Hi

I have bought BPs from Garrick at Royal constrictor Designs I have bought three and have another one due tomorrow.All smooth transactions!Also a very nice guy that will answer all of your questions.
Mike.

Hey Bridget...Im from the Bay also..first check out the East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley...its on 5th st...or try The Reptile room in hayward on foothill..also good..i've made quite a few purchases from both shops and have had no problem..but also there is the show THIS weekend at the Cow Palace..check it out...hope this all helps

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Originally Posted by divine_reptiles

i was the pet care manager at a petsmart and i would not recommend you get your ball python there. I'm not a disgruntled ex-employee or anything of the sorts. Just from my experience, they were snippier and not as good of eaters as the balls i own, that are all from breeders. The poor things are usually pretty stressed out too because the enclosures at the stores aren't possible to set up cool/hot spots in and the humidity was almost impossible to control. Also 80 bucks is just too much for a normal imo.

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i agree way to much

My first ball python was from a petstore. He was pretty healthy, but definitly a little stressed. He was only a few months old and was in a 10 gallon tank by himself with no hides or water dish. I found it kind of strange, especially since it was a petstore that specializes in reptiles. Most of the other snakes had some sort of hide and/or water dish and had multiple animals in one tank.

One month later, we had snake mites. I was really confused at the beginning not realizing the life cycle of mites, I could not figure out how I got them. This was the only snake I handled at the store or anywhere else. I now figure that the snake had to have had mites before I purchased him. The people at the pet store probably treated the snake and then put him in that tank by himself. I really wish someone at the store would have told me what was going on. Oh, and it was also a little over priced being $200 for a male pastel.

After being all said and done, I don't regret purchasing him, he needed to get out of there, and I gave him a good home. Plus it was a good experience in some ways. I now know a tremendous amount of information on mites, and always know to quaratine new snakes.