My Visit to NERD

Yesterday, I made the 2 hour drive from Southeastern MA up to NH to check out the NERD facility and meet Kara. The facility is massive and impressive, to say the very least and they have such a HUGE variety of animals there.

The ZooCreatures petshop had puppies, kittens, rodentia of all kinds, birds, fish and though they weren't for sale: a pair of audacious Kookaburras and a very smart pig. Kara had the pig do tricks (he can sit and twirl in exchange for treats :) ).

I will say that Kara is such a nice, outgoing person :) She put me right at ease and took 2 hours out of her day to show me around the facility, let me hold and pet a wide variety of reptiles and explain different aspects of reptiles to me. She also showed me the newest addtions to her own family (a pair of very pretty, soft kitties). It was so nice of her to do that for a complete stranger--and I am so grateful :D

I met monitors, different types of iguanas, a very cranky cobra, and a plethera of beautiful Pythons, Ball Pythons and Boas. The morphs they had were amazing! I'm new to BPs and wasn't even aware that there were morphs until I started doing research about owning one a few months ago--so I'm sure if I knew more about the science behind morphs my mind would have been even more blown than it was. In a room with hundreds of beautiful snakes, and so many different types of morphs, it was almost overwhelming!

I wish I lived closer to NH--because I'd be all about getting a summer job working for Kara and Kev :)

I can't really put the trip into words so much--suffice it to say, it was an unforgettable experience and when I'm ready to buy my BP--NERD is definitely who I'll be doing business with. Thank you Kara!

--Kim

Where are the pics? :P

I wish I lived near them. I'd be there all the time.

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Originally Posted by Rapture

Where are the pics? :P

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Heh, no pics :) I don't own a camera. I know you all are photo-fiends here at BP.net and that I've committed a moral sin. ;)

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Glad you enjoyed the trip! You'll have to come back for a day of hands-on husbandry experience when you're ready to get your ball! :carrot: As always, it's so much fun to see other people who really have an appreciation for reptiles. We get so many folks that come in for a tour & just have that "Oh, I wanna see a snake that can eat my dog!" attitude that it's easy to get a little jaded sometimes. :rolleye2:

Besides, you got the Bulldozer & Tonka uber-dino-doggy-scratches seal of approval!

http://newenglandreptile.com/ig/ig4.jpg

K~

Color me jealous!!! I so want to make that trip! Thanks for reporting back! Kara is one cool chica!! :D

I want to go too! I think i'm going to send you a camera just so i can see their place. haha.

i didn't realize kara is NERD.

;) cute puppy BTW

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Originally Posted by KLG

Besides, you got the Bulldozer & Tonka uber-dino-doggy-scratches seal of approval!

http://newenglandreptile.com/ig/ig4.jpg

K~

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Out of all the boys and girls I met on my tour around with you, Kara. He was probably at the top of my fav's list--such a cutie! And you'd better believe I'll come up to NERD get my hands dirty some day soon :) Bring it awn! ;)

--Kim

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i didn't realize kara is NERD.

;) cute puppy BTW

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Kara's the BETTER half of NERD! :D