Question for the ladies

C'mon can you say no to this?

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In all seriousness, geckos are small, clean, cute and easy to care for.

Geckos are cool. We started with bps, and have expanded to leos now. I love my balls, they are docile, and a managable size. I wouldn't want a burm for a couple reasons. Allthough they look awesome. Too big of housing requirements, plus I wouldnt want a snake that was a two person job. Now there are a few boas that have caught my eye...:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

I think it's more a case of "like attracts like". Most groups will gravitate towards one type, so when you've got facebook type groups, a few gecko keepers will attract more gecko keepers. Fewer retic keepers will want to join a group that is mostly gecko keepers, while more gecko keepers will join, and you eventually end up with a group that is mostly gecko keepers.

With real life clubs, the same sort of thing happens. A few gecko lovers will encourage others in keeping geckos, and sooner or later the predominant species will be the majority of keepers.

Plus, geckos are cute, easy to house in a small area and relatively easy to care for. Girls don't mind a reptile who is also "cute", while guys tend to prefer a "cool" snake than a cute little gecko. It's hard to maintain your manly exterior when you're holding a tiny gecko.

The guys who keep geckos are unusually adorable though. Gotta love a guy with little lizards.

That didn't come out right.... I'm gonna shut up now.

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I hadn't really thought of it that way. BP.net is a pretty diverse group, but from the responses not many of you ladies keep geckos. Maybe I just need to put a group together for the ladies with snakes AND geckos. :D

I personally hate bugs which is why most of what I have is snakes. There is nothing cute about a dead rodent, but I will admit my cresties are kind of cute. :P

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Originally Posted by RestlessRobie

Hate to say it but only in this forum is it cool to hear the ladies talikng about loving thier balls (it had to be said sorry) :oops:

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My friend (1.0) whose the main person i talk to about herps and such, only does geckos and frogs. He appreciates my snakes equally but isnt obsessed like me lol.

I've had anoles, leopard geckos, golden geckos, and beardies. I also got into corn snakes about the same time I had the lizards. Frankly, feeding, dusting, and keeping crickets was a bigger pain than anything else. The geckos were cute and I loved them but I prefer snakes because of their ease of maintenance and personality. Feeding once every 5 to 7 days also has its benefits. My snakes always fascinate me while the geckos seemed more like work than fun. Had I been able to feed them pellets or mice, they probably would have continued to be fun but the crickets killed it. It's not that I am scared of bugs or don't like them. Just too much work for the payback in my opinion. I still have my beardie (on a pelleted diet) and snakes but those are my true love. They make me smile and now that I have a snake room (YAY!) I go up there to relax.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

Plus, geckos are cute, easy to house in a small area and relatively easy to care for. Girls don't mind a reptile who is also "cute", while guys tend to prefer a "cool" snake than a cute little gecko. It's hard to maintain your manly exterior when you're holding a tiny gecko.

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This ^^

I have bps, boas, cornsnakes, kingsnakes, milksnakes, a blood, a beardie, a crestie and leos (omg...I totally live in a zoo). Admittedly, the boas and the blood were the hubby's idea and the lizards, mine. I wasn't thrilled about the crickets when I got the beardie, but it became a issue of "gotta do what ya gotta do."

I'm a snake gal, all the way :D I did try to venture into geckos, which has landed me with a very adorable (if flighty) pair of cresties that I don't plan to breed. They're nice, and very interesting little critters, but they're just so tiny and breakable looking! I know they make good pets but I handle them so infrequently that I just keep them as future display animals (tub setup is nice for now).

My balls are wicked, pretty good size while still being a one person snake comfortably. Docile, easy to clean up after, infrequent feeding, it just all adds up to awesome animals. Snakes in general just fascinate me and I have a constantly evolving list of all the species (and morphs within them) that I want to keep someday. I do like having one person snakes though, and my collection is pretty limited until I have a permanent living situation and long term job set up. Gotta say some pure SD retics are high on my wish list though, big snake little package :D

I've only ever come across one gecko that I was really close to buying. There are certainly geckos I like, but don't really find worth the effort to keep - I get annoyed with buying crickets for my two tarantulas. Altogether most geckos just aren't that exciting to me.

Here's the garg I was in love with for a little while -

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I would certainly keep a larger snake if I currently had room for one. I really love burms as well, but I'm 5'7, slender, and pretty weak.. I want to know I can handle a snake safely by myself, less because of cautions, and more because of annoyances. I don't want to have to wait for somebody to help me, if I want to take one of my snakes out.

I am now the proud keeper of boas, balls, and a cute little crestie. I WISH I could have a burm or Retic. I really do. I got the balls, and my big female just wasn't big enough. I wanted something I could "cuddle" with. ;) So now I have my two female boas who, I am proud to say, are growing like little weeds. I wanted BIG snakes, and I feel that boas are a size I can handle on my own. I'm 5'7" and of a fairly curvaceous and strong build. I grew up dealing with horses and 150 lb lap dogs. ;) I adore large animals and am completely comfortable with them. The same can't be said for many women. Admittedly, I think my tiny crestie is one of the cutest things on the planet, but I'd pick big snakes over tiny lizards any day. :P

The herpetology club at my University is surprisingly filled with a bunch of male gecko enthusiasts. They looked at me like I was crazy when I started talking about my snakes and how happy I was with my boa girls' feeding responses. :rolleyes:

(Jinx- I love your Crestie. What a cutie!)

I also think Hots are fascinating and love female hot keepers. I wish I had their cajones, but alas, I do not. Lol.

My love is for the snakes, though I adore my adult crestie boy and enjoy having him in my collection. But I can't see myself expanding into more cresites, or other geckos and lizards for that matter because I want to focus on working with other species of snakes and expanding my BP morph collection for future breeding purposes. For the larger snakes, I love my boas and will be the proud owner of a mainland retic tiger girl sometime this year as well :gj: