Sorry to drag up such an old thread, but Rick and I have started making a trip each weekend to different "big" reptile stores in SoCal (next weekend is LLLReptile! cool!).

Anywho, we went to PP last weekend.

It's a "double" store in a strip mall; since part of their business is reptile edutainment for children (there were 3 different areas for large group parties), the store kind of has a funky layout. I'll agree it seemed they had full stock, but I would guess it flucuates quite a bit - and if you don't have stock to sell in a store front, kinda no point to be open.

In about the 8 stores we've been to so far, there has been only one that didn't multiple same species snakes in one cage (one store had baby balls and bci's in deli cups), but they didn't look particularly dirty.

PP is also where I asked for, saw and held the piedbald ball. I'm guessing the employee make a judgement call on the shopper, not too unlike when you ask for a test drive at a dealership. If you look like someone who might buy one and has the money for it, you're more apt to try for the sale. That or I have an honest face. =)

I don't think we'd buy an animal there (seemed overpriced), but we enjoyed the trip anyway.

Oh, we did talk with one employee about their big snakes (Rick fell in love with a huge high yellow albino burmese - noooo, too big honey!). Burtha, their 20' burmese looked like she was having a bad shed (skin still stuck on her back), so I asked. He said it's been difficult lately to keep the humidity up because other employees keep the store front doors open, but the impression I got is that they were aware conditions were not optimal at the moment and they were going to take care of their big kids.