Thanks for the advice, and the welcome Ilovelace!

I had to wake my snake up when I put the new humid hide in his tank. He spent ten minutes or more wandering around it, rubbing his head on his back and on the sides of the tank. I thought, "This is it!" but then he went in his new hide and has been in there ever since.

I am really going to be relieved when he sheds and eats. I need to relaxxxx.