you know you're a reptile keeper when...

[Morelia4life]

When you go to the store and you hear somebody say carpet and look up all excited.
When you have more pics of snakes on your fb page than people.
When all you can think about is making money for your next python and enclosure.

 

[montay]

-When I find snake skin in my pockets
- When you open my car boot and snakes hooks fall out
- when you have crescent shaped bite marks up your forearms with little punctures
- When you open the deep freeze and its full of ... you guessed it!!

fantastic!!

that is happening to me now

 

[Chris1]

you get 'bindies' from walking on the carpet indoors ('bindies' being the shed spikes from the beardies that tend to cling to the carpet while the rest gets sucked up by the vaccuum,....

 

[snakeluvver]

- When you can remember your reptile license number before your phone number.
- when you say your buying a gecko and someone says "just catch one from outside" (the only geckos we get are AHG's) and you sigh and call them an idiot)
- when you have a scrapbook collection of shed skins.
- when a python slithers into the garden everyone screams in horror lwhile you happy dance in excitement.
- when everyone walks on the other side of the street from you.

 

[snakes123]

when the first thing you do in the morning is check this site and herptrader

So true, im addicted. Most mornings i nearly miss the train because im to amused reading the forum and seeing whats come up for sale. I even come on here at school during class

 

[user 25905]

when your always thinking of new ideas for enclosures and what you will be putting in them.

 

[Pinoy]

When you rearrange everything in your room to allow maximum space for enclosures etc.
" so what if you can't, open the door to the balcony, we don't go out there anyway" lol

 

[Wallypod]

when your anniversary is spent herping instead of in the hot tub with the missus.

 

[Pinoy]

Sounds more dangerous than free handling angry vens lol!

 

[snakeluvver]

Today a girl at school saw me holding a GTF and screamed"Eww the only good thing to do with toads is play golf with them" I told her that its a frog and that they are beautiful creatures and she said "Whats the difference, we just kill them all" Getting angry, I told her that toads are imported pests and frogs are protected natives and killing them is illegal, she just shrugged and called them gross. I swear I was furious I felt like I wanted to punch her in the face, the only thing that stopped me was the fact that she was a girl. So instead I just found a dead toad and threw it at her. She deserved it.
So in short - You know your a reptile keeper when someone says they kill frogs and it takes all your might to stop yourself from killing them.

 

[grizz]

When your almost 2year old daughter sees a bird in the shed, freaks out and says c'mon dad, back to nake room!

 

[MathewB]

So in short - You know your a reptile keeper when someone says they kill frogs and it takes all your might to stop yourself from killing them.

Hahaha toad throwing!

When you spend more time cleaning enclosures than your own home

 

[Morelia4life]

If you are like me, it is 6.30 in the morning and I am still on here and another reptile website and I am reading about bredli lol.

when you are driving and you see a box turtle in the road and you pull to the side of the road and run into traffic so you can rescue the turtle before it gets hit.

 

[Skinnerguy]

When you realise the irony of reading articles on how to appropriately euthanize rabbits the day before easter :?

 

[Fuscus]

.. you see a box turtle in the road and you pull to the side of the road and run into traffic so you can rescue the turtle before it gets hit.

or you run across traffic, stooping down mid stride to pick up the coastal. And when you reach the other side start worrying about being bitten

 

[Defective]

you get excited when your dragon eats up his pinkie rat and licks his mouth for 5mins but it creep your mum out something chronic

 

[Darkhorse]

When you call your Dad up and he says "you missed out on and treat tonight" and goes on to describe the juvi coastal he found sleeping in the shed. And when you tell him you'll be round in the morning to admire it, he says "don't disturb it too much and don't take it home with you", at which you have to explain that it's not legal to remove snakes from the wild!

 

[happyherps]

when the first thing you do in the morning is check this site and herptrader

lmao me right now lol....

 

[snakeluvver]

When you have super fast reflexes

 

[Kitteh]

When another person shows everyone the bruise on their arm and says "I got this from our dog." And they ask you what you got your bruises and cuts from and you reply, "A reluctant monitor."

When people give you strange looks at school...