So when I had my plastic pot tray in the enclosure to provide a nice little hiding spot for my vinny, she would hide all day only coming out at night when I turned all lights off. After a while I took it out to see how she would react not having her hiding spot. She would then crawl up this driftwood I placed in there and would just chill on it all day, even when I had replaced the pot tray with water bottles (so I could observe her when she would hide) she would still stay in the same spot on the driftwood, out in the open daylight. This made me a little sad as it kind of gave off the impression that she wanted to be eaten? So I placed her pot tray back in and unsurprisingly she went back inside it and will probably not come out until tonight.
What I am trying to ask is, why the hell was she just chilling on this driftwood in the open like that? Even when I opened the cage and nudged her abdomen, she kind of just didn't care; whereas when the tray was in there, she would instantly dart into her hidey spot when she felt me opening the enclosure lid.
Was she stressed? I mean, she could have just burrowed under the driftwood or something, but she did not.. I know why she's skittish, and it's because one of her antennae legs was broken off during shipping I'm assuming (bought her at a local petshop), but she was the complete opposite when she had no where to hide.
What I am trying to ask is, why the hell was she just chilling on this driftwood in the open like that? Even when I opened the cage and nudged her abdomen, she kind of just didn't care; whereas when the tray was in there, she would instantly dart into her hidey spot when she felt me opening the enclosure lid.
Was she stressed? I mean, she could have just burrowed under the driftwood or something, but she did not.. I know why she's skittish, and it's because one of her antennae legs was broken off during shipping I'm assuming (bought her at a local petshop), but she was the complete opposite when she had no where to hide.