ya well i have read that most ppls bp's stay in there hide but right now mine has his head and about 3 inchs of his body sticking out and im glad hes doing that cuz it shows that hes not that scared any more but im still not going 2 handle him for a few weeks tho even if i know hes acumulated 2 his cage i would just rather be on the safe side altho it is realy tempting