Last night my daughter was playing around with her friends, she came in with a tiny bp hatchling, and told me it belongs to one of her friends.... now mind you, she relayed to me that this animal has no heat source what so ever, lives in a large critter keeper, with dirt from thier yard for substrate... and the boy was carrying around this tiny baby in the cold outside yesterday to top it all off. My daughter tried to educate her friends Mom about this, she (the Mom) really dont want the snake. The boy was given this animal for his b-day.... to top it all off, it was sold by the pet store I USE to work at. The sales rep did not tell the buyer what this snake needs....... how do I know? I happened to be there the day the snake was bought, and was listening in on the sales rep sales pitch; yes ofcourse when the sales rep walked away, I treid to educate the guy. I just at the time did not realize "who" was buying the snake cause it is my neighbors new boyfriend who bought it. I called my old manager, he dont care.. so no point in trying there. I talked to my hubby about it this AM... he says offer the kid $20 for the snake.... no this is not ripping the kid off, they are marked at $24.95 (minus 25% at the register) this week. I am so irritated and worried for this poor baby. So what do you guys think I should do? At this point, I think I am gonna offer him the money in hopes he will let me have the snake, rather than killing it in his care. And then maybe he can get a more appropriate "gift" for a 10 year old boy.