Ok, here is the background: I have had my pet Tegu since 2017. He is my sole pet, I love him and will not give him up. I have lived previously states that allow Tegus. I have been unemployed for a good while now and I NEED to get a job, savings are starting to run out. I have a job offer in Floria that is paying well. The problem is I have my Tegu, and they are banned there... I am kind of between a rock and a hard place. I need the job but I absolutely refuse to get rid of my Tegu, to me he is my baby. I have a 100% clean record, even my driving record is clear. I obey the law, but this law is absolutely idiotic, punishing good pet owners because of people who released them.
There is no "legal" way that I can see to proceed. I would be up to pay a fee and get him chipped, but from what I see, they won't do that after like summer of 2021, which to me is insanity. Isn't the whole purpose of the chip so that IF he got away (he won't) he could just be located? What is someone in my position meant to do? Is there any legal way to bring him in? Maybe register him as a support animal? It blows my mind that Florida wouldn't want a tax paying army veteran with ZERO criminal history because I own the wrong type of lizard. The insane thing is he is FROM Florida, born in Florida, that's how I got him.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Again, getting rid of him is not on the table, and I need this job, so kind of at a loss here.
There is no "legal" way that I can see to proceed. I would be up to pay a fee and get him chipped, but from what I see, they won't do that after like summer of 2021, which to me is insanity. Isn't the whole purpose of the chip so that IF he got away (he won't) he could just be located? What is someone in my position meant to do? Is there any legal way to bring him in? Maybe register him as a support animal? It blows my mind that Florida wouldn't want a tax paying army veteran with ZERO criminal history because I own the wrong type of lizard. The insane thing is he is FROM Florida, born in Florida, that's how I got him.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Again, getting rid of him is not on the table, and I need this job, so kind of at a loss here.
