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Grass snakes

Will

Will

Snaketeen :D
Hi this is a post really for the people that live in UK. I was just wondering if it was legal to breed grass snakes and if so where can you buy them from.
Thanks Will
 
Hi Will, read a similar thread on another forum, can't remember the details but am pretty sure you would need a license, as all uk herps protected by legislation. also know from personal experience that grasssnake musk is foul!
 
6' adults? LOL.. I have captured quite a few because I monitor grass snakes in Holland for statistics and I can tell you 6' natrix is very very rare. Here is an example of a adult male:

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I did catch some large females but the biggest one I have ever seen must be under 110 - 120 cm. Most snakes that I captured did not bite me. They always musk (yuk!) but rather play dead that get aggressive. Even when provoked.


Here a large female (close to 3').

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Good post Marcel.

I do realise that 6' is the absolute top end of the scale but you never know .... it'd be just someones luck to get one and end up with a whopper! :grin01:

It's more the musking that would put me off. :puke01:
 
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