wow, just wow, im sorry but it seems that the people involved in this situation all need to be reeducated on ball pythons. They are very docile and nearly harmless to anything that isnt much smaller than they are. Please just buy a book or something and learn more about the snake. If this doesn't seem like a reasonable option then please give the snake to someone who can properly care for it, the last thing we need is getting bans on harmless ball pythons.