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[stevenrudge]

Hello everyone l'm new this forum and would like to introduce myself,lve been keeping snakes for over 35 years!yeah thats right l did say 35 years!in England l've watched it grow from next to nothing to the hobby we have today!to be honest its not all been good,some things have really improved and others are going backwoods,but hey thats another story,So say hello and lets chat
Steven

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[Lankyrob]

Howdy, what part of the UK are you in?

[Norm66]

Welcome! I'm nterested to hea how things have changed in your 35 years in the hobby.

[marvelfreak]

Hello and welcome to our zoo. So what kind of reptiles do you keep?

[UwabamiReptiles]

Welcome to the forum!

[red ink]

G'day and welcome

[Trent]

hi and welcome!!

[SpOoKy]

Hello and welcome :) Look forward to seeing some pictures and learning some info from you.

[Strutter769]

Welcome to sSNAKESs! Enjoy your stay (right after you post some pics of your herps!) with us!

[stevenrudge]

Howdy, what part of the UK are you in?l'm in the West Midlands,we are on the edge of the greater Birmingham area the second city after London in England,its the industrialised area of the UK,lots of aerospace,car factories,in a 30 minit radius you've got Jaguar cars,Landrover,the site where they made the spitfire planes,we live just on the edge,Wales is about an one hour drive from my house,how about you?

[stevenrudge]

Welcome! I'm nterested to hea how things have changed in your 35 years in the hobby.in England in the Mid 70's we had nothing!,no products,no frozen,we just had about three big importers,l was very lucky in that lived about 40 mints away from the biggest one,everything was W/C and adult except the larger pythons they would all be hatchling or youngsters,we had to make do with converted fish tanks for vivs, household light bulbs for heat,really basic stuff,that was the bad side,but the good was the shear variety of the shipments that came in,l've been trying to tell some of the other newer hobbyists but they do'nt seem to get it,l've seen Boas that l've never seen in the hobby or on any of the forums, these had massive heads,where salmon pink with deep red tails,l've seen a 4 ft Burmese python lay eggs!l could go on and on,but the mortality rates where high,it was a 60-40 % that the rep's would get established let alone breed,l must admit that l find a lot of the newer hobbyists are abit arrogant we there achievements(some good other rubbish)they presume that all of the currant achievements or down to them,l've pointed out that before google/wiki/www/ there was a thriving reptlie hobby for many years and that all of they currents success's are built on the hard work of all the hobbyist in the past

[stevenrudge]

Hello and welcome to our zoo. So what kind of reptiles do you keep?at the mo l've working with about 30 corn snake morphs,lots of Garter/Water/Ribbon/snakes,rat,king,milk,some boas and pythons.
So as you can see l like my American snakes:blink:

[stevenrudge]

G'day and welcomeHey Assie herpers!,being English l've got family in Oz!
So what Taxa do you have around you?

[red ink]

Hey Assie herpers!,being English l've got family in Oz!
So what Taxa do you have around you?


Taxa keep or taxa wild?

Taxa wild, not much mate I'm in Victoria (reptile desert of the mainland due to the climate)

Taxa keep... Morelia, Antaresia, Tiliqua, Pagona, Nephrurus, and Strophurus.

Were's your family at?

[stevenrudge]

Taxa keep or taxa wild?

Taxa wild, not much mate I'm in Victoria (reptile desert of the mainland due to the climate)

Taxa keep... Morelia, Antaresia, Tiliqua, Pagona, Nephrurus, and Strophurus.

Were's your family at?their in south Victoria,l've bred Antaresia in the past,really interesting snake,l had problems getting the hatchlings to start feeding,l got the feeling that they might be Lizard eaters in the wild,what do you think?

[Lankyrob]

l'm in the West Midlands,we are on the edge of the greater Birmingham area the second city after London in England,its the industrialised area of the UK,lots of aerospace,car factories,in a 30 minit radius you've got Jaguar cars,Landrover,the site where they made the spitfire planes,we live just on the edge,Wales is about an one hour drive from my house,how about you?

I am on the outskirts of Bristol - not that far away from you guys really, we go to West Midland Safari park for daytrips occassionally :)

[stevenrudge]

I am on the outskirts of Bristol - not that far away from you guys really, we go to West Midland Safari park for daytrips occassionally :)Any good reptile store in the Bristol area?

[Lankyrob]

Any good reptile store in the Bristol area?


I will PM you - not sure Wayne will want me advertising a store in the public forum :)

[stevenrudge]

I will PM you - not sure Wayne will want me advertising a store in the public forum :)No problems

[red ink]

their in south Victoria,l've bred Antaresia in the past,really interesting snake,l had problems getting the hatchlings to start feeding,l got the feeling that they might be Lizard eaters in the wild,what do you think?

Yeah mate.. Antaresias start off as lizard eaters but as they get older they switch to mammalian and avian prey in the wild.

[stevenrudge]

Yeah mate.. Antaresias start off as lizard eaters but as they get older they switch to mammalian and avian prey in the wild.
Yes l thought so,next time l bred them l'll try and sent the pinks with Lizard,do you thinks that they would be able to eat zebra finch chicks?l had some Haitian Boa baby's that started on these.

[shaunyboy]

in England in the Mid 70's we had nothing!,no products,no frozen,we just had about three big importers,l was very lucky in that lived about 40 mints away from the biggest one,everything was W/C and adult except the larger pythons they would all be hatchling or youngsters,we had to make do with converted fish tanks for vivs, household light bulbs for heat,really basic stuff,that was the bad side,but the good was the shear variety of the shipments that came in,l've been trying to tell some of the other newer hobbyists but they do'nt seem to get it,l've seen Boas that l've never seen in the hobby or on any of the forums, these had massive heads,where salmon pink with deep red tails,l've seen a 4 ft Burmese python lay eggs!l could go on and on,but the mortality rates where high,it was a 60-40 % that the rep's would get established let alone breed,l must admit that l find a lot of the newer hobbyists are abit arrogant we there achievements(some good other rubbish)they presume that all of the currant achievements or down to them,l've pointed out that before google/wiki/www/ there was a thriving reptlie hobby for many years and that all of they currents success's are built on the hard work of all the hobbyist in the past

^^^^^
i have to agree with the above

a fiend of mine who's been in the hobby 31 years,has pretty much word for word,told me about the early days (he told me,snakes were expensive back the as well)

i also agree that a lot of newcomers to the hobby can be arrogant and ignorant

you won't find much of that on here though mate,as imo this is a good well balanced place to be

hello and welcome

cheers shaun

[red ink]

Yes l thought so,next time l bred them l'll try and sent the pinks with Lizard,do you thinks that they would be able to eat zebra finch chicks?l had some Haitian Boa baby's that started on these.

Maybe mate.. but I don't know how big baby finches are. If their not too big then I don't see why not. Some people here feed day old chicken chicks to their Ants.

[stevenrudge]

Maybe mate.. but I don't know how big baby finches are. If their not too big then I don't see why not. Some people here feed day old chicken chicks to their Ants.Zebra finch day old chicks are tiny,i used them in the past to get Haitian Boa babys feeding,worked a treat

[alessia55]

Welcome to the forum :)