to be honest....i thought a ball would be too big for me too after i got home from the pet store i was having all these second thoughts and even thought about returning him but then i said to myslef,even if it does get really big (witch it wont, i thought 3,4or 5 feet was BIG at the time) i will have time to get used to his size while he is growing. Now i wish he would grow bigger than average size for a ball