awesome guys, and thank you very much. I've been sitting here at the keyboard hoping to get some replies. I guess I'm a little excited. LOL. I will definitely look more into the tub enclosures for now, at least for starters. I guess I didn't think of them as being "escape proof", but I guess if you secure it, it could be. Hopefully I'll get to the expo this weekend and get to get up close and personal with some snakes and talk to some people in person. That goes a long way, I know. I may stop by Petco and see what they have, but I've felt their pet stuff is usually overpriced and where I'm located, I'm getting advice from a college student that may or may not still be hungover from the night before and is probably telling me what he/she read on a box somewhere. I'm sure some of them know their stuff.... but I'd feel better hearing it from a breeder or owner of snakes. I was at the pet store today (the dirty one) and they had two ball pythons, one was over 3' and the other I'd guess was between 2'-3'. The smaller one was $160 and the larger was $199. They didn't look to be anything special, but maybe they were. As I said before, I don't trust that place too much either. lol.

Back to researching... thanks again! I'll keep you posted, I'm sure!