how often do u here of joe blow catching a blue tongue lizard for example, and his kids keeping it in a fishtank or alot of stories ive heard is a shoe box with some green grass on the bottom, people who have had nothing to do much with the reptile side of things dont even realise that u need a reptile license for a blue tongue for example,and they also break the law in states that dont permit catching wild reptiles.Anyone got any stories they have heard of that good old joe blow down the roads kids caught a frog or blue tongue or whatever ? and what states allow the capture of wild reptiles if any ?
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bunnykin
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Most ppl have done it, especially as a kid
I used to be one of the kids you are talking about who just caught stuff out of the wild, i had no idea it was illegal just like most other ppl who do it. It was a great experience and all animals were returned to the wild after i had kept them for a while.
Going back a few years the ONLY way a kid could legally keep any reptile in QLD was to catch it from the wild(although obviously there parents would be able to keep captive bred animals if the got a permit).
I honestly dont think there is much wrong with catching common unthreatened species in a sensible way. Like what would be wrong with someone catching a garden skink and being able to put it on their records? currently they are more rare than GTP's in legal collections and they make great captives IMO.
Ppl keeping animals without knowing how to care for them has nothing to do with whether or not the animals are held legally, wild caught or not IMO. Its a completely different issue.
NT and WA are the only states to allow wild catching as a regular thing for reptiles(to my knowledge). In Qld you can catch wild frogs and keep them if you dont have a licence and other states have various laws many allowing wild tadpoles to be caught. Also in qld you can catch 7 species of feeder skinks (i dont know what the list is) to feed to skink eating reptiles.
Going back a few years the ONLY way a kid could legally keep any reptile in QLD was to catch it from the wild(although obviously there parents would be able to keep captive bred animals if the got a permit).
I honestly dont think there is much wrong with catching common unthreatened species in a sensible way. Like what would be wrong with someone catching a garden skink and being able to put it on their records? currently they are more rare than GTP's in legal collections and they make great captives IMO.
Ppl keeping animals without knowing how to care for them has nothing to do with whether or not the animals are held legally, wild caught or not IMO. Its a completely different issue.
NT and WA are the only states to allow wild catching as a regular thing for reptiles(to my knowledge). In Qld you can catch wild frogs and keep them if you dont have a licence and other states have various laws many allowing wild tadpoles to be caught. Also in qld you can catch 7 species of feeder skinks (i dont know what the list is) to feed to skink eating reptiles.
bunnykin
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i think its part of being a kid but the parents should have sensability if the child catches one explain about it being a wild animal and if the child and parents are keen then they should do it the ethical/legal way.
horsenz
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as a yongsta my cousins and i would regularly go "lizard hunting"... this was our favorite past time, only the common old garden lizard though... we would go around our nanny's garden ( which was a huge overgrown jungle ) with a bucket and catch as many as we could, then at the end of the day we would count them up, twenty sometimes even thirty or more.. then tip them all out in the garden ready for our next adventure of lizard hunting!!! as kids we had a great time,... but i don't ever remember coming across any blue tongues or dragons.
bunnykin
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same here but i was on my own and i would pretend the skinks were oooo the rare stripped man eatting venomous monitor 
It is perfectly normal. Most of are laws are far too regulated anyway. In most cases this is the only way a young person can learn about our native wildlife. I think most parents would be very happy that their children were outside learning about nature and not stuck inside in front of a playstation!
snakehunter
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Catching that bluetongue in the backyard or whatever is usually what sparks an interest in reptiles for kids
yeah i admit i was a frog kinda kid used to love listening for frogs then me and some kids from school would try and find him or her so yeah i guess it is a way of discovery for kids to get into reptiles as a hobby, and as long as the parents understand the rules concerning laws things will run smoothly,
so yeah i guess it is a way of discovery for kids to get into reptiles as a hobby, and as long as the parents understand the rules concerning laws things will run smoothly,
DragonKeeper
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I used to catch common droptail's and then release them a few days later, but I new someone, what he did was stupid, he used to catch GTF, other common frogs, blueys, shinglebacks, turtles he even had a beardie once, he caught them all on the weekend then he would sell them to his classmates (we were 12) he sold GTFs and turtles for $30 and $40 each and shinglebacks and Blueys for $15 and $20 each.
