When did Petsmart start selling snakes?

I thought Petco was the only one who was selling snakes. I was surprised to walk into my local Petsmart just a little while ago and see that they have a few baby king snakes for sale. My heart jumped to my throat when I noticed that there was a few in there all TOGETHER in one of those little plastic displays. I brought it to the managers attention and he acted like he didn't care because they were "shipped that way, so they are fine". WHAT!? I told him that king snakes eat each other and other snakes. He told me he would have one of the associates "look into it". RIIIGHT. Poor little things. They didn't even look like they had have a first meal. :(

Blah. I thought the people that work at that one were a lot better then that since I've never had a problem or seen a problem in all of the years I've shopped at that one. It's one of the two I'll actually shop at around here since the rest are pretty horrible.

Wow. I have never seen one that actually had snakes, but on the reptile display, I had seen pictures of corn snakes with the other leos and whatnot so I figured they must carry them somewhere.

The one here in my town started selling snakes early this year. They have ball pythons and other smaller snakes for sale. I noticed that they too had the ball pythons all together and some of the other snakes each grouped together by what kind they were.

They have been selling snakes for many years. Just not every store carries them.

I hope the kings don't eat each other :/
Jeez even at Petco on our caresheet it says they will eat each other and not to house them together. And in practice we only get one king at a time in store...

Petsmarts near me in Philly and S NJ always have snakes for sale.

mostly bp's.

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Originally Posted by N4S

Petsmarts near me in Philly and S NJ always have snakes for sale.

mostly bp's.

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Where in South Jersey? I live in South Jersey and I've never seen snakes for sale at Petsmart.

They sell em here in evansville IN

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Originally Posted by Nifer

Where in South Jersey? I live in South Jersey and I've never seen snakes for sale at Petsmart.

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In Mount Laurel next to the Moorestown Mall.

They have them once in a while. But like I said. Usually ball pythons in there.

The one in Springfield had a couple of cornsnakes and a ball last time I was in, but they don't sell anything for them to eat! LOL!

Every petsmart I have been in has had snakes for sale, but mostly BP's, thought it was the norm for them, guess not.

but petsmart doesn't sell mice? at least the petsmart by me doesn't, not live not frozen. how could you sell ball pythons and not sell their food? how would you even feed them in the store? throw crickets in there (wait thats petco).

From what I know having worked there myself, the stores nationwide have been 'introducing' snakes slowly, one store at a time, if the petcare departments have shown good numbers in sales, low death rates in their animals, and high ratings in customer feedback. Of course, the info the *&%&^$% company bases things on is so outdated its practically from the stoneage! I'm not saying ALL Petsmarts are bad, there are a few where the people hired actually know what they are doing, but that's usually luck of the draw. People who know animals well also don't stay there long (like me) cause they can't stand the policies those morons keep forcing. Usually, the managers there, and even the associates, don't know Squat about animal housing...especially of reptiles and amphibians. I can't count the number of times I had to rearrange reptile enclosures to separate species that NEVER should have been together...

Anyway, that's my :2cent: on it. :)

the petsmarts around here sell frozen mice. Infact, on all the reptile tanks they have signs saying they highly recommend the feeding of f/t mice to reptiles. Its just too much of a mess for me to deal with, so I go with live.

Yep, the one I worked at started selling frozen mice (in three convenient sizes! :)) just before I left. I think they're starting to do that even if the store doesn't have snakes. Boy I hope my old store doesn't sell snakes...those guys haven't got a CLUE! :)

I also used to work at petsmart. My store was one of the first to start carrying them. It started probably two years ago. The first thing we got were tiny corn snakes and a king. Each snake got its own tank and they were NOT shipped all together, they were each shipped in an individual clear cup, the way most breeders ship. The kings were always way aggressive, I hated working with them because this was before i knew snakes. But because they were aggressive at least the staff had the common sense to put them by themselves. We sold frozen mice long before we got the snakes in and the stores that sell them, SHOULD have frozen mice. They're in the fish department though so you might not have noticed them. Each snake had a feeding chart and the employees were supposed to feed once a week after store hours so the squeemish public didnt have to see. Unfortunately, I was the only one willing to work with them, and DEFINITELY the only one willing to feed them, so the snakes had to be fed during my shift which was opening. I feel bad because it probably threw off their whole internal clock, but at least they got fed. It's like everyone says, it's luck of the draw with staff. sometimes they're good, and sometimes they're not.

I was in Petco today just to look around; had my parrot with me and naturally no one could even make a close guess at what it was. :( But while I was there I noticed they had a baby RTB and a colombian. I looked at the little care guide thing they had on the window and it did at least warn that the adult size was 8', but I noticed the print they used to explain that was the smallest thing on the card. -lol- It was in a teeny tank (lizard sized. the "common house gecko" had a bigger tank than the RTB.) I felt bad for it.


...enough rambling. Sorry.

you took your parrot to the store? :confused:

All the time. Birds like car rides and his wings are clipped. I've had him ever since he was very young. He's a trained parrot.

Would you rather I took my BP to the petstore?

They've always sold snakes here in Kansas. As far as feeder mice. They basically just raised the price on feeder mice to discourage people from buying them as feeders and only as pets.

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Originally Posted by Kagez28

but petsmart doesn't sell mice? at least the petsmart by me doesn't, not live not frozen. how could you sell ball pythons and not sell their food? how would you even feed them in the store? throw crickets in there (wait thats petco).

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Hey, we've been over this already they don't do that on purpose the crickets sneak out from other enclosures :/
Crickets over run the store.

The new mice they're carrying at my local petsmart are a ****ing rip off.
Flat price of 10.99 6 pinkies 10.99 4 hoppers 10.99 etc wtf.

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Originally Posted by Mindibun

All the time. Birds like car rides and his wings are clipped. I've had him ever since he was very young. He's a trained parrot.

Would you rather I took my BP to the petstore?

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Thats awesome. I only had parakeets, and they never stayed on your shoulder. Have always wanted a parrot, one of the smart one ne ways. He never leaves your shoulder? even in the store or when walking around outside?

he's petrified of anything but me (kinda like a BP haha) I will hold onto him when we got outside so that he doesnt get spooked and fall, but in the store he just sits up there and people watches. Sometimes he says "Hi!" at people as we go by and they look at me like I said it. :P Also, sometimes he likes to ride in the basket. :D

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Originally Posted by Mindibun

Also, sometimes he likes to ride in the basket. :D

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:8: :8: PICS!

Parrots rock. Have always wanted an expensive bird, one that has actual intelligence. Tired of pets that don't even know who or what I am.. :(

I would find an exerpt or something, from a KS website or book (and make a copy or print it out..) And then get a highlighter and highlight the part where it says that they will eat other snakes, and tape it to their cage. :)