Lizzy65
New member
Hello everyone. A fellow herper friend of mine told me about this site. It's great!
I'm 45 years old and have been a reptile geek practically my whole life. I got my first anoles around age 10. From there, I had toads, painted turtles and a snapping turtle. This was back in the 70's and you were pretty-much on your own when it came to learning how to take care of reptiles. As far as buying things for your pets, you bought an aquarium, and that's about it. The first hot rocks came out later, and they were very bad. Unfortunately, I lost a lot of pets due to improper husbandry and knowledge.
I got back into reptiles in my 20's. Things were better in the 80's for the reptile industry. I bought my first iguana, Isaac, and he lived a good life.
In my 30's, I rescued an iguana named Mike, and got into Jackson chameleons. They were very cool, although I'm not sure I'd get chams again due to their huge misting requirements...but you never know. Those panther chams sure are big & beautiful.
Now that I'm in my mid-40's, I would now consider myself a true herper. I have 2, 1 year old iguanas, Spike & Ringo. One of them, Ringo, is a red phase. They are housed separately. My husband is currently building them a huge enclosure out of a closet. They will have to "timeshare" it, due to both of them being male.
For snakes, I have a San Luis Petosi Kingsnake named DeeDee Ramone, and a Anerythristic corn snake named Joey Ramone.
I have also fallen in love with bearded dragons. I have a 7 month old super-citrus (probable male) named Sydney, and 2, 3-4 month old babies. "Sugar" is a hypo leatherback & "Frank" is a translucent (het leatherback.) Huge thanks go out to Dav Kaufman, filmmaker of "Herpers," who found these beautiful beardies.
A friend of mine & myself may eventually start our own reptile business. We are disturbed by the conditions of the 2 reptile stores we've been to in Minnesota.
Well, that's me in a nutshell. Thanks for reading!
Lizzy
I'm 45 years old and have been a reptile geek practically my whole life. I got my first anoles around age 10. From there, I had toads, painted turtles and a snapping turtle. This was back in the 70's and you were pretty-much on your own when it came to learning how to take care of reptiles. As far as buying things for your pets, you bought an aquarium, and that's about it. The first hot rocks came out later, and they were very bad. Unfortunately, I lost a lot of pets due to improper husbandry and knowledge.
I got back into reptiles in my 20's. Things were better in the 80's for the reptile industry. I bought my first iguana, Isaac, and he lived a good life.
In my 30's, I rescued an iguana named Mike, and got into Jackson chameleons. They were very cool, although I'm not sure I'd get chams again due to their huge misting requirements...but you never know. Those panther chams sure are big & beautiful.
Now that I'm in my mid-40's, I would now consider myself a true herper. I have 2, 1 year old iguanas, Spike & Ringo. One of them, Ringo, is a red phase. They are housed separately. My husband is currently building them a huge enclosure out of a closet. They will have to "timeshare" it, due to both of them being male.
For snakes, I have a San Luis Petosi Kingsnake named DeeDee Ramone, and a Anerythristic corn snake named Joey Ramone.
I have also fallen in love with bearded dragons. I have a 7 month old super-citrus (probable male) named Sydney, and 2, 3-4 month old babies. "Sugar" is a hypo leatherback & "Frank" is a translucent (het leatherback.) Huge thanks go out to Dav Kaufman, filmmaker of "Herpers," who found these beautiful beardies.
A friend of mine & myself may eventually start our own reptile business. We are disturbed by the conditions of the 2 reptile stores we've been to in Minnesota.
Well, that's me in a nutshell. Thanks for reading!
Lizzy
