Not sure what thermometer you are using but try an accurite you can get it for about $12- at Lowes or wally world. It has a probe which is really important. Stick it into the substrate. Later depending on your cash flow...order a temp gun...it is the best thing in the world and a great investment. Also please be sure you are controlling your under the tank heater with a thermostat. I have had places tell you that you do not need them...WRONG!! You really have to have one. I personally keep my house warmer...around 78....and that is for my snakes only until I get my racks.
The problem that I remember when I got my first snake is I thought that you should feed outside the enclosure...so that is what I did. It was a pain in the butt, and it stressed the snake. So eating was a hit or miss. Now I feed in the enclosure and they are ferocious eaters each week.
If he is hanging in his hide...that is a great sign. Usually they cruize around when they are stressed...other than in the evening...that is there awake time and when they hunt in the wild.
This is the really hard part....when you get them....leave them alone for a week to get use to their surrounding and their new home. This gives them a proper adjustment period. Also and you have probably read this already....once you feed them...give them 48 hours to digest before handling them again. This is a time of mourning in our house as I LOVE to take my babies out everyday!!
I hope that I have helped you! Congrats...welcome to the obssesion....and we want pics!!
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