The first thing is to take a deep breath and relax.The more you fret over him and his tank, the more he's gonna stress out. Your temps in the beginning were perfect, you should get them back to the 90 hot/80 ambient. Sometimes Loki feels a little cool, but you have to remember that they're cold-blooded: if you have the right temps in your enclosure, he'll be fine. As for the hides, x2 on what LGrey23 said, he probably doesn't know they're hides yet. He'll figure it all out.
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Congrats on your new Ball! I second the need for pics when he's settled in.