I cant speak for all RSPCA inspectors or centres but i have adopted some boa's from a RSPCA rescue centre in oxfordshire before, i think it more to do with having staff qualified to care for reptiles and equipment as after we adopted the boa's we would get phone call from the rescue centre saying that they had a snake or lizards would be intested in adopting and the inspectors even delievered them to our house!! plus its harder to do a home visit for a snake or lizard than a dog or cat!!!

Dont forget RSPCA stands for royal society protection cruety animals so they have the animal no matter if its a dog or reptile best interest at heart, reptiles are a big trade and sadly offered you have people breeding reptiles who dont have a clue nor the equipment just like puppy farming to make a profit!!!

Great comment Mr Moderator thanks for your input ...

Our RSPCA don't mind turtles but snakes and lizards are for the wildlife vollies .. lol

i did actually used to chat to an rspca member who had venemous and holiday'ed in ghana i think it was with his foot 3" away from crocs lol
sound bloke if only they were all like that

The RSPCA as i'm sure some of you know, is a complex organisation. Many branches run very much under their own steam. I used to work for an RSPCA animal centre that received no funding from the central organisation.

So while Rolf Harris was showing all the lovely animal hospital stuff that was very heavily influenced by the central organisation there were people in animal centres working their ***s off with very little resource.

As far as reps go, the people i worked alongside would do all they could to help reps in need. It really is down to the people involved, i'm sure you get some arsey ones.

The fact is there is little congruency between the glossy central organisation and your local animal centre(unless actually run and funded by the main organisation).

this is just my experience and opinion, don't bite my head off if you don't agree.

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Our big leo escaped and the RSPCA came to collect him.

When we went to get him we were told he was in the best condition they had ever seen one in ever.

Sometimes the right person comes along, they were helpful and were happy with our setups etc never had any other issues with them.

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The RSPCA called out a local guy near me (who "rescues" snakes) to an airport where they thought they had cornered a smuggled venomous snake. Turned out to be a yellow rat snake .

They dont inspire confidence but then they are an old society and in an effort to be seen as preventing cruelty they must do what they think the public want. I believe the general publics attitude is slowly changing toward scaly critters. This I hope will reverberate into the RSPCA so hopefully they will be more "with us" once they have caught up as they could do a lot of good things with issues such as the terrible pet shops we ALL hate.

that is a load of crap

TRYING TO BAN REPTILE KEEPING WHEN THERE R HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF REPTILE SHOPS JUST IN IT FOR THE MONEY,KEPT IN HORIFIC CONDITIONS,DEAD IN TANKS AND WHAT HAPPENS
THEY GET TEN MILLION WARNINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I dont think they want to ban reps/exotics, but I think maybe the RSPCA only see the bad and or cruelly kept animals, so understandably they get mightily (norty word) off, and begin a campagin to have them banned.

one the same note tho however, if reps and exotics are kept in poor conditions, then remind me which domestic animal is number one for neglect and or abuse....should we ban them too!?

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thats possibly because the RSPCA doesnt have the power to close pet shops, thats the councils job all they can do is had over there findings to the council and possibly take the owners to court even then its in the hands of the court not the RSPCA this is why u need to take complains straight to the council

Honestly i think saying all RSPCA inspectors dont know a thing about exotics is like saying all pet shops keep reptiles badly its too generalised.

OK the RSPCA as an orginisation is against keeping exotics but that doesnt mean all members of said orginisation dont care about exotics or know how to deal with them. the fact there are people on here (and people who know people) who there local RSPCA will call should they come arcoss exotics shows that they care enough to make and keep these contact to help them deal with exotics when they are feeling out of the depths.

but with any originisation this size there will also be the bad inspector who dont know what there doing but will do it anyway.