yeah, all because petsmart told me he was alright, I didn't know any better (as this is my first bp and my only other snake was a cornsnake)
i was also afraid to bring this up on some forums the past two months because i was worried people would say i was abusing him / not taking care of him when in reality i'm really trying, i just never got the proper information from the pet store (which i can see why now, a lot of you say they're completely bogus)
thank you for the help!!