Ok, guess I'll go ahead and chime back in here:

1 - I don't mind being called 'hon', but not in that particular context. I was saying that I wasn't sure because I have seen some people take the advice of stupid petstore workers and do the strangest things... also, you put no indication of jest, such as a smiley, so it was easier to assume.

2 - Having 'over a hundred snakes' may qualify you to say you own more animals than MOST of us here. It does not, however, entitle you to use that tone of superiority. I have been keeping reptiles myself in some way since I was a child, and have cared for them in stores and in zoos, as well as reading every bit of information I could get and doing a ton of research over the years, so I have a very good amount of experience as well. No insult was meant by the comment that you may not have been joking, so please do not send insults in return.

3 - It is a sad but well known fact that a lot of pet stores are only in it for the money and don't care a yahoo for the animals they have. Also, it is proven that most, but not all, employees of these stores have little to no true knowledge of reptile care. Therefore, any animal bought from a pet store should be taken in to a vet ASAP just to be sure of health, and any 'advice' given by an employee or 'care' seen in a store should be taken with a major grain of salt.

Now then, we have established that no one purposefully gives their snakes crickets or any other food but rodents and should never do so, as per the original topic of the thread.
And yes, the loss of Jas was a shame...in a sadistic sort of way. Comic relief is good.