i've grown up on animals all my life. When i was five my dad took me out at midnight to look at frogs breeding by his work, so my first pet was a wood frog. after that we had a 55 gallon tank with around 13 diff. species of salamanders, we've had fence lizards, five lined skinks, ring necked snakes, brown snakes, corn snakes, painted turtles, box turtles, cockateils, beagles...and the list goes on. everything we got from the wild we retuned within a few weeks, and of course all the captive stuff we kept. bascially since five i've had an interest in herps...snakes and turtles always being my all time fav.