Growing up, my parents bred horses, so we always had 10 or so around, as well as dogs, cats, and one very loud blue and gold macaw (who is now 29 years old). When my brother was 5 or 6 years old (I was about 10 or 11) he and my mom decided to buy a box turtle. Naturally, you can't have just one box turtle ("but Dad, he needs a friend!!", so along came another...and another. Eventually it became a game to see haw many we could get before dad noticed (this was my mothers doing, might I add). Pretty soon my brother decided he needed a snake. I guess I just thought I was not supposed to like snakes or something, but I was very upset at this new development. Go figure. A couple years later I got a job at a local pet store with an extensive reptile section, and it was over from there. Soon I was competing with my boss, the resident reptile expert, for the most pet reptiles. Last year I went away to school and din't take any of my "kids" with me. This year I am taking a few of them along (few meaning 15 or so snakes, my baby uro, and a sulcata hatchling). I have to give credit to my roommates, neither of which like snakes, for putting up with my hobby.

Reptiles have become sort of a family affair around here as my mom and I are know as the tortoise lady and the girl with all the snakes. I think that my brother has pretty much lost interest.

I'm not sure what it is about the reptiles that is so addicting, but I do get a kick out of the fact that a tiny kingsnake can send a man running for his life.



Amy



Currently we have:

1.1 ball pythons

1.1 Dumeril's boas

1.1 eastern chain king

1.1 red milk

1.1 Az mtn King

1.0 Mandarin Rat Snake

2.4 Durango Mtn Kings

0.0.1 Kenyan Snad boa

0.1 Theyeri x pyro king

1.0 bearded dragon

0.0.1 nigerian uro

30 or so turtles/tortoises including sulcatas, leopards, marginateds, stars, red foots, hermanns, greeks

1.1 rose breasted cockatoos

1.0 blue and gold macaw

0.1 African grey

0.0.2 conures

0.0.3 lovebirds

1.0 parakeet

1.0 horse (we lost the mare last week to colic...sad day)

7 dogs

10 cats



Have a great day!!!

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