Quote Originally Posted by mattciupak View Post
luckily, they don't sell any pythons in pet shops in NY.
But in petland discount i saw 2 garters snakes which were housed with what looked like a tegu...of course i had to buy all of them, but i bought 3 small critter cages and put them in and gave the garters to a garter snake breeder about 30 minutes away from my house and gave the tegu to a nearest herp shelter...at the store i asked why are they like that and they said "we ran out of room"...idiots...
That isnt true.. the petco near me sells not only ball pythons, but sometimes other types of pythons and boas as well.

i dont condone it, but i always talk to the employees when i go in there. I got my girl from a reptile specialist store. i wouldnt fuel petco's issues on animals by buying them.