No need to apoligize; and good for you for doing research before you buy! Make sure you do tons of it over the next two weeks, a Ball Python is a 25+ year commitment!

http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules/...warticle&id=59

The BP.net caresheets are a great place to start, so maybe start there and then come back and post additional questions in this thread... It just saves others lots of time going over the basics