For hides....go here and read up on them. They have pics and info of the best hides you can use for smaller snakes- clay flower pot bottoms. I bought a bunch for a dollar each at Walmart. And I'm in canada too.

As for heat pads, they dont come with thermostats that I'm aware of. You'd have to purchase that seperately. I don't use one for my heat pad currently. But I do have to monitor the temps once in a while, cuz some days the heat will be at like 96 and I'll have to turn the setting on the heat pad down, and other times the warm side will only be 85 so I'll have to turn it up. Frustrating. I'm looking into thermostats currently. Just need some money, lol.

As for feeding, you can feed in the tank if you don't have loose substrate. But you mentioned you have reptibark or something like that. I use reptibark aswell, and it's a pain in the butt to feed out of the enclosure everytime, so I just lay a sheet of newspaper over the reptibark in the tank so my snake doesn't swallow any while eating. Seems easier for me.

Don't worry about the questions. We've all been a new owner before. We know where you're coming from.