Hello,
So I've had my BP for about a week now. His name is Allure. Well I got him to eat a small mouse on the 3rd day of his stay and let him sit for 1 1/2 days to digest. There was no lump so I held him. When I hold him in my hand he'll sit there for a while and slowly move his neck and head around to smell and look. When I set him on the bed he's off and running. I can't get him to stay near me and have to be on guard that he doesn't slide off the edge of the bed or get into a spot where I'm going to have to work to find him/get him out. He's my first snake and I know I should move slow but sometimes I have to head him off quick so he doesn't go where he shouldn't and that startles him. At most he'll give a little jolt and bring his head back closer to his body then keep moving. I tried putting him around me neck and he thought it'd be a lot more fun to go down my shirt. This resulted in my having to lean over so he didn't slide right down my back. He came back out the other side of my neck hole and I thought that was adorable.

Anyways so for questions:
How long does it usually take for a new (and young, he's only a little over 3 months) BP to get used to handle to where they'll settle down? When I did my research I got the idea that they aren't very big movers and are content to rest on you.
Also when I put him back in his tank he won't go into his hide for a while. He'd rather curl up on his branch at the cool end for a while. I think that's kinda weird. Do you?
My UTH doesn't seem to do too well at getting all the heat through the glass and substrate. I have it set at 93 but the glass there only reads about 86 with my temp gun. Why is that? I took a bunch of the substrate out so the heat doesn't have as far to go to get in the tank.

Details:
I've done a lot of reading on forums and websites. I'm just hoping I don't get jumped on by posting because I've seen that happen a lot of herp forums.
-Cool end is currently 75F and the warm end is 86F. It's an uphill battle with the temps because my parents keep the house around 66F. I keep my door shut to keep as much heat in as I can.
-He's in a 20gal tank (I know tubs are better but I got talked out of that and bought a tank kit which I know is useless and I only use the one light it came with out of all the stuff it came with), a 50 watt night heat bulb in the middle but closer to the warm end (this is the raise the ambient air temp, it gets about 75F), an UTH on the hot side on a thermostat set to 93F.
-He's got a humid hide made out of a small plastic tub filled with ecoearth and phagnum moss. This is on the warm side. On the cool side he has his tree branch he likes to curl up on, and fake plants for cover, and in the middle a large water bowl.
-Humidity 40/45% normally and 50% when sprayed.
-Ecoearth substrate for humidity.
-The screen top is covered completely except for a spot for the light with cardboard wrapped in tin foil. I cut it to fit snugly over the screen.
-I just bought a small 900 watt space heater and a small vaporizer on Amazon and they will be coming in next week. I plan to run the space heater for an hour or two while I am in the room and the vaporizer at night.

The summer will be much easier because then I can removed the heat lamp and put the plexiglass over the lid that I got cut to fit and not worry about heat.