Veiled doing wierd stuff!?

[Barett650]

Male Veiled
3 inch long body
unknown age


So I've had him home for about 4 hours now and he has explored the entire enclosure and has been basking a bit also. He walked down to the bottom of the cage and started eating some spilled soil on the paper towel, then started chewing on the corner of the paper towel. I'm new to their actions, but this seems odd.
I gave him 5 crickets in a dish up in the middle of the cage and he scrambled on those like he hasn't eaten in days. Then he goes back down for some more dirt. I let a couple crickets loose in the enclosure and he hunted them down, but isn't interested in the crickets in the dish.

Maybe I'm just freaking out because I'm afraid he is really stressed out
Any help will be appreciated

 

[chameleoman]

Stop letting him eat it now!!!!

 

[Barett650]

I got him away from eating the paper towel and he has gone for the dirt again. Just got to keep an eye on him

 

[kinyonga]

I would take the paper towel and the soil out....he might end up with an impaction.

 

[Hoj]

i use nothing on the bottom i hate paper towel for this very reason and dirt can cause problems too. remove the towel and cover the soil with large sized river rocks so he cant get at it.

 

[Barett650]

Thanks everybody