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Posted 9/30/2008 1:07:46 PM


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I have noticed that there has been alot of discussion on the forums about non-herps animals that people own.

So I ask this: What jobs do you have or pursue that don't involve herps?

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Just to let everyone know, I am Reptile_Dude...I just changed my username.

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Posted 9/30/2008 1:15:05 PM


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Well my job is in Law Enforcement, I'm a 911 Dispatcher, and have been on and off for over 8 years. I also have been in Private security too. That's my most recent jobs.      Marine

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Non-herp family:me-Marine 32, husband-Travis 35, 2 sons-Keith 11 & Seth 9. Our Herp family:

3 Ball Pythons(Stitch, Chocolate, Neo)     2 Amazon Tree Boas     2 Common Redtail Boas(Aphrodite, Shere Khan)     1 Pastel Columbian X Hogg Island Red-tail Boa(Lady Lyoness)     1 Albino Columbian Red-tail Boa(Albee)     3 Dumeril's Boas(Demi, Bagheera, Sausage)     4 Kenya Sand Boas(Sandy)     2 Great Basin Gopher Snakes     1 California Aberrant King Snake(Aberrant)     1 Sinaloan Milk Snake(Coral)     4 Bearded Dragons(Pooh Bear, Roo, Piglet, Eeyore)     1 Argentine Black & White Tegu     3 Uromastyx Lizards (Mali-man, Eloise)     2 Irian Jaya BlueTongue Skinks(George)     1 Savannah Monitor(Georgia)     2 Albino Leopard Geckos(Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw)     5 Crested Geckos     2 Oriental Firebelly Toads(Bugs & Daffy)     3 Texas Tiger Salamanders     2 Japanese Giant Firebelly Newts(Tom & Jerry)     5 Australian White's Tree frogs     1 Red-eared Pond Slider(Big Red)     1 Yellow-Belly Pond Slider(Yellow Eyes)     1 African Sulcata Tortoise(Steve "Irwin")     1 Cherry-head Redfoot Tortoise(Rosie)     1.1 Chilean Rose-hair Tarantula (Phoenix, Fox)

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Posted 9/30/2008 2:31:03 PM


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Im working at a kennel now and I want to become a dog trainer within the next few years

135g Aquarium
1.0 Columbian Boa (Boa constrictor imperator)- Father
Critter Keeper
1.0 '08 Ball Python (Python Regius)- Boobs!
40g Breeder
1.0 Beardie (Pogona Vitticeps)- Mr. Tough Guy
29g Oak
1.0 Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)- Tucker
0.1 Stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus)- Ms. Smith
*Coming soon- Convict Cichlids*
Large Rubbermaid Bin
Colony of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
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Posted 10/1/2008 4:27:05 PM
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I am a level 2 help desk support for a pharma company

My plans are to become an Admin in the IT department for a company with in the next few years

1.0 Burmese Python

0.1 Ball Python

1.0 Spider Ball Python

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Posted 10/1/2008 5:16:40 PM


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I want to stick with animals for my career, which I still have no clue about. I love north american wildlife, and I am hopefully, if everything goes right, be doing wildlife studies up in Alaska in 2-3 years. Which I am very excited about. And next summer I will be going to a sleep-away nature camp and will be at camp at the zoo where you help out the zoo keepers and learn a bunch of stuff.

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1.0.1 leopard gecko (Athena and Apollo)
0.0.1 occelated skink (Zahara)
0.0.2 wood frogs (Cloak and Dagger)



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Posted 10/1/2008 6:03:24 PM


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I definitely want to be a herpetologist/reptile store owner when I am an adult.

But until then I want to work at a LFS called Optimum Aquarium.  And I plan on volunteering at Zoo Atlanta in the Reptile Room (even though it is herp-related ).  They are supposed to have one of the best Reptile Rooms in the country, and has the best one out of the zoos I have been to.

0.2.0 Leopard Geckos
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
1.0.0 Chinese Hamster
2.0.0 Betta Fish
 
Coming soon:
0.2.0 Pictus Geckos (Aug. 1)
1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (Jan. 10)
0.1.0 Indonesian White's Treefrog (Jan. 10)

Post #70306
Posted 10/6/2008 3:16:02 PM


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I plan on going into the U.S. Air Force when I get old enough. However, I really want to do nature photography as a sort of "side job" which will always involve herps.

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Just to let everyone know, I am Reptile_Dude...I just changed my username.

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Posted 10/6/2008 3:20:03 PM


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i plan on being a marine biologist,conservationist or a herptologist when i am old enough

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Posted 10/6/2008 4:46:38 PM