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27-Mar-07, 08:26 PM
| | | can anyone pls answer my question
are boa constrictors legal in australia? and are the available anywhere? AND where can i buy them legally 
answers will be very much appriciated thank you. ^_^ |
27-Mar-07, 08:30 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Central Coast NSW | | | | Thats a big snake to be playing with, not sure if there legal. Someone here will know thats for sure. |
27-Mar-07, 08:30 PM
|  | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25  | | | | Highly illegal, but they are around. Persons found with them can expect fines of up to $10000 (though more likely 1 or 2k).
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27-Mar-07, 08:32 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Basically they are illegal, there are exceptions for things like zoos and wildlife demonstrators.
Forget about it, unless you want to get them illegally, i would imagine there would be a few around as they seem fairly common in raids. |
27-Mar-07, 08:34 PM
|  | Hibernating Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: Melbourne - West Age/Gender: 39 | | | | Boa's
Nice snakes but why would you bother? Australia has some of the nicest snakes in the world IMO. As MrB has said expensive fines exist if you get caught.
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27-Mar-07, 08:44 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Timbucktoo, WA Age: 19 | | | | yep and you can loose the rest of your collection - and if you dont have one yet could I suggest something smaller??
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27-Mar-07, 09:09 PM
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27-Mar-07, 09:30 PM
|  | Electrical Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Inner-West Sydney Age/Gender: 20 | | | | there are plenty of illegal herps in Aussie i've heard of people buying red tailed boa's, Rattle Snakes, Cobras, Chameleons, Albino red tailed boas, Corn Snakes in heaps of different colours just to name a few.
Your playing with fire if you get illegals becasue like other people have said u risk losing your lic and all your herps + a fine. Not worth it in my books |
27-Mar-07, 09:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Newcastle Gender: | | | hehehe ive only been here since jan this year and have already seen questions
like this maybe 4 or 5 times lol you old hands must of seen it bout 100 times by now  |
28-Mar-07, 04:30 PM
| | | ah thanks alot guys... it just bothers me that i know 2 people who owns boa's and i guess im a bit jelous >.< im a person who prefers large snakes and i do find olive pythons a little too small well thanks alot anyways for your help people... very much appreciated. another question... what other snakes are available that is big other than olive pythons which are legal? |
28-Mar-07, 04:32 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Gold Coast Age: 35 | | | | Scrub Pytons are a very large snake and great fun!!!
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28-Mar-07, 04:33 PM
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28-Mar-07, 04:38 PM
|  | Punk in Drublic Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Gold Coast Gender: | | | | check out the thread whiteluvsrum put up of his scrubby shedding. They can get huge |
28-Mar-07, 04:38 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brizzy | | | | You know, you probably shouldn't admit on a public forum that you know people with illegal snakes (if you really do know them, that is). Plus if you know people with them, wouldn't you ask them directly, not risk getting them and yourself in trouble?
Just my thoughts....
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28-Mar-07, 04:45 PM
|  | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBredli Persons found with them can expect fines of up to $10000 (though more likely 1 or 2k). | Actually, it's up to $110,000 .
But like you said, usually the fines are a pittance. 
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