new IJ carpet python, bedding question

[Sasquatch]

Hello, new to the forum. I had a coastal carpet python as a teenager and unfortunately put him outside in an empty rabbit hutch in the spring time and he escaped. He was an awesome snake and I've always wanted another but have only seen them a few times in stores.

Well, the local pet store had a carpet python today, a real sweetie and very docile. My husband bought him for me. The guy at the pet store said he breeds carpet pythons and believes it is a male irian jaya mixed with coastal, I am not sure why he thinks this but I think it might just be an ij because the snake is supposedly 3 years old and only around 4 feet.

I bought him a setup and some coco husk bedding, the brick kind you soak in water. I have read mixed things about this bedding, I may switch to something else. My question is, after soaking the brick the bedding is very wet. I am worried about it causing an infection. Will it dry out adequately on its own?