its only 4 days in, but he/she seems to be doing what he is supposed to for a "happy" ball python hes using both his cold and hot hide fairly equally.. and I see it explore every night, but only late at night (ive noticed when waking up to pee at 3am.. lol and the fact that when I go to bed hes in one hide and sometimes in the other when I wake) during the day he never leaves his hides, so as far as ive read those sound like pretty normal/good signs.