Pet Store Pythons - need to vent

[Charlie And Lucy]

A corporate level deals with statistics, not each individual store on a one-on-one level. Franchise or private, each store will be different, no matter what the chain is. My local PetCo is wonderful with their animals - all of them. There are several exceptions as each hiring manager is different. They follow certain guidelines when picking employees, but there are managers who truly care about the animals well-being.

That being said, my first BP came from PetCo. Every penny I paid for him was well worth it as he is a wonderful little guy. Yes, captive hatched or even wild hatched animals aren't the best way to go, but they do deserve a chance too. They can't help that they were taken out of Africa, away from their natural habitat. They are for intermediate or expert keepers as a lot of them are harder to maintain as a CB snake. There are people out there willing to take on a CH/WH, Craigslist, pet store or shady breeder snake, and more power to them. We need to remember that we are their voices, every single one of them, no matter where they come from.