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Hi all, I was just wondering how many people here keep different species and what the progressionwas for you in keeping them- what did you begun with and what species is your goal? What's your favorite so far?

For me, I began with good ol corn snakes, went to ball pythons and now have a jungle carpet baby. I would like to keep a green tree python and an island locality boa constrictor. My favorite are the balls so far because of their laid back attitudes and cute little faces. I have a normal and a hypo ball and both are sweet snakes and consistent feeders.

Now you. . .

I started with a BP, and then got a corn, then branched off and got a Bearded Dragon. I'd love to get a Blood Python, Childrens, and Sawu. I prefer the snakes that stay under 6ft and are handleable...for now, anyway.
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1.1 Ball Python
0.0.1 corn snake
1.0 Bearded Dragon
0.0.2 fish
1.2 cats
3.1 kids
1.0 husband

I started with my Corn, then the Water,after that my 4 Eastern Garter babies, then the House Snake Pair, then my Red Sideds, and Florida blues, and finaly my Argentines and Green snakes. Well my goal would be convincing my parents to allow me to keep more, they dont mind having the animals but our zoo runs the electric bill sky high. We also have a decent fish collection the we recently down sized from 15 tanks to 8 so that we could cut costs. I dont realy have one favorite but the House snakes and the Boas are up there.

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1.1 Argentine Boas
1.3 Eastern Garter Babies
1.1 Florida Blue Garter(Felzer Babies)
1.1 Poss Het Albino Red Sideds(Felzer Babies)
1.0 Northern Water
1.0 Anery Corn
1.1 African House Snakes
0.0.2 Rough Green Snakes

"but our zoo runs the electric bill sky high."

What are you using to heat your animals. I have acomparable sized collection to yours if not a little bigger. I heat all my reptiles with about 20 watts. And that's even lower at night. Fles-watt with a dimmer switch and/or thermostat is the way to go.
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The List- in appoximate order:

blotched kingsnake
kenyan sand boas- 21 of 'em- several fun colors
Taiwan beautysnake
eastern ratsnake- adopted from nice couple- 13 years old!
western hognose snake
brazillian rainbow boa
mandarin ratsnakes- pair
honduran milksnake - got from a high school kid. usually stinky.
jungle carpet pythons- trio
western diamondback rattlesnake
desert horned adder
javelin sand boa
Calabar ground boa
red blood python
roughscale sand boa
Mueller's sand boa- pair

That's just the snakes... I'm sort of out of room for now, so my maniacal plans for the future will have to wait a bit.

Well, here's a list of my ever growing collection. My first was a Brooksi kingsnake, although my wife owned a ball python and a rock python when I met her. Here's the list...

1.2 ball pythons
0.1 Sumatran red blood python
0.1 Burmese Python
1.1 Columbian red-tail boas
0.1 Dumeril's boa
1.0 Solomon Island tree boa
0.1 Brooksi Kingsnake
0.1 Snow Cornsnake
1.3 Eastern Milksnakes
1.3 Eastern Garters (T. sirtalis sirtalis)(Many babies from this year)
0.0.1 Eastern Brownsnake (Dekay)(My daughter added this just recently to our collection )

I think that is all but I may have missed some . I'm going through my snake room in my head and trying to imagine cages as I type. Take care, Scott.

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This snake look very big... is that a burmess pyton!? how long is he!?
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0.0.2 Corn Snake
0.1 Red Eared Slider
0.4.6 Guppies
0.2 Cats

Hi, actually she is a Columbian Red-tail boa (BCI). Her name is Minikin and she's about 8 1/2' last time I measured, although I had her out the other day and my wife and I both agreed she looks longer than the last time we measured her so it may be time to a re-measure. She's a pretty thich girl also. Take care, Scott.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws.
But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
—Martin Luther King Jr

... Just kidding.

0.1 albino black rat snake
1.0 Bearded Dragon (not a snake I know)

I've also kept a Russian tortoise and leopard gecko... as well as taking care of several snakes and other herps while I worked at a pet store.

In the future I want a pair of northern pines for breeding, a Cal king or chain king, and an ackie monitor. Those are the animals highest on my list, but they are all probably 2-3 years away at least. The only thing keeping me from filling my little home with snakes is... space, time, and money... that and my mobile lifestyle... damn! Well in the meantime I try to get out and find some cal kings, rattlers, and pacific gophers in the wild, its more fun anyway.

My first snake was a columbian red tail (BCI). My favaorite snake is kenyan sand boas. Why? I really don't know. Here is the list and some pics:

138 kenyan sand boas (no normals) 12 gravid females
16.10 argentine boas
1.1 BCI's
and a black rat snake

what I had 6 months ago
129 kenyans sand boas (no normals)
1.1 argentine boas
1.1 BCI's
5.12 burmese pythons (1.1 normal)
2.7 rough scale sand boas
2.6 carpet pythons
1.4 green tree pythons
1.2 basin emeralds
2.5 Dumerils boas
2.5 ball pythons
1.1 coastel carpet pythons
2.5 BCC (different locals)
3.9 hogg island boas
2.6 green anacondas
1.3 tiger retics
26 sptotted pythons
2.7 blood pythons
I think that is it.

what I WILL be purchasing by January 1st
1.3 albino BCI's
1.0 snow boa
0.2 albino het Anery
0.2 anery het albino
1.0 sunglow BCI ( I hope)
0.4 hypo het albino
1.0 ghost BCI
0.4 hypo het anery
1.3 albino ball pythons
1.0 pied ball pythons
0.4 het pied ball pythons
and some others

i don't have too many, but here goes:

0.1 Albino Burm
0.1 Columbian Red-tail
1.1 Amazon Tree Boa
0.0.1 Cooks Tree Boa
1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
1.1 Ball python
1.1 Rosy boa

` All Boas, except for one tough old Ball Python. I'm saving up for a pair of dwarf Retics.

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Well, my first snake ever was a little ringneck snake I caught when I was really little (I'm only 19, but I still can't remember how young I was :-P ). Probably why they're one of my favorite snakes. Last fall/winter I had over 100 herps, including over 20 snakes...but I had to move, so I had to sell or trade most of them...my current collection is in my signature. I started my real collection when I moved up here from AL, but before I had the 100 herps, and my first snake in that period was my albino corn...too much sentimental value with her...hence why I traded away some much nicer snakes to keep her . I have a lot of goal snakes though. I'd love a pair of melanistic Elaphe janseni. A pair of Eastern Indigos would be nice as well. I have a strong affinity for the Tricolor Hognose. Scarlet Kings are another. I'm not huge into boas and pythons though, except my dumeril's. Eventually I plan to get some venomous (between 7-10 years from now if I'm nice and settled by then)...as for those goals, the king cobras are my favorite (Indonesian), I love gaboon vipers, and the Eastern Diamondback would come in a close third. Coral snakes are nice to, but their small size makes me a bit nervous. I'm always better at handling larger snakes.
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1.1 Albino Nelson's Milks
0.1 Dumeril's Boa
0.0.1 Albino Corn
0.1 Mex Mex
0.1 Northern Blue Tongue
0.0.1 Green Tree Frog
0.0.1 Cuban Tree Frog

I started out collecting snakes as a kid in MO. Used to keep them for a few days and then let them go. Didnt know how to take care of them, and in those days we didnt have the internet to find out all the great information that is available now!! The first snake I actually kept for a few years until it escaped was a huge black rat I caught in my grandmas chicken coop!
I would have to say my favorite snakes are the North American rat snakes and the North American Kingsnakes.

Happy herping
Brian