I remember seeing a thread on another forum... a person went to a pet store, with minimal knowledge, interested in BPs. The employee sent her home with baby retics... and very sick retics at that.

As soon as it really hit her what she had done, she tried to return them. It took a ridiculous amount of work for her to get the animals returned and to get her money back. I am not sure it was ever completely resolved. But she understood that she would take a loss, and tempered that with what was best for the animals involved.

I think the breeder acted irresponsibily as did the purchaser. Rather than "how do I deal with this"... perhaps you need to ask yourself is "can I deal with this" and "do I want to deal with this".

It is OK to realize that perhaps this is not the best beginner snake for someone who has never owned a snake before.

You are going to be responsible for this animal for a very long time and need to ensure that you can care for it long term.

Do your research and make some educated choices.

If it ends up working for you, then great, but if it is not going to work, there is nothing wrong with planning an escape route (and earlier is better than later).

Bruce

Who would not ever consider anything even close to an African Rock Python...