BP Newb In Need of Advice

[El Fragtasmo]

Hey all, new to BPs, and the forum. I've been interested in getting one for a while, and I've done my research (made much easier thanks to you all). I've located an A+ place to make my purchase and it will still be a little while before I actually get one, I was going to work on setting up the cage perfectly first. Which brings me to my problem.

I'll be getting a baby, around four months old or so, and according to the guy at the store baby balls are quite shy and don't really "tame," or get used to you over time, but remain skittish and terrified until they reach a decent body size and feel more secure. This contradicts much of what I've read, saying that once they warm up to their new environment they can be "tamed" over time by handling them little by little. My original plan was to get a 10 gallon tank and fix it up as nice as I can, get a baby, and go through the motions of letting it get used to me. Though, if what this guy says is true, it would make more sense to cut my expenses and get a tub set up, and just work on letting it grow before I try to be too social with it.

Which, now that I think about it, even if that guy is wrong, a tub might be a better way to go at the moment until the snake reaches a more stable size, then invest a lot of money into a suitable tank (which I can't really do at the moment anyway).

I've looked around on here, and maybe I'm just blind, but I can't seem to find any good tub-tutorials. Are they happy in tubs? What equipment do I need to properly suit a tub to the snake's needs? How much will it run me? I've heard many times that it's a very good choice of housing, but of course tubs are ugly so, eventually I'll have a nice vivarium set up, but for now any information on tubs would be great. Thanks all.