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Yes. As Zinc already noted, pet stores are there to SELL things. Very few of them know what they're talking about when it comes to proper snake care- the employees are mostly doing what they're manager has told them & have little or no other experience with snakes at all. I've seen absolutely atrocious care of snakes in pet stores, which is why I seldom go in them any more. If they were receptive to education I'd try though, for the sake of the snakes.

And as far as pet stores making sales: Consider that they may want to sell you a snake that gets much bigger than you really want or can handle, just so you'll be back buying more food all the time, or new enclosures when it outgrows them. Remember that pet stores have a lot of "overhead" (costs of running a "brick & mortar" storefront) so they need to make sales to stay open, much less make a profit. Rather than tell you the BEST products for your pets needs, they're going to want to push whatever they have in their store. Never forget that... Their "advice" is profit-motivated.

Some of them (employees or managers/owners) may mean well, but do your own research anyway- don't risk your pets doing what you see them doing.

Painfully accurate explanation of what goes on, especially at the big box stores, but sometimes just as bad if not worse at smaller pet shops. My local reptile place has stopped me from buying things a few times and given me some DYI advice or a cheaper product that works just as good. That's why I keep going back. They're breeders and know what works and what expensive products I can skip on and still provide the same level of care.

My opinion is if you can find a shop that tries to get you not to spend money, that's the shop where you should be spending your money.