Went to my local Petco today, which is not actually overall that bad compared to a lot of the other Petcos that I've ever been to. Anyways, I was taking a look around just to kill some time, and I was picking up a new heat bulb and some aspen, and went to their snake enclosure. They had just gotten in new Ball Pythons...normally I would stay away from buying animals from them, but these balls appeared to be in very good shape, and one in particular caught my eye. The one that popped out at me had quite an interesting pattern, nice yellow, with a reduced pattern. While walking around I debated purchasing the snake. I mean, I have a 10 gallon cage with UTH and a screen top on it that I could easily house it in...but I left without the snake today.

All day today however I could not stop thinking about that snake, I'm trying to decide if I should go back tomorrow and pick it up. If I do purchase it, I have the new cage setup in a different room away from my current 1.1 pair so I can prevent any illness (just in case), also I will be taking it to the vet for an exam for a clear bill of health and a probing to find out if its male or female.

I was going to wait until my herp room was done before buying any new stock, but there's something about this snake, plus I figure by the time I'm done quarantining the snake the room should be near completion.

What to do? What to do? Should I follow my gut?