Quote Originally Posted by Penultimate View Post
I was visiting Petco today, and the store lady struck up a conversation about BPs with me. They had a lemon blast and an albino, and I had asked about their age because they looked really small. Apparently they're new hatchlings, so no worries. The lady pointed to the tank with normals in it and said, "These are ball pythons." when I asked about the "albino and the lemon blast ball pythons". I said, "Yes. I was asking about these two down here." She looked a little confused, but went with it. Later, she was talking about how much she wanted to take the red tail boa home (man he was gorgeous, looked like a hypo or something), but didn't want to because she expected him to reach eight to ten feet. That doesn't sound right to me for a male BCI, but I'm no boa expert. At the checkout, the lady was saying that they "don't mark prices up that much" and then went on to talk about a piebald ball python that she really wanted and was put out on the floor for two thousand dollars. I kind of bit my lip at that and started thinking about the six hundred dollar albino (that was a sale price) and five hundred dollar lemon blast. The lady was very nice, though.

I will say that the care for their animals seemed better than most chain pet stores. Yes, they had ball pythons cohabiting, but the cages were larger than normal and not too crowded, there were minimal amounts of random crickets and the snakes looked healthy (no retained shed, most at a decent weight, no external injuries, no mites in the water dish, etc.) I was glad to see an iguana housed by itself. The little corn snake was alone as well. Probably the best care I've seen for any chain store in the area. Could be better, but it's a step in the right direction. The other animals were nicely cared for too, and their birds were in excellent condition with no plucked feathers or anything. I might actually go back to that store. It's not as depressing as some chain stores.
They've really stepped up their game. They're working really hard for the customers and the animals and it makes me proud to be part of it ^^