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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ghost" data-source="post: 44775" data-attributes="member: 3461">I wouldn't worry to much about him not eating he's got a pretty plump abdomen and you said he's been drinking so he will be fine without eating for a while,what you've got to remember is P.muticus are slow growers,as for his legs being curled its hard to say if its a death curl without a photo,I've seen my T's legs in some strange positions I think he's probably a bit stressed and the substrate could be a bit damp for his likening,P.muticus should be kept on deep dry substrate with plenty of ventilation,I keep mine with 75% of the enclosure filled with sub for burrowing,they don't need a hide but I always add a curved peice of bark with a starter burrow and some fake plants to give some cover untill they start their own burrows.On another note I wouldn't be poking at him to much these are pretty defensive T's and will either bite then hiss or hiss then bite and they can still move quite quick for a burrowing species and you don't want to be getting tagged by one of them they've got pretty nasty venom....</blockquote>