Quote Originally Posted by jglass38
Welcome!! Lots of good questions. I am sure you won't have a problem finding a nice normal BP! Find someone selling a nice CB baby that is well started (eating regularly). I am sure there will be some suggestions on breeders. Since I like to whore myself, I happen to have a very special yearling male that needs a permanent home.
As soon as I get more comfortable with having snakes, then maybe..I just can't resist having a slitherbaby though--they're so tiny!

As far as your questions:

A UTH that is properly controlled by a thermostat (or at the least a rheostat) is perfectly safe to use with a rubbermaid/sterilite container. You can certainly make a glass tank work but it takes a bit more effort. When I got my first BP I kept him in a 20L with a screen top. He eat every week and shed perfectly fine. That said, plastic containers are WAY more foolproof.
Oh, thank goodness! This was something I was worried about, the whole putting the UTH directly against the plastic. I mean, I knew it was pretty heavy duty stuff and all, yea, but still. I'm not going to worry about something really big/fancy to put the soon to be acquired Julius Squeezer into( ;_; My roommate won't let me name our snake that, the big meanie)until he's pretty much full sized. Then I'll worry about a boaphile or AP.

If you keep the snake off the subwoofer, all should be fine. Booming bass might be an issue but a little music at normal (or elevated) volumes isn't going to cause a huge problem.
Good, good--because while there is never any booming bass around here, nor is the volume kept very loud--I'm not sure how well my roommate would be able to survive without her music. It's very theraputic for the both of us.

As far as substrate, there are quite a few that work. Aspen bedding, carefresh or newspaper among others.
I'm thinking I'll be going with the Aspen bedding/newpaper 'lining' combo. I think it'll do a fine job, in the long run. Granted, that means I'mma have to start stocking up on newspapers, but I think I can handle that!!

Thank you so very much for your input!