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I was just wondering what all types of occupations the other snake lovers on here have. I'm an assistant manager at a grocery store. Nothing exciting, but it pays the bills and helps me put money into my expensive hobby.

i am a machinest with caterpillar tractors. i run machines that grind gears to size for use in track type tractors. also quite boring.
joe

good to hear others are in the grocery bizz Front end manager.

I breed Ball Pythons... i like my job =)
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Jon Dvoretz
Next World Exotics
www.nextworldexotics.com

The Hunters Guide to the Morphs
www.nextworldexotics.com/hg.htm

What chain..and where??

CA$H WI$E FOODS, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA it is part of COBORN's based out of minisota.

yourself

Brookshires gro. co. It's a southern based company, Texas Lousiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. 16 years in June....whew thats a long time to sack groceries!

I'm an editor for a woodworking magazine. I like my job a lot--my snakes are all in my home office where I work.

I'm an officially retired, technically 100% disabled per the Veterans Administration, old hippy who can ill afford making a business outta this but I have a small collection of herps. I DID manage to pick up a male NERD lemon pastel a year ago. It's a start .

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

I work with physically and mentally handicapped children and adults as a developmental theropist. I fund my ball python hobby with a family owned screen printing and embroidery business, by the way I do all the t-shirts for Adam Wysocki at 8ballpythons.com
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I'm a cocktail waitress in Vegas. I'm a huge animal lover and have never been without a pet (or two, or three.) My apartments don't allow the furry type. ~Cris

I work at Hershey Choc.in Illinois. My ball python business is a side business, as well as boer goats. I have about 28 breeder balls, around 50 balls total.

I'm a musician in northern VA/ MD area, mostly outlaw country, and rock. in my spare time (and to pay the bills) i do mindless drone-like computer network troubleshooting. that a properly trained monkey could do. BTW how much to monkeys cost?
mike

I formerly owned a large reptile specialty pet store in upstate NY. I now am a full time reptile breeder here in the beautiful Texas Hill Country!
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....

I work from home doing drafting engineer design for Large executive aircraft like 747's, 737's and airbus

I like my job
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Adrian De Leon
Hissenia Reptiles

I'm a stay at home dad and I stock shelves part time at Home Depot. I enjoy both jobs but the dad thing is the best! Prior to being a dad I was a zookeeper; first in a herp house and then with everything from pygmy mice to rhinos and hippos. Hope to get back to the zoo business at some point but right now, being a dad comes first.

Rob

Construction, last couple of years pretty much just install doors and windows, subbing through lowes.

I'm a carpenter, electrician, book keeper, salesman, computer tech, rat keeper, janitor, snake keeper and probably a few other jobs I have over looked. When you put it all under one title, I'm a reptile breeder.

I have made the majority of my income the last 15 years breeding reptiles. In 2001 I started with balls and built my collection while making a living breeding Burmese Pythons. Anybody that wants to complain about the price of balls, should try making a living breeding Burmese. The last year I bred Burmese, I had 900 eggs, I have hatched well over 10,000 snakes.

I'm also an electrical contractor. I keep my license active just in case, although I rarely use it.

Mike Bell

I'm a CNC Machinist. We work mostly with stainless steel and aluminum mostly making parts for ski boats and jets. We also make a lot of other stuff like test bullets, motorcyle parts, etc.

In school, to become a technetium/technologist dealing with welding and robotics, but of course i want to get into breeding ball pythons *_^

Interesting thread. I'm a pathology techinician/mohs surgery technician for a dermatologist. Basically I handle human tissue removed during skin cancer surgeries for testing purposes. Pretty neat. I love my job. If I make money at the ball breeding biz, so be it, but it's not my main income.

Bridget
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Spider

As you probably can tell by my user names I'm a Registered Radiologic Technologist in radiography and cardiac cath.

I work in my State's Public Health Laboratory as a Virologist/Molecular Biologist. I also work sesonally part-time at the local Hy-Vee in the Garden Center. I also do volunteer work for my county's Master Gardener Program in my "spare" time. My wife works at as a Graphic Artist at Yellowbook, and she also works part-time at Nordstroms. She is considering taking a class to be a Wedding Planner, then after a few years when she builds up her business I can retire and breed reptiles full time Yes!!! She's shaking her head back and forth right now. Rats!
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Upon catching her breath she took a deep gulp and said,"you certainly have been blessed with an impressive set of regius's"
1.0 pastel Python regius
0.1 mojave Python regius
0.1 normal Python regius
0.2 Terrapene carolina thriunguis
2.3 Terrapene carolina carolina
1.4 Kinosternon baurii
1.0 Malaclemys terrapin terrapin
2.1 Ambystoma tigrinum
1.1 Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.0 anerythristic Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
1.1 Iowa snow Thamnophis radix
1.1 heterozygous for amelanistic,carmel, and stripe Pantherophis guttatus
0.1 anerythristic motley Pantherophis guttatus

My husband, who introduced me to this wonderful hobby, is a faux painter for a construction company that builds multi-million dollar homes. Sometimes I wish he hadn't introduced me to balls. I try not to count up how much I've actually spent on snakes, food, racks, mulch etc. over the years.
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Spider

creative director at penguin books. i design and oversee a gazillion bookcovers. i dont keep many ball pythons, just a hobby that i really enjoy.

