I have been working with the city council in my town to work on passing an ordinance that will allow you to keep reptiles. As of now, you have to have a permit for anything that isn't a cat or dog, or is considered commonly domesticated in the U.S. I would consider a snake or reptile to be just as commonly domesticated as a small animal like a gerbil or mouse, but I think that the council is somewhat biased upon working with them. They define all snakes and all reptiles as "wild animals" and you must obtain a permit to keep them on your premises. I got them to allow 3 of the "wild animals" on the permit so far, but I still can't seem to get through their heads that it is very unfair to outlaw all reptiles when someone could own any type of cat, dog, fish, or amphibian.

I was just curious if they can do this considering every city around the one that I live in will allow you to have them. I live 25 minutes from a city that will still allow you to keep burmese pythons and this is without a permit. Anyone got any information about the legality of the situation?