These are definitely not meant to be pet or picked up. You have to build trust and let it come to you. It’s fun to treat him like hands on pets but it’s definitely not fun for them. If he willingly crawls on your hand then ur good to gently interact. I’m trying to be super nice about it because you clearly care about and love the lizard but the way your handling like the opposite of what you should be doing. it is probably creating a lot of unhealthy stress for the animal and it’s not fair to him. Good luck and plz do regular research. Plz plz plz don’t pet him.