Hello! It’s finally happening - I’ve wanted to breed reptiles since I was a teen and now, over a decade later, I’m finally at a stable point in my life where I can turn that dream into a reality. I’m hoping to breed colubrids. 
Also a little debate for y’all. I want the store to be named Fera Exotica. My partner wants the store to be named Hissy Kissy. What name sounds better? 
Welcome to the community! I love corn snakes. Moody is a beauty. 
I hope that you’re able to fulfill your dream of being colubrids. You may be aware, and if so please forgive me, that West Virginia prohibits the keeping and breeding of many native herp species. This does include corn snakes. I encourage you to check with the state DNR as you decide what species you’ll work with. You can find more info here: New law prohibiting possession of most native reptiles, amphibians now in effect - WVDNR
Welcome again and best of luck!
Thank you for the kind wishes!
Ooooh yes I’m well aware of the restrictions. 
Moody, bless her ancient heart, is thankfully grandfathered in and is the mascot for my change.org petition to remove corn snakes from the ban list. This is a very sore topic for me.
My focus will be on colubrids like kingsnakes and milksnakes from the southern and western United States. From what I’ve seen, there are few who tread colubrid territory here. I will definitely be a minority.
Yay I’m so glad you want to breed something other than ball pythons! Not that ball pythons are not great (I have 20) 
but we can certainly use more colubrid breeders around here!
As @caryl mentioned I guess you gotta be careful what you own/breed in West Virginia? but it sounds like you have done your homework! Good for you for your future ambitions in addition to your breeding plans!
Moody is a lovely lady and I hope one day she will become a lovely momma! 
Eh… While their native laws can be a bit restrictive (I seriously do not understand why any state has a corn ban given they are probably one of the most bred native US species) it is the wild west in most other ways. Want a Gaboon? Just throw down $150 at the local expo and walk out the door… 
Yikes! Those are terrible laws if they have no restrictions on gaboons, but heavy restrictions on corns! Sounds like the people making the laws don’t know much about snakes. Maybe they’re worried about people herping for too many wild corns and disrupting populations? Who knows. Best of luck getting that addressed.
That is often the case. Want a corn snake in Georgia? FORBIDDEN. Not WC, not CB, not any corn snake at all under the logic of protecting native species. However, if you want to go catch yourself a wild, native, venomous Georgia copperhead, rattlesnake, or water moccasin and keep it as a pet, well, that’s perfectly legal. It’s insane.
Yes this is true! It truly doesn’t make much sense!
Welcome! Pretty butter. 
Hissy Kissy is memorable. Lol.
Meant to say, I think Hissy Kissy is a fantastic name!
Stick with Fera Exotica. Hissy Kissy sounds too childish. Right up there with naming your python Monty. 
I say Fera Exotics. Way more professional!
My wife suggested "HK Exotics: as a compromise
Color me unclear. I do prefer Fera Exotics as a business name. I think Hissy Kissy is a super fun name for a snake. One of your foundation colubrids, perhaps?
Welcome! Moody is absolutely gorgeous, very glad to hear she was grandfathered in. Thankfully there are plenty of non-native colubrids you have options with. As for store name, I’m another vote for Fera Exotica. Sounds quite marketable.
I add another vote for Fera Exotica. Congrats on the new business/hobby/adventure! I like @caryl ’s idea for hissy kissy as a founding snake name, or the first to hatch, or something like that. It doesn’t sound professional, but it’d be fun to say it frequently when talking to your snakes at home!
