Our Trip to NERD 9-1-08 DUW!!!!!!!!!

It took over a year to finally coordinate a date to get up to NERD and get the upstairs tour. It was worth the wait!!!

After two and a half hours of "Are we there yet?" from our kids we finally arrived!
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We walked around the store for a few minutes waiting for Kara. Lots of great stuff to look at! Sorry, didn't take any pics.

First she brought us into the rodent room. There must have been thousands of them! Of course, our 6 year old daughter wanted to hold
some but Kara told her she had to wait until AFTER we held snakes, so they wouldn't think we were food. Again, no pics.

In the first reptile room we were greeted by an alligator!
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Gila Monster
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I'll apologize for not knowing most of the morphs, please fill in the blanks.
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We didn't get to see the Blood room. She had just gotten back from Daytona and everything was shoved in there. Next time!

She left us with the BP's and came back with 2 pre-killed mice to feed the Kookaburra's. They were awesome!
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One drawer she opened had a Cobra in it!! Which our daughter insisted in getting a close up look. We had to push her back a few times (no fear).
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Here's the BP room.
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My fave!!
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Ivory
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Blue Eyed Lucy!!
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This is a snake she was calling "Something" (not sure if that's the right name). But as we were holding it she changed it to "Divot"
because he has a big divot in the side of his face. A bit hard to see in the pic.
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At NERD they have 3 of the 4 known albino Water Monitors.
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This one is very tame.
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My daughter petting the Water Monitor. Did I mention she has no fear?
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Rhino/Blue Iguana cross in shed.
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Rattle snakes in the office.
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Kevin's new peacock.
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Kara's chickens in the back. Not the best pic of her, sorry. She collected some eggs and gave them to us!
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Red Tegu eating and egg she dropped.
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Wally!! We actually didn't see him while we were there. After we left and ate lunch ("Booger Thing") we went back to get a few shots
of the building, and I found Wally out basking.
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The tour was supposed to take about an hour. Even though she had hours of work cleaning up the Blood room she spent 2.5 hours
with us, even showing us the chickens (we must have spent over a half hour out there) that she rarely shows people. She invited
us to come back next June/July when the eggs are hatching.

WE'LL BE BACK!!!!!

Looks like a BOATLOAD of fun! Id totally kill to pet a monitor :D theyre just so cute and... huggable. ( even though im sure they very much arent! LOL)

Great pictures! i really need to take a drive one of these days and check these guys out:gj:

That looks like a BLAST!!!

Great pics!

I gotta go there again to see the new Golden Child spinoffs :cool:

hey Mooing.....if you decide to go let me know and I'll meet ya there! double yer fun :rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by fishmommy

I gotta go there again to see the new Golden Child spinoffs :cool:

hey Mooing.....if you decide to go let me know and I'll meet ya there! double yer fun :rolleye2:

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Totally! Im game!:gj::D its quite a few hours away from me, so it would have to be one of those day trips!

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I gotta go there again to see the new Golden Child spinoffs :cool:

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I didn't post those pics!

it looks AMAZING! great pics :)

great pics. thanks for sharing those :gj:

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Originally Posted by mooingtricycle

Looks like a BOATLOAD of fun! Id totally kill to pet a monitor :D theyre just so cute and... huggable. ( even though im sure they very much arent! LOL)

Great pictures! i really need to take a drive one of these days and check these guys out:gj:

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i go up there about once a month or so - we should team up lol

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Originally Posted by Morphie

i go up there about once a month or so - we should team up lol

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Could make it a group thing!! and then LUNCH afterwards too! LOL anyone else? :D:rofl:

I'm game :)

ultimately it will depend on Kara's schedule....but set it up and they will come!

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Originally Posted by mooingtricycle

Could make it a group thing!! and then LUNCH afterwards too! LOL anyone else? :D:rofl:

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It's a 2.5 hour ride for us. Once a year will be good for us. Unless there was a group tour!

Oooh, fantastic pics and it looks like you had a great time!! Whoever took the pic of the blue eyed leucy did a great job. It's a really clear picture!!

I would SOOO love to go, but it's a rather long drive for me...XD

I'm glad you had such a great time, and thanks for sharing it with us!

We did the tour in July - it was awesome........

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it's about a 2 hour drive for me each way
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Hey I'm game to get together with a group of people from here! I'm only about 45 minutes away from there. I know Kara and she always drags me upstairs (kicking and screaming of course lol :weirdface) to show me the new ball python morphs that they've been working on. I'm sure we could work something out with her she just looooves showing off her snakes :D

I would love to go up there one day. Its not too bad of a drive for me and I'm sure its worth it.

Great pictures and it sounds like you had a blast. :D:D

Awesome pics! I'm jealous that some of you live close enough to NERD to visit. I still gotta make a trip to BHB

What great hospitality. Man I am so jealous of you lucky ducks... One day I have to take a ride up there. Its like the heaven of bps!!!!

looks like alot to see ! alot of fun i bet ! thanks 4 sharing the pics !

Congrats on the trip. Poor Wally is going to have to start wearing a pink bow or something, so everyone remembers she's a she. :giggle:

I love the peacock, he's new! Any plans for adding a little peahen harem? :yes: :please: (I like to live vicariously through my friends!)

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looks like alot to see ! alot of fun i bet ! thanks 4 sharing the pics !

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That was only maybe half of it! I didn't take enough pics. We didn't get to see the Blood room because she had just gotten home from Daytona and everything was packed into there.

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Congrats on the trip. Poor Wally is going to have to start wearing a pink bow or something, so everyone remembers she's a she. :giggle:

I love the peacock, he's new!

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It took me a while to get it through my head!

I think the peacock has only been there a week.

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It took me a while to get it through my head!

I think the peacock has only been there a week.

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If they want another one, My vet breeds em :D

Looks like a wonderful time! I love seeing all their animals - and Kara is an awesome hostess!

The peacock IS new! I love him!

I'll go. i've gone a couple of times and would love to go in a group. i love seeing the crazy morphs they come up with there.

Excellent stuff! Looks like you had a blast... I LOVE the one of your daughter and the water monitor! :)

What wonderful pictures! It's so great to see such a variety of creatures all in glowing good health. I can't wait for the day I can finally get to visit with Kara and Kevin and see their amazing facility (and snarf down on Kara's amazing cooking if we're lucky LOL).

Ohh my god !!!! :bow:

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Originally Posted by Laooda

Excellent stuff! Looks like you had a blast... I LOVE the one of your daughter and the water monitor! :)

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We had a great time!

I call the picture the "money shot" because it's so unusual. How many pictures have you seen of a 6 year old girl petting a 8 foot Water Monitor??

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

What wonderful pictures! It's so great to see such a variety of creatures all in glowing good health. I can't wait for the day I can finally get to visit with Kara and Kevin and see their amazing facility (and snarf down on Kara's amazing cooking if we're lucky LOL).

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Thanks! You haven't been there???!!!

Anything that isn't microwaved is amazing to me!!!!;)

Gre pics, thanks for sharing. Kara always has a smile on her face:) and is good peeps;)