Whats Your First Herp?

[SnakeyeZ]

Mine was a 2 month old ball python, I got back in 1999. Still alive and well today! Origionally bought from a petland that soon closed down after he was purchased...lol.

Here's his pic.



Anyone else you can give a description or post a pic, whichever you prefer.

[the_frog_man]

we had iggies a long time ago but the first pet i payed for and cared for was a cane toad a good beginner pet if i may add


he died last march R.I.P. Toady




thanx froggy

[K1LOS]

green anoles were my first herp. I liked em alot but would not suggest as a beginner reptile. They were followed by RES.

Geoff

[Leviathan]

My first baby was an Iguana I got for Christmas when I was 12. Her name was Iggalotta and she was amazing. Unfortunatley I was not given good information about them and back then the correct information I found turned out to be incorrect She died about 6 months after I got her from eating astro-turf. I just wish I knew then what I know now!

Alecia

[Boakid]

sorry to hear about ur iggy lviathan. My first reptile was a good old cornsnake

[Lindze]

When i was younger we always kept frogs that we found at the lake, garder snakes, and anoles, to bad i didnt know then what i know now about keeping herps.

My first personal snake was an Albino California King. My first choice was an Amel Corn snake, but the petstore didnt have one so i went home with him and i couldnt have been happier.

[fateamber]

My first was my little amel corn snake, Akasha

[Simon]

First reptile
Wild Caught Garter snake that was gravid when I had her. She laid a little clutch (6 if I remember correctly..) Let mother go and tried keeping the babies...all didn't survive in my hands....I was about 6 back then.

First Purchase reptile
Corn snake when I was about 11 years old.
Ever since~ loved them til now~
can't imagine my life without corn snakes~~

[galad]

My first reptiles were house geckos. Followed shortly after by a very sick 1 year old male water dragon.
He was in stuck in a u shape because he had an inner ear infection which caused him to lean so far to the left his head almost touched his tail. He was also blind from a vitamin a deficiency.

So a 160 dollar trip to the vet came out with vitamin A & mineral injection, Bayatril, and a feeding tube.

It took about a month of tube feeding everysecond day, and physhio therapy everyday.

After the first month and after all the bayatril was gone I am proud to say that he straightened out completely and was quite active. Although his eyes were still cloudy he was still able to see some movement, because I would always see him watching me and folowing my movements around the apartment.

By the second week of the second month he was able to eat crix that were held infront of his face. You cannot even imagine how happy I was to not have to tube feed him anymore.

So by the third month I thought I would have had room for him (he was getting treatment in a 30 gallon tank) but unfortunatly I didn't. So he went back to the pet shop I had gotten him from.

From there he went to an awsome home in a huge enclosure, with two female water dragons, and a massive water fall.

lucky bugger! lol

peace

[Lrptls]

my frist herps were alones and a green ig, definetly bad. i was really young, knew nothing about either species but both the anoles and ig lasted quite a while, probably over a year. then i smartend up and got into amphibians, very easy to care for. got a garter snake, got into larger snakes and lizards and here i am today with my large collection of healthy herps.
i dont think any one should feel bad for screwing up when they were little, its not their fault. its very sad the animals died but we had to learn some how.

[Nicky]

I got my first reptile 3 years ago a beautfiul little normal cornsnake. He's deffently one of my favorites and thiers nothing like watching them grow up in your hands.