I'll have to look into this timber permit, it's not mentioned in their little brochure. I want a canebrake very badly but was afraid I'd get busted because of the taxnomic change.

The paperwork makes it sound like you need a 10$ permit and with that you can own UP TO four WC coppers or black rats or whatever, and an unlimited number of CB's, and if you want to breed them you need a 25$ permit. But the wording is extremely confusing, especially on the actual application. I guess you can call the ODNR and ask for clarification. Just say you don't have any snakes yet and were curious. Don't mention copperheads either, you'll probably get them all flustered.

'Course then you have to get your natives PIT tagged. A local petstore here says PIT tags kill snakes slowly and painfully, but I don't really see that. My dog has one, and I know people tag expensive morph boids and such.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.

Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

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