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[SnakeLady1990]

Hello. My name is Christina. I love reptiles, particularly snakes! I currently own 12 reptiles, 9 of them being snakes (look at siggy).

I love all my reptiles...I do not breed them yet although later I do plan to breed a select few.

I recently aquired a Jungle Carpet Python kind of 'by accident'. Well, we (we being my boyfriend and I) have wanted a jungle carpet python for awhile but didn't plan on getting one so soon. We went to an expo and my friend won a coupon for one of the tables. $25 off almost everything. The only think I had money for was one of thier 2 jungle female's. (They were only $65/each). Everything else there was $300 or more and mostly ball python morphs.

I decided to go ahead and get the jungle and my boyfriend went and bought a cage and supplies for it there at the expo.

I know a lot about a lot of other snakes, but not so much about jungles so thought I'd join this forum! I am currently active in about 8 forums altogether each one pertaining to a certain reptile I own or want to own.

Normally, I follow a 5 step process before obtaining a new reptile I have never owned before and it goes like this...

1) Buy a book or two of the SPECIFIC species...learn general care, size they will get, housing requirments, food requirements, ect.

2) Google/Internet...learn what a 'good price' is for the species, morphs, and more information about them

3) Forums, talk to current owners, learn what they think and what they have learned from owning them.

4) Handle them in person, look around. Get used to what you will end up with after it's full grown.

5) GET ONE!!!!

I love to be well prepared and know what I'm doing when I get something new. I got through most of the above steps for the jungle although I couldn't find a book on them...and I talked to other people in other forums even though they weren't 'jungle carpet' specific. Again...we didn't plan on getting one so soon so if I have a lot of questions please bare with me.

Ours is a female jungle carpet python. Very sweet. We do not know an exact age but guessing an '09.

Here is a pic for her size.



Ok, so since that is said. A little about me.

I am 20 years old, I work at a University as an Office Assistant. (yes, a snake woman working in an office...it has prooven difficult, haha).

I have started a local reptile club in my area as well. I just had my first meeting earlier this month (Sept. 11th). The main goal is to get people together that love and care for reptiles and learn more about them, then to help 'new' reptile owners learn what they need to learn when getting and caring for thier first reptile pet.

I got into reptiles a year or so ago and have been addicted ever since. I have tons of books, am in lots of forums, and really got into the genetics research. I do plan to breed my ball pythons and corns a little but not really interested in full out breeding yet. I just want to do some learning for now.

A full list of my current reptiles:

Male Amel Motley Corn '06 ~Fanta Cee~
Female Amel Motley 'Sunglow' Corn '07 ~Tigger~
Female Snow Corn '10 ~No Name Yet~
Male Snow Stripe Corn '06 ~Rafiki~
Unsexed Amel Corn '09 ~Sun Glory~

^^Those are my corns

Male Spider Ball Python '09 ~Chocolate Drizzle aka Cocoa~
Female Normal Ball Python (adult but year unknown) ~Kiara~

^^My bp's

Female Burmese Python 100% DH Albino/Granite ~The Cookie Monster~
Female Jungle Carpet Python '09? ~Still To Be Named~

^^Other Pythons

Male Bearded Dragon '10 ~General Lee~
Male Bearded Dragon '10 ~xXx~
Female Tremper Albino Leopard Gecko '09 ~Neeko~

^^Lizards.

So...that is me. Feel free to ask any questions and answer any I have asked