how long have you been keeping?

[cyclamen]

6 wonderful years now

 

[eladidare]

kept blueys and diamonds when i was 6. had carpets rbb's and whippys and mostly wild caught elapids till i got my licence bout 5 yrs ago.

 

[croc_hunter_penny]

Does catching garden skinks as a kid and keeping them in huge bowls with lots of grass count?

hehe I hope not cause if so I clicked the wrong button! :shock:

I caught skinks since I knew I had hands, I wanted snakes since grade 4 when I first held one in the flesh (reptile farm thing came to the school. my sis - the school captain - nominated me to hold the childrens cause she thought it would be funny. i think she regretted it ever since! :lol and finally talked my mum into letting me get one (aka applying for licence and buying a pair of bredli behind her back) a whopping 11 years later! but at least i have my beauties now!

-Penny

 

[Pythons Rule]

legally I have kept snakes for almost 3 years but have always been fasinated with them since I was very young 5 years old or so. I've removed plenty wild ones from peoples chicks cages and peoples yards nothing venomouse though and releast them since I was in high school.
Just love them

 

[Pythons Rule]

kept alot of lizards that I managed to save from the cats since I was in primary school so does that count?

 

[hornet]

i have only had my licence just over a year but started keeping when i was 8-9yrs old, caught turtles, blueys, beardies etc when it was legal to do so

 

[tempest]

It's been just over a year for me... would have been a lot, lot longer if my mum would have let me get a python all those years ago when I used to pester her relentlessly. How I wish I had a cool mum! I had to buy my own place and then save up for them!

 

[Bryony]

WOW there is really a distinct pattern, peaks about 4 years ago

 

[Lozza]

3 years
although I also caught garden skinks when I was little (never kept them tho) I also had a colony of eastern water skinks that lived in a small hole in my wall when we were at our old house when I was young lol

 

[freerider]

Geez I cant remeber not keeping reptiles?
Would have to be about 20yrs I suppose?

 

[minusone]

about 3 months.
and thanks to this forum i've really learnt alot.


thanks everyone.

 

[rockdragon]

Interesting poll. Got my permit when i was 12, sold all my reptiles at 18, started keeping again at 22 and tuning 30 this year, all together been keeping 10>20 years

 

[oxyranus]

Got my coastal carpet python as a present for my birthday which was on april the 3rd 2007.So less then six months.

 

[choppy]

AmAzing the others that commented on keeping skinks in tubs/jars as kids I did that to, but the parents wouldn't let me have a snake then got married and she hates them too.Finally broke her about a year ago when she got me one for xmas. Hopefully will have them the rest of my life.

 

[dansfish4tea]

ill add another

have always been keen on reptiles, as when i was a kid i lived near the Aussie reptile park
but dew to un fun parants, wasnt allowed to keep snakes. i have my own place now n family and hav finally started my collection ,am looking forwed to when i can own my very own pair of copperheads or tigers

dnt mind the RBBs either
(got my snake and licence 1 week yestiday)

 

[Chrisreptile]

ive been keeping reptiles for about 6-7 years now.

started off with a bluey.

 

[Jonno from ERD]

G'day guys,

I have been legally keeping reptiles since I was 13, so that is coming up to 8 years very soon. Like most kids, I kept garden skinks in a fish tank. I always made sure they had plenty of grass, I'm not sure why.

I also remember keeping a young Shortneck turtle in a styrofoam esky when I was young. Styrofoam eskies + turtle claws = turtle searches every day after school. We found the turtle after we were walking barefoot down a local creek, and the little bugger bit me when I stood on him. Unfortunately Mr Turtle met his demise when a similar incident occured with a rather large crayfish. Using an 8 year olds logic, I figured they both lived in the same creek together, so why not live in a styrofoam esky? Well, that question was answered a few days later when I found Mr Crayfish with a firm grip on Mr Turtles neck.

Mr Crayfish tasted good.

Cheers

Jonno

 

[xycom]

Had our Olive for 3 months, about 10 years ago we had a couple of eastern water dragons.
Kept a few tiger snakes, blue tongues and skinks as a kid.


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