any other young herpers around?

[garterguy]

im only 13 but i love herpetology.i got into it when i was 7 years old when i found a rat snake.now i have a file cabinet full of research,photos and information on the animals i caught and where.i was just wondering if there wwere any other young herpers out there.:D

[SerpentLust]

Hehe if you comsider 18 young, then I'm with you. Although I only started VERY recently. I don't have any photos and such. I just have been reading about snakes since I was 6 years old. And just now am I becoming an active member of the herp community. I've gone out on a couple of herping expiditions but with no luck so far :(

Jenn

[Solid Snake]

i'm also 18 but i dont feel old one bit! i still chew with my mouth open.

[Lizzy001]

im 14....and i love herpetology too!

[stevesemerko]

I am 20 but I have been into reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, etc, etc. since I was old enough to crawl. So I used to be a young herper. I have drawers and book shelves full of herp research I have done and books, etc. I fully support getting into herpetology when you are young, I did and I will be herping until I die.

Steve

[JeffT]

Im 15 and getting some excellent breeding projects together.

[Thomas]

I'm 11 and I have been herping since I was 9. Buy the way garterguy, I saw a vicious garter snake for £10 in a pet store today. Do you think it could be tamed? I think it's about 3 years old.

[Melly18]

Hey :) I'm 19....Please say that's still young!! hehe I've only been into herping for about a year now and i'm noticing how really addictive they can be hehe

[sSNAKESs.com]

Im 71 and i have never felt younger in all my life!!

[MartinW]

Oh yeah!! Well... I'm 72! Oh wait, no, I'm 25. Oh well.

[fateamber]

I'm 14! Almost 15 this year.

[justinO]

i'm 20 and have been into keeping and breeding herps for about 5 years now.. but, i grew up catching water snakes and the like.. so, i guess i've been involved for about 10 years now.. still learning something new every day..

Here's to a lifetime of fun and education!

[garterguy]

thomas-yes it will tame after you handle it for a period of time.

[snake_goth]

ime 13, i dont realy go in the field i live in the uk all we have i sumthing that will kill u and sumthing that runs a mile wen it think there is sumthing biger than it near by ime trying to get a job at a reptile place that has a anaconda the job is just cleaning out the small snake feeding them helping with shows and cleaning the place, thay do shows in the place not show that are bad for the animals just like take them out show them to pepps then take them bak.

[snake_goth]

sorry ime a bad speller.

[daver676]

Well, if you consider catching toads out of the sewer when I was 4, then I guess I've been into herps longer than I thought!

Dave

[Herp guy]

Yes, i am 12. I got into herping when i found a garter when i was six. Now i have so many books and animals and other stuff about reptiles. amphibians too. I have a binder full of care sheets.

[Emily-Fisher]

I'm 11 (12 in October) :p I absolutely love building websites, using photoshop, singing, playing guitar and caring for my herps but I must not forget that I love browing the internet- especially ssnakess!!!

[RachelS.]

Okay yeah, I'm a young herper. I am 14 years old and have been into herpetology all my life since I was 2, believe it or not. When I caught my first lizard at that age I immediately feel in love! I've been actually keeping and taking care of herps since I was almost 6. I started actually getting into some good (I dunno if you'd call it hardcore or not) herping with my friends for about 2 years now, but always liked to go out and find and catch stuff when I was younger.

This is my life's dream to do everything with herptiles :)

[nicola_boulton]

im 15, ever since i went 2 south america and got my own red-footer i have loved herps. Now i am owner of quite large collection of herps!!!

[ThEmAdHaTtEr]

Im 14, 15 july 18th tho. Im currently just keeping herps as pets, but will be into breeding and field herping within this month. I go out in the field first time saturday, and I have a 1.1 pair of Leos I have yet to take out of quarentine. Yep, thats me.

[ThEmAdHaTtEr]

A pic of me, school pic so I look bad...I look like I have a lazy eye, and a small head..lol

[geckoguy157]

im 15 and 16 realy soon ive been into reptiles for a long time i have been breeding them for 4 years but like evreyone else been out catching toads and frogs and garter snakes since i was 6 or 7

[silkie]

When I was 12 I joined the OHS and when I went to meetings everyone else was like 50, so it felt kinda weird being the only young kid there. It is good to see that there are soooo many more young herpers out there now. I remember the only lizards you could buy back then were Iguanas and Anoles, now you can get almost any kind you want, ahh, to be young agian.. well I guess 23 is not considered old yet... but then neither is 50 if you dont feel old inside, I guess its our own choice to be old or not... well thats enuf from me!!

[Andy_G]

I'm 15, soon to be 16, been into herps since 6 but got discouraged from ages 11-14 due to deaths of a few garters that were wonderful pets. Back into it now, and staying.