He has plenty of hiding places I didn't do a very good job of describing the set up. I can get a bigger rubbermaid tomorrow it is probably a 50ish gallon one I don't know the dimensions but its like the one I have but on a larger scale. I am getting the mercury vapor bulb tomorrow any idea how many watts i should get? I was thinking I would slowly start reaching my hand in with him after he settles so he gets used to it and maybe curiosity will get the better of it and it will come over to me. I also heard that I could put a piece of my clothes in with it so it will be use to my smell and to hand feed it treats like wax worms or something like that so it will associate me with treats but I think that it will make it bite more. What do you guys think? Also should I put it in a separate container for feeding or feed in the cage? Thanks