My bp comes out most nights for a few hours around midnight - although he didn't come out at all over the winter! If it's feeding day though, I don't bother trying if he's out of his hide - I wait for him to go back inside. That's because he just won't take a mouse if he's out of his hide - he'll basically ignore it. When he smells the warmed up mouse in his cage or feels it jiggling around from my long tweezers, he'll poke his head out and will strike from the safety of his hide.