Im done arguing with you two. Naturally cham's don't like to be in cages so yes my cham has on occasion crawled out of the cage onto my arm, but not on a daily basis.
It's really simple, the less you handle the cham the better off it is.
Im not over analyzing anything. Bottom line is if you take your cham out and hold him that often you are stressing him out. Have fun playing with your cham.
Is your cage big enough? It doesn't sound normal because these creatures think most everything that comes around them are a threat. Now acclimation to routine, where you feed your cham and provide water everyday; they start to realize that you're no longer a threat.
Even still, these are...
I cannot decipher jibberish. How was I being disrespectful by saying not to hold his cham and trying to tame it. Show me a "tame" cham and I will be suprised. Im sure there is an exception for some species being more docile than others but in general these reptiles dont like being handled. Id be...
Leave him alone. These creatures are not designed to be handled and cuddled with. They are solitary shy animals. Leave him be as much as you can. Try hand feeding as much as possible. Then they will associate yourself with food. Picking him up and holding him for no reason is only gonna stress...
If you don't have a dripper I would say 3x a day for 3 min would be sufficient.
Just space it out correctly like an hour or two after the lights go on, then in the middle of the day, then a couple hours before lights off.
edit: you might want to also look into a cool mist humidifier