Im a new ball python owner

[megan8706]

Does anyone else find it disconcerting that breeders are sending one week old hatchlings home with newbie owners? I thought it was fairly standard to not sell until the baby had taken at least three meals, which is unlikely when it's just a week old.

I've been speaking with a friend of mine which happens to bread BPs in CA and he says he doesn't sell them until they have eaten and shed atleast once.