My snake, a 1month or so hatchling, always feels too cool to me. I have had him just at a week. He ate last Saturday night and again tonight (Saturday) with no trouble at all, which makes me think the temperature may be okay for him. I have a heating pad (CVS brand) under one side with two hides (though I think he likes the cold side hide more, and may have to get him an identical one for the warm side as well). The cool side temp is around 80 and warm side temp is 86. But he always feels really cool to me, and after I hold him for a few minutes (and he warms) he's suddenly active and into crawling around, into my cleavage, etc. The temp in my room is about 72-74 degrees, and I would keep him in another room, but as a college student, there is no other room to put him in. If he's eating, should I worry? Also, he's really timid and jumpy sometimes. If I go to touch his neck, he recoils. Is that more typical of the breed, the age, the newness of me, or just his temperament. He's from a breeder, so he's not used to being a "pet." Finally, does anyone recommend those temp scanner things that you can just point at the snake to get their temp? He's my first legless reptile, so this is very new for me. Thanks!

Rachel