getting first ball

[cktansys]

This is a time proven method:

1) Finish school
2) Get job
3) Obtain own apartment
4) Buy Ball Python
5) Call Mom on the way home from the breeder to ask her permision
6) Laugh like the freakin' Joker when she still says no

This is exactly what I did ~ LOL

[goldenfoxs]

As far as i can tell from internet and the one person i know in jersey that has a ball you dont need a permit i went to fish and game and also did a general web search for the law in my area cant find anything. if anyone knows please let me know

[goldenfoxs]

woot woot went up the scale. from no to thinking about it.

-New pet scale-
Yes
Why?
later
(thinking about it)
no

[Gloryhound]

As far as i can tell from internet and the one person i know in jersey that has a ball you dont need a permit i went to fish and game and also did a general web search for the law in my area cant find anything. if anyone knows please let me know

Look here for New Jersey. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/exotic_apps.htm

Might pay attention to what is classified as exotic in section 7:25-4.3.

(a) Exotic species and nongame species requiring a permit
for possession include, but are not limited to the following:

3. Reptiles:
i. Pythons - Family Pythonidae;
ii. Rat Snakes - Elaphe spp.;
iii. Boas - Family Boidae (other than Boa Constrictors)
iv. King Snakes - Lampropeltis spp.;
v. Racer - Colluder spp;
vi. Ringneck Snakes - Diadophis punctatus;
vii. Green Snakes - Opheodrys spp;
viii. Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus collaris;
ix. Monitor - Varanus spp.;
x. Skinks - Family Scincidae;
xi. Ameiva - Ameiva spp;
xii. Chuckwalla - Sauromalus obesus;
xiii. Alligator Lizard - Gerrhonotus spp.;
xiv. Geckos - Family Gekkonidae other than Tokay Gecko;
xv. Armadillo Lizard - Cordylus cataphractus

(b) The Department may issue a permit for the possession of
the above exotic mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians, or
nongame species provided the applicant has satisfactorily met the
criteria contained within N.J.A.C. 7:25-4.7.

Here is where you can get the application: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/exotic_apps.htm

[goldenfoxs]

damn something more for me to do

than i guess the pet stores around my place are doing the illegal business because from what i can tell they dont check for a permit

[JohnNJ]

Local pet shops should fill out the application for you if you buy something that needs a license/permit. Sometimes they mail it for you also. You then get paperwork from the state.

The big box pet stores will give you an info sheet with a phone number to call for info.

FYI, almost no one gets a permit. I had a permit years ago for a parrot and I paid the fee every year. I stopped paying the fee when the bird was gone. No one ever followed up to find out why. I had permits for the snakes also.

You should get the permit and pay the fee, just like I did and do. The money goes toward conservation programs.

JohnNJ

[goldenfoxs]

yea i will but im getting the snake first and ill get the permit after january 1st.
I think i also need a permit for my leopard geckos. so yeah thanks guys.

oh and how should i introduce it to its new home?
just put it in and leave it?