When did you start the whole snake game ?

[cmack91]

I said "When I move out im gonna have a whole snake room, you know that right?"

haha, i said that to my mom too, and her response was "well your gonna have to come here to visit then cause i wont be coming over" lol, she looked even more terrified when i told her about wanting venomous snakes, i wish i couldve got it on camera

[benwallage9]

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Im only 20 now, still got lots to learn. I guess I have from now until I have a stable career and im out of school to learn about breeding bps, hopefully I'll know everything there is to know by then ^^ Thanks for sharing guys, more responses are welcome too!

I'm only 22 still in school and I work at a moving theater (not a very stable career lol) As long as you find cheap feeders and can afford the food have the time and space you can expand and breed lol

[MidSouthMorphs]

haha, i said that to my mom too, and her response was "well your gonna have to come here to visit then cause i wont be coming over" lol, she looked even more terrified when i told her about wanting venomous snakes, i wish i couldve got it on camera

Just don't rush into Venomous, it could be your life. I have owned venomous for 6 years now.

But I have been finding and keeping all sorts of animals since I was a little kid. First animals I ever caught were Frogs and Salamanders. I caught my first snake when I was 10 and it was a Rough Green Snake. I was lucky that my mom complied with it, and supported the idea that I wanted to work with Reptiles.

I got my first Ball Python back in 1999, and that is when the addiction started. Before I went into the Marine Corps in 2007 I had a pretty large collection and had been breeding mainly Albino and Pastel stuff. But over the years I have kept alot of different species of Spiders, Scorpions, Tarantulas, Snakes(Venomous and Non), Lizards, Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders.

[Crazy4Herps]

I've always had a huge fascination with reptiles (it started with a dinosaurs as a 4-year-old). I got my first snake when I was 12.

[cmack91]

Just don't rush into Venomous, it could be your life.

i definitly wont, i dont feel ready yet, and im gonna make sure i have AT LEAST a couple solid years in with some very aggressive snakes, that way i'll already know how to deal with a "b****"

[mcastro]

well i'm 32 now my first bp I got when i was around 12 years old.. I just picked up a new baby last month I was out of the hobby for years but my 2 daughters love herps of all kind so I decided why not pick a baby bp from the reptile show.. I can't believe how fast I fell back in love with these animals and this hobby I'm already planning my list for the next expo coming up next month..

[bigmike]

I had to wait to really own a snake when I left my mom's house and got out of the military dorms. I had a few snakes that my mom never knew about that I caught in south Texas I had Texas ratsnake and a Texas Indigo. She also surprising caught me a pair Texas swifts and those things were some fun pets. It wasn't until I moved out and got married when I broke the news to my wife I was getting a snake she argued at first but eventually gave in. Since then it's been a fun ride.

[MidSouthMorphs]

i definitly wont, i dont feel ready yet, and im gonna make sure i have AT LEAST a couple solid years in with some very aggressive snakes, that way i'll already know how to deal with a "b****"

Lol, a coachwhip is a good choice. Alot of poeple use them as a "lesson" snake.

[Jay_Bunny]

I first got into reptiles when I was about 9 or 10. My stepfather got a ball python and a boa. When we had to move, he had to re-home them, but when I was 18, I got my first reptile of my own, green anoles. I didn't know how to take care of them very well and within a few months, they were both dead. At 19 (2006) I got a leopard gecko and then later that year I got my first snake, a snow corn female. Thus began my journey into the world of keeping and breeding snakes. In the summer of 2007 I got my first pair of ball pythons, a normal female and a het pied normal male. It has grown from there. I now own 16 ball pythons, 7 corn snakes, a king snake, a boa, and a leopard gecko. I've been breeding since 2008.

[pbjtime8908]

ive always wanted a snake but my dad is super afraid of them so he didnt let me have one. i got a few little green lizards at about 13-14 but they all died pretty quickly. i got my first snake in may of this year, a male normal bp who i now think is a female but i cant tell for sure lol. now ive got 4 bps in my closet, one coming in today and 2 coming in tmrw. getting at least one more on each of the 7th and 13th of next month at shows so this hobby definitely blew up real quick for me and im super addicted to it. im also looking into getting a RTB since i got to hold one for the first time yesterday and he was so.....awesome.....i decided i wanted one lol.