Good to know AC! His hides are pretty new actually, but I think he is about ready for a larger size anyway. I was misting his tank the other day and his side was at the entrance so he felt the water on his scales. He flexed to try to move away and the whole hide lifted! I was so excited, he is growing up so fast. ^_^ I didn't know that they would actively wander the enclosure when hungry, the only time I have seen him do that is this last week or two when I put him back he will not settle down and go in his hide. He used to go straight into the hide and curl up and seemed relieved to be back in his dark warm home, but these days he will pace the front of the tank poking it with his nose, cross the tank to look in his other hide then immediately go back to the other side where he will peek into his hot hide and turn right back around. I had to let him back out the other night because he had climbed the suction cup plants and was obsessively poking his nose against the tank lid. My first thought was to panic and check for something wrong in the tank, but temps and humidity were all perfect and he had been peacefully curled in his hide before I took him out that night. I don't know what to think about it. They aren't supposed to enjoy being handled and I didn't think they were the sort to "beg" either, but boy has it seemed that way recently.He settled down once he was back out and I let him slither around the bed for about 15 minutes (this was around 1:30 am mind you so I was pretty ready to curl up and go to bed myself). I put him back hoping he would calm down but he just continued pacing around the tank. At that point I turned out the light and got in bed and he did eventually go into his hide, but it was strange to say the least.
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