What Reptiles You've Had, Have, And Want...

Torta-geddon

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I debated getting a sulcata for quite a while. They are one of the less expensive tortoises you can purchase, but due to their size and often destructive nature, it can get a bit expensive to keep them. In the 2 years I've had mine, I've spent over $3K in housing, food, and vet services. I plan to sink another $1K expanding his outside enclosure, adding a cement pond, and installing a sprinkler system next Spring. But costs aside, he has the best personality of any reptile I've ever had. Wouldn't trade him for the world.
I wish I had spent more time debating about my sulcata. I would have had his enclosure set up before I bought him instead of a lot of panicked scrambling to get him set up properly. I also would have got him from a different source. I agree about the personality, sulcatas are awesome.
 

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I've had:
Dogs
Rabbits
Guinea pigs
Hamsters
Prairie dogs
Water snake
Balls pythons
Scarlet king snakes
Asst. King and corn snakes
Praying mantis
Giant Lubber grasshoppers
Grandis day gecko
Horned toads lizards
Jacksons Chameleons
Cuban anole
Green iguanas
African gray parrot
Finches (asst)
Canaries (asst)
Parakeets
Short tailed opossum
Koi and ornamental goldfish
Flowerhorn cichlids
Oscar cichlids
Red Devil cichlids
Midas cichlids
Jaguar cichlids
Red tailed catfish
Countless other fishes
Uromastic lizards
Collard lizards
Emerald swifts
Curly tailed lizards
I'm sure I'm forgetting something...

I have:
Dog Chihuahua female
Redfoot tortoises (5)
Koi (20?)
Midas cichlid babies(300?)
Veiled Chameleons (3)
Canaries and finches (16)


Want:
IF I HAD A LARGER PROPERTY. I'd like to have a much larger and more elaborate tortoise "world" and set up a new area for Leopard tortoises.
I'd also make a much larger and deeper natural pond for more cichlids.
As far as new species...I'm very impulsive and I don't know today what will interest me tomorrow.
 

Reed Thoma

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Savage, MN
Had:
green anole
leopard gecko
5-lined skink
garter snake
painted turtle

Have:
crested geckos (6)
dubia colony

Dream List:
I have too many to list but i'll put top five
Galapagos or aldabra
croc monitor
boelens python
perentie monitor
red foot
 

xphare

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Location (City and/or State)
Denver
I've had:
Dogs
Rabbits
Guinea pigs
Hamsters
Prairie dogs
Water snake
Balls pythons
Scarlet king snakes
Asst. King and corn snakes
Praying mantis
Giant Lubber grasshoppers
Grandis day gecko
Horned toads lizards
Jacksons Chameleons
Cuban anole
Green iguanas
African gray parrot
Finches (asst)
Canaries (asst)
Parakeets
Short tailed opossum
Koi and ornamental goldfish
Flowerhorn cichlids
Oscar cichlids
Red Devil cichlids
Midas cichlids
Jaguar cichlids
Red tailed catfish
Countless other fishes
Uromastic lizards
Collard lizards
Emerald swifts
Curly tailed lizards
I'm sure I'm forgetting something...

I have:
Dog Chihuahua female
Redfoot tortoises (5)
Koi (20?)
Midas cichlid babies(300?)
Veiled Chameleons (3)
Canaries and finches (16)


Want:
IF I HAD A LARGER PROPERTY. I'd like to have a much larger and more elaborate tortoise "world" and set up a new area for Leopard tortoises.
I'd also make a much larger and deeper natural pond for more cichlids.
As far as new species...I'm very impulsive and I don't know today what will interest me tomorrow.
How old was your African Grey? I have. 14 year old CAG and a 17 year old Nanday Conure. I love birds.

What got you into Cichlids? I’ve heard all kinds of stories about them.
 

xphare

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Location (City and/or State)
Denver
Had:
green anole
leopard gecko
5-lined skink
garter snake
painted turtle

Have:
crested geckos (6)
dubia colony

Dream List:
I have too many to list but i'll put top five
Galapagos or aldabra
croc monitor
boelens python
perentie monitor
red foot
Had:
green anole
leopard gecko
5-lined skink
garter snake
painted turtle

Have:
crested geckos (6)
dubia colony

Dream List:
I have too many to list but i'll put top five
Galapagos or aldabra
croc monitor
boelens python
perentie monitor
red foot
I knew I missed something on my list! Perenties are my favorite monitor and some how I forgot to mention that on my list.
Do you plan to breed your crested geckos?
 

Ben02

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I’m only 17 so I haven’t had many animals myself but I’ll list the ones I’ve worked with.

