What is the Oldest herp in your collection?

[Starbuck]

I see a lot of posts about 'look at the new X i picked up! or 'what should i get next (guilty!), and 'New babies!!'
which got me to thinking, what are some of the oldest animals in your collection? How long have you had them? And neat stories that go along with them?
Pictures are always nice too ;)

[Terranaut]

Chuck did a thread on this a while back. Called celebrating the old timers or something. Lots of cool stuff there.

[poison123]

I have some animals that I don't know the origin of like my tortoise and some WC frogs. For all I knowt hey are 10+ years. But the oldest one that I am sure of is my female white tree frog and my male corn. Both are 5 going on 6 soon. I have had much older snakes and frogs but these are the oldest right now.

[Charis]

Unfortunately, the one that I know is the oldest in our collection I got as an adult from a breeder that didn't know exactly how old she was, he told me his best guess was that she was 12, so I'm thinking she is now somewhere around 16-18 years old. She is a Mexican Rosy boa, Esme.

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/My%20Rosy%20Boa/73b108031be9cb44be4e407d2b8aac24_zps6c683a0b.jpg

And the one I've had the longest but is not the oldest in actual age is Tavia, my Classic corn snake. I've had her for about four and a half years. She was the first snake I bought, rather than the first few snakes I kept that were WC garter snakes when I was very young.

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac238/MaidofChainz/The%20Corn%20Snakes/1811aef786fb5d7c4a785df43f11f895_zps9c91c3e2.jpg

[StudentoReptile]

BP I acquired as an adult in 1992. He must be at least 25 yrs.

[drumcrush]

My Leo...almost 3 yrs old....yeah,she's still really young lol

[SnoopySnake]

I have a male green iguana, got him when he was about a foot and a quarter.. Have had him for nine years :p

[swolek]

My red-cheeked mud turtle, Koopa, is the oldest because he's at least 7-8 years but is probably much older since he was full grown when I got him:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Sasami/Pets/100_4970.jpg

The oldest one I raised from a baby is Sahara, my six year old ball python:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v151/Sasami/100_7073_zps76a7f304.jpg

[exwizard]

My oldest snake is Black Betty. She is a 9' 26 lb. Dum and is at least 11 years old but judging by her size and color, I would guess her to be closer to 15. We picked her up as part of a breeding trio 3 1/2 years ago at the Omaha Reptile Show and we housed her with the male (Popeye) for about 6 months for breeding purposes. He was an eager breeder and so relentless even though he was less than half her size. We did eventually witness a lock and took pics but a few days later, she had enough of his relentless "putting the moves on her" and attacked him. We were able to separate them and they have never been back together since. In effect, this "breeding trio" never happened. In fact, I have given up on ever producing babies from her.

Betty is shy to the point that when you pull her out, she will try to slither away from me but has never been aggressive or defensive. Once she's out, she will just chill on my shoulders, relaxed as can be.

Up until recent days, she has clearly been my biggest snake but Medusa, my 2 year old Burm is catching up. Their girth and length are the same now but Betty is still a little heavier because she clearly has more muscle tone than Medusa does.

Betty is pretty sedentary and doesn't move around much at all. Overall, she just likes to chill, even in her Neodesha.

[bigsnakegirl785]

I also posted in the old timer's thread mentioned. The oldest snake I have is Bud (the ball python) and he's a little over 7 years old now. I got him near the end of September 2006 as a baby.

[lisas]

My corn snake, Amber, is 9. I bought her at a pet store when she was 4.

[TheFrogman]

OMG swolek, your Mud Turtle is the cutest little guy

[Sublimeballs]

I've got a 14(in February)year old female ball python, had her for nearly 6 years now. Her name is bubbles, she's a craigslist rescue success story she was only fed 6 medium rats a year by the previous owner. She was long and super skinny housed in a 28qt tub; she's now about 5 feet long and 3300+ grams, and a 10 egger.

