What was your first herp?

[Lisa]

What was your first herp? Mine was a wc turtle when I was a kid.

[HeatherRose]

My first herp was a little black aquatic frog named Michigan Frog.....you know, after the singing Bugs Bunny frog? :D

I'd love to get another one, they're neat even if they do just float there...:)

[BoidKeeper]

I started with a pet shop RES in one of thoes little bowls with the palm tree when I was 13. The lady that sold it to me still works for the same store and we talk about what a monster she created! This poll was a great idea!
Cheers,
Trevor

[reverendsterlin]

my first was a WDB when I was 7, had him for 13 years before he passed.

[Zoe]

Mine was a gold dust day gecko when I was 12. Very cute!

Zoe

[clee454]

My dad brought a common garter snake home when I was about 5 and we (he) made a cage out of a old wooden wine case. That was a great snake.

[lilyskip]

Mine is the baby ball python I bought today! :)

Punku--Funny!!! I was just thinking about that frog randomly the other day...

[burmer]

A grassy area behind my house had loads of garters and racers. The first thing I kept was a pair of garter snakes.

[Tim and Julie B]

My first was a little female leo that Tim gave me for my birthday the second year we were together. Her name is Fatty Tail, Fatty for short cause she has a regen.:D

[fateamber]

Mine was (is) a amel corn called Akasha! :)

[Linds]

My first was a green iguana named Iggy. I got her when I was 4, almost 19 years later she's still kicking around the house :D

[sapphire_moon]

My first herp was a WC box turtle I "rescued" from the road when I was about 10.........had him/her for about 3 years before he/she died.........................Hey fateamber.....I got a puppy about 3 months ago and named her Akasha!!!! got any idea what the name means, the origin...etc...etc...lol!

[CDN-Cresties]

My first was a veiled chameleon, I traded him though for a ball python, but i sure do miss him. :(

-Steve-

[red bootz]

If I could think back that far....probably a garter snake when I was like in the fourth grade. But, I let it go the same day. The first herp I got for a pet is a three toed boxie. Thar was when I was in grade 10. 12 years later and she walks around like she own's the place!

[drewlowe]

well i won't count the ones i had as a kid cause i would let them go after a few days or a week. but the first "official" herp would be 2 leos i bought for my bf for christmas 3 years ago. then soon after lots more leos and other herps.

[snakelover111]

my first herp was a tiny ribbon snake lol

[Bencb3]

mine is a leopard gecko, i still have her!(its only been a week)

[leolover]

my first herps were the 2 leos i bought last year and still have.they're great!

[dank7oo]

veiled chameleon

[Jmail324]

Mine was and is a normal cornsnake. (archie) I've had him for almost 3 years

[Clownfishie]

My first was a baby leopard gecko named Path :)

[Pookie]

I had a green iguana too linds! But mine turned out to be mean and after it got too big to handle i had to give it back to the pet store! :( But i'm glad to hear yours is doing well! I got a cali king next, i figured i should try something new...and she's doing lovely in her old age! :)

[Skink Keeper]

My first herp was a pair of leopard geckos that i bought from a friend.

[redtail]

Ball Python still have him ............

[reptilez]

Mine was my leopard gecko. She is about 3 years old now and Im now starting to breed her.
-Reptilez

[peregrinefalcon]

When I was 9 years old I asked my parents for an iguana and they got me a green anole :rolleyes: I'm glad they got me that instead because I wouldn't have been able to take care of an iguana. The anole lived 7 years and was named Rex! :D
Adam

[arachnomania]

My very first none mammal animal I cared for was a rosy tarantula and that was over 15 years ago! Yes I know, I am getting old. I've cared for pretty much ALL common snakes, lizards and amphibians so i guess it wouldn't hurt to make a small list of what I used to own. Leopard gecko, savanha monitor, ball python, red tail boa (I miss Alice ALOT), green tree frogs, tokay gecko (rescued from a sticky pad in a pet shop), My wifes Huge and aggressive male iguana. All I own now apart from litterally a hundred tarantulas is a dog, cat, fish, turtle and unless I forgot something, that is it for now.

[LISA127]

a three-toed box turtle named Sally

[reptilesalonica]

My 1st herp was a very beautiful and tame green water dragon, summer of 1996. He was always on my shoulder or hands and his glance was the cuttest of any herps i have owned till now. I missed him.
~Greg~

[Neo]

leopard gecko! whoo! it doesnt matter if they're titled the "beginner's herp" they're still great

[Bartman]

my first official herp were three frogs i bought all at once because they were 9.99 each. I bought 3 fire bellied toads but one died, and i sold the other two to my friend.

[RepTylE]

Well w/c frogs and toads for me but I had two /RES that I had in one of those plastic bowls with the little palm tree. That was wayyyyyyy back when. One of the turtles escaped and I didn't find him/her for 4 months. It was all dehydrated and scrawny but once put back in the bowl lived for years. Wish that we had the balanced diets that there are available now . I bet that bugger would still be around.

[stkkts]

Alligator snapping turtle

[daver676]

My first was a ball python. Just got her like four months ago. She's the best!

Dave

[Amiechann]

This was my first herp.. Sold as a Paupan tree boa by the local nasty pet store.. I think it's actually a solomon island boa..

http://geckoisland.com/modules/gallery/albums/album49/lilboa02.sized.jpg

[jay76]

My first herps were a pair of RES. Those guys were awesome. I used to love how they'd follow each page I flipped while doing my homework. That was before college... after them, I african blue tailed lacertas named Zeus and Perun. I miss them all.

[JD@reptiles]

long tail grass lizard @ 6 years old

[jaybox_reptiles]

that is a papan tree boa aka New guinea tree boa

[Hamster of Borg]

Is your papuan eating mice? :)

The first herp I kept was a big wc wood turtle. The first I actually bought was a ball python. Many many moons ago.

Ham

[dank7oo]

chameleons :)

[CDN-Cresties]

Veild Chameleon was my first herp.

-Steve-

[KingFfaj]

my first herps woz 1 yellow spotted salamander and a pair of red eared teripins (that used to take it in turns to climb on each others backs and jump out of the tank):) so we put them in the pond in the garden