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when i graduate high school i want to move to a different state i was thinking florida colorado texas or california i want a place that is warm and dont have a lot of major reptile laws which state would best fit what i want btw i live in waynesboro pa

I live in Florida and wouldn't live anywhere else. There are some laws here in Florida, but most are reasonable (needing permits vs. outright bans) I have lived up north (Ohio) and know that I don't ever want to go back.

It would depend on the species that you want to have, I live in Denver CO and to my knowledge we don't really have any state laws prohibiting reptiles. I could be wrong of course but again it would depend on what species you want and the specific state laws.

Florida...Nuff Said.

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I live in Florida and wouldn't live anywhere else. There are some laws here in Florida, but most are reasonable (needing permits vs. outright bans) I have lived up north (Ohio) and know that I don't ever want to go back.

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yea i live in pa and hate the cold that is mainly why i want to move

Hello fellow Pennsylvanian! *waves*

Sadly I'm stuck here for another 3-4 years, and in that amount of time the legislation will probably be drastically different, but I've been looking into moving to one of the warmer states as well. I must be coldblooded... anything under 70 is TOO COLD!

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Hello fellow Pennsylvanian! *waves*

Sadly I'm stuck here for another 3-4 years, and in that amount of time the legislation will probably be drastically different, but I've been looking into moving to one of the warmer states as well. I must be coldblooded... anything under 70 is TOO COLD!

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yea you can say that again i am only in 7 grade going into 8 grade you are in lancaster i am in waynesboro hopefully i can breed reptiles and get a job and save up for a cheap appartment somewhere but as long as it allows reptiles

I live in CA and wouldn't move away. I don't mind visiting other states, but I don't think I could permanently live elsewhere...
However, I'll say that nothing here is cheap... I can buy a 2 story brand new house out of state for what I'm paying for my little apartment. And I've seen gorgeous huge homes out of state going the same price as some crappy shack homes here.

CA has a few reptile laws, but nothing too unreasonable. Department Fish and Game states that you cannot import, transport, or possess any of the following unless you have a permit:
- Crocodiles, Caimans, Alligators, and Gavials
- Snapping Turtles
- Anything venomous (with exceptions to the following)

California:
Native Venomous: No permit required...possession limit is 2 of each species
Exotic Venomous: Permit required
Protected Native Venomous: None

And I believe you need a permit to own native caught herps. (But I'm sure tons of people don't really care if they have a permit or not to catch alligator lizards and such from their backyard...)

I hate how cold PA is, I can't wait to move out of state. There are plenty of other warmer states then the one you listed, do you want to be by the ocean?

Call me cynical, but in Junior High I'd be thinking more about where the college/trade school is I'm hoping to get into someday or the state I'd be more likely to get a job in instead of where I can move to have reptiles. Seriously, the job market still is not going to be recovered by then no matter what people think.

On the other hand, maybe it isn't so cynical a statement because my state leaves specific herp laws to the cities. We move 5 miles and they ban all "boas" according to the law. Move to the next city over and it is just all exotics, which they define as lions and elephants.

Here is a good resource, not sure how up to date it is though... and I should point out they are against exotic pet ownership which overlaps with some reptiles, just FYI:

http://www.bornfreeusa.org/b4a2_exotic_animals_ords.php

If youre this young and thinking about this then i would really focus on your school work throughout highschool. Get good grades and then youll get good scholarships to schools in any state you wish to apply. Also colorado isnt always warm. Ive been there twice within the past 8 years. Once was in april and it WAS really warm. The other time was in february and it was COLDER than a blue bean. Im in agreeance with you though, as soon as i finish college in CT im leaving and going south or out to the southwest. Ive visited my grandparents in NC and love it there. Ive only visited in the summer so ive experienced their hottest weather there and i didnt really mind it. SC is really nice too.
I gotta get down to FL one of these days because everyone on here seems to love it lol!

I'll be honest, when I was in middle school, I thought I had it all planned out. I'd move to California with my boyfriend at the time, start up school to be a vet, be well on my way through T therapy, and wait for laws to change so we could get married.

8 years later, I'm still in Amishville, boyfriend decided he didn't want to wait for me to get my gender straight and took off for another guy, found out that veterinary practice wasn't for me nor was my second choice of web design, and I'm still waiting on that T therapy. Things don't always go the way we plan, especially not when we plan that far in advance.

Plans aren't always a bad thing. I've still got a lot of my original goals (moving somewhere warmer, finding a nice person to squeeze, gender reassignment is still a go), but the order and time in which I'm accomplishing them is drastically different. Just remember, it's not a bad thing to have a back up plan.

California, cant beat the weather!

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California, cant beat the weather!

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I hate how cold PA is, I can't wait to move out of state. There are plenty of other warmer states then the one you listed, do you want to be by the ocean?

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Being by a ocean would be nice be I dont have to be near a ocean also I love fishing and I heard you can fish year round in Florida so that would also be nice if I could move to a place where I can fish for a good bit of the year rivers or oceans

I live in Wisconsin and love it. You ladies enjoy yourselves in the 'warm' states, and we do fish year round too

[QUOTE=sleepygeckos;1803079]Call me cynical, but in Junior High I'd be thinking more about where the college/trade school is I'm hoping to get into someday or the state I'd be more likely to get a job in instead of where I can move to have reptiles. Seriously, the job market still is not going to be recovered by then no matter what people think. [QUOTE]

haha. This is good, down to earth advice, but I'll be honest, when I was in Jr. High, the economy/higher education was not on my radar at all, despite being a little more into current events than your average 7th grader. That's what high school is for ;) That said, the laws are always subject to change. Also subject to change is your life direction. In jr. high I was gung ho Los Angeles; by 20 I wound up in Kansas instead. Boy I would've been awfully depressed if I'd known that then, though.

Anyway, me & mine considered Ft Collins, Colorado ourselves not too long ago, it's sunny but winters are still cold.

I can't believe nobody has said South Carolina yet?! They are very reptile friendly when it comes to laws... Or lack thereof I should say haha

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when i graduate high school i want to move to a different state i was thinking florida colorado texas or california i want a place that is warm and dont have a lot of major reptile laws which state would best fit what i want btw i live in waynesboro pa

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The last time I was in Colorado it was 16 below.

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The last time I was in Colorado it was 16 below.

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i guess colorado is out of the question i cant stand the cold i am a person who likes warmer weather

I've lived in CO for almost two years now and came from the Chicago area. It does get cold here but its sunny over 300 days a year :). So when it's cold out at least its still beautiful. I think I wore my winter coat like four times this winter. Plus it's inexpensive and there are few areas with reptile laws (snakes over 3' are illegal in Arapahoe County by Denver). Plus your 30-60 min from the most beautiful wildernesses in the country :) and camping, fishing, rafting, hiking, skiing, hunting, four-wheeling, herping, everything great!

I wish my family would get on board and move out here!