were those other pieces of paper towel substrate always crumpled? sometimes snakes will push substrate away. i sometimes find my BP laying on nothing b/c they pushed their coco husk substrate all away. sometimes I find the babies have crumpled and pushed their paper towel substrate all to one side. they all sometimes move and destroy the stuff in their homes – whether it be substrate, décor, etc. – as they slither around and go about being derpy lil herps. a stressed BP will act out in more than one way if it is stressed.