I've also had in the past but no longer due to no fault of my own: a Leo gecko I had for nearly 13 years I lost him in a house fire when I was a teenager. And a red eared slider that I had for 10 years before I left her at my dads house ( he had an indoor pond in his green room), where she was stolen by someone at a party my little sister threw(really made me mad).

[MM1]

Also posted in the Oldtimers thread but my Haitian Boa Rudy has been with since Dec. 1982 as an 18-20 inch juvenile. So I guess that puts him at 32.5-33 yrs old. He's now about 6.5 feet and is presently hanging out under his RHP digesting the large rat he scarfed down this earlier this evening. Didn't take any pics of that though. It was pretty dark in there anyway.

[Lankyrob]

I have a corn who we believe is about seven but was rescued by us as an adult snake so not sure.

[Robin.M]

My oldest was my '99 male Ball Python who passed away last year. After keeping turtles since '94 he was my first snake, and pretty much reptilian love of my life. I had been researching snakes in snake books since I was about 4 or 5 years old, and actually owning a snake was something that took me months to actually comprehend.

He passed last year of a sudden tumour that the vet couldn't fix. This is him in all his glory!

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff484/RobDower690/Snakes/164439_10150096282870115_653540114_7736803_4448825 _n.jpg (http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/RobDower690/media/Snakes/164439_10150096282870115_653540114_7736803_4448825 _n.jpg.html)
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http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff484/RobDower690/Snakes/423207_10150681340935115_653540114_11315404_480785 81_n.jpg (http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/RobDower690/media/Snakes/423207_10150681340935115_653540114_11315404_480785 81_n.jpg.html)


My oldest now would be my '05 female BCI. Had her right from Weanling rats, to her large rabbits now! She's now pushing 8' and 40 pounds of a whole lotta love!

This is her with her first litter back in early 2012. She'll be breeding again this year after taking last off.

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff484/RobDower690/SAM_0793.jpg (http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/RobDower690/media/SAM_0793.jpg.html)

Her in her enclosure in 2010. She is a beautiful girl! I should grab some new pics of her actually... 2 and 3 years old is a shame!

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff484/RobDower690/Snakes/SAM_1025.jpg (http://s1238.photobucket.com/user/RobDower690/media/Snakes/SAM_1025.jpg.html)
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Rob

[marvelfreak]

My oldest turns 13 this May. She my 8.4' foot and 16bls Jungle Carpet. i got here when she was a yearling so i have had her 12 years.
Here's a thread i did on the old timers.
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/photography-discussion/92228-celebarating-old-timers.html

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/85/snakesoutside001.jpg (http://imageshack.com/i/2dsnakesoutside001j)


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[LiL Zap]

My corn snake Checkers is about 10 years old. I've had her ever since she was a hatchling pretty much.

Here she is. (http://instagram.com/p/dPxqrQS0os/)

[Hurrok]

The oldest one I have is Lestat, who is a male spider bp. Finally managed to get a job and pay for him myself (he was my first) and named him after a character in Interview with a Vampire. He was just a little hatchling when I got him and he will be turning 3 in January! So proud of him, and he's just a sweetie. He has never struck at me, and he's pretty chill and a little weird but he's definitely my little baby :p

When I first got him he fit in a tiny deli cup:
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4454/xgjo.jpg

Loved his little coconut:
http://imageshack.us/a/img440/9521/4abt.jpg

Now he's a nice big boy weighing around 1,300 grams and over 4 ft.
http://imageshack.us/a/img17/9237/rck3.jpg

I look forward to keeping him until he decides to take his journey :)

I also have 2 other female bps that are now 3 years old...

Esmerelda who is a pastel bp weighing around 1,400 grams and around 4ft. She turned 3 on Halloween.

http://imageshack.us/a/img27/449/7k4h.jpg

Jade our Phantom female also turned 3 in October. She weighs 1,800 grams and is over 4 ft as well.

http://imageshack.us/a/img96/6330/n9gt.jpg