Please do take Kaortes advice. Many of the thousands of members here have many many snakes. I have over 30. Some people have more some have less. We all keep our snakes the same basic ways and your set up is just not right for a BP. Dont think anyone here is getting on you or is trying to be mean. On the contrary, we are here to help and make you and your animals part of our community. Happy and healthy. Pet stores do not know what these guys really need. They go on basic care info that they believe works for anything they sell. It doesnt make them bad people, you just need to learn whats best.
Your snake would most likely get sick from an RI at some point in your setup. Those are very expensive to treat. It will suffer from bad sheds. It will be stressed and will not thermoregulate by moving from cool end to warm end. It will stay where it feels safest even if this means being unhealthy for it. They can also have their food rot in the stomach if they do not have the proper belly heat. Please remember that a UTH should be 1/3 the size of the bottom of the enclosure and must be controlled by a thermostat. If you do not use a thermostat the UTH can overheat and burn your snake.
The biting was most likely because you spooked it. Always touch the BP on its body somewhere away from its head before picking it up. This will let a new and possibly nervous snake know what you are doing. Never reach in toward any snakes head. Always come from behind and touch first. Do it like this and you should never be bitten.
You will get more advice if you post your questions during the day. Then you will have many more veteran members, moderators and admins here to help you more.
Read that care sheet and then let us know if you have anymore questions. Please consider that a BP is not going to be more active than a corn. They are nocturnal. They prefer to stay in a hide all day.
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