Sounds like comletely normal behavior to me. After mine eat I don't see them for a couple of days.

In regards to the red light, BPs can't see the color red so you're in the clear there. Here's a study about what spectrum of light BPs can "see": http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=208992

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