Quote Originally Posted by Ginevive View Post
I thought of something. Many stores sell "captive hatched" or "captive farmed" BP hatchlings. Whatever happened to quarantine? These snakes are not even 60 days old. There is no way that these stores could have practiced the proper 90-day quarantining that most all of us recommend and use. If the snake is not even 90 days old?
I urge newcomers and really, anyone, in the market for a BP hatchling. Please buy from a respected breeder. You don't know what you're getting by buying neonates at pet stores. Chances are, if they don't quaranting baby snakes arriving there, they probably don't QT adult reptiles either. Ticks, mites, and internal parasites, here we come! (not to even mention worse diseases that could take 60-90 days to manifest..)
Jen i try to stop every person i see interested in buying ball pythons from pet stores for these very reasons.It works sometimes and sometimes it doesnt.I avoid pet stores as much as possible anymore because they make me sick .