Darn you! Darn you all!!!!!!!!!!

[mtolypetsupply]

Okay, is there a twelve-step program for those of us who have become *totally adddicted* to reptiles and amphibians??????

You all have MADE me into a total ADDICT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I go to the hamburg show today, expecting to hang with cool people, see my babies' mommy, Shannon (which I did, she's so awesome and friendly!), find Sean, for my Thamnophis poster (which I didn't, where was he?? It's not that big a place, how did I miss him????) and NOT buy anything.

....Well.... I've loved poison dart frogs ever since I've seen them, so bought 5 tadpoles. No one seems to think it's hard to raise them, so I figured, "Why not??? I've wasted more tham $40 on all sorts of stuff before," so I now have 5 tadpoles on the kitchen counter.

Then, I met Adam of Adam Kuhn Captive Bred Reptiles, who had several non-feeding corn snakes. I got 6 for $20. Upon getting home, we, for s***s and giggles, chopped up some pinkies and put them in the containers. Lo and behold, right now, 3 ate, no problem.

I love it, Love it, LOVE IT!!!! But darn you!!!!! You sent your herpetological bugs my way and they bit me HARD!!!!!!!

Is there a patch I can wear like the nicotine one that will prevent me from buying more More MORE???? Or do I have to "Just Say No" to reptile shows????

It was all I could do not to come home with a turtle, too.

:D:D:D

[GartersRock]

Reptile shows are DEATH TRAPS!!!!! :eek: I have gone into shows looking to buy ONE thing. Come out with 6 things. Or even go in with NO MONEY. Come out with 2 snakes. ROFL!! Etc... Etc.... Now I am going to one in Jan. with some actual money.... God knows what will go down.

Please. There is no help. There are no programs. I am afraid you will just have to get used to Stephi. :p:rolleyes:

[Loren]

Just give in to the addiction- but dont take in more than you can care for. :)

[Charlet_2007]

congrats and well aboard to the rest of your life with reptiles lol:D:D;);)

[ssssnakeluvr]

Welcome to our world!!!! :D

[Zephyr]

Yep.
I've decided that the only way for me to actually get more herps is to go to a show.
Because it's the perfect excuse when you get out to tell your mom you were just so overwhelmed. XD

But do try to have a good idea of what you're capable of caring for or not; Remember, babies become not babies very quickly.

[GartersRock]

That's how I got my first roaches Kyle. LOL! Proud of me??

[Zephyr]

That's how I got my first roaches Kyle. LOL! Proud of me??Very.
I'll be excruciatingly proud when you spend $400 on a pair of them too. :P

[guidofatherof5]

I have 85 Radixs, HELLO, MY NAME IS STEVE.

[Zephyr]

I have 85 Radixs, HELLO, MY NAME IS STEVE.
Ah. I see the problem.
It's Radii.

[GartersRock]

Very.
I'll be excruciatingly proud when you spend $400 on a pair of them too. :P
Lol! We'll see. :p

And I really didn't like roaches very much either... They where for feeder breeding.... Well they still are.... But I LOVE THEM!! :D:D:D
How could I have ever doubted....

[Loren]

That's how I got my first roaches Kyle. LOL! Proud of me??
Ha, thats another "me too" for you. I got my Dubia's at a show.

[GartersRock]

Nice! :D That is so cool!

[infernalis]

Yep... I "cleaned" the enclosure and cared for my roaches today, took some pictures, will be posting them on the roach thread soon.

So proud, there are several wee little roaches, and a few that Chomper downed in a hurry:D

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

ha! it was good to see you today, i did find sean, he was allll the way in the back left corner.. i mean literally in the corner... i got my poster and its GORGEOUS! I wish I had known you were looking for him so I could have helped! I am so glad the babies are still doing well... I sold the last pair today so the only baby left from that clutch belongs to stephanie :D

I speak with adam every show (haha there are 3 or 4 vendors that I spend almost an hour each talking to there) and thats so funny because I ended up pitying the nonfeeding corns also and I took two home with me to give a second chance at life! Both of them were reaaally interested in the pinkies tonight, but neither of them seemed ready to take that final step... biting.. yet! They are two little girls, ultra's het caramel, one is almost fully striped!! They are SO adorable and I really hope they pull through for me. They were the two thinnest babies there and I decided they had the littlest time of any of them and that I wanted to give them a shot. I'll get pics of them later... when they are less stressed and more well fed!

I also brought home a couple little things today... posting pics in my snake thread shortly!

[drache]

glad you got your poster, Shannon
did you get to meet the vet?
I am so envious of you guys who got to go
congrats on your acquisitions

[Sid]

Okay, is there a twelve-step program for those of us who have become *totally adddicted* to reptiles and amphibians??????

:D:D:D

The only 12 step program I have found is........buy another one, buy another one...............:(

[NetBSD]

i was at the show, i went in for a new tank and got a good deal on a 40 gallon but i managed to walk out with another python, lol. i ended up spending $200. $20 to get in, $40 for the tank, $45 for the 07 female ball python, $18 each for 2 heat pads, some change for some thermomiters and hygrometers, and of course i had to stop at taco bell on the way home.


see thats the secret, go in with only a little money because if i had $10,000 in my pocket i woulda came home with the albino bermese pythons that were only $125 a pop :eek:. a few of those boa master cages i seen, deff some garters and a few more python morphs. i prolly woulda needed to rent a u-haul on top of all that, lol

these shows are real bad for guys liek me because ill spend every last penny to my name if i take it all with me

[mtolypetsupply]

Of the three corns that ate, two of them got heads. I wonder if I have zombie corns, "BRAINS!!!! BRAINS!!!!" Are brains an especially enticing delicacy???

Well we're off to get more sterilite containers for the new additions. And more and more stuff, I'm sure.

Anyone with corns who is willing to advise me on things, please pm. I need all the help I can get. :)

Net, I saw your post when I got home, shame we didn't meet up. It was great to see you, Shannon, and I'm sorry I didn't speak up about looking for Sean. Rhea, my hubby is already saving some cash to go to white plains, will Sean be there?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

omg when is the next white plains!??! i want to goooo :D

[drache]

the next White Plains show is January 25th
Sean always goes, and I'm planning on going

[jitami]

Congrats on your new acquisitions Stephi! Nice job getting the three to eat! Half way there already :D