ok, forget about anything told to you about not having a hide in the cage. These animals are reclusive. They spend most of the time in rodent burrows in central Africa. you want to essentially simulate those conditions for the comfort of the animal. if that doesn't happen it could feel out of its comfort zone and will be stressed. Picture it this way, you are in a big glass aquarium, and these HUGE things are always around you and looking at you, picking you up, etc... But you had no where to go or hide. You always felt uneasy because you never knew when these monsters would come and get you and there was no HOPE in getting away. You are always stressed.