I sell my captive bred T. s. similis at some of the reptile shows here in Michigan and every time, without fail, someone will come up to me and warn me about DNR C.O.s wandering around the show. I actually work for the DNR during the summer break and am very familiar with all of the rules and regulations regarding the possession and sale of MI herps. Since I'm selling a non-native subspecies I don't think I will ever have a problem, but there's always a little niggling sense of doubt in the back of my mind. My blues always produce a few normal looking green babies and I can see how they could be confused for our native subspecies.

My question is has anyone every had any problems with their local wildlife officials while selling snakes? If you did, what happened and how did you solve the issue?