My Petco gets them from a reptile supplier, can't think of the name off the top of my head, but for the most part I believe Petcos everywhere get them from the nearest bulk supplier they can.

We actually just got in some absolutely gorgeous snakes at my store - I broke down and bought one of them! There's a very, VERY dark one that's got almost no spots on its spine, and some really interesting looking ones that have white going way up on the patterning on the sides.

Ball pythons are pretty easy. When people come in asking for a good first time reptile, I say a ball python. I've had one since I was 5 years old, with minimal help from my parents once I hit about 9 or 10. (I'm 19 now.)

Switching to frozen/prekilled isn't too bad, but it really depends on the animal. If you can, get one that's already eating frozen/prekilled.

~jenny
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1.1 normal ball pythons (Cindy and Darwin)
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
2.1 betta fishes (Vicious, Killer, and Butters)
3.1 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
2.0 horses (Buddy and Sam)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
2.25 chickens (Jacques the rooster and his harem)

but what I really want is more ball pythons!

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