Has anyone been to NERD?

Well, I might be able to take a tour of NERD some time this year, so I was wondering, has anyone on this site taken a tour of NERD? Sounds to me like the best vacation ever. :banana:

Yeah sorry to say but I've been there more times than I can count. I live maybe 30 minutes from there if that.
I actually just got a personal tour this past weekend with a few friends on this forum and got to hold a Killerbee Axanthic spider!!!!!!!!!!! only a couple days old, there were three of them and we each got to hold one. I think I almost fainted.

I would reccomend anyone to go and take a tour it's very fun, you get to see some amazing stuff.
You'll see ball python rooms, retic rooms, lizard rooms, and cool snakes such as cobras, rattlesnakes, and puff adders.

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Originally Posted by tmartin2347

Yeah sorry to say but I've been there more times than I can count. I live maybe 30 minutes from there if that.
I actually just got a personal tour this past weekend with a few friends on this forum and got to hold a Killerbee Axanthic spider!!!!!!!!!!! only a couple days old, there were three of them and we each got to hold one. I think I almost fainted.

I would reccomend anyone to go and take a tour it's very fun, you get to see some amazing stuff.
You'll see ball python rooms, retic rooms, lizard rooms, and cool snakes such as cobras, rattlesnakes, and puff adders.

:gj:

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Thanks for the info, and if I could hold a killerbee axanthic, I WOULD faint. lol

I think holding a baby killerbee axanthic spider was the coolest thing ever, too bad I didn't have a camera. But I have two others on this forum who can swear that we did see them and get to hold them.

The retic room they have is insane, they have some huuuuge retics there and I'm talking huuuge.

I would love to go there sometime myself. There is also a group of ladies that go up there every year and spend a week helping out with the collection and taking pictures galore, and usually bringing one or two home with them. I know that Robin, Emily, Frenchie (Deb) and the crazy woman from Alabama (Christie) go up there every year. There is a link of some pics below.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...highlight=NERD

I would definately have to reccomend everyone to go atleast once. You do truly see some things that you will never see in a zoo, not just snakes.

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Originally Posted by PrototypePythons

I would love to go there sometime myself. There is also a group of ladies that go up there every year and spend a week helping out with the collection and taking pictures galore, and usually bringing one or two home with them. I know that Robin, Emily, Frenchie (Deb) and the crazy woman from Alabama (Christie) go up there every year. There is a link of some pics below.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...highlight=NERD

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Looks like a crap load of fun.

That's so cool!

I have not been to NERD, but I did visit BHB last fall, and it was really cool.

Honestly, the snakes were really cool, and I know I saw way more dollars worth of snakes than I will ever see again...save for another visit....but really, the coolest part of the day for me was just shooting the breeze with Brian.

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Originally Posted by tmartin2347

Yeah sorry to say but I've been there more times than I can count. I live maybe 30 minutes from there if that.
I actually just got a personal tour this past weekend with a few friends on this forum and got to hold a Killerbee Axanthic spider!!!!!!!!!!! only a couple days old, there were three of them and we each got to hold one. I think I almost fainted.

I would reccomend anyone to go and take a tour it's very fun, you get to see some amazing stuff.
You'll see ball python rooms, retic rooms, lizard rooms, and cool snakes such as cobras, rattlesnakes, and puff adders.

:gj:

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the bee was ridiculous and i had to change my pants when i got home, it was a great experience, especially to me being so new to reptiles.

I've been a bunch of times and I highly recommend at least a visit. I'd call and let em know you are coming and maybe you will get into the blood room. That's the only place there I haven't been! LOL
I know Kara has amazing animals and I really want to see them. It's a chance to see some one of a kind animals:)

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Originally Posted by PrototypePythons

I would love to go there sometime myself. There is also a group of ladies that go up there every year and spend a week helping out with the collection and taking pictures galore, and usually bringing one or two home with them. I know that Robin, Emily, Frenchie (Deb) and the crazy woman from Alabama (Christie) go up there every year. There is a link of some pics below.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...highlight=NERD

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I didn't get to go this past May...but I went the year before and stayed several days with Kara and Kevin. Robin and I made the trip that year. It was an amazing experience that I will remember and treasure all my life, even if I never get to go back up there.

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Originally Posted by JLC

I didn't get to go this past May...but I went the year before and stayed several days with Kara and Kevin. Robin and I made the trip that year. It was an amazing experience that I will remember and treasure all my life, even if I never get to go back up there.

