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Sooo.....What Are The Rules????

Pal-O-Mine

Pal-O-Mine

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This question goes out to any herpers living in states where "the corns run wild and free". What are the state laws for collecting a wild corn to be kept in captivity? ( Now I know Georgia and New Jersey have some pretty strange laws! In general that is! ):crazy01:

Just curious.

Devon
 
In Florida, you can catch and keep as many as you want! But why...It's more fun to pick 'em up, take a few pics, let 'em go. There are restrictions on other herps, other snakes, though. Just not "red rats." Oh- except corns in the lower keys. You can't collect those. I'm not clear on if you can even own captive bred lower keys corns.
 
In the state where i live it used to be legal to keep them, but not catch them, for it is legal to own cb specimens of native species. However they have been on the endangered state list since like 2001, so now you cant even keep them. Which is why i wont tell you which state i live in.
 
I just realized....

Yeah, i saw that after i posted. Im dumb sometimes. So about making that info private so that my illegal activity isnt documented by big brother?
 
We do not have Cornsnakes in Texas that I know of. However, I do know if you go snake hunting you need a hunting license and that is about the only law I abide by. So check your states hunting laws.

Ok - I dove hunt so I get a license for that and other hunting trips.

Love the Fatman
 
fyrefocks said:
Yeah, i saw that after i posted. Im dumb sometimes. So about making that info private so that my illegal activity isnt documented by big brother?
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I laughed a bit with this one lol

but i completely understand... once you change it, it won't be on any previous posts either
 
It is always nice to know where members live when "talking" with them on the forum. Sometimes you discover people near you, or it can be helpful when talking about what is found in your area, etc.

But if you want more privacy, you could always change your location to "northeast U. S." or something similar. Then everyone would still have some idea of your area, but not your exact location.
 
You'll notice there aren't many members from New Jersey here...Nate, let me know if you can't figure out where to change your location.
 
It seems that Florida is a pretty progressive and herp friendly state when it comes to wild caught. ( That could be a bad thing in some situations. Every sword has 2 edges to cut with! ;) Can you pretty much catch and keep ANY native species of snake in that state?????? Except for the Keys variety.

Devon
 
These herps are protected in Florida and you can't have them without a special permit, except you can have only one Florida Pine snake, and you can have all the albino Florida Pines you want. There is a two-animal limit on the Eastern box turtle and sub-species, and they may not be bought or sold.

I think the thing that really burns many snake lovers is we aren't allowed to keep captive-bred Indigos.

And it's a felony for a kid to take home a gopher tort hatchling, but a company can entomb hundreds and merely pay a fine. (Although I believe the regulations on that have gotten stricter in the last couple years).

REPTILES
American alligator
American crocodile
Alligator snapping turtle
Atlantic salt marsh water snake
Barbour’s map turtle
Bluetail mole skink
Eastern indigo snake
Florida brown snake
Florida Key mole skink
Florida pine snake
Florida ribbon snake
Gopher tortoise
Green seaturtle
Hawksbill seaturtle
Kemp’s ridley seaturtle
Key ringneck snake
Leatherback seaturtle
Loggerhead seaturtle
Red rat snake (Lower Keys only)
Rim rock crowned snake
Sand skink
Short-tailed snake
Striped mud turtle (Lower Keys only)
Suwannee cooter
 
Some of what Nanci listed are also on the endangered species list so i can see why they cant be kept!
 
Still, this is good info to know. You should always know what the state rules are for any kind of pet you're interested in.

Devon
 
I did some research before I adopted my first corn snake. I spoke with the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries and was told that you don't need a permit for a corn snake. They said Virginia law states that you can have up to five corn snakes, whether wild or captive bred.
 
Karoni said:
I did some research before I adopted my first corn snake. I spoke with the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries and was told that you don't need a permit for a corn snake. They said Virginia law states that you can have up to five corn snakes, whether wild or captive bred.
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That's true. We had to get a permit to keep and breed them once we got past five. Which is when we decided to make this a business so we went ahead and got our business license and Federal ID number. I also know that you have to have a permit to sell anything over 16" in VA and MD I think, since they are native to the state.
 
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