I think pet stores are a double edge sword. Ours came from a pet store and he’s great. Do you guys really think ten or fifteen people on this forum not buying from a big box store will affect the outcome of them selling reptiles at all? If anything I’d love to see one of u guys saving a sick snake then some young kid buying it and it just dying. I see where you are all coming from but I say if u want it and you think you are doing the right thing by the animal, then go for it. Buy him and give him the home he needs you can’t save them all but you can change ones life for the better