Baby Brown Snake...<3 *pix*

So is it kosher to keep a wild caught snake?

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Originally Posted by Lferg

So is it kosher to keep a wild caught snake?

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Depends on local laws, which can vary a LOT from one place to another...so definitely check up on stuff like that before deciding to keep any wild caught critter.

SOO adorable:D!! I love catching snakes outside, so much fun! I actually caught a Ground snake last night, cute little guy for sure.

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Originally Posted by Lferg

So is it kosher to keep a wild caught snake?

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J is right. It depends on the local laws. Here is GA you can't keep as a pet anything that in considered native to the snake.

It sucks because that means I can't have a cornsnake, even those bred in captivity specifically for the pet trade.

Aww, he's adorable, love seeing wild specimens :D
Great find!:gj:

Here in IL if u catch a non-endangered snake in a non-protected area its fine. But as far as keeping them i only do so if there sick or injured and make sure to keep them away from ur collection they have parasites. I've kept and actually bred some dekay's brown snakes but they were all ill or injured ive had a total of 5 adults all of them went back into a protected area ( they got hurt in the first place due to there location). Two had very severe MBD (looked like they had a mountain range on there back) one was half run over by a bike, one had RI issues from a prescribed burn and one had been burned very badly from a prescribed burn somehow survived for 2-3 week but was too sluggish to live.