Thanks, I have a buch of cypress mulch so I could easily try your suggestion. He still hasn't eaten since January and this past Sunday was his regularly scheduled feeding date so I tried again and he refused. A few thoughts, before he went off food he was a good aggressive striker, now when I present a heated Rat and do the ole zombie dance he runs back into his hide. I may try the black construction paper trick to the front of his tub and see if he's suddenly nervous. I don't have any breeding size girls yet, they are all subadults, and the husbandry has been fine. I'm thinking that perhaps this weekend I'll pick up a live mouse for him and see if it gets his attention. I have another that will only take live mice so maybe he's becoming picky too.