Quote Originally Posted by Pythonfriend View Post
do not buy living things at petco, period.

when you are on this forum, you are beyond that, and you will never buy a ball python from a big chain. You buy from local breeders or order from less local breeders, or you pick up rescues.
I think that's more of a personal decision. There are SOME individual pet shops that care for their animals better than others, and could definitely be selling healthy pets to their customers. There are also SOME individual breeders who don't have the best husbandry and sell less than healthy animals.

I think this is all on a case-by-case basis, and shouldn't be completely generalized.