burrowing and not coming out
I've had my albino motley for a year now, we moved to texas from new mexico about 6 months ago, before coming here i switched him to eco earth as substrate and found that he liked it very much, in new mexico i had the cool side in the 70-75 range and the warm side 80-85, using a hologen overhead lamp, no uth, when in texas my terrarium is staying 78-82 through out the tank, if i turn on the lamp my warm side shoots to 90, i have noticed when changing out his substrate i leave it moist and he will burrow, he likes to burrow a lot, and will stay under there for days even weeks. i have to dig him out to handle him i do this every day if possible as i want him to be hand friendly, but trying to get him out is a bit nerve wrecking. i have never been bit by a snake before i have had him strike but i get out of they way, is this normal? when i feed and put him back in he burrows I'm worried that he is not getting enough heat to digest. i leave it moist because he likes it but am having finding trouble finding his poop, if i dry out his substrate he will stay under his hide all day and seems upset until i remoisten, although with dry substrate i do find his poops on the surface to clean out.
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