thats pretty messed up to me... I took my first two snakes to the vet for a visit and the vet came out and told me there isnt much you can tell someone about a healthy snake... He can do a fecal and make sure there are no parasites but other than that he told me not to bother coming in unless there was an issue. When I had the RI all I had to do was tell him the symptoms and he knew it was an RI. He was very fair and didnt over price the visit. The medication was like 10$ and its 40$ to just meet with the vet... I was expecting to pay atleast 100 but left with a smile on my face when I found out it was only 50$