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I was referred to this board through another herp forum I frequent. Needless to say, I absolutely LOVE this site!
Anyway, my name is Mike and I'm from northern NJ. I'm 17 and a senior in highschool. Reptiles have always been my passion. My addiction started when my parents bought me a pair of iguanas when I was 5 or 6. I had those guys until I was about 10 years old. I loved them dearly. Anyway, over the years, I've pretty much kept everything. Off the top of my head, iguanas, bearded dragons, crested geckos, monitors (mangrove, savanah, nile, and timor), mali uromastyx, leopard geckos, ball pythons, boas, and my latest addiction, chondros.
As for now, my collection consists of a full stripe neonate chondro (Bokondini x Wamena courtesy of Dave Prada), an adult female leopard gecko, and a female ball python. My fascination with leopard geckos was almost by accident. For the past year or so, I've been longing to breed for fun, rather than profit. I had my heart set on chondros, but they are/were very expensive and to some extent, still are. I acquired my chondro not as a breeding investment, but as a companion. So, my guy/girl, will remain my showcase pride and joy! Anyway, ball pythons were next on the proverbial chopping block. Sure, breeding normals is cool, but gets boring fast. My taste for the best took over and I was hellbent on the rare morphs-bumblebees, piebald, albino, spider, etc. Reality hit and I realized there was no way I could afford a trio of such snakes. I've bred crested geckos on a few occassions, but that's it.
I was completely blind to the world of leopard geckos. I had no idea that breeding had gone so far. When I first saw a Tornado Tangerine or APTOR, I was blown away. Needless to say, I'm hooked. I'm going to order a Boaphile rack and start building up some really nice geckos to hopefully breed next spring! My next addition to my 0.1 normal female is a SHTCT male. I'm super excited. Next up I've got some LVAs, CT and tangerines coming. I've never been this happy with the herp world since I got my chondro a few months ago!!!
I was referred to this board through another herp forum I frequent. Needless to say, I absolutely LOVE this site!
Anyway, my name is Mike and I'm from northern NJ. I'm 17 and a senior in highschool. Reptiles have always been my passion. My addiction started when my parents bought me a pair of iguanas when I was 5 or 6. I had those guys until I was about 10 years old. I loved them dearly. Anyway, over the years, I've pretty much kept everything. Off the top of my head, iguanas, bearded dragons, crested geckos, monitors (mangrove, savanah, nile, and timor), mali uromastyx, leopard geckos, ball pythons, boas, and my latest addiction, chondros.
As for now, my collection consists of a full stripe neonate chondro (Bokondini x Wamena courtesy of Dave Prada), an adult female leopard gecko, and a female ball python. My fascination with leopard geckos was almost by accident. For the past year or so, I've been longing to breed for fun, rather than profit. I had my heart set on chondros, but they are/were very expensive and to some extent, still are. I acquired my chondro not as a breeding investment, but as a companion. So, my guy/girl, will remain my showcase pride and joy! Anyway, ball pythons were next on the proverbial chopping block. Sure, breeding normals is cool, but gets boring fast. My taste for the best took over and I was hellbent on the rare morphs-bumblebees, piebald, albino, spider, etc. Reality hit and I realized there was no way I could afford a trio of such snakes. I've bred crested geckos on a few occassions, but that's it.
I was completely blind to the world of leopard geckos. I had no idea that breeding had gone so far. When I first saw a Tornado Tangerine or APTOR, I was blown away. Needless to say, I'm hooked. I'm going to order a Boaphile rack and start building up some really nice geckos to hopefully breed next spring! My next addition to my 0.1 normal female is a SHTCT male. I'm super excited. Next up I've got some LVAs, CT and tangerines coming. I've never been this happy with the herp world since I got my chondro a few months ago!!!
