Thanks guys.

That was my thinking, get him home because the constant assisting is going to be stressing him out. I'm collecting him tomorrow.

I don't really have a resource for live rodents so I'm hoping he gets back on the F/T, (it's all he's ever known so fingers crossed). I'll pick some little rats up when I collect him and leave him alone to settle for a week and see what happens. I tried using a hair drier but not in the actual room (as it's my son's bedroom). I will try that though so thanks for that.

The advice is reassuring because it confirms my thoughts and ideas are not too far from correct, which is helpful in itself.

I'll try to sort a photo of the viv, it's a 3 foot wooden viv with a couple of small led strip lights and a caged ceramic heat lamp at one end. I have 2 hides and some fake plants for cover but I might try to get another plant or something in order to give him some more cover.