So I posted a thread here when I first got my ball and noticed some strange behavior and got some good answers, but now I have some more questions. Sorry in advance for the long post but I want to describe this thoroughly so there don't have to be as many followup questions.

The problem I am having is that I have had my python (estimated around six months old) for 12 days now and I have not observed him using his hides AT ALL throughout the entire time I've had him. I have tried to feed him twice (on the fifth and tenth days) and he was completely uninterested both times. What he does instead is spend half the day laying around outside of the hides, and during the more active times of day for him he slithers all around around but mostly by the front wall of his enclosure alternating between looking out at about mid way up the wall, and poking his head around the lid. He does not seem like he frantically wants to escape or anything, and I even see him flicking around his tongue sometimes as he does this. I have heard it is normal for them to explore and look for ways out, but he spends practically his entire active day slithering around and casually doing this.

Please let me know if this is completely strange, a little strange, normal, etc.

I can only think of a few husbandry issues but I didn't think they were all that serious. One is that my ambient temperatures fluctuate a bit, but never out of safe levels. Here in Vegas the days are very warm and the nights drop in temperature quite a bit and the room temperature follows this, so his ambient temperatures are anywhere from probably 75 at the rare coldest to an average of 80-85 throughout most of the day and night. The warm side measures at 90-93 inside of his hide. Humidity is always around 60%. Originally his hides were homemade and too big for him but I went out a few days ago and dropped some money on some nice, snug exo terra hides and he still refuses to use them. I am constantly checking the temperatures inside with a temp gun and its been consistent in the hides at 80 cold side 90 warm side. He crawls in sometimes so I know he's aware of the temps in there but he usually just crawls back out a few minutes later and never settles in.

The other issue I can think of is that his enclosure is in my bedroom. This is hardly a high foot traffic area most of the day but it also isn't his own room with total privacy. When I've fed him it has always been at night where I put in the mouse (f/t) right before I go to bed and check to see if he ate it in the morning. It's nice and dark and quiet; we're in the room sleeping but there's no significant noise or anything. I thaw the mouse on the counter for an hour or two and then put it into some warm water for a few minutes to warm it up and then put it in on a paper towel inside the enclosure. The mice are the same size as he eating before I got him (and I know he was eating because he pooped one of his first days here).

He's a very friendly snake, he hardly seems like he's been scared of me at all from day one. I'm not sure if I should just give him a few extra days to acclimate or if I need to make some kind of change.

There's no hissing or striking, balling up in fear (except when I am doing something major in his enclosure like putting in the new hides, messing around with the bedding, etc), or any other signs of hesitation I'm noticing. As far as I can tell, he seems pretty happy. He just won't use his hides and has refused twice. I'm stumped.