native snakes
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mckellar007
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yep, anything non native is illegal. it has its pros and cons
Snake Catcher Victoria
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Private keepers are only legally allowed to keep native snakes.
Unless you have some left over from the amnesty or you have a zoo.
Welcome to aps sunnyskeg.
Unless you have some left over from the amnesty or you have a zoo.
Welcome to aps sunnyskeg.
JasonL
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Lucky we all live here and not in NZ eh?
that makes us very lucky here in the UK then.............Why the ban on non natives? excuse my ignorance but never explored the hobby further afield.Here in the uk we can keep any snake apart from venomus without any form of licence,if we want to keep venomus then we need to apply for a DWA licence which is not too difficult to get as long as you have the correct housing etc
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we don't want to end up like america with a huge infestation of wild exotic pythons and other reptiles destroying our native wildlife and environment. also theres things like disease etc.
a few months back there was something on here about how two guys found an alligator here in australia and luckily they caught it, but the effect on our wildlife would be devistating.
but in saying that its not like there aren't exotics here.
don't get me wrong i would love some of those sexy piebald ball pythons but i love my natives too much i wouldn't put them at risk!
a few months back there was something on here about how two guys found an alligator here in australia and luckily they caught it, but the effect on our wildlife would be devistating.
but in saying that its not like there aren't exotics here.
don't get me wrong i would love some of those sexy piebald ball pythons but i love my natives too much i wouldn't put them at risk!
It's all a bit of a historical mismash this native v's 'exotic' issue. There are lots of exotic animals available in aus but these generally pre-date the keeping of reptiles. So there are guinea pigs and palm squirrels but not gerbils or hamsters. A variety of birds and even axolotl can all be kept without a licence. But the 'door' closed before reptile keeping really got off the ground, so it only natives for us, and being natives they have to the kept under licence (well most in most states) as all native wildlife is protected under the various state laws.
Then some are some species considered pests and each state then sets the bar -so you cant keep carp (Koi) in Queensland, but you can in NSW and WA, and don't think about taking your ferret on holiday to Queensland.
So all in all you can keep far more in Skeggers than here!
I would consider Australians to be more lucky as we live in a country with a great diversity of wildlife especially reptiles. Introduced species can harm biodiversity, one example of a herp that has caused trouble is the cane toad.
Lewy
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Couldent agree more
Australia is the best dame county on earth and we should all be very proud to live here
ShnakeyGirl
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well look how much trouble our brown trees snakes are making over seas because 2 dimwitts thought it would be cool to smuggle them out. they have wiped out a few bird species. and are on there merry way to hawaii to reak havoc there too. i wish i had a brown tree snake 
we have very few native herps:cry: And our winters are 2 bloody cold for escapees to survive,so im glad we dont have the restrictions you do.If i lived in OZ then i too would want to protect the native species
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