how long have you been keeping reptiles for?

[ryanharvey1993]

just wondering how long have you been keeping reptiles for?

I have been keeping for 4 years now (with a licence) just curious how long everybody has been keeping for, been herping for about 8 years now and keeping for about 4 years before I got my licence and bought my first reptiles (all the wildcaughts were let go) my first reptile was delicate gardens skinks and my first licenced reptile was a central bearded dragon. I love keeping reptiles, but prefer herping.

 

[missllama]

not as long as u lol
when i met my partner he had all sorts of reptiles and he was in the stage of selling some things after a while we both ended up loving them so much that the collection just grew.... and grew.... and turned into a zoo

 

[seumas12345]

Just over a year, and loving it!

 

[pythons_dragons]

for about 1 year now. all i have is a eastern bearded dragon which isabsolutely beautiful. he is 1 year old now and has cool patterns. he is so good and never bites and loves being handled. I AM GETTING MY FIRST PYTHON AS WELL IN 1 DAY. IT WILL BE A BLONDE SPOTTED PYHON AND I CANT WAIT

 

[ryanharvey1993]

lol my collections has grew, then dropped then grew as I changed what I kept, I used to keep all kinds of stuff but now only keep easy stuff as it was to hard with going on holidays, being sick, cleaning. used to keep a fair few skinks and dragons, sydney locale cunninghams skinks, some darker coloured cunninghams skinks, pink tongued skinks, blue tongued skinks, shingleback, central beardies, eastern beardies, jacky dragons

 

[moosenoose]

A tad over 6yrs for me

 

[Kirby]

5 years. and counting.

 

[itbites]

5 years..

 

[dickyknee]

A few months now .....

 

[Drazzy]

4 to 5 years

 

[JasonL]

Since last week, but I saw a snake in the bush a few years back

 

[licky]

4 yrs

 

[MrBredli]

Over a decade. :shock:

 

[seumas12345]

since last week, but i saw a snake in the bush a few years back

lmao!!!!!

 

[-Andrew-]

A little over 30 years & I still have a couple of turtles & bluetongue lizards that are
still alive since then.

 

[gravitation]

I was around reptiles alot when i was a youngster, friends of the family had all sorts of things, snakes, monitors, beardeds. I was obsessed with them, but personally i've probably been keeping reptiles about six/seven years.

 

[Rocky]

Three Years. But have mainly focused on the Lizard group, until two weeks ago

 

[FAY]

A little over 30 years & I still have a couple of turtles & bluetongue lizards that are
still alive since then.

How can that be Andrew....aren't you only 29????

 

[andyscott]

About 25 years now.
Got my 1st reptile (shingle back) for my 11th birthday.

 

[Ned_fisch]

a little over a year 5 reptiles now.