How did you get into reptiles?

[DragonsEye]

Always had a fascination with "critters" for as long as I can remember. No idea just when it started though my childhood interest in dinosaurs no doubt played a role.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by DragonsEye

Always had a fascination with "critters" for as long as I can remember. No idea just when it started though my childhood interest in dinosaurs no doubt played a role.

Yea me too, definitely started with dinosaurs and cartoons like land before time if anyone remember that.

But specifically reptiles, I think started with the book, can't remember for sure. My aunt lives in the middle of nowhere, and has huge piles of wood out back. Started catching garters and ringnecks there every week almost when I was in second grade too

[Theweinz]

For me it started when I found a Fox Snake when I was 10 years old. The thing was so unbelievably cool- made a huge impression on me. At first I had no idea what to feed him so I went to the library(years ago!) and found Kauffelds' book "the Keeper and the Kept," and then went to a pet store and bought a mouse which "Foxy" constricted and consumed immediately. I was hooked! Always remember the Kauffald book too, bought a first edition a couple of years back. I kept the fox snake for several years but it "escaped," -however, I strongly suspect my mother freed it because she absolutely hated snakes. I will never forget that first Fox snake!