As a few have found out I got my first bite at a local pet store. some thing happened while i was there that the more i think about it the more frustrated I get. this lady came in with her kids and they were looking at the snakes as i previously mentioned this store has a bumble bee and the guy that works there was getting ready to feed her and asked if we wanted to stick around and watch. Well this lady started talking about her ball python and how hes was having trouble shedding. Like anyone else would I asked her what her humidity was, she said she wasn't sure. I then asked her how she measured her temps humidity and such. She told me she used one of those stick on type (cringe) I very nicely informed her that through experience those type are highly inaccurate, and told her about the accu-rite where to get one and the price she totally blew me off, and told me that "it says its 80 and they have to be right" so I could tell there was no way she would listen and began to walk away.
she followed and strunk another dicussion about feeding and she asked if I feed live, F\t, or pre killed. I told her that i feed live but they are stunned before and i supervise the whole session until properly constricted. To my dismay she proceded to tell me how she just throws the mouse in there and lets it run around. Once again knowing the horrors that can lead to I informed her of the dangers and agin I got blown off like some idiot.
I wanted to be rude but thats not my nature so I let her know where she could get a care sheet (here of course) and told her there was some really good info, and left. Sorry its so long I had to vent, I love my snakes and feel very passionate about all animals and feel they should be taken care of properly.