OP - your username made me think that you, like me, have powerful hot flashes. hehehehe - which I refer to as my “power surges”.
What’s the problem? Is he scared of being caught? Weary of you as new people? Just has a “I don’t wanna” attitude?
I would handle the situation differently depending on the cause.
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Only solution I can see is to put him back in a smaller enclosure until he is better acclimated to daily handling.[/QUOTE]
This is what you will have to do. In a large area there is no way you can gain the upper hand and he knows it. May be one reason he was there at the KB in the first place.