I'm confused

[Nate]

Hello, alright so I hear your not suppose to handle chaos because of stress but I see a lot of peoples pigs on here and they're holding them in a lot of pictures. Are they bad keepers or is there a secret to holding them?

 

[Nate]

to handle chams not chaos* and pics not pigs* lol sorry haha

 

[AFH]

Well, it's not that you can't handle them, it's just that less is better. Sometimes you have to handle them, cage cleaning, mating, taking them outside, taking them to the shower, photos, etc. But, it is stressful to the animal, which a lot of times leads to interesting color patterns that people like to take pictures of. So, if someone were to take a poll (hint, hint, moderators), you'd probably see that most experienced keepers handle their chams once a week or less.

 

[Nate]

Oh ok thanks! That clears it up for me

 

[bucky]

And ppl dont handle them 24/7 or something. Its just for a couple minutes.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

The times that you do need to handle them (for all the previously mentioned reasons) are often good photo opportunities.
I have the camera nearby whenever I do have to handle them.

-Brad

 

[Orin]

Well, it's not that you can't handle them, it's just that less is better. Sometimes you have to handle them, cage cleaning, mating, taking them outside, taking them to the shower, photos, etc. But, it is stressful to the animal, which a lot of times leads to interesting color patterns that people like to take pictures of. So, if someone were to take a poll (hint, hint, moderators), you'd probably see that most experienced keepers handle their chams once a week or less.

I agree but I think the primary reason experienced keepers handle them less is they have more animals and to some extent less excitement (about holding anyway).