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The SHS Monthly Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the
month at 7:00 PM click for more information and directions.
Each monthly meeting has an informative speaker, raffle and
members are invited to bring animals or husbandry equipment they
have for sale. Children are always welcome. Please visit the
Calendar Page for more detailed
information.
Website Updates: Updates: JUNE 14,2009 JUNESS NEWSLETTER IS UP! Please check Calendar and Boyd Hill for new events...some of which we need volunteers for!Calendar and Ad pages are always changing, so check back often. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR NEW BILLS INTRODUCED THAT COULD AFFECT THE REPTILE INDUSTRY...
Cayle Pearson is our new President If you have any ideas for the club, field trips, speakers, etc., please email Cayle at diapsidevolution@gmail.com
GREAT SNAKE INFO! http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/blog/snakeblog.html. David Seeveld, who started the company (and now lives in Oregon), emailed me. There is A LOT of information on snakes, and awesome photos. Check it out!
There may be a ban by June 2009 on possession, sale, breeding, and collection of Florida native turtles. There would be no grandfather clause, so anybody owning a native turtle will be breaking the law. Governor Crist is supporting this ban as well. You can contact FWC (be respectful and courteous) in the following ways: Write the FWC Chairman: Rodney Barreto, 620 S. Meridan Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600, Email FWC: Commissioners@MyFWC.com, Call FWC: (850) 488-4676, Email FWC Biologist Bill Turner: Bill.Turner@MyFWC.com, Write the Governor: Office of Governor Charlie Crist, State of Florida, The Capitol, 400 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001, Email the Governor: Charlie.Crist!MyFlorida.com. Please see www.sunshineserpents.com for more updates on this issue.
REPTILES OF SPECIAL CONCERN: I called FWC about the reptiles of special concern...there are 6 animals: reticulated python, Burmese python, African rock python, amethystine python, green (not yellow) anaconda, and the Nile monitor. As of January 1, 2008, you must have a permit to own the above mentioned animals. The permits are combined with the Venomous animal application on FWC. The cost is $100.00, and this is whether you have one or 100. Dealers MUST see the permit before selling an animal to a person, and the Dealer is responsible for keeping records of who they sold what too (in other words, you should have documentation of the name, address, permit #, etc. and what animal you sold too). Also in effect Jan 1. is microchipping reptile of special concern that is over two and a half inches in diameter. That will be enforced on July 1, 2008 more strictly. Any questions, contact Jenny Novak from FWC at 850-926-0128.
BILL S373...sponsored by Florida's Bill Nelson, this would ban EVERY python in EVERY state. PLEASE, E-mail Senator Nelson your opinions and urge him to do some education before wasting Congress' time on such a ridiculous bill!
BILL HR669...a meeting was held on April 23, 2009. The overwhelming response in letters and phone calls that came out against this bill effectively killed it before it could go anywhere. However, expect the sponsors to rewrite it from the bottom up and bring it back.
RED-EARED SLIDERS: No more permits are being issued to own red-eared sliders. The state is encouraging euthanasia. HOWEVER, thanks to Pete Richardson, there is a place where they can be shipped. This is from The Turtle and Tortoise Club's July Issue: "Stacey Vajanyi and I (Marvin Bennett) have been collecting red-eared sliders from pet owners who could not or choose not to keep them anymore. These pet owners have paid us a small fee to ship these turtles to Oklahoma, ‘their home range,'. It is good to see the previous owners doing the right thing instead of dropping them in their local lakes. This is a program set up by myself and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission." If you have or know of someone who is wanting a new home for their red-eared slider, please contact Marvin Bennett at 407-851-0198 or Stacey Vajanyi 321-961-0050.
Since the photo page is back up, I can start accepting photographs once again at luvcatz7@tampabay.rr.com. Please make sure the photos you send are resized so I can open and save the attachment. Thanks!
Our Vice-President, Michele Patton, has started a column. She researches a topic and writes an article about it. And I must say, she is very talented at doing it! If you have any ideas on what she should write about, please email Michele.
If you have a reptile that needs a home, there is a place listed on the Adoptions Page that will take your animal. Please see Adoptions page for more details. To put an ad up on the Adoptions and Advertisements page, please send Carrie an email with information on the animals, including temperment, the price you are selling for (if applicable), name, email and a phone number.
REPTILE EXILE Offers pet sitting for reptiles and quality feeder rats at low prices. Contact Sean or Nicole at 727-365-4568 or Reptile.Exile@yahoo.com
If you are interested in updates through email, please sign up to the Yahoo list on the bottom of this page.
Special thanks to Bruce Shwedick, who helped me immensely on my page for the American Alligator. Please visit his page at www.reptilediscovery.com to learn more.
Please help George Heinrich with his tremendous tortoise/turtle conservation work. Please visit Gopher Tortoise Council and Florida Turtle Conservation Trust
From George Heinrich: Many of you are aware that the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is a species of conservation concern rangewide. We are writing to provide the following publications and to inform you of conservation issues related to this species in Florida. It is our intention to get this species on the radar screen of biologists, coastal land managers, educators, and conservationists in our state. The single most feasible action that would benefit terrapin populations is a regulatory change requiring the use of a simple bycatch reduction device on crab pots used in Florida waters. A recommendation as such has been submitted to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and we are hopeful that they will act in good faith. We will keep you posted, as we may eventually need letters of support.
Bill Murray has a website up for purchasing his tortoises, and eventually other animals. I highly recommend that you go to the site, because I designed it. Please visit www.redfootranch.com. On the picture page are photographs of the identical twin red foot hatchlings...though they are not for sale.
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