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10-27-04, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2003
Location: Kansas City
Age: 48
Posts: 577
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I think its been about 14 years for me...it was 90 when I got my first corn snake...its been on since then.
O yea I still have that corn snake to!
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10-27-04, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2002
Location: eastern Ontario (Alexandria)
Age: 50
Posts: 940
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hmm, well, I was catching frogs and salamanders as young as 3 or 4 , my grandparents lived in a great country area, but I got my first herp pet at 7. It was a painted turtle and it was actually bought at a pet store in Quebec back then. lol. After my turtle died I fell away from the hobby for some years but once my daughter was old enough to want a pet I got back into the hobby. In 1999, she was 5 at the time and we've been going strong ever since. I am passing my love of the herp world onto her and she is helping pass it on to all her young friends. The kids love to come over and visit, they call our house the friendly neighbourhood zoo. lol but aside from the herps we also have a ferret, a hedgehog, the rats and some birds. So, I guess I"ve only been a serious herper for about 5 years now. Still a baby herper.  But I plan on having them in my life for a long time to come.
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10-27-04, 02:19 PM
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#18
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Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: Paris, ON
Age: 39
Posts: 135
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I think its been about 10 years since I got my first herp, but I've been bringing them home to scare my mom for as long as I can remember 
Crystal
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10-27-04, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 63
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It seems like everyone is stating when they got their first captive herp, not just when they first fell in love.
My first captive herp was actually only 3 or 4 years ago, a little frog. It died though, due to some moron giving me improper care instructions, and me not being able to find information quick enough. Then two years ago I got my leopard geckos, which are still alive- even though the information their owners gave me was improper (they were really underfed and a lot of other stuff) But for snakes, I'm totally new. I got my first snake in August this year. Now the total is 7. Off to a strong start...
And I intend to stay in the hobby as long as I'm able.
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10-27-04, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2004
Location: montreal
Age: 53
Posts: 152
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It's been 20 years, oh god makes me old. lol only 33
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1.1.0 high yellow sorong bareneck scrub pythons
1.0.0 reticulated python tiger phase
0.1.0 dumeril boa
1.0.0 black mexican king snake
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10-27-04, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2003
Location: Victoria B.C.
Age: 49
Posts: 878
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July 30 1975, but in 79 got my first newt.lol
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Girlfriends just don't understand.
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10-27-04, 07:08 PM
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#22
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: near Windsor, Ontario
Age: 63
Posts: 996
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ohhhhhh when I first fell in love with herps? Let's just say that is was before 78% of this site's members were even born. Before their parents' were even out of highschool in alot of cases lol. I caught toads, garter snakes, snapping turtles you name it when I was a kid. I even dissected a garter snake that I found dead on the road when I was about 8.
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10-27-04, 07:40 PM
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#23
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Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: Guelph
Age: 44
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16 years for me.
Corey
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10-27-04, 07:46 PM
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#24
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Posts: 2,657
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JOEY:
I started late in this hobby being now in my 30s. But have kept animals all my life from fish to dogs, from birds to boids. Experience and caring for in boids it has reached 4.5 years now and if you include the researching I did before getting into boids add another 3 years.
Cya...
Tony
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10-27-04, 07:51 PM
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#25
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Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Age: 55
Posts: 1,151
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I've been keeping herps for about 7 years. 
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10-27-04, 08:05 PM
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#26
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Posts: 41
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Been herping since 1963,guess I'm dating myself,lol. Grant
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10-27-04, 08:20 PM
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#27
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Join Date: Jul-2004
Location: Mitchell, Ontario
Age: 37
Posts: 814
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I've diddled around with herps and fish for a decade but only really been in the hobby for about 3 months now.
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10-27-04, 08:29 PM
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#28
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Join Date: Mar-2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Age: 64
Posts: 1,485
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This is my 25th consecutive year as a reptile breeder.
Prior to 1979 I was simply a keeper.
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Herpetology - more than a hobby
It's a Lifestyle
celebrating 26 years of herp breeding
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10-27-04, 10:41 PM
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#29
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Join Date: Jun-2004
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Age: 43
Posts: 345
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My first herp was a red eared slider when I was 8 ('89). From then onwards, I had various things like anolis, green tree frogs, and firebelly newts.
I was a serious herper from '93-'97... i.e. having to buy every single type of herp food available at the pet store and in sizable quantities, LOL.... as well as quail eggs for my African egg-eating snake. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, I lost my collection though and didn't keep anything for several years.
Now, I am back into it since May of this year with a bunch of ball pythons and a few other things. If I manage to have any success with my bp's, I'll use whatever proceeds to make other additions to my collection.
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10-27-04, 11:04 PM
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#30
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Edmonton, AB
Age: 34
Posts: 1,737
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Well, Im now almost 15. I got my started keeping frogs when I was 6. I also did alot of looking on my own for snakes(just garters), then at 10y/o, after 2 years of trying my parents finally broke in and I got a rat snake. It was all downhill from there and I have kept several different types of things on and off but now im settling down a little more and getting serious. Lol. So almost 9 years now for me.
C.
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Cheers!
Chris
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