I put a seperator in when first brought him home for about 3 weeks and he wouldn't eat during that time. He doesn't get handled a lot to begin with, maybe 5-10 minutes every other day and not at all a few day before I plan to try to feed him. Even went a week of no handling to see if it would help. He is very active. Has a tight hide that he loves, a ramp he loves, breeder said feed him in separate container and my brother has alsways fed in separate container. I actually tried to feed him in his tank but he was not interested. He actually seems scared of the live and not interested in thawed.