What was your first?

Common red eared slider at 9 years old.
Green Iguana after taking a long break from reptiles.
Burmese Juvenile after learning that Iguanas were not my cup of tea.

Mine was a crimson het amel corn snake I later sold. I was 26 at the time but had played with and caught reptiles since I was old enough to walk and be alone outside. He was the first pet snake/reptile of any kind I had. He was also an evil little snot, lol!

My family got a leopard gecko a long time ago, when I think I was three... ? Anyway, I was too afraid of him to have anything to do with him since I didn't know squat about reptiles and nobody cared to teach me. It wasn't until a few years after that poor gecko passed away did I discover... drum-roll... the addiction! ;)
It took me 5 months of constant nagging until I picked up a harlequin wide striped (labeled Normal) ball pythons. Yesterday, I just got my second snake- an Orange Dream Ball Python being sold as a normal at PETCO. In fact, they were on sale for $40! :O
Anyway, now my mom said no more snakes. Being a smart@$$, I said I'll start getting lizards and geckos then. Funny thing is, she didn't argue about that! :)

Ball Python normal i think male "Fredy" 20 year's ago from my very good friend breeder for only $150 (yep 1993)

My first reptile was either a RES turtle or a long tailed grass lizard (can't remember which came first lol)

First snake was a kenyan sand boa.

First:
herp: leopard frog.
Reptile: Red Eared Slider
Snake: anery motley corn
Ball: mojave

As a kid I always caught little fence lizards and geckos and kept them for a bit.

I had a young-smooth soft shelled turtle when I was a boy. It's name was "Ick". Cool turtle!

My first 28.... Lol I was in college and a friend had some boas. He got a job and had to leave state. He sold all but one and had to leave the next day. He asked me if I would keep it until I could find it a good home. It was an 8 foot salmon red tail female. 2 weeks later I found out she was also het for albino. She had 27 babies. 9 albinos, 6 sunglows, and the rest were normal het albinos and hypo het albinos. I only found out what they were when I sent him the pictures. I had no clue. Lol still the best free snake I've ever gotten.

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Originally Posted by pythonminion

Yesterday, I just got my second snake- an Orange Dream Ball Python being sold as a normal at PETCO. In fact, they were on sale for $40!

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Pics or it didn't happen!

Back in the sixties when I was a little boy I was given those little red eared sliders from KMart. From there it was everything I could catch from box turtles to garter snakes and hog nose.

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