Quote Originally Posted by Inknsteel View Post
Actually, I've had my snake for over 6 months. The mites did NOT come from Petco.

A friend of mine just purchased a RTB from another small, local pet shop. I let him keep the snake in my house until his parents gave the OK to move him. When he purchased the snake, there was no apparent sign of mites, probably just had eggs... After a few days of being at my house, I noticed a mite in the bottom of his water bowl, so we took him out and treated the enclosure. I'm 99.9% positive that the mites my snake got were from me not sanitizing my hands between handling the different snakes... MY bad, not Petco's...
Their snakes are still expensive, $80 compared to $20 from some breeders. I got my girl for less than $80, and petco's snakes aren't even (reliably) sexed, although I'm sure it's usually safe to assume they're male.