WARNING for Florida herpers!

[Badgemash]

yea, they make you have a critical disaster plan to....

That's probably the only thing about the whole subject I don't see any controversy in, especially in Florida. Although we should all have some kind of plan in place regardless of geographic location. If you have a hurricane (or earthquake, or tornado, or blizzard etc) and are going to be without power for several days, do you have a generator? Can you run your heating elements off that generator? If you have a sudden evacuation notice are you prepared to move your one (or 100) animals out of harms way?

OP: I'm sorry this happened to you, I hope you have a sympathetic judge, but I'm glad we were at least able to learn something from this. The debate on the preceding pages certainly indicates some level of confusion about the content and application of the laws in Florida. Best of luck and please keep us updated.

[ATTFighter]

What I was referring to is, what kind of critical disaster plan are you supposed to come up with if you own just one ball python as a pet in ur home

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[Badgemash]

Something along the lines of 'in the event of a hurricane evacuation Blinky will be enclosed in an industry standard cloth shipping bag. The bag will be placed inside a ventilated locking plastic container as a second barrier against escape, and Blinky will be evacuated with his owner to a safe zone.' Or some other variation of pillowcase goes in tub goes in car.

What they're looking for is some kind of statement of reponsibility, so that if everything goes wrong, they've at least been seen to have done something to try to prevent it/cover themselves. "Hey the widlife dept did their job, Blinky's owner didn't follow the plan."

[Mephibosheth1]

You actually have to submit this action protocol to the authorities for review or something??

[Raven01]

What I was referring to is, what kind of critical disaster plan are you supposed to come up with if you own just one ball python as a pet in ur home

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If you have a pet BP you are not required to have a Class 3 permit. If you decide to sell that same pet BP then you will need to have the Class 3. It isn't terribly clear if a permit is required if you gift the snake to someone though.

[helmethead]

It isn't terribly clear if a permit is required if you gift the snake to someone though.

How about trades? No money changes hands and even though a few here have mentioned it, I didn't read anywhere on their site that
trades/barter, with no money involved, requires a permit. In this industry there are LOTS of trades going on, in person and threw shipping.
Now I'm wondering about those, looking to cover all the bases.

[RoseyReps]

You actually have to submit this action protocol to the authorities for review or something??

You have to keep your disaster plan on hand at your facility. Also, if a FWC officer comes for inspection, they can ask to see the plan and you need to provide it.


As far as "gifting" you can do so without a permit. The whole "barter" thing though is a gray area. I've heard of shops that do it, and some that absolutely will not because they don't want to give FWC any leverage for investigation/charges/fines etc.

[helmethead]

I can't win for losing!?

[qegalpal]

They sound like a bunch of bullies to me.
These guys are so gun happy, you're lucky you didn't end up a victim.

http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/drug-war-victim/

[ROACH]

They sound like a bunch of bullies to me.
These guys are so gun happy, you're lucky you didn't end up a victim.

http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/drug-war-victim/

Good reading! Alot of fools out there!