Microchipping?

[Starbuck]

Can you link the legislation for this? I purchased a carpet python at an expo and nobody mentioned anything about microchips or anything. I also have a rosy boa. I think this may only apply to giants or tp counties closer to the everglades?

[Snakesitter]

Whatever the law is, I would follow it...but this is a prime example of government overreach. :-(

[mclund]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Can you link the legislation for this? I purchased a carpet python at an expo and nobody mentioned anything about microchips or anything. I also have a rosy boa. I think this may only apply to giants or tp counties closer to the everglades?

Starbuck - You are fine. No boas are required to be chipped. This is all policed by the state (Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission) and not counties. That doesn't mean local ordnances are not in place, but they are rarely enforced unless you make a spectacle of yourself.

Here is the link: http://http://myfwc.com/license/capt...es-of-concern/

[Karighan]

Originally Posted by mclund

Starbuck - You are fine. No boas are required to be chipped. This is all policed by the state (Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission) and not counties. That doesn't mean local ordnances are not in place, but they are rarely enforced unless you make a spectacle of yourself.

Here is the link: http://http://myfwc.com/license/capt...es-of-concern/

Actually, it depends on his county and city; every city/county in FL has different regulations and you need to double-check them.

As an example-- one city in my county requires all snakes over six feet/ball pythons be microchipped and have a permit; my area, only ten minutes away, has no legislation whatsoever.


This site lists some city-related reptile codes: kingsnake.com - Reptile Law Support Center - FLORIDA

[mclund]

[QUOTE=Karighan;917951]Actually, it depends on his county and city; every city/county in FL has different regulations and you need to double-check them.

As an example-- one city in my county requires all snakes over six feet/ball pythons be microchipped and have a permit; my area, only ten minutes away, has no legislation whatsoever.[QUOTE]

Curious to know what city Karighan.

Not disputing what you were saying, just clarifying. These ordnances were really designed for farm animals and beasts of burden, but code enforcement will spin it to fit their agenda. Just don't give them a reason to come knock on your door. You are still within the boundaries of the ordnances as long as you call them pets. Most of the time ordnances are created because of a bad situation. Someone's python gets loose and eats the neighbors cat and all hell breaks loose.


These are ordnances as I mentioned.

From the municode site for Gainesville....

Pet shall mean any animal kept primarily for personal pleasure or companionship rather than to provide labor, food, or products for humans, or for other commercial or utilitarian purposes.

Sec. 5-3. Animals in residential areas.
(a)
No person shall keep or harbor any animal for use other than as a pet within any residential district, as defined in section 30-41(a)(1) of this Code, or mixed-use district, as defined in section 30-41(a)(4) of this Code, in the city, except if such use is allowed by right or special use permit, or if such use existed as a legal non-conforming use on October 23, 1995.
(b)
Subsection (a) notwithstanding, no person shall keep or harbor fowl or livestock within any residential district, as defined in section 30-41(a)(1) of this Code, or mixed-use district, as defined in section 30-41(a)(4) of this Code, within the city, except if such use is allowed by right or special use permit, or if such use existed as a legal non-conforming use on October 23, 1995.

(Ord. No. 950797, § 1, 10-23-95; Ord. No. 000337, § 2, 10-9-00)

Matt