I think you mean a tad larger? Bredli are one of the bigger members of the carpet complex and probably the most heavy-bodied (relatively speaking).
Neither the jungle I had many years ago, nor the jungle I have now, went through nippy stage as babies. Dunno if it really helped, but I used gloves for the first couple months and didn't over do handling. The gloves were the super thin, one-size-fits-all type and were just their to dampen my body heat. As soon as they seemed to get the concept of handling, no more gloves.