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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 120795" data-attributes="member: 4199">it's hiding from the world.  Let it do it's thing.  They're nocturnal so he could be venturing out at night, then going back to the safety of the hide for the day.  Try putting prey in the enclosure, the size of, or smaller than it's abdomen.  For tiny slings pinhead crickets will work, crush their head and leave it near the hide,  or pinhead S. lateralis roaches (Red Racers) work well as food.  I've also used small meal worms and chopped their heads off.  If the prey is still there in the morning remove it and try again in a day or 2.  They won't starve themselves <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>