I've developed a burning hatred towards pet stores. I just went to Petland today and the neglect of the ball pythons almost had me in tears. It's the aquarium adventure one in Schaumburg, IL.





^There are two in there. The big one is in the cave hide, which only has enough room for him, and the small one has no choice but to be exposed. There was a kid banging on the glass when I got there and the mom acted like it was cute. They don't even cover the whole surface with substrate. It's hard to see without looking, but there are also shreds of skin all over, along with a urate to the left of the small one. There is some nasty thing growing in the water, probably algae. Every single water bowl had that stuff in it. There were more water bowls like this in other displays. Some had feces in them, and one was empty.





^This animal is the smallest and skinniest BP I've seen. Her breathing looked labored and she looked very dehydrated and weak. Appears very close to death and nobody is willing/able to help her. They have her labeled as a Spider Ball and are asking $180 which is essentially sealing her doom. She is clearly not a spider and even somebody who knows nothing about snakes could tell that she is very sick. Just a very sad situation that ruined my day. Hopefully I didn't ruin yours because I didn't mean to. I just want to show how common this really is.