Quote Originally Posted by Daybreaker View Post
Broad question (I apologize if it's been brought up recently):

How do you personally guage someone's or yourself's experience level with keeping or breeding reptiles?

Do you consider someone experienced when they have x amount of animals, x amount of years working with reptiles, the number of different species someone has/are working with, etc etc?
There are many factors I consider but probably one of the most obvious is reproduction. If you're able to raise a young animal to adulthood and then breed it and create more, healthy young then you must be doing something right. Every subsequent generation you breed in captivity would further reinforce your level of experience, with that specific species, in my opinion. This isn't the only thing I consider when gauging experience but it is undoubtedly one of the most telling.

What experience level do you think you're at now and why? Do you feel experienced with a certain species instead of with lots of reptiles? If you're more novice/beginner/likewise what species would you like to work with/breed/own in the future and why?

I know there's so many factors but I'd like to hear input!
I'll consider myself intermediate until I've successfully kept and bred all the species that interest me. So it looks like I'll be intermediate for life!