ok so i got a new pastel on thursday (fed ex overnight) the snake is about as perfect as u can get, very healthy, good eater, in fact the breeder told me to try and feed him the day after i got him, i was reluctant but i threw in a white mice on friday (just one day after i received him) and he took him down like a champ! Now ever since friday night after he ate he moved from the hot side hide to the cold side, and has not left it for 2 days, now i know this could be because hes shedding but the curiosity got to me and i lifted the hide and picked him up, now this was 48hrs after he ate, and his body felt cold, my temp gun red his surface body temp at 79! so i persuaded him into his hot side hide, this was last night, today i wake up in the morning and i see he left the hot hide and went into his cold hide! I once again persueded him into his hot side hide where he has been the last hour.

Now i know what alot of you are thinking, so let me get it straight, my temp gun has my hot side hide at 95 under the bedding, and 91 or so on the bedding, so NO its not that the UTH is too hot, i been getting these readings persistently. And the ambient temp is between 86-90 and humidity 57-70. The cold side is at around 82-86. Now i have been checking these temps with my PE2 all day long so i know they are accurate. So whats the deal? why is he choosing the be cold when the hot hide is perfect heat.

Oh and another thing, they are both identical hides.