I visited a pet store this past week just to see what snakes were being offered and if I'd luck up and find a nice garter. This is what I found a small plastic aquarium filled with now less than 8 eastern ribbon snakes. The owner was reluctant to let me handle them saying that "Oh they are not used to anyone but me". I remember how some garter keepers have commented that their snakes recognize them, so i thought ok, that's possible. It seemed to me that these snakes had never been handled by anyone. They were in panic and musking at any human approach even his. So, does it seem like someone is catching native snakes and selling them to unassuming customers at pure profit with no regard to the stress to the snakes?