I bought my tokay from a petstore BECAUSE it looked in bad shape. there were 4-5 in a 5 gallon all hiding in the same small log an one looked dead. the pet store geek messed with them and they slowly started moving, I said you know they are supposed to have heat, he said they do(they didn't.) so i picked one out(might have been the "dead" one) and saved it any furthur neglect. its been fine for the few years I've had it but is in no way "tame"