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[Scott W]

Interested to see how long people have been keeping reptiles and what got them 'hooked' with the reptile hobby?
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[Cornuta]

Its over 20 years for me and although fish keeping has always been more at the forefront of my hobby I have always had at least some amphibians and reptiles.

It was my dad who got me into fish and living on a farm i was always guddling in ponds and burns looking for frogs and newts.

Now i work as a countryside ranger with a crested newt license getting paid to guddle in ponds LOL

[goldenburm]

I had my first rep at 14 so thats 19 years ago!
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1.0 striped supersalmon DEAD
0.1 salmon poss TH moonglow DEAD
0.1 Orangasm DH ghost DEAD
1.0 pastel motley DEAD
2.0 sunglows 1.0 LIVING
1.1 pastel het snow 0.1 LIVING
2.2 albino boas DEAD
0.2 albino ara's DEAD
0.4 boa constrictors 0.2 LIVING

[Dan]

I started keeping in my first year of "big school"

I used to go to school via (actually about 2 miles out of my way) a disused raillway line that has several stagnant ponds dependant on time of year. I would collect smooth and palmate newts, sell any i could at school for the princely sum of £1 and then bring the rest home to keep in a fish tank in the garage. By the time i was caught i had nearly 100 adults and LOADS of babies.

My interest was first peaked however by the fact i grew up 5 minutes walk from Knaresborough Zoo, the home of Cassius Funny how life turns out.................
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[Stuart]

Crikey I feel old!!..over 15 years for me..

[mark_w]

What do you have to ask that for; makes me feel old!

Like Cornuta, I have had a mixture of fish, reptiles and amphibians for years. At times, I've been more into fish, or frogs, or what have you. In recent years mostly lizards and chelonia.

Started out with tortoises, slow worms, newts etc in outdoor terraria in the mid-late 1970's.

Ouch!

Mark.

[Liam]

I havent kept any reptiles before(hopefully soon cresties)but ever since i was old enough to walk i have been interested in all animals(especially herps and inverts) i have spent most of my walking life in my garden and near ponds catching things(i caught my first grass snake when i was 10, it was small about 2 1/2 ft on a camping trip)i love to catch semi exotics on holiday in the mediterranien and carribian.(love those house and day gex)
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[Mememe]

Same here, I used to run around the hotel after the little anole that was always too fast

[JohnC]

33 years for me, my 27 year grey rat Caesar covered a lot of that.
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John
Oldest member, been keeping reptiles for 36 years.
Carpets, royals, rainbow boas, corns, milks, ackies and leos.

[Scott W]

John, have you found out if 27 years for an Elaphe is a record?
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