Would You Consider Yourself Addicted?

Hello, My name is Marc, and I have an addiction. I went from owning 1 ball python to going to a show and coming home with 10 more, nothing special but still a big gap between numbers. I like it because it's like constantly taking on new projects and learning more about BPs on a daily basis.

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Originally Posted by Stalker Jesus

I'm not sure.. I've been into snakes for a bout 5 months now and I've owned 3 ball pythons, 2 red tail, a bearded dragon and a salmontine boa. Am I? O_o

Noob question. What do the numbers mean in a lot of peoples signatures? for example "2.0 Something python"

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If you look in my sig, it says 1.0 yellowbelly, that means I have 1 male yellowbelly. and under that it sayd 4.6 normals. That would mean that I have 4 males and 6 females. If you ever see 0.0.1, that means that the sex of the herp is still unknown.

I seem to have misunderstood, when the OP said addicted, she meant, a good pet owner?

I am not addicted, although I enjoy the hobby very much and care for my pets properly. I think at one time I was excited by the consumeristic side of things as a new purchase always gave me a "high" of sorts, in the same way people buy too many of anything. Now I am very content with the snakes I have and do not feel the need to grow my collection, although I am financially able to do so, and still very much enjoy my pets.

When I think of addicted, I think of the people who are spending their last penny on a reptile, and I think that is just sad. Most of all, it is bad for the reptiles if there is no money available for emergency care.

Hi, my name is Kaylin, and I'm a snakeaholic. ("Hi, Kaylin.") It all started when I was a little girl and my parents got me my first ball python...

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Probably. So I voted yes lol. But I have always been like this with all animals. My dad started taking me to an uncles farm before I could walk. Later on I would always bring home baby rabbits or ducklings from there. Then he started taking me to pet stores almost every weekend. I always had to learn about every animal and hold everything. I only watched cartoons and animal shows growing up. I never had more than 6 reptiles at one time but I decided I wanted to give breeding a try so here I am with 30+ snakes and a beardie :)