I agree... just a side point... lots of local pet shops are themselves simply flippers. they buy from a company or a local breeder, throw them all in a tank together, absolutley no quaranteen, and sell them to the next unexpecting victim. One added bonus... they also sell the victim that absolute wrong setup to make a couple extra bucks.

In fact, one of my local pet shops is even much worse then that!!!! they are flippers of troubled snakes on purpose! couple moths ago I was wasting some time window shopping their snakes. A punk comes in with a 2 or 3 year old ball python... totally messed up skin... big time eye caps... a few healed over burns... VERY skinny. The kid says the snake is sick because he hasn't eaten in a long time. has no idea when it even ate last....

He gives the snake to the shop for free... no later then 15 minutes after the kid leaves, the owner of the shop throws the snake into a filthy tank and puts a hundred dollar price tag on it!!!

Local pet shop owners in my opinion can be the worst flippers out there.