I Know I Know Chain Stores are the Devil

Well i was at PetSmart in Ithaca NY today
they got a new manager in the past 3 months or so
Man has she turned that place around 1/2 of the staff was new too
Reptile department has Tripled in size (all PetSmart's are upping the Reps)
this store does a 4-6 week Quarantine to make sure the animal is stable, healthy, & eating good
she even showed me the side room & the feeding/ care records of the animals in there

I went in for 2 Doz crickets & came out with the crickets, a baby Ball Python, and a Boat Load of Respect.

It started with my daughter ordering the crickets, she asked what she was feeding them to.

Aerika said we have lizards.
so i said Aerika what are the crickets are for
so she said Oh my frogs

then the manager asked what lizards we had so i told her
then she asked if we had any other pets so i listed them all off

she was kinda surprised
then asked how many BP's i had then asked if i wanted another one
(i thought she was doing her job... trying to sell me one)

so i told her i couldn't buy one today

so she said Oh cuz we have one we want to "Adopt" out
then i asked her about it, they can't sell any animal that shows signs of aggression or bitting

(the BP bit an Employee or 2... i figured it was because of the dumb employee ie. helped someone with a small animal then tried to pick up the BP or clean the cage smelling of "food")

so long story short i got a beautiful Baby Ball Python for Free, and got him home set up an extra tank, then took him out of the box held it for a few mins then put him in his cage... no bites no aggressiveness of any kind

Even got the records of care since they got the li'l one in and feeding sheet w/ what was fed, if he ate, & days/times fed