NaughtyByNature
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I was always catching gecko's when I was a kid and now my son loves catching thing's, we always have big green tree frongs out side our front door, he will catch one and keep it for a night in a fish tank before letting them go the next night.
I think by letting children do this ( as long as they know they must release) is good and makes them understand nature better. Kid's need to learn respect for creatures and what better way than by looking at them upclose and then watching them be released and go about their day like it never happened.
As long as the creature is not hurt and someone is there that can show them how to look after it so it does not die from stress, then I say let them go.
Adult's on the other hand should know better and if they like that certain lizard/python going up the bushwalk then should get a license and get one the right way.
I think by letting children do this ( as long as they know they must release) is good and makes them understand nature better. Kid's need to learn respect for creatures and what better way than by looking at them upclose and then watching them be released and go about their day like it never happened.
As long as the creature is not hurt and someone is there that can show them how to look after it so it does not die from stress, then I say let them go.
Adult's on the other hand should know better and if they like that certain lizard/python going up the bushwalk then should get a license and get one the right way.
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NT and WA are the only states to allow wild catching as a regular thing for reptiles(to my knowledge). In Qld you can catch wild frogs and keep them if you dont have a licence and other states have various laws many allowing wild tadpoles to be caught. Also in qld you can catch 7 species of feeder skinks (i dont know what the list is) to feed to skink eating reptiles.[/quote]
you cant jusy catch reptiles in wa tou need a licence.
you cant jusy catch reptiles in wa tou need a licence.
Chris89
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I can remember around 6 years ago when we lived in Tasmania.
The person across the road had caught blue tongue lizards, and was keeping them in an enclosure in their back garden. I thought that you needed a licence for it, and after I had some some research on the internet found out that you did need one ( I was new to the world of reptiles)
I remember her telling me that the 1st blue tongue that she had gotten, she kept it in a fish tank and had decided to put it out in the sun to warm up etc, and it got so hot in the fish tank that the lizard had acutally baked and died.. I thught this was disgusting..
Apart from that, the current blue tongues that she had were well looked after, They had a huge outdoor enclosure with a run etc, They looked to be in healthy condition, also the larger female had given birth to baby blue tongue lizards, That I believed once they were healthy she realeased back into the world.
Now that I think about it, I probably should of reported her but I was only 12 years old at the time and didn't know any better.
Me, myself I have never caught a wild animal and intended to keep it as a pet..
The only animal that I have ever taken from the wild was a Golden Finch that had spranged it's leg and it was weak and nearly dead, and I nursed it back to health over a period of a week. It's leg had healed and it was able to eat and was heathly. Then I realeased it back to where I found it, Which was the bush just next to my house..
The person across the road had caught blue tongue lizards, and was keeping them in an enclosure in their back garden. I thought that you needed a licence for it, and after I had some some research on the internet found out that you did need one ( I was new to the world of reptiles)
I remember her telling me that the 1st blue tongue that she had gotten, she kept it in a fish tank and had decided to put it out in the sun to warm up etc, and it got so hot in the fish tank that the lizard had acutally baked and died.. I thught this was disgusting..
Apart from that, the current blue tongues that she had were well looked after, They had a huge outdoor enclosure with a run etc, They looked to be in healthy condition, also the larger female had given birth to baby blue tongue lizards, That I believed once they were healthy she realeased back into the world.
Now that I think about it, I probably should of reported her but I was only 12 years old at the time and didn't know any better.
Me, myself I have never caught a wild animal and intended to keep it as a pet..
The only animal that I have ever taken from the wild was a Golden Finch that had spranged it's leg and it was weak and nearly dead, and I nursed it back to health over a period of a week. It's leg had healed and it was able to eat and was heathly. Then I realeased it back to where I found it, Which was the bush just next to my house..
[QUOTE/]except for a number of rare or endangered species, reptiles and amphibians are not protected in tasmania and may be collected or kept without a permit [/QUOTE]
quote from care of australian reptiles in captivity by john weigel
quote from care of australian reptiles in captivity by john weigel
Chris89
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Tasmanian Herpetology Permit Guidelines:
http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/Attachments/LJEM-6PGVZU/$FILE/Herp%20Permit%20App%20Form%202006.pdf
http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/Attachments/LJEM-6PGVZU/$FILE/Herp%20Permit%20App%20Form%202006.pdf
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