Anyone know anything about ball pythons

how long can they get? how fat around (in reguards to,say, a pop can) full grown? how much do they weigh full grown? and if they get as big as i've been told, how come they're still recommended for beginer snake owners? are there any animal shelters that will take a giant snake off my hands? any answers will be greatly appriciated, thank you!

Ball pythons at a maximum length can get to six ft (this is not common). Normally, males get around 2-3 ft and females get 4-6 ft.

Kaa, my three and a half ft python, isn't as big around as a pop can but is wider than my wrist. (never weighed him. Couldn't say. ^^;) Don't listen to the people out there who say ball pythons can weigh 100 lbs. That's completely ridiculous! They'll get six or seven pounds at the most! People, if you don't know what you're talking about, DON'T answer the question! >.<*

There are rescue places that can take snakes, but so many people each year are trying to get rid of snakes that they can't take them all. People can be so stupid. They think having a big snake will be cool, then the snake matures and the owner freaks. IDIOTS!!

Hundreds of burmese and rectic pythons have been released into the Everglades illegally by owners who can't handle the snakes "massive size". The snakes are breeding and now are killing off the native wildlife, including alligators! (note: alligators kill them too.) So now all these experts have to go in and catch these snakes. Sadly, they destroy the pythons because there are just too many of them.