Re: You know you are a herper when....
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Originally Posted by Smulkin
. . . unexplained noises no longer spook you in the classic sense - they just make you rush to do a headcount of critters to make sure none got out and are slithering around.
If that ain't the truth....ha ha....that happens to me all the time!
You must be a herper when you are more concerned with your snakes' weights then your own.
Re: You know you are a herper when....
...You know the price, place to find and even have a picture of a walmart indoor/outdoor therm.
...Your friends on the ball python forum know more about your love life than your own family.
...Your 9 yo asks for a new BP for Christmas because his is shedding and he can't hold him.
...You are overly nervous about bm's, urates, and substrate
...You ask around for the best breeding database
...You go on your honey moon, and actually post & update the goings on, on the forum and "just have to check in" :)
... the local pet shop guy knows you by name & gets off the phone to give you sad news. He tells you he's sorry but he sold the GTP that you had been drooling over
...You get a sun burn and when the skin starts to peel your son tells you that you are shedding
Re: You know you are a herper when....
you would rather clean cages than do homework.
you buy insulated boxes and don't ship food in them
you get excited about baby roaches (no more crickets!)
you have taken more pictures of herps than anything else
bunnies, rodents...it's all "snake food"
you ask for tools and/or a chest freezer for christmas (build cages, store rats:D)
You know the names of the some of the more spectaluar big breeder snakes (Floyd, Karma, RocoLoco, etc).
Re: You know you are a herper when....
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Originally Posted by ddbjdealer
....when your name is Adam and you receive a phone call during dinner from someone wanting to talk snakes and says "hey, got a second?" and the next thing you know its after midnight. (I'm just guessing on this one)
LOL!
-adam
Re: You know you are a herper when....
your electric bill from all the specialty lighting in your house gets you flagged with the local authorities
-AWESOME!!!!!!
Your parents are totally cool w/ you checkin out balls and racks online.
-My personal favorite
When
--you buy your second herp(Almost always immediately after the purchase of the first)
--You stock up on cages totally in denial..."They'll stay empty"
--You go to work at the reptile store and realize you have a better selection at home.
--You don't see anything wrong w/ keeping a living organism in a cage and giving it a #
--Your ball pythons home size to body mass ratio is larger than yours
--You stay perfectly still when a reptile bites you because his teeth might fall out and give it an infection
Re: You know you are a herper when....
jeez ive been thinking of this one for a while....
-when you have to save every little piece of garbage (old containers, newspapers, wrapping paper,etc) just in case :tp:
- When you have 10x more herps in the house then people (my dream)
Last but not least
- when your mom asks "what do you want for the holidays dear" and you reply " a butter, some platinum, a cinnamon, maybe a lemon" she replies " thank god i dont have to pay a fortune this year"..... hehehehe:twisted: (me)
Re: You know you are a herper when....
--You go to work at the reptile store and realize you have a better selection at home.
hahahaha that's how it was when i was working at my LFS (local fish store) - i had everything we sold at home... man i can relate!
--You say your kids are 1.2
hahahaha that cracks me up!
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i know i'm a herper when the pet store says "oh don't worry aleesha, you'll be in again before christmas" and you leave swearing you won't and, once again, find yourself going in the next day... and the day after that... and realize you are going to have to go back again tomorrow.
Re: You know you are a herper when....
- every pet store in town knows you on a first name basis and your phone number (small town 3 pet stores)
Re: You know you are a herper when....
- your mom lets you stay home to accept the new snake coming at 10!
- you trade homemade Spanish rice for frozen rats *yes, I do*
- your nickname at the petstore is "The Snake Lady"
- you pay more attention to your snakes than your boyfriend but he has given up on whining
- when its normal to have rats floating in the sink
Re: You know you are a herper when....
-When your nickname at work is 'Parselmouth' (from Harry Potter it's someone who can talk to snakes)
They actually write 'Parselmouth' in the appointment book for my slot. :O
