Hello! My name's Janelle. A friend purchased an aquarium off craigslist, and the sellers said, "By the way, it comes with a free ball python." I kid you not. So he asked me if I want it. I'm not new to reptiles, or even to snakes. I have an 8yo male kenyan sand boa, a young bearded dragon, and my teenage son has a leopard gecko. (We also have a Texas brown tarantula.) My experience with ball pythons, however, is limited to occasional snake-sitting for a friend in college. I know nothing about this snake except that it's 5-6 years old and three feet long. So I'm guessing he's a male.
My house is a fairly busy one with quite a large family. I'm home all day, and I homeschool, so the kids are home all day, too. I'm afraid this guy is going to be quite shocked by the changes.

I'm trying to talk my husband into letting us set the aquarium up in our bedroom. It's typically more quiet in here. But the only spot would be right under the TV. Would that drive him crazy? Should I let him settle in for a while or begin handling him right away? I have no idea what his temperament is like. I also don't know when he last ate. Should I give him some time to settle in before I feed him? How long? I already have a tank the same size he was in (a 75-gallon), and we'll be getting all his decor and things (we may get his entire tank and just give our friend our tank, but I'm not sure he'll want to do that).

I've done a crash-course on husbandry. Thankfully, it's fairly simple.

Any other tips I haven't thought of would be helpful. I'm excited, yet nervous for his sake.