So today I got my first ball python! A beautiful (in my opinion) month-old normal male from JASBALLS - thanks again!

Now, I know that you need to give snakes a week or more to get accustomed to their new surroundings...he's only been in there a few hours, so I'm probably just paranoid that I've done something wrong. But his behavior does strike me as odd:

My hot side is controlled by a UTH/thermostat combo, and is hovering between 90 and 92. My cool side is controlled by an infrared lamp, and is hovering between 80 and 82. I've got two near-identical hides, one on the hot side and one on the cool side. They both look like they'd be good fits for him, size-wise. But instead of hanging out inside either hide, he's exposed on the cool side, wedged between the outside of the hide and the glass.

Does this have something to do with the infrared light on the cool side? Is he looking for a "sunny" spot? It just seems strange to me, considering everything I've read about balls loving their enclosed spaces.