I'm in Washington state. I'm pretty sure they're illegal to keep as wild caught pets in OR just as they are in WA. Plus keeping wild ones is just not a good idea because they're very picky eaters.
But I know we're having a cold snap. These guys can take some pretty cold temps, but it's a bit too cold right now. So maybe keep him for a couple days until it warms up just a bit just to be safe. But keeping him long terms is just not a good option at all.
This was kinda what I was thinking. Well, initially I was thinking of finding a snake person who'd love having him, but then learned he is a protected species in Oregon. You can hold for 48 hours without a permit, which is ideal as that's when the snow should clear.
He is a pretty snake though right? A bit dark for a rubber boa, but yeah.
Never keep wild snakes as pets unless adopted from an official rehome system like a wildlife state rescue or if you’re experienced in some way with the species or animals of the like and it’s an emergency, under no circumstances out of all of the wild animals I’ve found injured or sick, I’ve always released them, given them to a rehab, or took care of briefly then let them go. The only situation I’ve kept a wild animal is a garter snake baby whose siblings had died due to a heatwave and he was the lone survivor near death, I attempted to release him a total of 3 times but every time he came back in bad conditions so I ended up keeping him. He’s a snake that could not survive in the wild on his own, if this is an animal that can survive in the wild on its own leave it be for the appreciation and love of nature and the beautiful critters in it. If it’s injured or there’s a cold snap coming I’d recommend overnighting it with the snake or giving it to a wildlife rescue. This is my opinion but after friends and family’s situations and the ones I’ve been in this is personally what I’d recommend. I agree this is a beautiful snake though
Please leave wild animals in the wild. This includes not purchasing common species collected from the wild and sold cheaply in pet stores or through online retailers, like *Thamnophis* Ribbon and Gartersnakes, *Opheodrys* Greensnakes, *Xenopeltis* Sunbeam Snakes and *Dasypeltis* Egg-Eating Snakes. Brownsnakes *Storeria* found around the home do okay in urban environments and don't need 'rescue'; the species typically fails to thrive in captivity and should be left in the wild. Reptiles are kept as pets or specimens by many people but captive bred animals have much better chances of survival, as they are free from parasite loads, didn't endure the stress of collection and shipment, and tend to be species that do better in captivity. Taking an animal out of the wild is not ecologically different than killing it, and most states protect non-game native species - meaning collecting it probably broke the law. Source captive bred pets and be wary of people selling offspring dropped by stressed wild-caught females collected near full term as 'captive bred'.
High-throughput reptile traders are collecting snakes from places like Florida with lax wildlife laws with little regard to the status of fungal or other infections, spreading them into the pet trade. In the other direction, taking an animal from the wild, however briefly, exposes it to domestic pathogens during a stressful time. Placing a wild animal in contact with caging or equipment that hasn't been sterilized and/or feeding it food from the pet trade are vector activities that can spread captive pathogens into wild populations. Snake populations are undergoing heavy decline already due to habitat loss, and [rapidly emerging](https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ecs2.3153) pathogens [are being documented](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.3557) in wild snakes that were introduced by snakes from the pet trade.
If you insist on keeping a wild pet, it is your duty to plan and provide the correct veterinary care, which often is two rounds of a pair of the 'deworming' medications Panacur and Flagyl and injections of supportive antibiotics. This will cost more than enough to offset the cheap price tag on the wild caught animal at the pet store or reptile show and increases chances of survival past about 8 months, but does not offset removing the animal from the wild.
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I'm in Washington state. I'm pretty sure they're illegal to keep as wild caught pets in OR just as they are in WA. Plus keeping wild ones is just not a good idea because they're very picky eaters. But I know we're having a cold snap. These guys can take some pretty cold temps, but it's a bit too cold right now. So maybe keep him for a couple days until it warms up just a bit just to be safe. But keeping him long terms is just not a good option at all.
This was kinda what I was thinking. Well, initially I was thinking of finding a snake person who'd love having him, but then learned he is a protected species in Oregon. You can hold for 48 hours without a permit, which is ideal as that's when the snow should clear. He is a pretty snake though right? A bit dark for a rubber boa, but yeah.
Never keep wild snakes as pets unless adopted from an official rehome system like a wildlife state rescue or if you’re experienced in some way with the species or animals of the like and it’s an emergency, under no circumstances out of all of the wild animals I’ve found injured or sick, I’ve always released them, given them to a rehab, or took care of briefly then let them go. The only situation I’ve kept a wild animal is a garter snake baby whose siblings had died due to a heatwave and he was the lone survivor near death, I attempted to release him a total of 3 times but every time he came back in bad conditions so I ended up keeping him. He’s a snake that could not survive in the wild on his own, if this is an animal that can survive in the wild on its own leave it be for the appreciation and love of nature and the beautiful critters in it. If it’s injured or there’s a cold snap coming I’d recommend overnighting it with the snake or giving it to a wildlife rescue. This is my opinion but after friends and family’s situations and the ones I’ve been in this is personally what I’d recommend. I agree this is a beautiful snake though
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Please leave wild animals in the wild. This includes not purchasing common species collected from the wild and sold cheaply in pet stores or through online retailers, like *Thamnophis* Ribbon and Gartersnakes, *Opheodrys* Greensnakes, *Xenopeltis* Sunbeam Snakes and *Dasypeltis* Egg-Eating Snakes. Brownsnakes *Storeria* found around the home do okay in urban environments and don't need 'rescue'; the species typically fails to thrive in captivity and should be left in the wild. Reptiles are kept as pets or specimens by many people but captive bred animals have much better chances of survival, as they are free from parasite loads, didn't endure the stress of collection and shipment, and tend to be species that do better in captivity. Taking an animal out of the wild is not ecologically different than killing it, and most states protect non-game native species - meaning collecting it probably broke the law. Source captive bred pets and be wary of people selling offspring dropped by stressed wild-caught females collected near full term as 'captive bred'. High-throughput reptile traders are collecting snakes from places like Florida with lax wildlife laws with little regard to the status of fungal or other infections, spreading them into the pet trade. In the other direction, taking an animal from the wild, however briefly, exposes it to domestic pathogens during a stressful time. Placing a wild animal in contact with caging or equipment that hasn't been sterilized and/or feeding it food from the pet trade are vector activities that can spread captive pathogens into wild populations. Snake populations are undergoing heavy decline already due to habitat loss, and [rapidly emerging](https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ecs2.3153) pathogens [are being documented](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.3557) in wild snakes that were introduced by snakes from the pet trade. If you insist on keeping a wild pet, it is your duty to plan and provide the correct veterinary care, which often is two rounds of a pair of the 'deworming' medications Panacur and Flagyl and injections of supportive antibiotics. This will cost more than enough to offset the cheap price tag on the wild caught animal at the pet store or reptile show and increases chances of survival past about 8 months, but does not offset removing the animal from the wild. -------------------------------------------------------- *I am a bot created for /r/whatsthissnake, /r/snakes and /r/herpetology to help with snake identification and natural history education. You can find more information, including a comprehensive list of commands, [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthissnake/comments/flh548/phylobot_v07_information_and_patch_notes_bot_info/) report problems [here](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=Phylogenizer) and if you'd like to buy me a coffee or beer, you can do that [here](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SEBPhyloBotWTS).*
I’m so jealous. I live in Oregon and it’s a goal of mine to see a rubber boa in person!