If you sell a critter to a minor...

I used to work at a Petstore, and the rule was that the buyer must be 18 or older, and that this person had to sign an acknowledgement for the health guarantee, etc. However, there was one instance I remember very distinctly, in which one of the personnel made the mistake of selling to a 16 year old boy who "seemed old enough". His mother came in furious that the store had sold him (her under-aged child) a bunny rabbit. I could imagine a similar response to a snake...or a worse one if the parents aren't comfortable with snakes.

I was forbidden to have a snake until I no longer lived under my parents roof. So I moved out at 18, and at 19 I got my first snake. While I could have cared for the snake at a much younger age, (I got my Schneider's skink at age 9 and she's still kickin!), my mother didn't approve, and therefore I didn't have it. *shrug* I think parental permission is a must for anyone under age 18, or they should not be allowed to purchase the animal. If allowed to purchase and the parents aren't okay with the animal, the animal will either be mistreated, released, rehomed, or killed. None of which are ideal situations for our snabies. :snake:

Update: The kid is 16, the parents didn't know about the snake until it had been in residence for a few weeks. Snake is a retic female, jamp het purple, four months old. Not something that can be easily hidden in a few months!

Oh my goodness! He thought he could hide a giant in his parents house without them noticing? :O Wow.

Mom: Son, what are you doing with that rabbit?

Son: Magic!

Mom: Where is the rabbit?

Son: I made it disappear!

Oh dear lord in heaven. Yeah, that kid did NOT THINK THAT THROUGH lol!

Sounds like one of the neighbor kids growing Canibus next to his mom's tomatoesl. :cool:

That didn't actually happen did it?

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Originally Posted by That_One_New_Guy

That didn't actually happen did it?

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The cannibis or the 'tic? If you're talking about the snake, then it's true and it's why I spent yesterday re-arranging my collection, and then cleaning and disinfecting her new digs, so I could QT her in my home office while all my other snakes are crammed upstairs. Fortunately she's spent the last few weeks in isolation already, is free of mites, and not blowing snot bubbles, so I wasn't too concerned about her crossing the threshhold.

Was talking about the Cannibis. I can believe your story

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Originally Posted by That_One_New_Guy

Was talking about the Cannibis. I can believe your story

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Being a LEO I can tell you things like that do happen. I was driving down a street once and found some mature plants growing along side a homes driveway. During the investigation we found the elderly lady that owned the house allowed her son who was in his fifties to stay there as well. He planted around 15 plants along the driveway mixed in with his mothers plants. This was in plain view of the street and everybody that went by. The mother had no idea what her son had done or when.

I have been in grow houses and found plants in backyards but this was the first time I came across something so bold.