My coral glow pinstripe does the same thing. I keep him in a tub in a rack, but I still like to put hides in there. I had put a bigger one in there, when I noticed he was hanging out all over, but when I would open the tub he would be sitting under it with his head stuck out staring at me looking sad. So I put the other one back in with the new one so he could chose. He ditched the new one completely! Wouldn’t go near it. I just took it out finally. He must have been a turtle in his previous life.