she still sold me the fish which made me even more mad haha because don't give me lip about how many .5" fish I want, then sell them anyways! haha.
the law may still apply but again petsmart as a corporation have no authority to apply laws in that manner or "seize" your animal through deception as I would absolutely say in my email. Even if an employee said something I would stand my ground on you not being told exactly what was happening, and they more or less took your animal through deception and gave you a refund without you even knowing what was happening.
And yes to finding a vet who understands ball pythons before you get another or get Hecate back. Talk to the vet beforehand, and I mean ask him/her how many ball pythons or boas they see, and just generally talk about BP's to them. I had that issue with an exotics vet not knowing what the req's were for a BP and arguing with me about my care of the animal so even though they say exotics, they may not be species specific.