you might be a herper if you use your blender to make gecko smoothies more often than you do to make human smoothies.

you might be a herper if you smile quietly to yourself while you make margaritas because you didn't tell your friends that just yesterday you made gecko smoothies in the same blender, complete with waxworms and crickets.

... if your husband often complains that the geckos get more of your time than he does.

... if the most important home improvement project you completed recently was insulating your garage in preparation for summer so that the rats will be comfortable.

... if your husband often complains that he can't use his garage because it has been taken over by your rat colony.

... if every rubbermaid container in your house is now, or was at some point, a herp enclosure.

... if you painted a room in your house a color that would compliment a specific gecko's color.

... if you cancel dinner plans because it's feeding night.