Hey Hey Jeanne I've owned one for the past 2yrs now and shes a beaut of a girl shes a blast to handle however she did go through a biting phase they top out around 7-8' realistically. I'd say next to bp
s they are great begginer snakes. You will need to make a enclosure big enough to contain her when shes full grown. But thats not for a while. Also you'll need to keep her enclosure at certain temps usually for me low 80's on the hot and 75ish on the cool and at night time i just turn the lights off. Its a working system for me shes really healthy and I couldn't be happier. Hope that helped if you have anymore questions just ask and someone shall answer.
Heres the link to my BCI. Enjoy.
http://www.ball-pythons.net/PNphpBB2...ic-t-2611.html