My little Caulker Cay was about the same way when I first got him. He wouldn't come out of his hide to eat. I had to place the F/T at or just inside the entrance to his hide before he would take it. He was on rat pinks so I decided to try live prey since it worked for me once before with a little Peruvian boa with the same issue. The first time, I placed it about 4 inches in front of his hide and after about 5 minutes he came out and took it. I did this for about 3 weeks, then tried another F/T, except this time I stood at the end of his tub behind his hide and zombie danced the prey about 3-4 inches in front of his hide with the tongs and he finally came out and took it. For the next few weeks I just alternated between live and F/T and each time I placed it a little farther away from his hide so he had to come out a little more each time. I also made sure to feed him last so he would be well pre-scented from heating up the rats for the others. Once he got to where he would come out regularly I just quit feeding live...
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