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Tosha
JET Pythons

I used to work in electronics for a bunch of years, but now I work doing logistics planning for a major helicopter manufacturer in the north east. My wife and I also own a hair and tanning salon for the past six years which she runs.

~np!

I work as a kennel tech at a doggy daycare

Clinical Information Systems........

The fancy way of saying "I teach Dr's/Nurses/LabTechs how to use computers (and the software that the company that I work for makes) to perform tests and treat patients at the hospitals and reference laboratories"
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Jon F

Very good thread,I work for a road commissioner,county goverment.Also own the Dixie Reptile Show, 13th year in business and have over a hundred ball pythons.Terry

I am a Firefighter in beatiful SoCal. Since I only Have to work 3 days a week ( 3 full 24 hour shifts ) this leaves me a lot of time to spend with my family and snakes.

Jonathan
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Too Many Balls to count
1.2 Albino Nelson
0.1 Het. Albino Nelson
1.1 Albino Corns (Love Stock)
0.1 Bay of LA Rosy Boa (R.Wright Stock)
1.1 Bearded Dragons
1.1 Sulcatas
0.1 Leopard Geckos
1.1 Veiled Chameleons
0.0.1 Horned Frog
0.1 Weimaraner
1.0 Parakeet
23 Asorted Fish

What department do you work for???

I live in Southern CA, and panhandle with a unique sign, "Will work for Morphs."

I'm a veterinarian. I love reading all the posts about how vets don't know anything about reptiles.
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Michael McFadden, M.S., D.V.M.

Haha... I used to work at a vet clinic with a great herp vet. Don't worry, some of us still appreciate veterinarians!

I had to grow up and get a real job though... I'm a phlebotomist at a hospital. It's awesome. I poke people with really sharp needles all day long and they THANK me for it!
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Shelter pets are best! Stop breeding designer mutts!

live in Southern CA, and panhandle with a unique sign, "Will work for Morphs."

How's that workin' out? Does it pay well?

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

Well... Where shall I start?

1) Full time Vetrinary School Student Mon- Thurs 8:30--3
2) Full time Data Entry for a developing studio that does most of your kids school pictures-- When your kids info is wrong on your pics-- thats me. :-D Mon- Fri 3:45-12:15 (15 after midnite)

3) run the reptile rescue-- 24/7 (34/7?) -- after i'm off work- and inbetween work and school... paperwork, cleaning cages, record keeping, adoptions, intakes, vet trips, medications, and food!

4) foster mom for german shepherd rescue-- 24/7 (34/7?)-- also after off work and all day saturday and most sundays-- paperwork, intakes, adoptions, vet trips, meds. food, basic training....

5) human mom to a 2 year old and a 1 year old with a heart defect and brain tumor-- having brain surgery in the summer to remove tumor... yay!

6) housewife --- laundry, toilet and tub cleaning, cooking, dishes, vacuuming, sweeping, wash windows, and currently remodeling kitchen...

--Husbands job--
work 40 hours/ week
pick up kids 2x a week
put kids to bed 4 hours after picking them up...
be couch spud...

UGH!! I need a nap!
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The rescue site: www.freewebs.com/okreptilerescue

up at 3 am work at 4 am till 2:30, 8 hrs on Saturday

and 6 hrs at least cleaning rodents on Sunday

then run dog , feed mice, fill minimum 60 water bottles to 100 a day
clean and feed some form of reptile or rodent for a couple hours, cook meal, do wash, grocery shop, deal with people for rodents and delivery....?

.......want to fish
want to fish.....
want to fish.......
want to fish..........

...and pray I have time to herp.......???

oh..and Saturday nights hit a Chinese buffet and hopefully suck up some edible sushi.......

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glad i'm not the only one!!!

wish there was an affordable maid service.... (or husband motivators....)

Beth
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The rescue site: www.freewebs.com/okreptilerescue

you may still have me beat

I need the maid service and a wife motivator.....

new wife?.......

......hhhmmmmmmmm......

