Quote Originally Posted by craigafrechette View Post
Welcome, you've come to a great place to learn.

You say you're getting him from a pet store, but the animal is healthy. Not trying to be rude, but how do you know the animals are healthy? If this is your first snake how can you be sure? I'm not saying it can't or won't be a healthy animal, I'm just trying to warn you that many of those stores do not provide proper husbandry or proper diets to the animals they are trying to sell. They also don't employ qualified reptile keepers and many of the employees are pretty cluless and just there to sell, sell, sell. Most of them don't even keep reptiles. They will sell improper equipment, not tell customers that a thermostat is a MUST, sell the wrong prey items, etc...
In the long run, it could end up costing you a lot more money and discourage a first time keeper. There's a reason there are so many BPs on craigslist and other classifieds, and big box stores are a big part of that.
The person who help me has actually kept many in the past! Including Boas, monitor lizards, etc. He was also sure to tell me that a lot of the stuff in the kits aren't needed but was sure to tell me that a thermostat was needed.

I also owned a corn snake in the past, I bought him from a breeder and he was never healthy that's turned me off from a lot of local breeders.

All this being said, I am going to take the snake to a vet as soon as I can get an appointment to check him out to just be a hundred percent sure he's alright.

As for how I know he's healthy I meant seems, I checked for mites and he didn't seem to be underweight. But I'm not an expert. So I will be taking him to the local reptile vet for a check up. Thank you for the concern! I have seen how awful some pet stores can be. Also thank you for being nice. I've seen so many people tear into others over this issue.