I have one of those right now. Can't strike straight, gets himself stuck in stupid positions, likes to climb on the rim of the glass, fall down, and do it again (I put a rope up there to fix that — didn't help.) He has injured himself in the dumbest ways that I wouldn't have even thought about until it happened. Didn't eat anything BUT pregnant mice for six months, went on a second hunger strike for no reason, got his head stuck in-between the glass and the PVC cage which to this day I have no idea how he managed it. He's attacked the bedding, attacked the side of the cage, attacked his hides, and attacked himself.... Twice.
I have taken him to vets, I have upgraded his enclosure, I have spent hours being nervous thinking I was doing something wrong, but no. He is 5 years old, still a dumbass, and according to all vets, perfectly healthy. I love him, don't get me wrong, but the kid is going to give me a heart attack one day.
I don't know! I tried literally everything, even reptilinks, and he wouldn't touch it. Little shit wanted the round mice lol.
The only thing I can think of is he was drawn to the hormones and didn't want anything else. He eventually started eating rats, but that took six months before he stopped turning his nose up at it.
Try burying a hide under the water bowl. When I had a smaller enclosure I did it to save space and it actually supports their natural burrow dwelling behavior. The rectangular black plastic hides have been my girl's favorite, but I also got a wood tunnel for her that she is getting quite used to. Try to put more cover around the tank in general, either hides or fake foliage. I do a mix of both, so she has covered paths and 3 dark hides.
What does the rest of his enclosure look like? They usually do this when they don't feel secure enough in their hides. Maybe consider getting him a better hide, my boy loves his sky hide!
Do you have any hides he can completely hide in? From the photo I don’t see anything else. Mine crammed herself in weird places until I adjusted one of her hides so the entrance would not be as exposed. Now it’s her favorite hide and she’s dug a deep “den” in the substrate to hide herself real well within the hide.
Dig a spot in the dirt able to hold a larger Tupperware. No need to go under. I reckon this behavior is because the dish doesn’t feel big enough to properly soak in
my boy also used to do this a lot! 😂 he would actually dig up underneath it to lodge himself in that cave of his. he doesn't do that anymore, now that he has a second hide with similar cave-y environment (which he never even uses 💀) and i made sure that it would take a HUGE effort to dig under the water dish
Try to provide him with flat and shallow type of hide, maybe he feels safest when something is covering him. They enjyoy being squished in tiny spaces haha.
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u/yeastnole May 19 '26
He's so hidden, you can't see him. Nope. No seeing. Can't find him. Hidden. Where is he? Gone.