Are easterns protected? illegal to sell? anything like that?
Don't ever see them on the classifieds....is it just because there aren't any morphs?
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Stu
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eastern hogs?
stu
Jul 22, 2010 08:06 PM
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WDeptula
Jul 24, 2010 07:32 AM
No, they aren't protected. Individual states protect them as warranted based on their status in those states just as they might any other snake.
Easterns lack of popularity stems from a belief that they are much more difficult to acclimate from a husbandry/feeding perspective than westerns are. Some believe that a captive rodent-only diet leads to conditions like fatty liver disease while others believe that parasitic overloads have frequently led to captive demise. Ultimately, you have a snake that prefers toads to a higher degree than westerns, a simple fact which has made easterns less attractive from a breeder perspective.
