.
I agree, let him bite you and get it over with, that way next time he gets cranky and strikes are you, you wont be so jumpy and nervous.

get him to bite your forearm and not your hand, it's easier to get him off the arm, if he latches on; like he probably will you can try tickling under the mouth, or gently pull up the front lip. don't let him wrap around you as he may hold on expecting your heartbeat to stop (and that's not going to happen).

always remember never pull away, you can hurt him really bad. then going forward you can try to always tap on his nose before picking him up. the theory to that is tapping him on the nose just before picking him up may disassociate handling from feeding.

next do not feed him in his enclosure, get a bin with newspaper and feed him in that and don't feed him near or in the same room are his enclosure as that will leave the scent around.