Hey newbies!

Pop in and say hi! Introduce yourself and your wee beasties!

We need some action around this place.....it's been a bit slow!

Sass

My name is DOn, I'm single, I'm 15 I live in Pittsburgh, PA. I Like long walks under the moonlight, romantic dinners, and havin aittle fun;) OOPS wrong site:)

I own 1.1 ball pythons (rocky, juliet), 0.1 boa constricotrs (athena), 1.0 burmese python (zeus)

i will be breeding my ball pythons in 2 years......then hopefully BCI morphs and blood pythons as well

I love talkin to reptile loves so message me!!!
AIM: snakemann87
MSN: snakemann87@hotmail.com
Y!: steelermann87

My name is Peter. I own 1.2 ball pythons. The female are unnamed so far. I have a pair of anoles, and I'll be picking up about 3 or 4 more. I might be breeding ball pythons the season after next. So thats like 16 months away. I was thinking of getting a pair of leopard geckos, but that is still in the thought process.
I've had leopard geckos, tokay geckos, chinese water dragons, ball pythons, corn snakes, anoles, and garter snakes. I know I left something out....

I am Kyle.
I currently own a ball python, a boa constrictor, a pair of yellowfoot tortoises, a savannah monitor lizard, an african clawed frog, a sri lankan ornametal tarantula, a chinese praying mantis, 2 african flower mantids, a flemish giant rabbit, a labrador retriever, 3 cats, and 16 hermit crabs.

:D

~Kyle

Naära, 25 years old (almost 26 :( ), married with David for 3 years, no kids yet. I'm a customs officer and David is in the I.T.
I have been in love with reptiles for about 20 years, busy with reptiles for 10 years (mostly in school) and owner of reptiles for almost 3 years (my parents didn't allow me to have reptiles so I had to wait till I got out of the house).
At this time I own:
1.1 Python regius (Monty Python & Cheetah)
1.1 Gerrhosaurus major (Falkor & Gizmo)
0.0.3 Cordylus tropidosternum (Rocco, Senna & Zoë)

1.0 Parakeet (Goofy)
0.1 Rabbit (Lucky)
Feeder-mice
Lots of fish

Randy, 31, married, 1.3 kids, 3.4 ball pythons, 0.1 BCI, 0.1 shih tzu, 3.4.21 breeder rats, 0.0.1 Pterinoculis murinus (Usumbara Sunburst Baboon Tarantula), 9 crickets. That's it for now. I am hoping to have a clutch of BP eggs in the next few months. I have caught my adult pair doing the deed!
I can be found on numerous forum sites as RPlank, and am happy to find another to exchange ideas and info!
Randy

Randy, it is great to have you here! You're the type of member we are looking for! Welcome to the site, enjoy all we have to offer. Feel free to come to me or Jeanne for any technical trouble. And right now we're looking for advice to improve the site, so any tips would be lovely! Welcome.

Hey folks...just joined a few days ago & wanted to stop in and say hi. My name is Kara, I'm 27, heavily involved, and a full-time herpetoculturist. My private collection consists of:

(sorry...I'm not listing sexes on everyone)
21 Ball pythons (Spider, het pieds, ghosts, het ghosts & normals)
12 Red blood pythons (Het albino, Strawberry Blonde, various abberant animals & normals)
1 yellow striped Sumatran blood python
13 Borneo short-tailed pythons (abberant & normals)
2 Sarawak short-tailed pythons
2 Sumatran short-tailed pythons
1 Granite-backed reticulated python
1 black-headed python
2 Cape York Spotted pythons
3 Large-blotched pythons
1 Moluccan scrub python
1 Granite het-albino Burmese python
1 Surinam red-tailed boa
1 Guyana red-tailed boa
2 Bolivian boas
4 Cayos Cochinos boas
2 high pink Colombian boas
2 Gray-banded kingsnakes
6 black milksnakes
1 Andean milksnake
6 Trans-Pecos ratsnakes (Blondes, het blondes, Axanthics & double hets)
2 Tarahumara mountain kingsnakes

I think that's everyone...although I probably missed 1 or 2. :)

Anyway, love talking herps with others who love them & look forward to participating on this site!

K

Im going to go out on a big limb here....you're from NERD. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Wow...that didn't take long. That's correct...my other half & I operate NERD. I also maintain a separate collection of animals outside of what we do at our facility.

K

I knew it, hehe. Great to have you on the site! I noticed your collection, your state, and boadiva I remembered. I figured it had to of been you. Great to have an expert among us, I never thought it would go much further then hobbyists. We're a small site now, just started not too long ago, but growing good. If you've looked at the caresheets, much of them are linked to your own. I figured why write one, when there are good ones out there. Im quite excited to have you on the site, hehe. Welcome!

Thanks!!! It's nice to be here. Have you linked to the updated care sheets on our website? I'd recommend double-checking them at least once a month or so, as I'm constantly adding & upgrading info as we refine husbandry practices for these awesome animals.

K

Thanks for the warning!

