No,I don't handle them but I have held one of my daughters, about the same size and I was terrified but once she was on my hand I was fine and wanted to do it again!
heres mine, iv held it quite a few times, often when i jst take the lid off its enlcosure it jst cimbs out to say hey lik lastnite! they seem slow but can be pretty quick when they feel lik it!