How did your collection start?

[Evenstar]

I've kept a variety of reptiles since I was a kid and don't remember what I got first or really why I loved them, so I consider my re-entry into the reptile world a few years ago as my "start". I got my female BP, Ella, from a reptile rescue almost 4 years ago because I just wanted one for a pet (had happy memories of my snakes and lizards as a kid, lol)....

A year later, my hubby having fallen head over heals for Ella, I decided I wanted a larger snake so I went to a reptile expo with no firm plans on what to get and came home with my female Colombian hypo boa, Peaches.

That fall (about 5 months later), I decided I reeeally wanted a GTP and after having a super conversation with a terrific breeder in Atlanta, I purchased Hunter. He was the first reptile I've had shipped.

About 9 months after Peaches, I found a perfect future mate for her from the same breeder I got her from and brought home Jasper, another Colombian hypo boa.

2 months after that, again from the same breeder (he knows "Sucker" when he sees one, lol....), I found a gorgeous Argentine boa male I just had to have and Mojo came home with us.

Then I found Humphrey (again at our local rept expo - maybe I should stop going there....), a gorgeous male Leachianus Gecko, and decided to take the plunge into geckos much sooner than anticipated. But sometimes you have to accept those opportunities when they present themselves.

So now that I've discovered the amazing world of geckos, and now that my hubby has claimed Humphrey as his own, I have 2 Crested Geckos awaiting shippment to me in the fall when the weather cools... Thus begins the addiction....

[BallsUnlimited]

normals,cinnys,pastels,mojaves,pinstripe,albinos,albino pastel,spider,pieds\het pied\doublehetalbinopied,bumblebee,lemonblast,killerbee,bumblebeemojo pretty sure thats about correct on purchasing snakes

[jess6905]

My first was a sunglow corn snake. Then I rescued a leopard gecko about 3 years later followed by a few more when we moved into this house. Our friend stayed with us for a while and picked up a female normal who my husband admitted he didn't mind the look of. Went to a reptile show where both my 18 month old(at the time) picked a het albino, and I picked a normal back in September. Both are female. My husbands friend then asked if I could house his 2 RTBs till he can find himself a home where he could have them. In February I had my first snake shipped to me. A 2011 male het albino. April I picked up a 2011 male yellow belly. In May we went to a show where I picked up a 2010 female pastel and a 2011 male het pied. My husband then Decided he really liked a 2009 male pastel who ended up coming home with us. Last Friday I picked up a 2010 female het albino. Now I'm cutting myself off until my rat population catches up, and I try my first year of breeding.

[jbean7916]

Lets see here:
Normal male, pastel female, mojo male, a normal female and male spider same day, female mojo, male pied and female lesser (who died for no apparent reason) same day, then a het pied and male spider same day.

Now I have 9 babies that just emerged from their eggs!!

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[abrunsen]

Started with my female normal from Petco. Then I got a crestie. After that I got a jungle carpet python which I sold because it refused to eat very often. I then got a red tail boa, which i love and is my favorite snake by far, and just recently I got my very first T. A. Avicularia

[Bushido]

I only have one baby ball python right now. That will change tomorrow morning when my Brazilian rainbow boa arrives.

Always wanted a snake, went into Petsmart one day, saw a Ball Python, bought it spontaneously...

And there you have it.

[Andybill]

My first snake was my Hog Island boa and he still remains my favorite but after that I picked up a pair of pastel ball pythons then a het pied girl followed by 9 others over just a couple of months and now I am going to be getting an Enchi in a week or so and I am SUPER stoked about her!

[DooLittle]

It started with a corn snake, then my daughter drug me down the dark trail of bp addiction..... Spent her own money to get a normal bp (she was 7 at the time). Weeelll, fell in love. Then came a pastel, then a bumblebee, then another pastel, then a mojave, then a butter to make bels's. Then started the boa addiction.....

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[prettyballsy]

I just signed up for the forum yesterday as a way to learn and meet others who love reptiles. Within the last two months my daughter has slowly brought home a neglected collection from someone who couldn't handle all their animals. First was a baby female normal, a week later two adult male normals and a week after that two bearded dragons! The snakes are putting on weight and looking so much better. They were underfed, dehydrated and mite-infested. The Beardies were good but treated them for mites too just in case. I'm so hooked I contacted Royal Constrictor Designs about a bumble bee!

[DooLittle]

I just signed up for the forum yesterday as a way to learn and meet others who love reptiles. Within the last two months my daughter has slowly brought home a neglected collection from someone who couldn't handle all their animals. First was a baby female normal, a week later two adult male normals and a week after that two bearded dragons! The snakes are putting on weight and looking so much better. They were underfed, dehydrated and mite-infested. The Beardies were good but treated them for mites too just in case. I'm so hooked I contacted Royal Constrictor Designs about a bumble bee!

Love me a bee, here's mine -
Garrick is awesome to do business with also, we have gotten a snake from him before!
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