........we need tio sell more stuff and keep less...better..morphs......

.....rescues.......you can cut the work down by feeding some stuff to the other stuff......?

eating them yourself?......

hey...it's a thought.......I thought it was wierd to have a raptor rehab center and take little song birds or mammals also......duh.....raptors eat small birds and mammals......LOL
seriously.........(the US started it's starling population with 14 from England.......now look at it.....)

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I'm a corrections officer. ok ok...jail guard! Was a construction worker for the last 10 years. Operated highway concrete pavers. Think I will be going back to construction soon. Going to jail every day sucks! lol
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James.....
"Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought the beast back."

A Deputy Sheriff...will have 18 years in come July..only 2 more years to go for retirement...I will be 44 years old at retirement..and hopefully some of my snakes will be breeding by then!!

Special Education Teacher (Behavior Disorders)
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Steve Smith
Midwest Reptiles
www.mwreptiles.com

Sr. Software Project Engineer (aka big nerd)
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John Dague
M.W. Reptiles
www.mwreptiles.com

Im a pigment insertion technician (a.k.a. tattoo artist)

chemical tech. make the stuff they make airplanes out of.....carbon fiber

Pharmacist in upstate New York.

Artist

kylestevensartist.com

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Kyle
www.royalvariations.com

"be safe, be happy and dont let anyone make you afraid" David Coverdale

(We all don't hate veterianarians, Island_Doc! Trying to become one! And I'm in your boat with school too, OKReptileRescue)

• Full-Time Student in Pre-Vet (and looking at about 6 years more of school; already on year 3!)
• Full-Time Server at Olive Garden
• Part-Time Vet-Tech
• And a volunteer at an Animal Shelter

And Franky is a Desiel and Forklift Mechanic for DuPont, and an on-the-side PC Technician.

I doubt the hobby will ever actually MAKE us money. We spend more on the snakes than we make now! LoL
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

I was wondering,
All you people that are going to Vet School, how old are you? When is it to late to go back to school, haha?

Never too late to go back!! At least thats what I keep telling myself! I'm a manager at Home Depot
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Louie

I'm only 21-- but i've been out of highschool for 5 years-- i have 2 kids, a mortgage, 2 car payments, i run a huge-a-mongus rescue-- and am a huge part of the dog rescue--

I had no plans of going back to school.

I quit my job 2 years ago when the rescue took off so i could run the rescue and stay at home with my kid (now kidS)

I'm going on year 2---

NEVER EVER thought i'd go back.

I see that my vet that we use with the reptiles drives a BMW and my vet that does german shepherd rescue (at a greatly reduced rate) is 70-- and just now considering retiring -- only for his wifes sake.
He is the first to the clinic and the last to leave- he loves his job and life... also drives a BMW and a Lexus on the weekends....

Thats what I want-- A job i love- that makes me money.
I plan to partner with someone and open my own clinic when i'm done with school-- I dreamed of having a successful rescue many years ago and it happened, dreamed of owning my own home a year ago- and it happened, dreamed of buying a new car 5 days ago and TA-DA-- it happened...
I want what i want and i get it.

It took me 2 semesters to really decide that the BS of college was going to be worth it in the end-- and it is--

you should definatly go back-- its never too late!
(but on that note- i will be glad when i'm done...)

Beth
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The rescue site: www.freewebs.com/okreptilerescue

It's never too late to go back to college... EVER. I'm only 20, but the classes I have taken have had some REALLY extreme age ranges. My partner in one of my Bio classes is 62, and she's awesome.

It's honestly not that uncomon. Community Colleges base a lot of their programs around established adults trying to better their career.

And it is nothing like high school or wierd like you'd prolly imagin it. As an functioning adult with a family and morgage, you are respected when you are there FOR taking the initiative to go back.

I encourage it, I think its awesome and a good decision. Go for it.

And good for you OKReptileRescue
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Cheers!
• Chelsea Lynn Gardiner
(and Frank M. Wood)

I deliver alcohol all over Ohio , the drinking kind not the rubbing kind.
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com

deliver alcohol huh?
you deliver the good homemade kind, or that overpriced mass produced crap?
just wondering
got family in the uum Springfield area.
My grandpa taught me how to modify a '34 ford to have a false bottom on the gas tank....not that i could see any practical reason to do that of course.
M

I'm a Marketing Director/Office Manager/Web Master for a Commercial Broker who specializes in Gas Stations and Car Washes in Arizona. I also own a Coinless Laundromat (ugh!) along with partnerships in several different business ventures. And then of course there are the snakes.

Anyone looking to buy a laundromat or gas station???
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Ryan Sherman
Scottsdale, Arizona
www.ThePaintedPython.com