Hi, My name is Orion and I've once agian been bitten by the bug.

I joined this forum because it really seems to be an active place that I can learn from others about different herps commonly kept in captivity. I've been keeping fish for several years now, and now that a good forum is worth it's weight in digital gold.

The first herp my wife and I kept was a cute tiny RES. As I'm sure so many are told, they will live just fine in the turttle lagon the LFS told us and won't get any bigger than they are now (about the size of a fiftycent piece) Thanks to a little research, by the time we got rid of him his carapace was just shy of 5 inches and was healthy as an ox.

Since then we've shared a little more experence with other herps, small amphibious ones mainly. Firebelly toads and some tree frogs, and of course the mighty Green Anole. Previously we had a mating pair of anoles and the female laid eggs like clockwork. We never made any special effort to hatch them, so they always ended up cricket food if we didn't remove them in time.

So now we are back and this time with the game face on. I recently took down one of my cichlid tanks and have converted it into a 45 gallon vivarium.

I'm looking forward to learning all that this site has to offer and hopefully give back some. I thought that information on fish on the net was conflicting, it aint nothing compared to the info on herps, if you can even find some. lol

Welcome to HerpCenter!
Yes we are quite active and a friendlier bunch of herpers you won't find!

What type of animals are you looking into?

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Merlin,
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Hi and welcome to Herp Center...Hope you enjoy yourself here.

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Thanks! The forums are setup a little different that what I'm used too, but I'm already getting a good feel for them.

To me there seems to be more of a challange in recreating a semi-aquatic enviornment than either all water or all land, so I'll be checking into the amphibians as well as others that come from tropical and semi-tropical area's. To be honest a lot of the thrill to me comes from knowing that I've replicated an animals natural enviornment enought that they exhibit similar behaviour that they would in the wild. So for now I'll try and keep it simple with some frogs and smaller aboreal lizards and hopefully expand out to some salamanders and newts. Toads aren't out of the questions as I'm sure there are some that aren't going to get big enough to cause a problem for other critters in the same tank, I just don't know of any yet.

I have a special place in my heart for the unusual and different. Which more often than not leads to scarce availability and higher prices when I do find them. Thankfully I have a wife who at least will put up with me and my hobby most of the time.

So basicly I guess I'm looking into a little bit of everything. Such is the life of one who is Jack of all trades, master of none.

For more enclosure ideas and information, you can also visit www.herphabitats.com which is also a part of this network, soon to be located here as well.

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Hi Orion and welcome to the Herp Center Network. I'm sure that you will find our forums unlike any other on the net however there are quite a few that are starting to try to copy.

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Fran
January 9, 1940 - June 1, 2006 (R.I.P)

Hi Orion (one of my ball pythons has that name LOL) ,

Glad you found us. Let us know if you have any questions...Lyn

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Warmest Regards from Lyn

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Fran, you know what they say, imitation is the best form of flattery!

Actualy, I guess one of my biggest burning questions is this:
Is there a list somewhere on this site of recomeded online vendors for live animals? Like most my local selection is limited to the few herps that our one LFS gets in, and I'm sure like most the selection isn't that huge.

I ran across www.reptiledepot.com quite a while ago, and has been one of the few I've found that I would actualy think of buying off of. This is a large site, so if there is a list and I just haven't found it yet please look over me. Also any local clubs or breeders in the Kentucky area?

hey welcome to HC! hope you enjoy yourself here.

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