I adopted my first ball a little over a week ago, and set him up in his enclosure. I went to a local breeder and adopted on a day he was fed and so he spent the first couple nights in his warm hide. I got a stump shaped plastic hide and put it on the cool side with some cardboard underneath to create a hide.
I noticed it was hollow (down into the tiny root like branches on the hide) before I first put it in and stuffed the inside with rags and topped it off with substrate.
The baby found his way into the thing and pushed all my rags out of the way.
I left him alone until the day came for his first feed, and I tried to lure him out with a live rat fuzzy. He didn't respond and so I left it in overnight. Didn't take it the first night so the next night I tried again and he obviously came out and ate it, but he retreated back into his cold hide. I left him a day assuming that he would need heat but he still hasn't left and I'm worried about his digestion.
Should I try to remove him? My hand won't fit I'd probably have to take him to a vet or something... I'm not sure. I'm worried his warm hide just wasn't secure enough and now he is sacrificing his own warmth for the security of being wedged in this weird spot. Smells like he might have even urinated or deficated in the log. Also I've been having a hard time keeping the cool side warm enough because it is the middle of winter and my roommates keep the house coooold so advice there helps too.
The warm side sits around 91 with UTH, cool side is around 75.
He hatched in July if that info helps.