KLG
01-08-2004, 10:37 AM
This is a topic I posted in another forum a few months back...just thought it would be interesting to hear more perspectives from folks over here.
Some of my favorites...
The smell of eggs hatching.
Watching snakes act like snakes – like when I peek into cages after feeding & they’re all hanging out on their basking spots & staying warm…you know, doing what snakes do.
When a picky feeder finally turns on & takes off.
Walking downstairs only to see a smiling alligator sitting in the middle of the hallway.
Baby ball pythons that eat like retics…even if it means they mistook my hand for the rat.
When it’s late at night & all I want to do is finish things up at the shop & go home, and then I see a little chondro caudal luring and forget about wanting to go home, and just watch the snake twitch his tail for 10 minutes.
A big, friendly Borneo short-tailed python that is perfectly content to hang out on my lap.
Hearing Tokay geckos calling late at night.
Rhino iguanas that share a slice of watermelon with me.
The big, googley eyes of Trans-Pecos ratsnakes.
Having a significant other who likes the same things…or at least understands why I “just have to keep this one to see what it’s going to look like in a year!”
...and a year later saying to the same significant other "well, remember how cool that other one turned out? I think this one has a lot of potential too, so let's just keep this one to see..." and watching him roll his eyes, but walk away smiling.
Finding 30 timber rattlesnakes in one day.
Sometimes it’s too easy to get sucked in by all the drama that tends to happen in this hobby/industry…too easy to get so caught up in lusting after the next animal on your wish list that you forget how cool the animals in your collection already are, no matter what color, what species, how expensive or inexpensive. Go into your herp room RIGHT NOW, and think of just how awesome it is to be a part of something so amazing as herpetoculture.
Ok. Now what are some of YOUR favorites?
K
Some of my favorites...
The smell of eggs hatching.
Watching snakes act like snakes – like when I peek into cages after feeding & they’re all hanging out on their basking spots & staying warm…you know, doing what snakes do.
When a picky feeder finally turns on & takes off.
Walking downstairs only to see a smiling alligator sitting in the middle of the hallway.
Baby ball pythons that eat like retics…even if it means they mistook my hand for the rat.
When it’s late at night & all I want to do is finish things up at the shop & go home, and then I see a little chondro caudal luring and forget about wanting to go home, and just watch the snake twitch his tail for 10 minutes.
A big, friendly Borneo short-tailed python that is perfectly content to hang out on my lap.
Hearing Tokay geckos calling late at night.
Rhino iguanas that share a slice of watermelon with me.
The big, googley eyes of Trans-Pecos ratsnakes.
Having a significant other who likes the same things…or at least understands why I “just have to keep this one to see what it’s going to look like in a year!”
...and a year later saying to the same significant other "well, remember how cool that other one turned out? I think this one has a lot of potential too, so let's just keep this one to see..." and watching him roll his eyes, but walk away smiling.
Finding 30 timber rattlesnakes in one day.
Sometimes it’s too easy to get sucked in by all the drama that tends to happen in this hobby/industry…too easy to get so caught up in lusting after the next animal on your wish list that you forget how cool the animals in your collection already are, no matter what color, what species, how expensive or inexpensive. Go into your herp room RIGHT NOW, and think of just how awesome it is to be a part of something so amazing as herpetoculture.
Ok. Now what are some of YOUR favorites?
K