Rebecca_in_NY
New member
I'm finally getting around to introducing myself and my son...
First of all, thanks to Rich for the great forum and all the members who have contributed. When my son decided he wanted to delve into the world of snakes, this forum played an integral role in educating us both before we added his boy to the family as well as each day since. It is much appreciated!
As for me, I'm in my mid 30's and have always been an animal lover. Although my parents weren't especially supportive of my unusual choices in pets (with one exception, I did have an Ameiva aka Rainbow Racerunner as a kid), I'm making up for it as an adult. Besides my current beasties which are a couple of cats, two ferrets and a Shire (horse), in the past either I or my son have had an iguana, a rose hair tarantula, a giant African millipede, rats, mice, a hamster, hermit crabs, a pug and a german shepard. I also used to have a ball python (poor El Guapo had since crossed the bridge). Job wise, I'm a Senior Solutions Architecture Consultant for Dell so I'm endlessly glued to computers but I do get to bounce around the country on occasion.
My son (screen name is Brandon_in_NY) just turned 13 and "Legs Diamond" is his first snake. Brandon is already so smitten with him, I know Legs won't be his last snake either. Legs was born on August 22nd and we just got him on Saturday, the 4th. The breeder states he is a sunglow (I'm not so sure yet...we'll have to wait till he's more mature to be sure I think) and besides an incident with his tail tip (incomplete shed the breeder didn't catch killed the tip), he's very healthy, quite docile for such a little one and definitely a hearty eater!
With the addition of Legs to the family, my interest in snakes was reawakened and oddly, I found that, unlike in the past, I'm more taken with corns versus the boas and pythons now. I'm already itching *badly* to get my own corn and to be honest, the only reason I haven't ordered the phantom I'm in love with is because I don't have a good second viv at the moment. I'm already brainstorming how I want to build a muti-viv wall unit "show case" to house at least 4 corns (maybe 6 :rofl: ). It'll definitely be built by the spring though so we'll be ready to welcome home some new babies next year...if I can wait that long
. Already on the corn "wish list" is a cinnamon for my son and a phantom and lavender motley for myself !
Anyway, I've written a book so I won't bore you all any longer, lol. Hopefully, I can correctly post some pics to follow. I look forward to getting to everyone!
First of all, thanks to Rich for the great forum and all the members who have contributed. When my son decided he wanted to delve into the world of snakes, this forum played an integral role in educating us both before we added his boy to the family as well as each day since. It is much appreciated!
As for me, I'm in my mid 30's and have always been an animal lover. Although my parents weren't especially supportive of my unusual choices in pets (with one exception, I did have an Ameiva aka Rainbow Racerunner as a kid), I'm making up for it as an adult. Besides my current beasties which are a couple of cats, two ferrets and a Shire (horse), in the past either I or my son have had an iguana, a rose hair tarantula, a giant African millipede, rats, mice, a hamster, hermit crabs, a pug and a german shepard. I also used to have a ball python (poor El Guapo had since crossed the bridge). Job wise, I'm a Senior Solutions Architecture Consultant for Dell so I'm endlessly glued to computers but I do get to bounce around the country on occasion.
My son (screen name is Brandon_in_NY) just turned 13 and "Legs Diamond" is his first snake. Brandon is already so smitten with him, I know Legs won't be his last snake either. Legs was born on August 22nd and we just got him on Saturday, the 4th. The breeder states he is a sunglow (I'm not so sure yet...we'll have to wait till he's more mature to be sure I think) and besides an incident with his tail tip (incomplete shed the breeder didn't catch killed the tip), he's very healthy, quite docile for such a little one and definitely a hearty eater!
With the addition of Legs to the family, my interest in snakes was reawakened and oddly, I found that, unlike in the past, I'm more taken with corns versus the boas and pythons now. I'm already itching *badly* to get my own corn and to be honest, the only reason I haven't ordered the phantom I'm in love with is because I don't have a good second viv at the moment. I'm already brainstorming how I want to build a muti-viv wall unit "show case" to house at least 4 corns (maybe 6 :rofl: ). It'll definitely be built by the spring though so we'll be ready to welcome home some new babies next year...if I can wait that long
. Already on the corn "wish list" is a cinnamon for my son and a phantom and lavender motley for myself !Anyway, I've written a book so I won't bore you all any longer, lol. Hopefully, I can correctly post some pics to follow. I look forward to getting to everyone!
