I was bored today so I decided to go and check out some pet stores just to see what they had to offer. I went to 2 different pet stores a Petsmart and one mom and pop's store whose name escapes my mind at the moment. When I started looking at the selections I realized immediately why there are so many "What morph is this" and "Is this a morph" threads on every reptile forum. At the mom and pop's store they had about 8 BPs with at least 3 of them mislabeled. 1 "super pastel" that was clearly not a super, 1 enchi that was obviously not an enchi, and a third that I can't remember what they called it but it was definitely a normal. These were just the BPs not to mention their "Hypo" Peruvian Redtail Boas that were not Peruvians. Then I moved on to Petsmart where I noticed a really nice Mojave that I asked the price of and was told that it was a "Butter Ball BP". While I'm on the subject of pet stores I might as well tell the story of me going into a hole in the wall store about a year ago. I was looking at his animals and saw a small part of a BP with a really nice pattern. I asked the owner if I could check it out and after getting it out, while it did have a really nice light colored pattern it was way to skinny and dehydrated looking. I told the owner she had a really nice light pattern and a different look about her but I would have to pass (he was asking $99 for it). So I go back a week later and he has the very same snake marked up to $269 and has her labeled as "Pastel Congo". What a joke. I guess the point to all this rambling is what ever happened to the days when people actually had knowledge of what they were selling and didn't try to rip people off by putting false names on things. And with so many uninformed and greedy people selling mislabeled snakes it's no wonder that newbies to this hobby are so confused about what morph they have.
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