Yeah, I know the BP will hide most of the time too, but here's the deal: I set up a very naturalistic vivarium for my leos. It was complete with rock ledges with soil behind the rocks, live plants, etc. The problem was, they were TOO comfortable. They made burrows under and between the rocks back into the soil. And they NEVER come out. I rarely even see them at night. They just sit in their burrows and wait for crickets to come to them. The real problem was though, that I couldn't even get to them when I needed to, without tearing the entire tank apart.

SO, I decided to move them to my rack, and put one of my balls in the living room for now. It's ok if she hides, but I'm not going to make the set up so elaborate that I can't get her out when I need to.

Oh, and I decided to just use cypress bedding for now. I started with the topsoil but I didn't like the way it was turning out. I may do it later. I'm actually planning to put a bearded dragon in that space as soon as I can come up with the scratch to build a nice enclosure worthy of the living room. Setups cost way more than beardies. :D

Thanks for all the info.

--scott
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