Quote Originally Posted by Champagn3 View Post
Wondering if I should remove the hides or not. Maybe that'll stress him too much and I should just leave everything as is. Thinking that because when I tried feeding outside of his tank we came to the conclusion it was stressing him out and the breeder fed in the cage as well so it's what he's used to
He should be able to smell the rat when it goes in the tank. You can wait until night time, bring the rat in the room and put it near the tank, or in the tank in a box until he peeks his head out. Then open the box.