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It was amazing both times - I often reflect on both trips and how gracious both Kara and Kevin were to open their home, their hearts and their passion to us. Now I'm wistful for it again!!!:(

I'm just getting more excited about going as this thread goes on! lol

Yes, I went there. Very cool place. Make sure you schedule in advance.
I was on vacation in the area, so thought I would make a pit-stop on the way to my flight. I called the day before and got no answer. I left a message asking if it would be alright if I stopped by for a tour. I never received a call back, so I called the next morning and finally got someone on the phone. They said that it would be fine for me to show up for a tour. I didn't think to get the guys name who answered. I showed up when I said, and everyone there said they had no idea about my visit. They asked who told me, and I told them I didn't catch the guy’s name that I talked to. Then I was told that they would not allow the tour because it was only two people, and there was a minimum of four per tour. I explained that I called and that no one told me about this. I also explained that I went out of my way to travel there. They finally agreed to a thirty minute tour for double the price for both of us. I didn't mind to pay extra, but I was a little upset about the circumstances.
Again, very cool place, just make sure you call them ahead of time to schedule.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

Yes, I went there. Very cool place. Make sure you schedule in advance.
I was on vacation in the area, so thought I would make a pit-stop on the way to my flight. I called the day before and got no answer. I left a message asking if it would be alright if I stopped by for a tour. I never received a call back, so I called the next morning and finally got someone on the phone. They said that it would be fine for me to show up for a tour. I didn't think to get the guys name who answered. I showed up when I said, and everyone there said they had no idea about my visit. They asked who told me, and I told them I didn't catch the guy’s name that I talked to. Then I was told that they would not allow the tour because it was only two people, and there was a minimum of four per tour. I explained that I called and that no one told me about this. I also explained that I went out of my way to travel there. They finally agreed to a thirty minute tour for double the price for both of us. I didn't mind to pay extra, but I was a little upset about the circumstances.
Again, very cool place, just make sure you call them ahead of time to schedule.

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Not to be rude or controversial but it sounds like poor planing... I am sure if you would have called several days in advance then you could have gotten it all squared away.. Just sayin ;)

We were finally able to coordinate a date with Kara and we went on 9/1/08. It was great!!! Amazing stuff!! She even took us out to see her chickens (she rarely does). We spent a while out there talking with the kids running around, the weather was great!! A 1 hour tour turned into 3 hours!! The only thing we didn't get to see was the Blood room, she had just gotten back from a show the day before and everything was thrown in there. She invited us to come back this year in June/July when there's hatching going on!!

It may take a few tried to finally contact her but it's worth it!!!

Oh yeah, LOVE going up to NERD. I was one of the three that went up with Tmartin and Guido :D We had a great time checking out all the cool herps up there. I got to hold "Jewel" Kevins pride and joy albino water monitor baby that he just hatched out! That was way too cool for me and I'm not even a monitor guy.

Also got to see the Enchi, Woma, Pin, Pastel, Spider combo! I saw him (yeah HIM how much does that freakin rock lol) a few months ago right after he hatched and he just gets better and better looking every time I see him. Also got to see the axanthic KILLERbees and Super Pastel Infernos!

We didn't get to see the blood room since Kara had a bunch of snakes that were breeding and she didn't want to disturb them but she did pull out one of her GINORMOUS female black bloods for us to check out and she got a few babies out so my girlfriend could pick out her first snake :D She got a real beauty too.

YouTube - NERD Bootcamp 2008

And some pics http://stewartreptiles.com/Gallery/B...NERD2008_1.htm

But the best part of all is to be around Kara & Kevin who are some of the nicest people I ever met.

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Originally Posted by hoax

Not to be rude or controversial but it sounds like poor planing... I am sure if you would have called several days in advance then you could have gotten it all squared away.. Just sayin ;)

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I agree, it was poorly planned. I did not know if we would have enough time to stop by, but as soon as I found out I called. I would have understood if they would have told me on the phone that they could not give us a tour, but they said that it was fine and even gave me directions from where I would be coming from. We drove an hour out of the way to get there. I was very surprised when we got there and they almost did not even let us take the tour.

I am not trying to badmouth them, but this situation did upset me. I was also pretty embarrassed because my buddy that came with me is not into reptiles, and only agreed to go because he knew that I really wanted too.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

And some pics http://stewartreptiles.com/Gallery/B...NERD2008_1.htm

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That superphantom is HOT!