Keeping Wild Caughts?

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First you need to make sure it is legal in your state to keep wild caught from your state. I have a license to keep them in my state. I keep Black Racers, Black Rats, Water Snakes and Garters that are wild caught for my educational shows. I have found that they adapt to captivity very fast. Some times they have to be treated for parasites. I have no problem with keeping wild caught, after all that is how this hobby got started in the first place. It is also what gave us old timers the passion for keeping reptiles and started our interest as kids.