Hi Folks,

I got into the hobby of herps back in January 2006 mainly because my 8 year old son has been keeping geckos and tree frogs over the past year and recently this past summer with snakes. I decide to join in along side of him back in January and start my first vivarium of Poison Dart Frogs (PDF's). Since then we have had a GREAT time together building vivs, raising Fruit Flies, studying various reptiles and amphibs, etc... Between us we now have PDF's, Geckos, Tree Frogs, Turtles, Salamanders, & Snakes.

This has been great for me as a dad to be able to build a hobby around something my son enjoys. We've shared some fun times together over this hobby.

Has anyone else had the opportunity to do this with their son or daugther?

I posted this topic on the website called www.Dendroboard.com , which is mainly a PDF site. I got some REALLY great stories about moms/dads sharing the hobby with their kid(s), so I thought I'd post it here as well.

Hope to hear from ya all.