The pet store isn't like your normal 'can't take care of jack' pet stores. This pet store takes good care of their animals and I have bought from them before. Zim was a Noah's snake until I got her. I just took her there to get probed but they couldn't find the right size probe and didn't want to risk going up to the next size probe.

As for breeders. I don't know of any breeders around here, though there is a reptile show coming up in August in Northern Va I could go to.

As for the 10 gallon. Does it matter if it was once a fish tank? I'm cleaning the rocks at the bottom now and I'm going to take it out and give it a good rinse with the hose, then a good scrub and another rinse.