mounties?? Those guys are like way up north and to the left lol there are no mounties here. Just border patrol. I dont even think they have guns. I would not at all recommend smuggling animals across the border but they dont search every car its pretty much lets see your passport ok cool go through the gate type deal. Its not like it would be hard to hide a snake in a car anyways. If you were really that desperate. For prices I dont think there is much of a difference. You are not gunna find anything to rare up here either pretty much the same for snakes but there are some rarer reptiles you will find here.