Hey all,



I promise you, you DO NOT EVER want to live in Hawai'i!! I've been there and done that.



By the time we had to move there, I had only managed to convince my husband that it was cool for me to keep ONE Ball Python. I had to give him away, as the actual black-and-white law on the books in Hawai'i is that "carnivorous snakes" are illegal - as if there is any other kind!! (It IS justifiable on the part of the state Dept. of Agriculture - they have to worry about the island's ecology should someone's pet escape, or be released - there are plenty of other imported species that thrive in Hawai'i for this reason)



Life in Tropical Paradise is beautiful, and I feel like I have maybe benefitted from my experiences living there... but I grew up with reptiles.



The cost of living there is so steep that most adults work at least two full-time jobs just to keep their heads above water... and I had NEVER seen poverty on such a scale until I moved there.



One local paper actually ran an article (bashing the state government for it lack of proper management) comparing Hawai'i to a third world country. Most of the benchmark identifiers of the "third world" did in fact fit parts of Hawai'i.



I can also vouch for the Honolulu PD; they will probably never solve that murder case, but you can bet they will go after those poor young teens for every cent they'll ever earn! That same state government is VERY money-hungry. That will be the priority in this case. Look up the crime stats for Honolulu; they are ATROCIOUS! What is worse however, is the statistic of crimes and violent crimes that are ever actually SOLVED!



Be SO happy that you are allowed to keep the animals you choose to keep!



Cheers!
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)

0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

1.2 Ball Pythons

[1.0 '05 Orange Hypo (Specter)]

[0.1 '05 Het Hypo (Sylvia)]

[0.1 '03 Normal (Sue)]

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