New arrivals today

[CrazyHedgehog]

a pair of San Francisco and a male Similis




these two were on a major explore...

and similis

he keeps hiding, I'll wait till he calms a bit before asking him for a photo shoot!

[thamneil]

Very nice! Im trying to arrange to get a few san frans. Congratulations!

[CrazyHedgehog]

ok, so then he posed!

[guidofatherof5]

Love that tilt to the head and those big dark eyes.

[Lisa4john]

Cute, congrats.

[Greg'sGarters]

I've wanted a San Francisco Garter but NJ doesn't let you have them. NJ is weird. You need a permit for a Rat Snake but if you happen to have a weird desire for a pet Ostrich, you don't need a permit for those. It actually says that you don't need a permit for an Ostrich!!!

[ConcinusMan]

You need a permit for a Rat Snake but if you happen to have a weird desire for a pet Ostrich, you don't need a permit for those. It actually says that you don't need a permit for an Ostrich!!!

Why would you need a permit for an Ostrich? Unlike the rat snake, they are not native wildlife. And the permit you speak of is strictly for research and education purposes. Basically, you're not going to get one unless you're a university, zoo, etc.

SF garters are on the Federal endangered species list. The only ones allowed to keep them, or even touch them in the wild, are zoos. The snakes in the hobby are all decended from a very few that were shipped overseas legally before the law went into effect. They can have them legally. Not so in the U.S.

There are quite a few private farms around here that keep ostriches and ostrich-like birds. I also see local ads selling eggs, feathers, meat, etc. It's basically no different than keeping chickens as far as the law is concerned.

[guidofatherof5]

It's not NJ it's a Federal Restriction.

[RedSidedSPR]

I want an ostrich!

[Stefan-A]

I want an ostrich!

I want ostrich.