Thank you! I really enjoy that story as well. I've gotten a little flak about the effort it's taken but I stand by my choices and now have a gorgeous little snake. What one person looks at as a 'normal' boring snake is still worth the same care as a more expensive coloration. "It's just a snake, get a new one" is something I've heard more than once, which makes me a little sad that people have that outlook on something that relies on 100% of its care to come from the person who CHOSE to buy it.
Bogertophis, RE that pet store that no longer sells, I wonder if it was the doing of the employee who helped me get the stuff I needed to take her home at such a steep discount. He was a snake owner himself and knew that the care they were providing was not up to par but couldn't change it due to store policies. One can only hope.