Hi, haven't been here in a really long time so I thought I'd check in. I have been working at the Pittsburgh Zoo as a volunteer "zoo teen" on saturdays since june and so far it has been a great experiance. I only get to work with the docent (zoo volunteer) animals up close but I also get to go behind the scenes with some exibits. The docents have a decent collection of handling animals which we get to take out for the public to observe and pet. The docents only have a few handling herps (2 boa constrictors, a ball python,a cal. kingsnake and a blue tongued skink) compared to their cute and cuddly handlers (rabbits, guinea pigs, and the like). We get to do varius jobs around the zoo and near the end of the day we get a special behind the scenes tour. You should look into your local zoos to see if they have a similar summer program for teens if your interested, it's really alot of fun.

Ok, now on to my herping: I now have a russian tortoise (great animals) and a healthy sand boa. Oh, I also won a vision cage at my herp society's 10th aniversery celebration, not sure what I'm going to put in there yet. Well, I think that's about it for now. I'll probably be on more now so I'll talk to you you later.

~chase/ophidius
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• Hello all... - ophidius, Wed Jul 16 01:44:10 2003
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• RE: Hello all... - Dcherpguy, Mon Jul 28 20:44:41 2003