Quote Originally Posted by JoshJP7 View Post
Id try guiding her/him in head first into the hides... this way he/she knows that the doors in front and hopefully they start using it... My redtail did the same thing when I went from mulch type substrate to newspaper... he would chill on top of his hide and wouldnt go on the newspaper... gave it a week or so and he stopped being picky.
You know, the same thing happened to one of my ball pythons. I switched her to NP from cypress and she fit her whole fat body up on top of her hot hide and just flicked her tongue like, "What did you do that for, crazy lady?!"

To the OP: Your snake may be weirded out by the change, or s/he may not feel like they're safe enough to go in (are they dark?) I use the critter cubbies for mine because they're all the same, cheap, and easy to upgrade as your snake grows. After a week or so if it's still acting weird, you may want to try something like that.