my first herp was a toad I captured out in my back yard, he oculd have only been 1-2, not quite sure on the species though. I had it about 2-3 days

Well we had those dime store turtles when we were kids...that would have to be the first and then anoles after that....got into the real stuff only in 1994...Lyn

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Warmest Regards from Lyn

Mine would have either been one of Lyn's "dimestore turtles" or a box turtle from the back yard. I don't remember which.

It WAS a long time ago

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Merlin,
What's Life Without A Little Magic!

My mom bought me a Red-eared Slider when I was about 5, when I was around 8 I used to go to the park and catch garters, frogs, tadpoles and salamanders. My first real herp pet was an Iguana many years ago and they're still my favorite.

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Val

http://www.reptilerescuerichmond.org

Ok, MY first herp was our Cal King snake, but Lyn has had Iguanas and a Tarantula for a long time now. As a kid though Id have to say a turtle.

Steve

My first was a female western hognose

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Little green "dime store" turtle long before they were made illegal in NJ. It had a cute little Lagoon with a plastic Palm Tree in it! LOL

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Dominick
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Hello,

One of the first reptiles I kept as my own was a Garter snake. I caught him in my yard and my dad built me a nice enclosure for him. I kept him a week, brought him to school for "show and tell" one day, and then came home and my dad and I released him back where I had caught him.

I think I was 6-7 then. lol

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My first herp was a big wood turtle I caught and kept in the window well of the basement of our house when I was like 8. My first snake was a grass snake, Natrix natrix, very cool little snakes that I used to catch all the time, boy did they have an attitude. My first lizard was a green lacerta. They too were pretty common around where I lived, and I used to catch them constantly. Another animal with an attitude. My first amphbibian I think was a natterjack toad, but its been so long I can barely remember what they actually looked like. The same area had tons of North American bull frogs and other various frogs. I moved from that to rescuing a green iguana. The first herp I actually bought was a ball python.

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I knew snakes would be right up there, but I'm surprised how well turtles are doing. I thought lizards would have them outdone for sure, but I've been proven wrong

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