You know you are a herper when....

You have more crickets in the Lizard room than there are in your back garden and all the local parks!

When you pick up national geograpic to see an article of snakes in stead of maximum magazine (my mom told me that:D )


you speak of your snake as they were humans and then, people ask you: how are your babies?

You also run the all island looking for mice (I have looked like in 8 places some times) and spend like $20 on 6 mices. :confused:

... When one of the main highlights of your enforced 2 week annual separation from your herps (aka "vacation") is the sight of wild geckos running up the walls and ceiling at night.

... when you wonder if your company might be persuaded to give you "maternity leave" when you're settling in a new baby snake :)

i haven't read all of these but i did think of a cute one (sorry if it's a repeat)


... you tell some guy your interested in dating, that you bet your balls are bigger then his (when hes a herper)...

you are buying groceries and notice their sale on rubbermaid containers and say "oh man that would fit a nice corn snake... oh look honey, that would be great for a crested gecko..." (happened tonight)

When you steal large amounts of free newspaper at all mart that says "please only take one per person"

I do this all the time....one time i grabbed actually a pretty small handful of paper and the greeter lady said to me can you please only take one. I quickly turned around to her and said "listen lady, i have alot of snakes who need this newspaper alot more than you do" in a friendly almost sarcastic voice and kept walking, she just had a funny look on her face and didnt say a thing.I see her all the time there and now when i take my handful she doesnt say anything, she just smiles. and pretends not to see me.

Someone posted this in a bulliten on myspace. I thought you would like it.

1.~Ever greeted anyone at the door with a snake wrapped around your shoulders?

2.~Do you keep your snake sheds?

3.~Ever had to tell anyone in the pet store you're NOT buying the cute bunny/rat as a pet, but as snake lunch?

4.~Have a room dedicated entirely to your snakes instead of your computer?

5.~Opted to have less furniture so you can fit in more tanks/cages?

6.~Ever bought a brand new shiny deep freeze SOLELY for frozen prey items?

7.~Refused to scrap the old fridge cause "it'll make a great incubator project!"

8.~understand the true meaning of when someone tells you their balls have mites?

9.~Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night because you had a nightmare that your snakes were stolen?

10.~Ever describe your 16' retic in a foul mood as "nippy"?

11.~Friend's don't come over cause they're afraid your snake/reptiles will leap out of their cages and bite?

12.~find yourself cooing to your pet geckos & telling them how cute they are?

13.~think your pet store turtle is better than your neighbor's $700 AKC registered Tea Cup Poodle?

14.~gotten a second job to make sure you can afford the elecrtic bill ?

15.~or more breeding projects?

16.~Ever been tagged by your snake & called it a "love bite"?


17.~Ever find yourself getting into a heated debate about morph genetics?

18.~Been referred to as "that person who owns all the snakes"?


19.~Know that someday your Beardies WILL speak when they @@@@ their heads & look at you?

20.~spent over a WEEK picking out just the right viv or cages?

I am guilty of 1,2,3,4 (the computer's in here too),5(just did this yesterday!),8,9(did this last night too),10 (my 7' dumerils gets nippy anyway :P), 11,12, AND 18.

There is shed skin all over your house. Either it's bagged or it's in tiny loose pieces scattered everywhere. Doesn't matter that the snakes were no where near that area, it's shed snakeskin.

I'm very guilty of that one, Schlyne. I've got snake skins draped over the side of an empty aquarium to dry, I've got a drawer full of one piecers, and there's hog island boa sheds wrapped around my bedposts, around my curtain rods, and there's an anaconda shed wrapped around my lampshade.