King Snake stays in it's hide all the time?

[Praireboyfarmer]

My kingsnake will stay in one specific hide all the time. I put two hides for him in his cage, one blue and one purple. He chose the purple hide and he stays in it pretty much all day every day (He'll even follow it if I move it). It's obvious that he comes out every once in a while (By the water he gets everywhere) but besides that I just don't see him. I let him have about 2 weeks of almost no disturbance and only handle him every few days for about 5 minutes at a time.

But if I take his purple hide away (As I did when I thoroughly cleaned it) he simply curled up and laid out in the open instead of going into his blue one.

Is this normal? or is this a sign of stress?

- The snake is one I caught. I decided to keep it and assured it's legality and am planning on a vet visit in a month or so. He's eating, has calmed down to the point of almost no aggression, and over-all seems okay.