Quote Originally Posted by JLC
Heeyyy....a pastel for a "first snake" ain't bad at all! Congrats on the little beauty!!

I would only critique one thing I see. You've got the probe cord taped down. That's an accident waiting to happen. When one corner of that tape gets loose and a curious snake crawls near it....stick!....tape peels off glass and sticks to snake...snake panics and tries to get away....tape gets more stuck to snake.....etc. It's not a giant piece of tape, so hopefully it wouldn't get that bad...but there is a definite risk of scales getting torn off due to "tape-encounter."

As for the activity part. That's quite normal for a ball python coming into a new home. They will spend a few days exploring every single millimeter of space...and it takes them awhile to be absolutely sure no other animals have claimed those little caves. In a few days, you'll likely see less and less until it is finally comfortable enough to sleep 98% of the time like most ball pythons do.
Ok cool, I removed the tape. I'm also going to grab something to cover up the back and sides of the tank. Also he was beeing fed live hoppers, the guy said I could switch to f/t but I should wait 2 weeks before feeding for that, that sound right?