Ball pythons illegal in some states?? What??

[NomiGold]

When I moved to Canada shortly after leaving college, I had to sell my Ball since there is an ordinance with similar wording there...just says "Pythons." I asked someone in an official position (it's been years since now and I can't recall who I contacted) and they fed me a lie about how it's to protect people's children and pets from dangerous large reptiles. I pointed out that my ADULT Ball Python was a mere three feet long, tops...and then he said it's also to prevent people from keeping them as pets and releasing them into the wild to form a breeding population of dangerous, non-native constrictors that will THEN go out and eat children/pets/et cetera.

He didn't have a good response to my reply of "Then they'd all DIE in the first really good freeze."

It's a load of BS but I'm a law abiding person, so...I sold my snake before I finalized the move.

Without irony, for TOTALLY unrelated reasons, I am now flagged as a "threat" to Canada and almost every time I cross the border I have to go through customs. I adore Canada, but holy crap there be some ignorance up there.

Maybe you were in the same place as I, because I have never heard of ball pythons being illegal anywhere else is Canada, or even boa constrictors for that matter.

[Kyle@theHeathertoft]

Nope, I was in Southern Ontario. It wasn't a province-wide thing but, as was explained to me, literally a city ordinance in the city I lived in.

For some reason they also didn't allow ferrets.

[NomiGold]

Nope, I was in Southern Ontario. It wasn't a province-wide thing but, as was explained to me, literally a city ordinance in the city I lived in.

For some reason they also didn't allow ferrets.

Well, since southern Ontario is where I'm going, maybe it was the same place. Oakville?

[SnakesNStangss22]

Well, since southern Ontario is where I'm going, maybe it was the same place. Oakville?

man, i am GLAD i live clear out in the country where no one even knows i exist..

although i dont think Ohio has any of those laws.... but not sure

[seeya205]

Nope, I was in Southern Ontario. It wasn't a province-wide thing but, as was explained to me, literally a city ordinance in the city I lived in.

For some reason they also didn't allow ferrets.

Brantford has allowed balls for sale for a least 20 years because my half brother lives there and always had balls for at least 20 years! I called Ontario Animal Control and she said ball pythons have never been banned in Ontario. Only law is that venomous snakes are banned!

[Kyle@theHeathertoft]

Brantford has allowed balls for sale for a least 20 years because my half brother lives there and always had balls for at least 20 years! I called Ontario Animal Control and she said ball pythons have never been banned in Ontario. Only law is that venomous snakes are banned!

Hmm...seems I was lied to by someone with some authority. That...REALLY pisses me off. I may be making a few calls to my ex to see if we can't track that person down (I keep crappy records, my ex on the other hand...) and raise some hell.