I have a question. A long time ago a friend of mine who lived in a different state gave me my very first snake...a black rat. At the time he was unaware that they were considered an endangered species in MA, & so was i until i went online to research black rats & stumbled across something saying they are illegal to own cuz people around here have been mistaking them for baby copperheads & lopping their heads off with shovels for years. I love my snake dearly but i'm afraid of losing her! And everyone else who has met her loves her too!


So my question is what do i do? Get a license for her or play dumb? If i choose to apply for a license could someone still seize my pet cuz i had her before the license instead of the other way around? And if i dont get one could i end up getting into trouble if i wanted to bring her to visit kids at schools or do birthday parties? She's much too sweet of a girl to be left at home while all my other snakes go places! Any advice you could offer would be a great help. Thank you!

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• illegal pet! - Cyn79, Thu Feb 21 15:49:18 2008
• RE: illegal pet! - choppergreg74, Thu Feb 21 18:38:16 2008
• RE: illegal pet! - transpecos, Thu Feb 21 20:25:57 2008
• I agree with a lot of that! - DMong, Thu Feb 21 22:18:23 2008
• RE: illegal pet! - billysbrown, Fri Feb 22 13:25:09 2008
• RE: illegal pet! - ratsnakehaven, Sun Feb 24 08:37:19 2008