:D Hi my name is Marsha 34, Katy Texas. I am a reptile freak and have started my own little reptile rescue.

My critters
10 bearded dragons (Falcor, Venus, GiGi, Dundee, Fred, Wilma, Safra, B. Daddy, Asura and Sequioa)
2 Ball Pythons (squeezer and pryditor)
1 Scorpion (sting)
6 Boxers (Aussy, Kovan, Kynan, Onyx, Zora and Brazen).

Resuces
Whites Tree Frog (Kerbit)
Water Dragon (OZ)
2 Red Eared Sliders (Crush and Squirt)
1 Leopard Gecko (Spec)

I really want a piebald python a frilled dragon a uromastyx and I'm sure there is something I missed. I just cant stop....

Kara and Marsha,
Great to gave you both here with us!
Kara, we look forward to your insightful, educated, and perspicacious (www.dictionary.com) posts! It's good to have your experience here!

Marsha, welcome. Its always good to find someone who shares our obsession! :D Please, flood the forums with questions, comments, and observations!

I look forward to hearing more from you both!

Hi to ALL!

I am Jeanne. I have 2 ball pythons and a newly acquired savanna monitor who is sick, his treatment where I work was aweful and I brought him home to try and save him cause my manager just wanted to leave him to die. I said "NOT". Talk to you all later.

Jeanne

:D Well, let me introduce myself,
My name is John and I am a 36 year old single male living in Los Angeles California.My main hobby for years has been invertebrate animals such as tarantulas,scorpions and centipedes.I am very experienced and seasoned in their husbandry.I have downsized my invert collection to just four prime specimens ( I once had upwards of 150 tarantulas!!! :shock:) as I felt that with me living in a small apartment out here that it was simply too much to handle.However I do have room for and have developed a strong interest in herpetology and I currently have two Ball Pythons, a subadult (24inch) female called Trinity and a subadult (20inch) male called Cypher.I will be concentrating my resources and finances on optimizing their conditions and husbandry and I hope to possibly breed them perhaps in a couple of years.

As for my other animals I have 4 tarantulas, a Tokay Gecko, a Pac-man frog,2 parakeets, a collection of Carnivorous plants, and an aquarium that is basically just my little toy....

I truly look forward to getting to know all of you and making friends.I would greatly appreciate any input you all might have as far as my snake husbandry goes since I am truly full of embarrassing "Newbie" questions...so I hope to hear from all of you soon...

EyeLashViper

:cry: I fill so lame just having one Bp...O well not like I dont want more just you know the parents ....But this week I'm either getting a sexy female bp for my bp lol...or 2 Lep geckos..... Nerds site hmmm I havent been their for a while gotta check it out www.nerd.com? sorry I forgot it I'll try that though.. hmm well I'm 15 today meaning today is my b-day.. Hobbies snakes,xbox,and of course girls......you can im me at smurfdrugs or addicted2herps

Viper, while some may pass them off as stupid newbiew questions, we won't. We see them as you trying to learn how to better care for your animals through asking questions, which is a good thing. I've had two tokay geckos, definitely interesting to keep, to say the least :)

Addicted, www.newenglandreptile.com

were the tokay aggressive at all? Most hard but some can be tamed down

Yes, very mean. I had a 14.5 inch male, he was so damn mean. All tokays are like that unless you're miltant bout taming them.

Just noticed this old post and figured I should at least introduce my self. Name is Carl, 42, Divorced (2X), 3.2 kid's, age's 23, 21, 20, 18, 11, 0.0.1 BP, 1.2 Chihuahua's, 0.3 Cat's, 2.0 Rat's, 1.0 Guinea Pig, 1.4 feeder mice. I have owned so many critters in my time (including a Bob Cat & Spider Monkey and countless herp's) that there is probably not enough room to put it all here. But, we when I lived in Florida, people use to know us as "The Phillips Phunny Pharm" Elementary School's use to come to our 600 acre farm for field trips. Since I have moved to Illinois I have had to tame down what animal's I keep. I enjoy this site very much and plan on being around for a long time.

Hmm... I never replied to this one, so I guess I should chime in and let my intro be along with everyone else's.

Rick, officially 44 years old today. Happily married for coming up on 24 years to my wonderful Nancy. 1.1 kids (Joe and AJ, 19 and 21 respectively), 3.1 dogs, (Goober, Caleb, Jester, and Nickie), 1.2 cats (Bubba, Orion, and Captain Spiffy the Wonder Cat. It's a wonder she has enough brain power to remember to breathe), 0.0.1 Brown Throat Conure (my wife's... Cipollini), 0.0.1 Bearded Dragon (my wife's... Kilroy), 1.0 Ball Pythons (Phil), 0.0.2 Anoles (no names), some fish, and heaven only knows how many Mediterranean House Geckos that call our place their home.

No arachnid pets. I still haven't quite got my arachnaphobia under control enough to consider trying to take care of a tarantula. It's getting better. I can walk into a pet shop and look at the arachnids without experiencing the involuntary shiver up the spine I used to get, but I still can't watch movies like "Something Wicked This Way Comes" or even something as dopey as "Eight Legged Freaks" without getting the heebie jeebies when the spiders come on screen.

