So I got thrown out of a petsmart the other day. They had four ball pythons in the same crappy little 15 ( TOPS ) enclosure. And it was clear one of them had a bad bad skin infection, possibly mites. ( Huge long bumps all over its little body) And the others all had bad sheds. When I asked management to do something about the shedding they gave me some bs about not interfearing. I got another associate later who opened the tank and I asked to see each one and slowly began to peel the snakes with bad sheds. ( I felt terrible ). Management staff refuses the one with mites to get care. I told them id buy the snake even knowing the costs. They refused saying they cant sell an obviously sick animal. Soon after I was getting tossed out because I was causing an unnessecary distraction, I saw them take it into the back.
Honestly, dont go to that store chain. Dont even buy snakes from them out of pity like I almost did and do, you're just going to help keep them in the buisiness of mistreating their animals. Buy from a legitimate breeder who makes his/her money producing and caring for quality animals and support honest herpetology.
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