[AprilPearl]

I don’t know why, but I find that last picture particularly cute. His shape reminds me of a little bat somehow!

Good news about the absence of screeching last night. Out of curiosity, when does he screech? Is it when he can see you, or only when you are digging around for him in the fitch? If it’s the latter, then he may be screeching because he can’t see what scary predator is coming to get him (and if he could see it was you, would not screech). If this is the problem, then the screeching may resolve itself when he learns that you are the only one who digs him out and also when he gets brave enough to come out of his own volition.