Mine is in his hide nearly all day. Very rarely I'll see him come out and get a drink or switch hides during the day, but it's not likely that I'll see him while the sun is up. Then, every night between 10pm and 2am he comes out of one his hides (usually the cool one) then wanders around for an hour or so. Usually he curls up on top of his warm hide or in it until around 6am. He will stick his head out every now and then when I come home and he almost always comes out when I change his water, other than that - he's invisible and in a hide.