Welcome to Forum Oopslala.

I very reluctantly inherited my Ball when my daughter went off to college.

My only instructions were to give him a rat every week or two.

I did more stupid, ignorant things than I care to admit. However this just caused me to bond with him. Bond with a reptile? Yes I did.

I finally got smart and learned about care on the internet and eventually found this forum.

Now that I have the knowledge, and am still learning, I find Ball Pythons amazing, beautiful, gentle creatures. I would recommend them to anyone as a first snake.

You are smart doing your research first, thus, way ahead of the curve.

Have fun with your new venture.