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Hello all,

My name is Tarah, and I have been slacking on this post! I am a full time student in Environmental Science. I have a year left until I am finished with my Master's degree, and I plan on working in marine/ecological conservation and research. I am an avid scuba diver, and I love to travel. I am passionate about the ocean, reptiles and furthering my education. My boyfriend and I live in Richmond with 14 geckos, an albino corn snake, thousands of Dubia roaches and two rats. We currently keep 1.1.3 Uroplatus phantasticus, 1.1 U. ebenaui and 1.3.3 cresties. We have more geckos than anything, but we love snakes as well. We are always looking for Uroplatus! In particular, ebens, phants, sikorae and fimbriatus. All of our terrariums are naturalistic, and we enjoy enclosure design. We attend as many expos as we can deem feasible with full time schedules and so many animals that need our care. Thank you for reading, and I look forward to becoming more active in the forums now that I have lots of free time!

Tarah
 
Hi Tarah, welcome!
I, too, am a scuba diver (PADI Instructor), raise cresties, and keep uros. Hmmm???

We live in Missouri, so we have to travel a bit more than you to get to the ocean, but we get there as often as we can.
Glad to have you here!

Noelle
 
rcarichter said:
Hi Tarah, welcome!
I, too, am a scuba diver (PADI Instructor), raise cresties, and keep uros. Hmmm???

We live in Missouri, so we have to travel a bit more than you to get to the ocean, but we get there as often as we can.
Glad to have you here!

Noelle
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Hi Noelle!

Well that doesn't happen everyday at all! I am PADI and NAUI Advanced going for Rescue, and always continuing when money permits (continuing in grad school does not allow for a lot of extra money). What uros do you keep? Do you breed them? We are working on breeding over here, and it is looking promising! Will keep everyone up to date! Keep in touch, and thank you for the reply.
 
I keep phantasticus, which I've been trying to breed, unsuccessfully, for years. I purchased my first sikorae this summer, so I'm hoping to start a project with those this coming year. I hear they're much easier!
Good luck with your Rescue certification. That's the point at which the instructors can start getting really tough, and use their imagination, but it's well worth it! I used to put my best students through some really tough scenarios, and they loved it.

Noelle
 
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