I've had my baby ball python, Kaa, for just over a week now. At first I struggled with temps, but they're fine now. I have a heating pad on the hot side (with a hide over it) and then a ceramic lamp over that. Then a UTH on the side of the tank on the cool side. I have 3 hides and a cork log in total, as well as some fake plants. The issue is that he hasn't eaten yet, and he doesn't seem to leave the hide on the warm side (I use a thermostat). I did film him on my phone all night and saw one 10 second clip of him around his water bowl, then nothing else. It was too dark to see any other areas. And that was at about 3am. When I presented a frozen thawed baby rat, he pokes his head out of his hide, flicks his tongue, then slowly hides again. At one point he came out like 2 inches and rested his head on it. I'm not sure how old he is, but the pet store said they had him for just over 2 weeks and he ate twice. Please let me know if it's normal for your new snake to not eat for over a week if it's a new home.