New eel, wont come out

[binaryterror]

I bought this new eel exactly a week ago. I fed him half a thawed shrimp on thursday of last week, and he ate it. I also fed him a cray fish today and he destroyed it (but I didnt see him eat it, but I saw the cray fishes remains...). Anyways, he NEVER comes out to check things out. I am not expecting him to swim out in the open like a fish, but he doesnt even bother to poke his head out. I know its only been a week, but is there any hope of him not being so shy?

P.S. I believe I have a Banded Moray (Echidna polyzona )

[justinl]

time. and when you feed, don't stick the food in his burrow to make it easy. make him come out a bit if you can. it will show him that you're not a threat. wort a shot. Don't starve him if he doesn't come out though.

[DamnPepShrimp]

Also, they usually don't come out if they aren't hungry. Mine would do some exploring, but now pretty much just hides. If he is hungry, he might roam around a bit. Once he sees with with his feeder stick, he goes nuts, comes out and stretches all the way to the top of the tank! Give it time, it took a while for mine to finally come around. Btw, mine is a baby (6") snowflake eel.