AB’s advice is excellent. I would add one more initial step. Cover the cage for an entire day, so that stressful sights are blocked from view. This will allow the stress hormones produced in a fight or flight situation to diminish. Make sure the cover used is very lightweight so that it doesn’t raise the temperature inside the tank too high. Then, the next day, get a good book or your Kindle and sit next to him reading quietly, eyes down on the medium you are reading. No phone, no noises, no staring at him, no hand gestures. Make sure he can see you clearly through the glass of the partially lifted cover. Do this for an hour, then lower the cover and let him think on this. Next day two hours, next day three. On day four, remove the cover. Let him get used to fully viewing the activity in the room for a week. Do not approach the tank and ask other family members not to as well.
Only when you can stand by his tank with no flight response from him/her should you place your hand inside the tank. Patience is absolutely key in this process.
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