Would I have to go to a zoo to get a lic to have a hot snake. I know you are req to work 1000 hours or somthing like that to get one.
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Where would one go if they wanted to get a lic
Rottenweiler9
Jun 14, 2003 11:55 AM
Replies (3)
rattlerman
Jun 14, 2003 12:06 PM
What state do you live in?
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meretseger
Jun 14, 2003 12:21 PM
The 1000 hour thing is just for Florida. I believe you get those through their Fish&Game department. State regulations can vary from no regulation to completely illegal no matter what, so you gotta find that out first. If in doubt, move to Ohio.
hotherps2003
Oct 15, 2003 10:43 PM
I am just outside Toledo Ohio, in the small town of Swanton (monclova Township for those that know the area)
does anyone happen to know the laws on Herps in Ohio, I can not find anything about it, and I really don't want to call and ask. Mainly because my fear is I will get some guy who don't like snakes and don't know the law who will tell me venomous is illegal just because his opinion is that it should be. (I am sure we all know people like this)
I have raised snakes for about 13 years now, everything from basic redtail boas, to retic pythons, to piebald ball pythons. I am wanting to get into "hot" snakes, and have gotten several opinions on what I should start out with. So far I have been told that I should get a pigmy rattler by one person, and someone else has told me to get a copperhead to start with, still another person said a mangrove or a hognose. Personally I don't really consider mangraves or hognose snakes to be venomous, due to being rear fanged, unless you actually let them chem on you for a while, your not going to get hurt. But with all these different inputs I am getting, I am rather confused on really what I should start out with.
Perhaps if I tell you what I personally like, it will help you to give advise on what I should start out with, and please, also tell me WHY. My favorite snakes (the ones I actually want to work up to) are the gold phase eyelash viper, the eastern and western gaboon viper, desert horned viper, and almost any Cobra with a nice colorfull hood (NO SPITTERS I will probably never want a spitter). I like colorfull (pretty to me at least) snakes. I also love rattlesnakes, specifically the timber rattler (endangered in Ohio, if anyone knows the extra laws on these in Ohio this would be nice as well), and the mojave rattler.
Thanks in advance for any tips anyone here can give me.
