Quote Originally Posted by Bettacreek View Post
Don't be so sure about that. Some of the plant eating species of aquatic snails (those large mystery or apple snails) are banned from interstate shipment/travel. The USDA HAS been knocking on peoples' doors and taking them. These are SNAILS, and haven't been proven to be able to survive Pennsylvania winters, and certainly haven't been proven as a threat to our corn industry (lol). But, yes, they will come knocking on your door and confiscate/kill them. And, just to be clear, it isn't just Pennsylvania officers who are cracking down, people all over the US are getting snails taken from them. These are hobby breeders, some who were just keeping them as pets.

Little known factoid, agents of said organization can only enter the rooms in the house that you give them permission to enter. So if your "questionable" pets are in, say a back room and you do not give them permission to enter that room then they can not and therefore can not confiscate the animal(s).