I'm a Newbie BP owner, and I got a few questions

[The Serpent Merchant]

Thank you all for your responses. I definitally need to do more work to her tank. Excuse my long post in return.

As of Current:
I already added 2 more paper towel rolls to her tank and a long wrapping paper tube, so she can go to one side of the tank to the other without worrying about being spotted. Which she adores. I put a hide on the cool side and still have the other one near the heater, but she tends to use those rolls as hides instead of using the actual hides in her tank. She seems to really enjoy that lol.
I'll also get her a smaller water dish on top or near the heater so the humidity is at the proper level and so she has access to clean drinking water at all times.
I don't have a thermostat as of yet, I know you all advised one, Barbie.Dragon recommended one, so I'll grab that. I have no idea where to find a temp gun, so I'll need to track that down. ... but I just don't see the need for a thermostat... it stays nice and warm in there during the day with her basking lamp on, and stays slightly cooler at night when the light is off, she seems to be doing fine without a thermostat but forgive my ignorance if I'm missing the big picture or if I'm in the wrong. I feel the top of the substrate as well as the bottom of the tank and even Monty herself to gauge temps. She stays pretty warm when she's on the "hot side" of the tank and her entire tank feels nice. With a slight change in temp from "cool" to "hot" sides of the tank. So far it seems that she's healthy and fine with the current heat setup. BUT I will buy a thermostat since so many of you said I should.
She weighs 2 1/2oz, which is about 75g if my conversion is correct. I will most likely pick up bigger mice for her at the next reptile show... I know she could probably use an upgrade as well as my hybrids.
I put her in a tub to test it out. She absolutely hated it. She was climbing the sides and was restless for nearly 4 hours. I put her back into her tank and she was perfectly fine. She laid under the light for about 10 minutes and then went into one of the tubes near the heater and then came out 2 hours later to drink and went back into that same tube. Needless to say, I'm a little suprised because I thought for sure she'd like being in a smaller enclosure that's also more private for her.
I will get her some fake plants and a sturdy climbing branch, and I like the idea of covering 3 sides of the tank. I put in a ton of hiding spots for her, by adding paper towel and wrapping paper rolls.
She seems content and healthy, hasn't shed for me yet however, but I've only had her for 3 weeks, yesterday.... I'll get onto my to-do list and I'm going to get what I need at the next reptile show coming up on the 16th.
OH! Also, is she just a Normal? I think she is, but more eyes are better than 2.
I uploaded a pic of her somewhere lol

The reason why you need a thermostat is because without one your heating pad WILL get hot enough to severely injure your snake. Most can get up to 130+ degrees and it only takes 108 degrees to cause a BP brain damage.

Do you have a thermometer with a probe? Heating pads don't change the temperature of the air inside the cage, because of this the dial type stick on thermometers are 100% useless to measure the actual temperature of the floor of the cage.

How thick is the substrate in that cage? with heating pads it needs to be 1/2" or less for the heat to be able to penetrate the surface. This however does not protect your snake from the high heat on the floor of the cage. BP's have been known to dig down into their substrate and lay on the glass below. I guarantee if you put your hand on the glass directly above the heating pad it will be significantly warmer than you think it is.

Here are 3 good thermostats in all price ranges. Don't waste your money on the junk sold in pet stores:

Budget: http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR.../dp/B000NZZG3S

Mid-Range: http://www.reptilebasics.com/ranco-etc-111000-pre-wired

best: http://spyderrobotics.com/home/products.html