Lolllll at those baby desert balls in that video. The video actually really helped though. I tried out the dominance thing and cupped him in my hands completely. After a couple times of that he was calmer I guess and I let him crawl around in my hands. He even let me touch his head. I put him back in his enclosure and went out for a couple hours and when I came back I went to get him out of his hide box and instead of striking he just balled up. I got him out easy and after holding him a bit he let me touch his head without doing the dominance thing again (haha it's like a trust test). Anyways he WAS just chilling on my wrist while I wrote this (on my itouch which he struck at last night when i was using it) but tried to slither off and freaked out so I cupped him again. I hope this lasts :).
Also as a side note as some people said to let them sit in their enclosures for a week w/ no touch I disagree with. I'm no expert but I don't think you should unsocialize them for so long. I think you should introduce yourself at least everyday when you first get them so they get to know you. Just seems like common sense.
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