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Old 01-09-12, 12:39 PM   #1
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Not sure if Garters ARE banned in BC
So I've been looking into the banned and controlled species in BC. Nowhere have I found Garters on any of the lists I have found so far!! (except venomous ones which I did not know existed!! But there is reference to them on one of the lists.

Anyways if anybody could attach links to pages for BC regulations that do include Garters, that would be helpful.

these are the pages I have found so far:

BC SPCA: Exotic animal ownership restrictions

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife...d-reptiles.pdf

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife...d-reptiles.pdf

I'll keep looking myself too.
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Sorry I'm not much use with this but WOW I didn't know there were venomous garters!!!
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Sorry I'm not much use with this but WOW I didn't know there were venomous garters!!!

Really...

The saliva is mildly toxic, but only to the amphibians they capture to eat.

There is one species of snake often called "Indonesian Garter Snake" that is actually a striped keelback. They are a rear fang snake, however they are NOT a Thamnophis species.


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so the ones (african) and the rest on the second listing I gave are not venomous in the sense of a rattlesnake or cottonmouth??

( I still haven't found any regulation saying I can't own a garter snake here in BC, except where it concerns our native population, the Westcoast Garter?)
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Really...

The saliva is mildly toxic, but only to the amphibians they capture to eat.

There is one species of snake often called "Indonesian Garter Snake" that is actually a striped keelback. They are a rear fang snake, however they are NOT a Thamnophis species.


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Atleast a garter isn't going to get me... Just gotta watch out for my corn then
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There is no such thing as any Thamnophis species outside the north/central American continent.

Any information stating otherwise is incorrect.

The geographic range of TRUE garter snakes is from Central Mexico to Alaska, Atlantic coast to Pacific coast.
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So my province has banned a species that doesn't exist???

GO GOV'T!!!

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Unless the entire member base of the garter snake forum is wrong.

and the European Garter Snake Breeders Association also.

And that stack of books I have??
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Oh don't get me wrong, I totally believe my gov't could/would do something THAT STUPID!!
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Oh don't get me wrong, I totally believe my gov't could/would do something THAT STUPID!!
I second that...way to go LEGO hair Harper
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I wanted to show this off while the thread was still fresh.. Just found the pic, so here it is. just late...

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Where did you get that Wayne??
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It was a gift, but Amazon carries used copies.
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hey wanyne, are you still breeding the garters with blue down thier sides??
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Yes.. when it's successful. Not all lockups produce viable babies.
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