Ranger Visits

[stretch]

So who here has regular 'random' ranger visits?
I am wondering if anyone will ever come to me because I am so out of the way. I am also the only one in the area who has reptiles (legally...)

Do you think that the suburbs get more random visits than the una whoop whoop ones? Or is this just a theory based on lack of blood to the brain from my 6km walk/jog/run

[grahamh]

Not me - Yet - I'm a little out of the way where I live but I haven't had my licence long. They probably wait till you had time to get things wrong or get tempted by the illegal. Won't catch me though - legal is much easier to live with, and hey, those people that take wild snakes and other reptiles could be taking them from my environment and I wouldn't appreciate that so why why would I change.

I sleep comfortably.

[sarahbell]

i have met all the rangers in my area and i think i would be amusing if they inspected anyone around here

[Nicole]

No, never have heard about a ranger visit.
Would be good though, I'd get to ask all sorts of questions and show my babies off to someone else.

[Magpie]

Don't know anyone who has ever been visited. Have a friend who has kept herps here in Tamworth for about 5 years now and never had a visit. He has an exhibitors license so if anyone was gonna be checked, you would think it would be him.

[Mel]

I've had my license for 7 months, and have had no visits, and I'm in the middle of suburbia.

On the other hand, a guy I recently purchased from who lives in Jandowae - which in about an hour and a half past Toowoomba (a.k.a 'The Middle of No-where') - reckons he gets visits regularly every 6-8 weeks!

Mel x

[snakehunter]

If someone gets busted for having exotics, do they lose their whole collection (including licenced animals) or just the exotics?

[grahamh]

my guess is they'd lose their licence and therefore their collection.

[stretch]

Originally Posted by snakehunter

If someone gets busted for having exotics, do they lose their whole collection (including licenced animals) or just the exotics?

You trying to tell us something there snakehunter? hehehehe

[Nicole]

Yep, they lose it all as anything in a collection with exotics could have been compromised... hard to prove good quarantine so they don't take the risk from what I've heard, and usually euthanise all.
..and yes, no license, no reps.

[snakehunter]

yea thats what i thought.
Are you then banned from keeping herps, or can these people re-new their licence?

[grahamh]

I can't see any point in losing your licence if you can just apply for it again - I reckon once out always out - MO

[saikrett]

My uncle has had a few ranger checks for his birds
but I've never beed checked

I guess that the exotics go to a zoo or other comerial trade.

[roadkill5000]

there is also a whopping great fine for any illegal herps

I had my first snake when I was about 13 or so. We only had it a few months, and within that time we had a visit, while I was at school. Haven't had one since getting back into herps, but that's only been a couple of months.