old guy

animal shows where the seller didn't have the federal permit. At our pet store we were told that : if you have more than 3 or 4 females and one single male you needed the permit and you were classified as a breeder. You could ( however ) sale one female to a person and they didn't need a permit but you still needed it. Then it went to a federal permit if the prospective buyer bought a pair from you. This was several years ago. Do a search engine and see what the laws are now. Right in some municipal, townships and or city laws has jurisdiction on even these beyond the federal law. But I don't think one ( maybe California ) state has outlawed any of the species in that other post. Now at our pet store ( Missouri ) we had to have the federal permit to have > sugar gliders, hedgehogs, chins, spiny tailed mice, and degus, ( still no permit even as now on ferrets in Mo. and Kansas ) but the customer didn't need squat at the point of sale. It was up to them to get the permit if they bred and sold. Things may be different now though........