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Originally Posted by hhmoore
While I am definitely a proponent of knowing, and operating within, the laws, I'm also a strong advocate of keeping my business MY business (good fences make good neighbors type of thing). If you don't broadcast the number of snakes that you have, or that you are breeding them, then nobody has any reason to be concerned about them. A neighbor that has an issue with you, or is scared of snakes, can cause aggravation even if you aren't breaking laws....in some cases, their actions could result in laws against reptiles (snakes, in this case).
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Totally agree with you, Harald!!
Work WITHIN the law, and you should be safe.
Don't go bragging and flaunting your leg-less kids, and you shouldn't have a problem.
We only have corns, and the only time we would be taking them out would be to take them to the vet or to take them to a show to sell them. In either case, they would be bagged or boxed.
Only my close herper friends even know I keep geckos.
Too many around here would break in to kill or steal them...or think I was into witchcraft or something. Lots of African refugees have moved into my area.
I even have a blind on the window in the herp room (situated in the far back of the house), just in case anyone cutting through my yard or looking to burglarize us happens to look in and see the tanks. Even though my fence has Keep Out/Beware of Dog/etc. all over the place, the kids hopping the fence to get into the public pool next door don't stop to read them. One of these days my Lhasa-poo is gonna take a chunk out of someone's ankle, and then maybe they'll stay the hell out.
But from the front and sides of the house, there's no indication that we have any pets other than our dogs and cats.
Sux that the herps can't have natural sunlight shining in, but at least they're safe.
Better safe than sorry.