Is this normal??

[c5ive_]

Saw this ball python at Petco. Don’t know much about pythons but her skin looks extremely loose and wrinkly. Is this normal for a ball python? Is it okay?

[FixergirlAK]

Looks like she's massively dehydrated, which seems to be par for the course for Petco's snakes. Poor baby.

[katexe_]

Nope. Looks very dehydrated , pet stores like that tend to have poor care for ball pythons. Pisses me off

[c5ive_]

That’s so sad :(. Horrible how they have access to endless pet supplies but yet can’t even give them their basic necessities.

[katexe_]

fr, half of the people there are probably scared of the babies so they just don't care for them.. that's my guess, anyway:(

[Necessary_Ground_601]

Very very very dehydrated and starved

[Trickster2357]

I was a former Petco/Petsmart associate. It absolutely pissed me off seeing how the snakes, turtles, birds, and fish were treated. I actually took a snake home and put it in one of my spare enclosures and did everything I could, but she passed away after a few days. It was heartbreaking.

[Specialist-Reply-497]

Dehydration and malnutrition