Can you hold the pets in the store? I would like to see which snake I want to get based on how they reacted to being handled by me.

Yes, just let them know why and they'll be happy to let you hold them.

yes you can. also they have been handled constantly so these animals are very loved already and used to be handled.

Yes very friendly staff.

Yes, though I am not sure if that's universally true of all of the pets available there.

Of course! They actually encourage handling pets. I was looking at tarantulas and they offered to let me hold them.