What age did you realise keeping retiles was for you? - Page 2

wyz · 02-23-04, 03:41 PM

It started off for us when purchasing a frog eyed gecko for my youngest son (6 years old) , then 2 months after my oldest (8years old) wanted a corn snake.

It started there and then I wanted some (30 years old at the time), then my GF (28 at the time) wanted some olso. Now we have quite a nice collection (in our minds

) for oldies that started 2 years ago

WYZ

Linds · 02-23-04, 04:54 PM

I definitely was one of the lucky ones... my first reptile was an iguana, like many others, however she is still alive today at 20 years old

Schmotz666,
Thanks! Yup, it was a pic I took of one of my Jamaican boas Halloween of '02

Here is the full-sized version...

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/22slowpokepumpkin2.jpg">

killaclown · 02-23-04, 07:41 PM

My first grade teacher had reptiles and ever since then i was hooked. And before that i was hooked on bugs, i went through countles ant farms and kept so man cati[ilers and preys in jars

Joe · 02-24-04, 03:40 PM

I was about 18 or 19 when I really started keeping herps, but as a young child I always had garters and turtles and such, so pretty much always, my mother has told me stories of me comeing home with frogs as early as 3 or 4, so they have always been a part of my life I guess!

marisa · 02-24-04, 03:57 PM

First reptile in our house was some sort of horned lizard native to California/Nevada. After that I caught lots of wild kingsnakes in Northern and Southern California for the next ten years or so....but never kept any captive snakes myself.

Didn't get my first captive reptile until five years ago which was a couple leopard geckos and then an iguana. Got my first captive snake four years ago and haven't looked back since!

Marisa

lakeridgekennel · 02-24-04, 11:10 PM

I have been around reptiles my hole life. My dad has always had them and i got my first one when i was 5. A baby leoperd gecko then a year later i got a baby boa and i still have her today plus more.

TheRedDragon · 02-25-04, 12:34 AM

I was about 10 years old or so when my mother brought me over to her friend's house who happened to own a BP and BCI. She took out the BP for me and it curled up on my lap for hours. I knew then that I wanted a snake (or 300), and BAD.

Clownfishie · 02-29-04, 09:33 PM

I was a bit of a late starter compared to some of you guys -- I guess I was around 20-21 when I got my first herp, an adorable little leopard gecko named Path... soon enough, I decided that she needed a friend, and there was no going back after that. LOL. Now that I'm well and truly addicted, I really can't imagine herps ever not being part of my life...

ChristinaM · 03-11-04, 08:19 AM

Got my first dragon just a year ago, at the age of almost 26. Now I am approaching 27 and have:

4 dragons
10, 16, 26 dragon eggs
7 leopard gecko's
3 eggs
1 BRB, no babies cuz she's too young
1 normal corn
1 iguana

( I've been firshkeeping for a few yrs now, breeding included )

sketchy4 · 03-11-04, 07:37 PM

i got to keep my first leo last year after my uncle really got me into the whole reptile scene.

bubba · 03-17-04, 01:10 PM

I was 6 when I caught my first snake, a northern watersnake. All my friends told me it was a water moccasin and it would kill me.

Yness · 03-17-04, 01:25 PM

heh
24 years old I was...that would be february of '03 I woke up one morning and decided that I want a snake. Now I'm a man of passing fancy and to be responsible I decided not to rush out and get a snake. I made myself wait. Just to see if it was a fad thing for me. So everynight for about 5 months I came home from work and spent about 2 to 3 hours looking at snakes and reading about them on the internet.

I was obsessed! My brother, whom I live with, and my mother, who I don't live with, finally sat me down and said, "Ok Yness. You've waited long enough. Get a snake."

So I went to petland and held my BRB. I was sold the instant he settled down on me. It was a rookie mistake tho. I would never suggest a brb first. But as you all are aware , snakes are addictive! That was in July. I brought him home in August. In november I happened to be at Cranwill's house with my brother when my brother oh so graciously bought 2 cal kings from him. Later on my brother's fancy with snakes ended and they became MY snakes...more to come this summer too!!!!

susan · 03-19-04, 04:37 PM

i was about 5,and my first pet snake was when i was 9.

creepiecrawlie · 03-19-04, 08:16 PM

I have loved repitles my whole life. I got my first one at 5 years old. It was an oketee cornsnake. Before that I always brough spiders, snakes, lizards,frogs, and any herp I could find then my mom got tired of me doing that and to me to get a snake.