Welcome to the forum, glad you joined us! In case you haven't come across it yet, here's our caresheet for Ball Pythons.
http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules....warticle&id=52
Hope you enjoy BPNet. Lots of great folks, tons of good common sense information and it's pretty much the only group of people that will understand your excitement over shedding, pooping, handling, whatever (most of your family and friends will likely consider you nuts at some point LOL)
~~Joanna~~