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I am moving to kalamazoo michigan in a couple o weeks and was wondering if there was anyone willing to help me get to know the reptile people up there...like good stores etc... or even anyone who would want to teach me more about boas or needs help in a shop. I am 21 and have had boas for years and would like to keep my hobby, so if there is any help anyone could tell me my email is showerhead101@yahoo.com thank you all for taking time to read this.

Chris

Hi, Chris! The first thing you need to do is check out the Kalamazoo ordinances because I think constricting snakes are illiegal in the city of Kalamazoo. Here is the code as found in Chapter 7-7.
"It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a publicly maintained and supervised zoo or zoological garden, a licensed and authorized circus, an accredited and licensed educational institution, or an accredited and licensed medical or pharmaceutical laboratory maintained and operated by a corporation, firm, hospital, or health maintenance organization in which there is a laboratory for the primary benefit of human health care, to keep and maintain, or permit to be kept or maintained, any exotic or wild animal as deemed in § 7-3, "exotic/wild animal."

And here is their description of exotic animal...
EXOTIC/WILD ANIMAL
Any undomesticated animal or any dangerous animal normally classified as wild. In addition, this specifically includes, but is not limited to, the following animals: non-domestically bred parrots, parakeets or other exotic birds, Canada geese, alligators, bears, birds of prey, monkeys, panthers, cougars, lions, wolves, coyotes, chimpanzees, venomous or constrictor reptiles, and wild felines. In addition, it shall include any hybrid between a wild animal and a domesticated animal, such as a hybrid between a dog and a wolf, a dog and a coyote, a cat and a bobcat, or other wild feline.

You can live around kzoo, like in Portage, without being illegal.
I would suggest that you join the Michigan Society of Herpetologists. It's a knowledgeable, fun group of people and we have several members in the kzoo area. I don't live in that area so I can't advise you on shops or stores but I'm sure that someone from the Society can help you out with that. Kzoo also has a monthly reptile expo.

Welcome to Michigan. I hope you enjoy it here. Personally, I hate the winters the last few years and will be moving to Florida sometime in the next couple of months.

Thank you for the tips!! im not worried bout the boa laws but i will definitely be going to the shows hope everyone there is as chill as everyone out here in arizona.Thank you