He's been a little bit more active recently, but he is still almost always in his hide. He retreats into his hide if he sees me and bolts when I try to pick him up. How do I make him friendlier? This is very important to me, because the main reason I wheedled my mother into letting me get a snake instead of a lizard is because they're supposed to be so much more loveable and friendly (and he is oh-so-loveable, it's just hard to be friends with an animal that hides whenever it sees you).