Petco/Petsmart generally has poor-quality or imported snakes- I get A LOT of these through the rescue b/c they wont eat....

Find a breeder through the classifieds that will give you a quality snake-- and I'm sure many here can reccomend a good breeder.

I started with a corn snake.... then got a ball....
cornsnake was psycho from the beginning and never was nice and slow, easy to handle.
I love balls- they get to be a decent "handful" in terms of size, they are much calmer when they're out - they're more fun all around--
and now male pastels are in the same price range as normals-- and are very cool

~Beth
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The rescue site: www.freewebs.com/okreptilerescue

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• Ball Python's good pets for beginner??? - Boost, Wed Aug 6 01:16:09 2008
• RE: Ball Python's good pets for beginner??? - agirlnamedrita, Wed Aug 6 02:11:01 2008
• and buy a captive bred ball python...np - RinL, Wed Aug 6 06:20:42 2008
• buy a captive bred ball python...MORE - OKReptileRescue, Wed Aug 6 12:21:13 2008
• RE: Ball Python's good pets for beginner??? - exoticball, Wed Aug 6 12:35:00 2008
• RE: Ball Python's good pets for beginner - littleleeper23, Thu Aug 7 10:14:05 2008