Nature Freak

**zoothefreak** · 18th May 2009, 23:50

Hi everyone

Zoo here very new to the forums and sort of bumped into it 2 days ago when I was itching to set up a terrarium and somehow got to know (3 years too late) that some species of exotic pets are legalized by the AVA...

And thats how I got in here thanks to the *** post and here I mean White's Tree Frog not the other *** though I did use the abbrieviation quite interchangeably in my virgin post today on the forums...

Been keeping various species of aquaria and birds for many years now... recently got my own place and was pondering over whether I should keep an aquascaped tank with rams and tetras or mini rainforest terrarium with no fauna, since herps and reptiles are still illegal here... til my 3 years too late discovery... haiz...

CHEERS!!!

**Wackytpt** · 29th May 2009, 17:09

Welcome to AQ!

**zoothefreak** · 8th Jun 2009, 13:02

Originally Posted by Wackytpt

Welcome to AQ!

Thanks Man!!!

**EddyTing** · 8th Jun 2009, 21:18

Hi Zoo, it's always better to be late than never, right? Welcome to AQ.

**vinz** · 9th Jun 2009, 00:58

Ha... it didn't occur to me that double-u tee aff is also the abbreviation for White's Tree Frog. Guess you guys just have to go with WT Frog.

**mozaqua** · 14th Jun 2009, 00:53

Originally Posted by zoothefreak

Hi everyone

Been keeping various species of aquaria and birds for many years now... recently got my own place and was pondering over whether I should keep an aquascaped tank with rams and tetras or mini rainforest terrarium with no fauna, since herps and reptiles are still illegal here... til my 3 years too late discovery... haiz...

CHEERS!!!

Reptiles illegal........???? ouch! I love reptiles but my wife hates lizards, maybe one day I will get a snake

But fish and other aquatic pets are cool, so at least you have that!

Welcome to the forum

**zoothefreak** · 22nd Jun 2009, 15:37

Originally Posted by EddyTing

Hi Zoo, it's always better to be late than never, right? Welcome to AQ.

Hey thanks Eddy

hey man says you are Malaysian rite? Are reptiles and herps legal in Malaysia? Coz I just got back from KL and saw at least one pet store selling green iguanas and corn snakes... Also I even saw the aquarium shop at Giant I think in JB selling young green iguanas and even a Chinese water dragon... man you guys are lucky...

**zoothefreak** · 22nd Jun 2009, 15:46

Originally Posted by cobalt99

Reptiles illegal........???? ouch! I love reptiles but my wife hates lizards, maybe one day I will get a snake

But fish and other aquatic pets are cool, so at least you have that!

Welcome to the forum

Yeah man quite unfortunate but I guess unless they can somehow enforce pet registration the authorities will not be loosening their grip on exotic pets any time soon...

its understandable actually considering our geographical size and the very very limited amount of untouched forest areas supporting the very fragile species of fauna here... takes a single irresponsible pet owner to screw up the ecosystem by dumping an alien species to the wilds...

And this was even proven... take the red eared sliders for example and more recently the Flowerhorn cichlids...

Snakes are cool man so good luck on that ya... I would get a royal ball python if snakes were made legal here

**EddyTing** · 23rd Jun 2009, 20:48

Originally Posted by zoothefreak

Hey thanks Eddy

hey man says you are Malaysian rite? Are reptiles and herps legal in Malaysia? Coz I just got back from KL and saw at least one pet store selling green iguanas and corn snakes... Also I even saw the aquarium shop at Giant I think in JB selling young green iguanas and even a Chinese water dragon... man you guys are lucky...

Whether it's legal of not, not so sure. but I do hear that we need a license for those. But hack, I guess no one will know if we're keeping one at home without license anyway....

. The most important thing is, dont make enemies that will launch a report against your pet

.

**mozaqua** · 30th Jun 2009, 02:24

Originally Posted by zoothefreak

Yeah man quite unfortunate but I guess unless they can somehow enforce pet registration the authorities will not be loosening their grip on exotic pets any time soon...

its understandable actually considering our geographical size and the very very limited amount of untouched forest areas supporting the very fragile species of fauna here... takes a single irresponsible pet owner to screw up the ecosystem by dumping an alien species to the wilds...

And this was even proven... take the red eared sliders for example and more recently the Flowerhorn cichlids...

Snakes are cool man so good luck on that ya... I would get a royal ball python if snakes were made legal here

Oh, I saw a ball python the other week at the market. Really nice, my wife thought it was pretty too

But think I got to wait until I get the other things together first.

Well, any animal that is not native should never be released into the wild (or your neighbors house)

I know back in the US, a lot of people misplace their Burmese python, and it eats someones kitten.... Than they start passing laws requiring registration for large reptils

Just think everyone needs to be responsible, and not ruin things for others.

Best luck to you,

**zoothefreak** · 30th Jun 2009, 09:20

Yeah bro Ball pythons to me are the best pet snakes around coz they are just the rite size even full grown... they certainly wont eat anyone's kitten

and are great to handle unlike corn snakes or milk snakes which are in my opinion too tiny even though they have great colour morphs...

But now even ball pythons are available in great designer colour morphs which are a far cry from the original... though of course even in its natural colours they are simply beautiful...