Hello! I just got a ball python 2 days ago and I am having some worries. This is the first snake I have ever had so I'm still very new to taking care of it.
The snake is about 2-3 months old from what I was told, its a male about 1.5 feet long. I fed it today and it took the food lying in the tank after about 3 mins of looking at it, and ate it quite quickly.

So here's why I'm worried. The snake seems to be having a problem shedding, it looks like the bottom has shed but the top is having a lot of trouble, it looks like its coming off in patches randomly, also, his face is half shed with some lingering around his eye. His skin is also very wrinkly when he balls up, I read this may be due to dehydration but I don't want to jump to conclusions, as a note, I have seen him drink a few times. I have read on here that I should help remove bad shedding but I do not want to jump the gun. His eyes are not milky at all.

The second worry is his hide, I bought him one of the repti-shelters from zoomed and he seems to hate it, I also did what another post said to do, sort made a makeshift one from a plastic bowl and he never went in that either (I put them over the heat mat), it seems like no matter where I put it, he always stays in this weird scuba diver head that a friend gave me, over the heat mat or not he will spend 90%+ of his time in that. I know they get quite stressed when they dont have a tight space to curl up in and this thing is most certainly not that. Normally his head is in it and the rest of his body is outside, pressed against the glass.

Next there is humidity, I have no way to gauge humidity at the moment but I will be getting a digital tomorrow, as of now, I am using a damp towel on the hot end and spraying water (not alot, but enough to keep it evaporating) Im not sure how sufficient this is and I'm wondering if there are any reliable humidifiers out there for a reasonable price.

Lastly is the temps, when i have the headlamp on it gets to about 85-93 on the lamp end, however I have to turn it off at night due to how bright it is, so the tank drops to about 74-80, is this a problem? Again, will be looking to get a better thermostat tomorrow to get a better reading of this, currently using a not so reliable one.

Thank you for reading this wall of text, I know some of this may seem dumb but I just want to make sure the snake is healthy.