A thread to just drop into with some news or photos or whatever !!

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Hey, Neal- it HAS been AGES! You still keeping snakes? or just birds now?

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Not sure why my email didn't give me a reply. I don't keep any snakes, my last 3 were my cobras and I no longer have them. Just decided I didn't want to keep venomous anymore and then not being able to interact with them without putting myself at risk just made me rethink life decisions. That's how I ended up with my two birds.

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Hey !!!


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Oh man, nice to see one of the people from when I was still relatively new too. lol

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Originally Posted by Neal

Not sure why my email didn't give me a reply. I don't keep any snakes, my last 3 were my cobras and I no longer have them. Just decided I didn't want to keep venomous anymore and then not being able to interact with them without putting myself at risk just made me rethink life decisions. That's how I ended up with my two birds.

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Wow, that's a big change, but birds are fascinating too. I spent 20 years safely keeping hots (in addition to many harmless snakes before & after) & I was always trying to get that across to people who thought they wanted to keep hots- that it's more interesting (not to mention a lot less stressful) to have pets you can handle safely. Not just for routine things but it's even worse if they need medical attention. I'm down to just a few snakes now (harmless & all up in years), after keeping so many for decades. I finally quit breeding my own rodents too, & I sure don't miss that!

Life situations & interests evolve, eh? :cool: As a young adult, I always wanted a horse, until I took serious lessons for a while & realized how big of a commitment they are. I'm a dog lover too- I'm on my 10th dog now, & while they've always been rescues (adult dogs from shelters), over the years they've also been gradually downsized for practicality from large ones (Dobermans+) to the smallest one yet: I'm currently owned by a Chihuahua. :D She's a fantastic & funny companion- who knew? Animals are great fun, whichever ones we can best relate to & provide for.

In random news I took my gf to 14 antique stores in Maine last Sunday. We left my house at 6am, and got back at 6:30pm.
I didn't take very many photos because I was exhausted from the driving...

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I added 3 items to my antique collection, and my gf added 9 to her vintage glass (lol).

I also went to a greenhouse today in New Hampshire, and spotted a hitchhiker...
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Yeah .. we have a granddaughter


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Wow it’s so quiet in here

So very sad


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Originally Posted by MichPlat

Wow it’s so quiet in here

So very sad

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I think a lot of people just like to watch...
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I was at a festival a week ago and it was the most depressed group of thousands I had ever seen...
So quiet, and only the kids were having fun.
People started cheering mildly for the fireworks, but very unenthused overall...
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These are now €40 each for juveniles
Pre COVID 19 they were €12 for adults !!


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Originally Posted by MichPlat

These are now €40 each for juveniles
Pre COVID 19 they were €12 for adults !!

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I used to be able to buy Eastern Tiger Salamanders for like $20 a few years ago and their larval form 'water dogs' for the same price.

I can't remember the last time I've seen those for sale in a pet store in my area after Petco and Petsmart crushed all the small pet businesses...

I still see them for sale at reptile expos though. I think someone told me they use them as fishing bait in the southern US states. I disagree with that practice...

Also, I saw this product in the store the other day.
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I know it supposed to be 'cute', but I find their mascot disturbing on so many levels...:D