Hi Folks

[Cazador]

It's been a while, but I'll be checking back in a little more frequently over the next several months. It was difficult to stay offline during my recent training, but it was necessary. I still don't want to become too distracted because I haven't finished the PhD yet, but it's drawing closer. There is A LOT of work still to be done. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello, and if there are/were any really significant threads that needed my attention in my absence, please send a PM to alert me. There were apparently 7,807 new posts during my absence, so I'm just going to mark them as read and start from here. Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well and has had a productive summer. I had two litters of pickeringii while I was gone, but I kept my concinnus in brumation throughout the summer in order to cut down on maintenance/work. This means they'll breed out of cycle this winter, but that's cool. I'll post pictures when I have more time. Until then... take care,
Rick

[Josh]

welcome back
congrats on the babys
good luck with the phd.
;)

By the way this is "thesnakecatcher293" i had my name changed.

[enigma200316]

Hi, Rick welcome some what back, and good luck with the rest of your work.......

[Lulu Bennett]

hi rick im lulu. dont worry james is doing a great job at keeping us in line and giving help lol. oh and good luck with your PhD xxx

[Boots]

Welcome back. We missed you. You will have a lot of reading ahead of you. Might I suggest not reading all the posts in one sitting. We would not hear from you for at least a couple more months if you were to do that! :)

Jason

[Stefan-A]

Just skip everything written by either me or James, and you'll be down to about 4000 in no time. :D

[ssssnakeluvr]

welcome back..briefly!!! :D

[Thamnophis]

Hey Rick, back in town. Good to hear from you!
Succes with your Phd.

[Snaky]

Hey Rick, good to hear from you and welcome back:)
Good luck with finishing your Phd.

[boeh]

Hey Rick

Nice to hear from you. Hope you and all your snakes are doing fine. Looking forward to see pictures of the babies.

Best,
Cyrill

[Sid]

Another welcome back and best of luck, Rick.

[drache]

hi Rick
good to see you - missed you a little
glad to hear you're almost there with the PhD
when you've got more time, perhaps you can tell us more about it
and we need lots of info from your toxicology training
see you soon
keep well and hang in there with the hard work

[Gijs & Sabine]

Welcome back, Rick http://www.reptiles4life.nl/images/smiles/039.gif (javascript:emoticon(':smt039'))
And congrats with you pickeringii babies, looking forward to the pics ;)

[adamanteus]

Hey Rick! Welcome home!:) I'm glad to hear everythings going so well, keep up the hard work. It will be nice to have you around again, even if it's not as often as you would like, as you say, must stay focused!:D

[Elliot]

Welcome back Rick!

[garterking]

Welcome back Rick, I know I missed reading your posts here. The others here were very helpful to a lot of people, but a little more knowledge and help is always appreciated. Best of luck with your studies and PHD. Again, welcome back Buddy.

Mike

[GGarter]

Welcome back!

I know I'm a bit late....:)

[GarterGuy]

Weclome back Rick. Good to hear that all is going well with the PHD and going well with the garters. Looking forward to having you back in the fold again, once every things done. Guess we'll have to call you Dr. Rick then?:D

Roy

[Cazador]

Hi all,
It's nice to see so many familiar names on the forum and so many new ones :). I'm already leaving again tomorrow for a short hunting trip (4-5 days). Then I'll check back in. I'm mainly reading the "Urgent Care" section, so if anyone needs anything in particular and can't find help elsewhere, be sure to send me a PM. Best,
Rick

P.S. It's also cool to see how many young snakes have "grown up..." particularily "your lord and master." ;)

[Stefan-A]

Grown big maybe, but I don't know about growing up. ;)

[adamanteus]

I'll check back in. I'm mainly reading the "Urgent Care" section, so if anyone needs anything in particular and can't find help elsewhere, be sure to send me a PM.

How have we managed these past few months!?:rolleyes:

[Stefan-A]

How have we managed these past few months!?:rolleyes:
It's been difficult. :D I bet he doesn't know whether to laugh or cry when he's reading through some of the discussions we've had. ;)

[abcat1993]

Woah, I really need to check here more, I didn't even realize you were back.
Congrats with the almost PhD and babies.
Soon we'll be calling you Dr. Rick