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Posted 6/30/2009 12:44:20 PM


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I'd like to know what your first herp was!

I usually say that my first herp was a Rough Green snake named Chloe (terrible choice too), but that is only because I always forget that I kept some frogs before that. I didn't know anything back then, so I don't remember what kind they were. Could have been cricket frogs, but I can't say for sure. I kept a lot of herps that year, but I really didn't know what I was doing.

Thankfully, I've come a long way!


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Posted 6/30/2009 1:44:09 PM


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my first herp was a cherry-head red footed tortoise. His name is bubba. he is now 3 or 4 years old

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Posted 6/30/2009 3:15:05 PM


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Uh...I always kept a varity frogs when I was younger,though because I didn't know anything I don't know what they were.Bullfrogs?Cricket frogs?Oak toads?I have no clue.But the first herp I ever had to identify were two green anoles,a male and a female.The male's name was Dragon and the female's name was Keera.

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Posted 6/30/2009 4:40:34 PM


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 My first herp was a map turtle waaaay back when I was in 3rd grade.(1982,I think)  I begged and studied untill my dad gave in.

 It only lived a few months. I still have the book on turtle care that I read, and nowhere does it mention UV and heat lamps, just water temperature and calcium suppliments. No wonder it died. After that, I stuck with hamsters.

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Posted 6/30/2009 5:27:09 PM


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Mine was a tarantula it might not be a herp but it what got me started on everything but my first real one was a tree frog!

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1 Red tail boa
2 Ball pythons
1 boa constrictor
3 tarantulas
1 green tree frog
1 red eared slider
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2 beardies
1 dart frog
1 red eye tree frog
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Posted 7/1/2009 7:32:48 AM


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Corn Snake, her name's Xena. (:
I got her like 8 months ago, I'm
new to the Reptile World but I've always been
really interested. (:

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Posted 7/1/2009 8:30:23 PM
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My first herp was my box turtles.One is in his 30s and the other is about 15 now.

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Posted 7/2/2009 8:56:02 AM


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garter snake

CURENT HERPS:

NORMAL BALL PYTHON
PASTEL BALL PYTHON
4 FIREBELLIED TOADS
BEARDED DRAGON

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Posted 7/4/2009 10:28:21 AM


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a Leo named Spot.

Spotty and Scully <3

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Posted 7/4/2009 6:21:34 PM


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A variety of frogs- a gray treefrog, a leopard frog, maybe a spring peeper, toads.


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