Comercialization of Corn Snakes in Texas Banned

LOL "Rub her feet" --- for sure! That would be my fav!
Thanks for staying on top of this issue. I was hoping to move to TX in the near future but wow .... if that stands, I may have to rethink my move.

Thanks for keeping up with this KJ. I will definitely be watching this thread and also talking with the few Game warden friends that I have to keep abrest of this situation. Maybe if more of us send questioning emails to them things will move more quickly....just a thought.

Originally Posted by pcar

Thanks for keeping up with this KJ. I will definitely be watching this thread and also talking with the few Game warden friends that I have to keep abrest of this situation. Maybe if more of us send questioning emails to them things will move more quickly....just a thought.

Nothing in the regs can change until the next committee meeting, and that date can't be moved. The guys I know to talk to about this issue are all saying it was a mistake, and they are planning to TRY and take corrective measures at the next meeting. I'm hoping those measures are to just wipe out off these two species from the black list - or get rid of the black list all together!

I wish deer mice would come off the list, but I don't think that is happening!
KJ

Originally Posted by KJUN

I wish deer mice would come off the list, but I don't think that is happening!
KJ

DITTO!!!!!

Here is a bit more I saw today for those that care:

http://www.pethobbyist.com/sitenews/...in-Texas!.html

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Originally Posted by KJUN

I wish deer mice would come off the list, but I don't think that is happening!
KJ

From what I hear in MN Deer Mice are also Black listed as well. Due to getting loose and mixing with the local rodent populations. But a lot has to do with the fear of Monkey Pox as well.

But you know, If I lived in Texas I could keep a Texas Indigo

and now we're ok
Texas Backpedals on Cornsnakes - Mice, Garter Snakes Still Listed

http://www.pethobbyist.com/sitenews/...ll-Listed.html

I so glad that they have backpedaled on the Cornsnake issue but has anyone heard anything about the mouse problem? It doesn't do me any good if they shut Big Cheese Factory down, wouldn't be able to feed my snakes.
Thanks

Actually, guys, TPWD has done something other than what was planned in the past before. (The entire black list is proof!) Until the commission ACTUALLY makes a ruling, I don't believe we should all completely relax or ignorantly reduce our level of vigilance. Oh, for the record, I'm 99.99% believe this will be corrected. I'm still saving that LAST bit until it is corrected in the PROPER way. I'm worried they'll make some worse mistake when they correct this one. Accidentally or not, of course.

Two things really scare me: (1) when was the public actually allowed to comment on the black list? NOBODY has come up and said they had the opportunity, and the references to an advisory committee that was actually disbanded YEARS ago is ludicrous. (2) How can this LARGE of a mistake happen when our non-game TPWD "specialists" reviewed the list twice before going to the commission? I feel a little cheated. Sure, it was an accident. Sure, we seem to have been able to start the process of correction on it THIS time. Sure, the law making road collecting was an ACCIDENT, too. Riiigggghhhhhttttt. Until the commission rules, it is still the law. My source tells me this issue is not even ON the agenda for the next commission meeting YET. (Does that concern anyone?)

Accident or not, these cases of gross "mistakes" in ANY .gov agency ANYWHERE is not tolerable. I'm sorry, but they have no penalty for making a bad regulation, but we (the ones living under it) are the ones that suffer: Georgia's herp laws, our laws saying roads are wildlife sanctuaries, etc. There are too many darn cases!

KJ

Originally Posted by tricksterpup

But you know, If I lived in Texas I could keep a Texas Indigo

Actually, that is correct - but there are some stipulations on this one. Indigos are listed as T&E and protected from collection and ALL commercial activity by a different set of laws.
KJ