04-16-2009, 01:03 PM
When I was doing my hots handling training to get my DWA license (you have to have that in the UK to keep anything hot except certain rear fanged species), I stopped as the license fee in my county is £1600 a year. On top of the £1,000,000 public liability insurance, extortionate vets fees and you have to pay some numpty from the council who doesn't have a clue about herpetology to come and look around to make sure your hot room is adequate.Other countys start as little as £16 a year and every local council sets their own price so where I live they've made it practically impossible as I can't afford that each year.I keep burms and boas now but I wanted a gaboon, copperhead and desert horned in the future. Not likely now unless they bring in legislation to make all the councils have the same license fee and make it realistic