Mangrove monitors
Savannah Monitors
Acky Monitors
Blue tree monitors
rough neck monitor
Nile Monitor
Columbian rainbow boa
Common boas
Jamaican boas
Tree boas
Hognose snake
African rock python
Burmese python
Bush vipers
Eyelash vipers
Cat eyed snake
Royal pythons
Corn snakes
Various reticulated pythons
Carpet pythons
California king snakes
Milkshakes
British adders
Grass snakes
Smooth snakes
Yemen chameleon
Panther chameleon
Rankins dragon
Frilled dragon
Bearded dragon
Anacondas
Leopard geckos
Asian house geckos
Created geckos
Various anoles

And many, many more

That’s all I can name of the top of my head:D
 

Tom

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I’m only 17 so I haven’t had many animals myself but I’ll list the ones I’ve worked with.

Mangrove monitors
Savannah Monitors
Acky Monitors
Blue tree monitors
rough neck monitor
Nile Monitor
Columbian rainbow boa
Common boas
Jamaican boas
Tree boas
Hognose snake
African rock python
Burmese python
Bush vipers
Eyelash vipers
Cat eyed snake
Royal pythons
Corn snakes
Various reticulated pythons
Carpet pythons
California king snakes
Milkshakes
British adders
Grass snakes
Smooth snakes
Yemen chameleon
Panther chameleon
Rankins dragon
Frilled dragon
Bearded dragon
Anacondas
Leopard geckos
Asian house geckos
Created geckos
Various anoles

And many, many more

That’s all I can name of the top of my head:D
Where did you get the chance to work with all these species? Great list.
 

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How old was your African Grey? I have. 14 year old CAG and a 17 year old Nanday Conure. I love birds.

What got you into Cichlids? I’ve heard all kinds of stories about them.
The African was 8.
He came from an abusive home, cursed in Spanish and hated men.
We kept him briefly until we found a bird loving woman with a lot of free time. She still has him.
I once had large aquariums in each room of my house with larger and larger fishes. Then all cichlids and the most colorful and beautiful ones.
Now I keep Midas in a few back yard fish ponds.
Midas are living wild here in our waterways.
Luckily for our ecosystem, Flowerhorns are not. Yet.
 

Ben02

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Ive heard people use both names. Have you worked with any elapids?
Not yet, just Boigas and vipers. I would like to one day even though it comes with a lot of risks. A good friend of mine works with elapids in South Africa, this includes the infamous black mamba.
 

jsheffield

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I've mostly had dogs... but also cats, iguanas, ball-pythons, chameleons, freshwater & saltwater aquariums, toads, and most recently have added four types of tortoises to my life.

I also kept rabbits and quail, but they were food, so I think about them differently.

Jamie
 
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Ben02

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I've considered getting a python. But I fear that my wife would use it to strangle me, and that's just not fair to the snake.
If she wanted to strangle you she would want to get a boa. Out of all the snakes I’ve worked with, boas still make me a little cautious. One minute they are all friendly, flicking their tongue and all is well, next thing you know you feel little teeth in your arm as it starts to constrict. Gotta love boas :)
 

Reed Thoma

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I knew I missed something on my list! Perenties are my favorite monitor and some how I forgot to mention that on my list.
Do you plan to breed your crested geckos?
I have bred them. two of the six I have are the babies I produced.
 

jsheffield

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I've mostly had dogs... but also cats, iguanas, ball-pythons, chameleons, freshwater & saltwater aquariums, toads, and most recently have added four types of tortoises to my life.

I also kept rabbits and quail, but they were food, so I think about them differently.

Jamie

Also geckos: Tokay and fat-tailed and leopard.

J
 

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Hmm, interesting. Some of you have a really long list of reptiles now and in the past.
I have a long list of different mammals but I have had Greek tortoises in the past. I got them when I was a child.
Actually I own: 2 Redfoot tortoises
2 Hermann tortoises
4 sulcata tortoises
2 aldabra tortoises

My absolutely dream is a Galapagos tortoise but in Germany it is totally difficult to get them ( and to keep them ). Because of that this dream will not come true...:(
 
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Ben02

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Hmm, interesting. Some of you have a really long list of reptiles now and in the past.
I have a long list of different mammals but I have had Greek tortoises in the past. I got them when I was a child.
Actually I own: 2 Redfoot tortoises
2 Hermann tortoises
4 sulcata tortoises
2 aldabra tortoises

My absolutely dream is a Galapagos tortoise but in Germany it is totally difficult to get them ( and to keep them ). Because of that this dream will not come true...:(
I didn’t know you had Aldabras Bee, they are awesome!
 
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