i grew up on a farm, but rarely ever saw any snakes. my mom always loved snakes, but growing up, i never had the opportunity to hold any or learn about them.

so i end up dating a man, whom i'm now married too, who had a sudan plated dragon, this initially got me into herpetology, mostly reptiles. he wanted to get a snake, i said 'no!'.

but i did some research and learned about ball pythons and grew curious about them. we came across a lady who was selling her son's jackson cham and juvenile ball python. we ended up buying them. the jackson died several months later to a gland problem. shortly after, i fell head over heels in love w/ herpetology and soon began delving into every herpetology website i could find. soon after we adopted another ball python who was in terrible shape. then i bought my very first lizard, an argentine red tegu. now its been three years and i have absolutely fallen in love w/ reptiles, especially snakes.

1.0 albino black ratsnake (Torque)

0.1 everglades ratsnake (Grenadine)

?.? ball pythons (Tribe & Trust)

1.0 gophersnake (Dangerfield)

? western hognose (Baja)

0.1 albino cali kingsnake (Loki)

? red argentine tegu (Brickhouse)

1.1 bearded dragons (Jimi & Bella)

? five-lined (blue-tailed) skink (B.B.)

1.0 veiled chameleon (Spin Doctor)

3 tarantulas (Rosie the chilean rose, Floyd the pink-toe,and Sinister the orange baboon)

? Oscar cichlid (Sage)

0.2 cats (Psyche and Althea)



i wish i had learned of the joy of reptiles sooner. best wishes to all.

-kristin in kentucky

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