Hi all,

So I'm finally a proud owner of a 6 month old male. He arrived on Tuesday 20th June. He arrived by courier in a tub and the only handling I did was to pick him up, quick check over and then straight into his viv which is a 4x2x2 with lots of branches,logs, plants and 3 hides.


However on Tuesday night, he managed to find a way behind the foam background I made myself. It was my fault, there's a gap at the top behind one of the cork bark flats as I had just run out of expanding foam!! At first he was peeping out from the top and seemed fine, but once the uvb light came on in the morning he retreated further in and I wasn't able to see him. Naturally I panicked and ripped off part of the bark so that I could try and take a picture of the inside to see if he was stuck. He doesn't seem to be but my only worry is that it's now Friday and he still hasn't come out. I'm due to give him his first feed next Monday 26th but I don't know how I'm going to do it if he doesn't come out.

I know they need at least a week to acclimatise to a new enclosure but I haven't seen him out, even at around 10pm with the lights off. Again, I know they love hiding but I don't want him behind the background because if he poops there then I. Ant clean it, without ripping part of it off. Once he's out I'm going to have to fill it.

What do you suggest I do? Leave him be or try and take more of the background off? I'm also worried that he's choosing to hide over regulating his temp. He's hiding on the warm side which is at 30 degrees. Humidity around 60%.

Thank you!