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some people get way to serious around here is there anyone out here that just keeps your herps for pure pleasure ,enjoy looking at them,feeding,and just plain out fun to watch,dont get me wrong im all for preserving reptiles,and education about them ,and teaching people about them,im jus speeking from one priate keeper to the next,some people just need to relax and enjoy there animals without money on the mind...sorry about the spelling maybee i need to be schooled about my spelling...lol

Funny thing is... Having fun with my reptiles might be on MY mind, but all they're thinking about right now is breeding! If I have to sell a few babies to make them happy, I guess that's just a burden I have to bear...

(from mostly a tiny boa keeper)
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

All my pets are a joy to have!
I could not care less whether my pair breed or not. I just want to live with me and be my loves forever. I like experimenting with their food, their housing, and taking pictures of them. Bathing them, trimming nails, peeling sheds (oooo, I'm a picker...love to pick scales off..) and having them punish me when I get too bothersome, hahahaha.
Its not my fault they keep laying eggs, I think they do it so I will have other monitors to pester. hee hee. I do wish she would slow down on the egg production, but my efforts to foil her only risked her health. So I'm just going along for the ride.
And it is fun.
D.

I enjoy mine as pets first and foremost. In order to get the most enjoyment out of them, I constantly strive to give them what I believe is best for them, like big custom caging, proper temps, substrate, basking, hiding, food opportunities, socialization with me and their own kind, etc. etc. This may or may not lead to reproduction one day, but my hope is that it will. If it does not, then I will continue to enjoy them for what they are and continue to strive to provide the very best I can and learn from them as well. That goes for my pair of Waters as well as my tegu and boas. Billy

>>All my pets are a joy to have!
>>I could not care less whether my pair breed or not. I just want to live with me and be my loves forever. I like experimenting with their food, their housing, and taking pictures of them. Bathing them, trimming nails, peeling sheds (oooo, I'm a picker...love to pick scales off..) and having them punish me when I get too bothersome, hahahaha.
>>Its not my fault they keep laying eggs, I think they do it so I will have other monitors to pester. hee hee. I do wish she would slow down on the egg production, but my efforts to foil her only risked her health. So I'm just going along for the ride.
>>And it is fun.
>>D.

Same here.. I keep my animals for the pleasure of keeping them. If they breed in my car then thats all well and good... It helps me make their life even better. If they don't... I still love having them... I enjoy watching their behaviors.. feeding them...handling them...heck even cleaning up after them. Anything for the interaction. Especially my Bosc...she has such a personality..and a major level of interaction... Thats not to say she's "Tame" or "puppy-ish" in any way.. because she isn't. She has an attitude and has no hesitation in showing it... while my male boa is the sweetest animal on the planet. Such different extremes...but thats part of the fun of keeping them.
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Lucien

1.0 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)(Sutekh)
2.2 Leopard geckos (2 Blizzards (Caine and Goliath), 1 het Blizzard (Lilith) and 1 Tangerine Albino (Tequila Sunrise ...Tiki for short))
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Kiros)
13 rats
5 Gerbils
2 Dogs (Loki and Storm)
2 cats (Sahara and Hercules)