Snake leash law

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Originally Posted by ThomasTheSnek

Wow, this is kind of hilarious. I joked about wanting to make a leash and collar for my ball python but I didn't know it was a real thing...How the heck would you get it to stay on, or even get the snake to move? :confusd:

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Getting snakes to move when they're outside isn't often an issue, usually they're trying to run off to a hidey-hole if they are out in the open.

Also the point of the collar/leash for a snake isn't to make it 100% functional for the snake, it's to keep an overzealous ACO from citing you for a leash law violation.

Old thread but... A year or so ago we were at a public park when a guy showed up with his Ball Python. It wasn't loose, he was holding it the whole time, and he wasn't pushing it on anyone either.

However, several kids (including ours and those of our friends we were with) came up to him asking for a closer look or to pet it and he was happy to let them and tried to give a little education at the same time. Overall it went very well and I didn't see anyone complaining.

It just doesn't make sense the sort of prejudice that's out there about reptiles (and snakes in particular). Yes, some people are scared of them. Other people are scared of dogs - should that mean nobody can have a dog in public? They have a much better case too, dogs are more likely to inflict serious injuries and sometimes make loud noises or aggressive movements towards little kids. While I have no problem with dogs, I've also been out walking in the neighborhood and seen a small woman struggling to control her overly-aggressive large dog that was barking loudly and acting like it wanted to attack me for passing too close to him and his owner on the sidewalk.

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Originally Posted by the_rotten1

I can't even get my rats to stay in a harness, so I doubt snake leashes will ever be a thing. :snake:

On scale of one to ten, letting your pet snake loose in the park should be at least a 7 for "bad idea". Someone could trample it. It could get bitten by or bite another person's pet. There are too many things that could go wrong. People act like snakes are just like cats and dogs, but they aren't. You can't treat them like warm-bloded domesticated animals. I'm glad more people are getting into snakes, but they have different needs than traditional pets and their needs should be respected.

If he really wants to "show the public that snakes aren't killers" it would be better to let them come to his place to see the snake, or find some other place where he can share his pet without other animals disturbing it. I let people in to see my snakes sometimes, but I never take them outside to wander around.

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Or this...

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Originally Posted by Skyrivers

Or this...

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We have owls and hawks in the area, which is why I stand over my smaller snakes when they are on the lawn.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

We have owls and hawks in the area, which is why I stand over my smaller snakes when they are on the lawn.

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And they thought snakes were dangerous. LOL

"Snake lovers should be more sensitive..."

And what about dog owners? I can't stand dogs and am quite leery of them. If there's a public menace that's kept as a pet, it's dogs. Snakes never hurt anybody unless it was venomous, but dogs attack people all the time. I feel about dogs the way most people feel about snakes, and I feel about snakes the way most people feel about dogs.

Snakes also don't pee on your begonias...