Ate yesterday, but I need to change the substrate

[AndrewM1217]

So after discovering mites, I switched my spotted python to paper towels for his substrate until the mites are 100% gone. Haven't seen anymore mites after a single treatment, but I'm waiting at least 3 weeks before switching back to cypress just to be safe.

Anyway, I fed him yesterday and he was very eager to eat. Today, I noticed that all the paper towels in his enclosure are pretty damp. I don't think its because of his water bowl evaporating, because for the first few days that I had him on paper towels they stayed dry. But I don't know how else he wouldve gotten his entire floor moist like this. Anyway, I want to get in there and change them out but it's only been like 20 hours since he ate. Generally I wait 48hrs, but I don't want to leave him sitting on moist towels for a whole extra day. I think he's calm enough that I could handle him and he wouldn't regurge, but I was just wondering if the risk of scale rot from the damp paper towels was high enough that I should bother disturbing him or if I should just let it be for a day.