Help: My Ball python is going into a ball quickly in his hide

[905snakes]

I just got this 4 yr old male Butter 4 days ago, he looks healthy and the previous owner had no issues. But I had noticed today(he did this twice) the room is silent and dark, I just hear a noise from his tank and he’s suddenly gone into a ball inside his hide! First three days I didn’t notice this behaviour.

since I got him I changed his tank- 20g to 40. -replaced his old substrate of newspaper to coco soil (my other snakes use this) -I added a thermostat to his set up, and a heating light. The previous owner had neither of these.

humidity and temps are great. I’m not sure what’s going wrong. He seemed fine in the new enclosure past few days.

[EL-Ziggy]

Congratulations on the new BP. I hope he has a long healthy life in your care. If he's only been with you for 4 days he's not fully acclimated to the new habitat yet. He'll probably be nervous for a while and either hiding or trying to escape. Aside from cage maintenance I try to leave my new snakes completely alone for at least a couple of weeks or until they've eaten a few times.