Ok let me start off saying that I know pet shops like Petco and Petsmart are not the best places to buy animals but I have found a really good deal on a baby piebald BP. I talked to the manager and she told me the snakes is a 6 week old female. She has been cleared by a local herp vet that I know who is the only one in Washington state certified for herps only. They did a fecal and said she is clean. She is pretty chunky, alert, clear eyes, mouth,nostrils and vent. The catch is she hasent voluntarily eaten in 3 weeks. The have only tried frozen mice. My question is this Friday on black Friday, she will be half price at $200. Is it worth the chance? I know BPs can be shy and I'm sure in a pet shop atmosphere it isn't the best. I have and have had lots of reptiles so I'm not new to it. I just have never a baby ball python not want to eat. And my red tail boa will eat even if she isn't that hungry, she is my garbage disposal lol. Do you all think with a nice quiet cage with hides, heat etc, she will come around? And is 3 weeks ok? Oh they force fed her carnivorecare one time a week for the past 2 weeks. She notices the mice they dangle at her but just doesn't strike it. I just don't want to invest in something that pretty much has no chance of recovery. Thanks all.
Also if it matters, she is pure white with the normal head and 1 normal spot on her back down by her vent and another normal spot about the middle of her. Rest is pure white.
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