diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/larva.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/larva.dm
index 303f19e9b45..a174229de6b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/larva.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/larva.dm
@@ -292,3 +292,11 @@
 		var/mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/A = new(loc)
 		A.key = key
 		qdel(src) */
+
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/stripPanelUnequip(obj/item/what, mob/who)
+	src << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
+	return
+
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/stripPanelEquip(obj/item/what, mob/who)
+	src << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
+	return
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 773c4bf2b23..55b03767697 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/Topic(href, href_list)
-	if(usr.canUseTopic(src))
+	if(!usr.stat && usr.canmove && !usr.restrained() && Adjacent(usr))
 		if(href_list["item"])
 			var/slot = text2num(href_list["item"])
 			if(slot in check_obscured_slots())
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm
index 6f53f94d6de..019ae65f053 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm
@@ -943,6 +943,14 @@ mob/living/carbon/slime/var/temperature_resistance = T0C+75
 		return 0
 	.=..()
 
+/mob/living/carbon/slime/stripPanelUnequip(obj/item/what, mob/who)
+	src << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
+	return
+
+/mob/living/carbon/slime/stripPanelEquip(obj/item/what, mob/who)
+	src << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
+	return
+
 
 //////////////////////////////Old shit from metroids/RoRos, and the old cores, would not take much work to re-add them////////////////////////
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index 38916358259..f7a182b7880 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -521,3 +521,11 @@
 		return
 	gib()
 	return
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/stripPanelUnequip(obj/item/what, mob/who)
+	src << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
+	return
+
+/mob/living/simple_animal/stripPanelEquip(obj/item/what, mob/who)
+	src << "<span class='warning'>You don't have the dexterity to do this!</span>"
+	return