I know, It sucks.
We went to Perth last year, you can only keep snakes indigenous to that area there(on permit) and then you get to pay about $15 for a large rat. Its not worth the trouble IMO.
Any one who has been to Perth will know about the large flocks of cockatoos flying around there, especially the Galah's and the Corella's. You can pick up a hand raised long beaked corella for about $150 down there. Shortly after we came back we saw a pair of these at a bird farm, they wanted R50000 for the pair. Also, I don't know if they were legal but you can get axelotl salamanders at most pet shops there,yet you can only keep about 28? indigenous species of reptiles there
. Aussies...
Are land hermit crabs legal in SA? Why don't we see any here.