I almost forgot to introduce myself!

[ChelseaV]

Hi all!

I joined this forum recently and have made a couple posts and commented on a few and almost forgot to introduce myself!

My name is Chelsea, I'm 23 and I'm from the Tampa bay area in Florida. Growing up as a kid I've owned everr little critter under the sun. I had a nice tree frog collection (even started a frog club with other kids my age) , I've bred and showed gerbils (yes, that's thing!) Also owned and bred mice for a short period of time, along with owning countless different fish, several finches, dwarf hamsters, cats, dogs, the sweestest ferret, a green iguana and a couple ball pythons.
Growing up with parents who weren't too fond of any animals, you can imagine how crazy I drove them

After several hard years of struggling on my own, I've gotten to a nice, stable point in my life where I am able to own my favorite pets again and be able to provide the best life possible for each of them. As of right now I only have 1 ball python, whom I recently got along with my dog, Jay, who I've had for the last 5 years. I absolutely love reptiles, all of them, no matter the size or species. I'm currently majoring in environmental science in the hopes that someday I'll be able to help in conserving the habitat for Florida's native species and if I'm able to, I'd love to be able to start a small wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, down the road of course.
Another thing I've always loved is genetics. When I was l and bred gerbils, I loved working out the genetics and being able to determine what a pair would bring me and then having the joy and seeing the little ones born and seeing that I was right about my predictions. Not to mention, I adore raising my babies from birth
In the next couple of years I plan on having a small scale, hobby breeding program with ball pythons.

Until then, I will be lurking this board, trying to absorb as much information as possible so i can give my snakes the best lives possible! So, I look forward to chatting with many of you in the future! And Sorry for the long rambling post