I may be adding to this list after we go to the Reptile show up in Phoenix in a couple of weeks. I wouldn't mind finding a nice little female BP to raise up and maybe try breeding to Phil when they're ready. Hmm... if I do find a little female, I think I'll have to name her "Dixie".

Hi guys,
Well I figured I might as well say hi, since I'm always lurking.
My name is Rusty Gilman (yes I'm a chick) I married my best friend of 10 yrs, on 10-05-03 so I'm a newlywed, he (we) have a 4 year old son who lives fulltime with us.
We together are the owners and operators of Rusty's Dragons which is a rescue, rehabilitation and educational program of all reptiles, amphibians and arachnids. So we are kept pretty busy.
Right now in house we have:

Varanids:
0.1.0 Nile Monitor
0.1.0 Argus Monitor
0.0.1 Asian Water Monitor

Misc. Lizards:
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Velvet Gecko

Colubreds:
0.1.0 Taiwan Beauty
0.0.1 Albino Gopher X Corn Snake
0.0.1 Albino Corn snake
0.0.1 Corn Snake
0.0.1 Trans Peco Rat snake
0.0.1 Spectacled Rat snake

Boids:
0.1.0 Macklottes Python
0.1.0 Indian Python
0.1.0 Diamond Carpet Python
0.0.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
0.0.2 Central Carpet Pythons
1.3.0 Ball Pythons
1.1.0 Burmese Pythons

Chileans:
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider
1.0.0 Russian Tortoise

Amphibians:
1.0.0 Argentina Horned Toad

Arachnids:
0.1.0 Desert Hairy Scorpion
0.0.1 African Flat Rock Scorpion
2.2.0 Chilean Rose tarantulas
0.1.0 Rio Grand Gold Tarantula
0.0.1 Goliath Bird eater Tarantula
0.1.0 Blue Bottle Green Tarantula
0.2.0 Mexican red Knee tarantula
0.1.0 Sri Lanken Ornamental Tarantula
0.1.0 Indian Ornamental Tarantula
0.1.0 White Striped leg Tarantula
0.0.1 Mexican Red rump tarantula
0.1.0 Curly Hair Tarantula
0.0.2 Mystery Tarantulas

Misc. Insects:
0.0.1 Vinagaroon
0.0.1 African Giant Millipede

this list tends to change alot, so I can never really keep on top of it.
But I love to talk herps and arachnids
so please feel free to email me, or im me
YM: rustysreptiles
thanks all,
Hope to chat soon and meet new people.
Rusty

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK:)

Rusty

BallBoutique, we don't have them on top because it pushes all the content downwards, and it looks kinda of ugly in my opinion. I wasn't sure if I even wanted adds but I placed them on the bottom just in case. Right now we have only 3 banners up in the rotator, so the current banners get a lot of time up there. They do get a lot of hits as well. I'm deleting one banner so it'll only be two running, would you like to work a banner swap?

Hello everybody :P
Jesús joined a few weeks ago, but i haven't present myself yet. I'm from Puerto Rico, but I'm wright now living in Sacramento CA studying Vet. Tech planing to become later a complete Veterinary Doctor.I have one female bp two bearded dragons both male, one Cockatiel Apparently female, but not shure and one Cocker Spaniel female. And dreaming to have a GTP.

Hey there people. Just thought that I would stop and say hey to everyone. I just recently got a BP right before thanksgiving. This is my first BP, I have one other snake an Albino Corn Snake (junior). My BP (Zeus) is in his shed cycle right now, and I hopeing that everything is going to turn out good without me helping him. But anyways I just thought that I would introduce myself. I will get some pics of my snkes up ASAP.

Welcome to the site Wolfman.

Hello everyone. I intro'd my self Saturday night, but figured I'd do it in here as well.

I'm Chris, 22 year old, single male.. tho i have a very adorable new BP who's flirtin with me :) j/k.... I'm the asst. manager of the recieving department for my local Lowe's store, and I'm incharge of the truck unloading team, so I work at night which puts me on a nocturnal schedule like my python so we'll hopefully get to see alot of each other.

I served 2 years in the USCG before recieving an honorable discharge, after which I furthered my education as a auto/diesel techinician at Universal Technical Institute out in Phoenix, where I graduated with 11 ASE's and 2 Associate degrees. However because my tool box was stolen I work for Lowe's while I rebuild my $35,000 dollar investment.

Like I said before, I'm new to BP's (and reptiles in general) so forgive me if I ask "stupid" or "newbie" questions :)

-Chris

No such thing as a stupid question here. We like to answer! :D

Tool thieves are lower than what's left of the rats after our snakes finish with them. It's bad enough to steal something valuable from someone, but when you steal someone's tools, you could very well be stealing their ability to make a living.

Welcome. I've found this to be a very friendly and helpful group, and I hope you will too!