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Hey, don't mean to snatch the thread, but I have been looking for the reps that you can keep in qld category one and two licence? The link I originally had (and the one on this forum etc) no longer work and I have only been able to find actual licensing info rather then the sp. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Also Zack, where do you study zool? And what year are you in? I am in my honours year at UQ :)
 
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Hey Zack,

If you are talking about upgrading to a Class 2 Non-venomous licence then you need the following criteria:


  • Have had a reptile licence for at least 2 years
  • Be over 18 years old
  • Had experience in keeping reptiles for the duration of that 2 year period (not just had a licence and no reptiles to care for)
I have the C2 application form if you PM me your email I will send it to you.
There's 2 blank pages where you are asked to write how you meet the criteria that is required for a C2.

**Also you will only be eligible to keep Class 2 reptiles that you have kept on a Class 1 e.g. if you have only kept snakes on C1, you can only purchase C2 snakes and so forth.

Remember, this is if you are talking about C2 Non-venomous.
 
Hey, don't mean to snatch the thread, but I have been looking for the reps that you can keep in qld category one and two licence? The link I originally had (and the one on this forum etc) no longer work and I have only been able to find actual licensing info rather then the sp. Thanks to anyone who can help.

Also Zack, where do you study zool? And what year are you in? I am in my honours year at UQ :)

I study at UNSW but they don't offer zoology as a major anymore :( so I'll have to disappear for my last year. I thinking of going to UQ or UM how you like UQ? Im only second year I switched my second major 2 now lol. What you doing your honours on?

Also thanks to everyone for the information.
 
I think the whole thing is a little amusing. So you have to be trained in "picking up beardies for a few years" before you can advance to a brown? :lol:

When you think about it, the whole thing is crazy. There are no safe-guards in regards to venomous snakes. The only training is getting in there and doing it. You can't gain enough experience playing with childrens pythons or turtles :lol: I don't see where they are coming from with the licensing, but then I can't quite understand the angle the Victorian DSE comes from either.

One thing I do know is I'm sure glad they haven't jumped in there and regulated everything to the point of stupidity. It's close to that in some states, but regardless of that it's still not impossible to obtain.
 
I think the whole thing is a little amusing. So you have to be trained in "picking up beardies for a few years" before you can advance to a brown? :lol:

When you think about it, the whole thing is crazy. There are no safe-guards in regards to venomous snakes. The only training is getting in there and doing it. You can't gain enough experience playing with childrens pythons or turtles :lol: I don't see where they are coming from with the licensing, but then I can't quite understand the angle the Victorian DSE comes from either.

One thing I do know is I'm sure glad they haven't jumped in there and regulated everything to the point of stupidity. It's close to that in some states, but regardless of that it's still not impossible to obtain.

I more or less agree with you on this Moose. I often wonder how many competent and experienced ven. handlers there would be if everybody had always had to jump through these hoops.
I am quite happy with the victorian system, it may not be perfect but at least it passes a good deal of the responsibility for what we keep and how we do it back to the keeper rather than the bureaucracy. It's the old "sink or swim" method and I think there should be more of it, not less.
Is there any evidence that the overly restrictive approach of some states actually results in less handling mishaps than Victoria's "pay your money, make your choice" approach?
 
So I have to go and do a first aid course as well before I can get my advanced reptile license? Anyone know if they enforce that? What happens if you have it and it runs out after you have your license?
 
i had my class 2 application rejected as i wanted to get a lace monitor but hadnt had any previous monitor experience, but had kept class 1 blue tongues for 4 years. so i sent in another reptile class 2 application stating that i wanted to keep centralian blue tongues (class 2 bluey) got my class 2 licence within a few weeks. now i have my lacies & no centralian blueys!!! there's ways around everything if your'e serious;)!!!
 
Yeah I was wondering how they would enforce what you get once you get your license. Isn't that easy though since I want to get some venomous ones.
 
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