For those of you without the option to visit Nirvana (here's a few of my pets)

Haha i would love to, but thats way out of my price range. I'm still on the look for a job and i have to save to get my ass back to Cali so 2000 might be a lil too much. Beautiful snakes though. I was looking at this little guy, only $299.

 

Forsure let me know whats up. And yeah i know, i just like the Wamena's. Hit me up about it though. It probably wont be for a few months if i end up setting my mind on a green tree.

 

I used to be huge into reptiles when I was younger. When I was in second or third grade I dreamed about being a herpetologist. Sadly, as time has passed on my love for the animals faded.

I had a whole bunch of reptiles while growing up...2 toad headed agamas, a water dragon, a California king snake, and 2 ball pythons among others.

I have some stories I suppose i could share too...

I bought the California king snake when it was a about a foot long. The cage I had for it wouldn't lock all the way and some how the little sucker managed to get out. The snake was gone for about 2 weeks and then I found it in my basement and as I was trying to grab it it went down a tiny drain hole in my basement and from that point on I figured it was gone forever.

That is until I found the damn thing like 4 months later in my basement. I was stunned and I don't know how it survived so long in my house or even how it was still in my house! I was so happy to have my pet back.

Then probably about 2 days later I let my friend hold the snake and then he put it away without my supervision and did not close the tank properly (it was safe this time) and the fucking thing got away for good. I was pissed!

I also have some stories about the ball pythons.

I remember saving up for like 3 months to buy a ball python from pet world...for it to die on me in less then 2 days. I was young at the time and obviously did not properly inspect the animal before buying it cause looking back the thing was obviously sick from the start. Yet again I was pissed and pet world didn't do shit about it.

I thought this was just a rare occurrence so I got another one when I had the money but it did not take long to find out that it was infected with mites. It was fucking disgusting. They were just tiny little bugs that would crawl in his senors on his head and shit like that. I bought some chemicals that were supposed to make the mites go away but it was a losing battle and the snake ended up dying in less then a half year.

I don't know if I just suck at keeping animals but I do know that I will never buy another pet from pet world and I would advise everyone to do the same.

I guess these situations just really put me off about keeping them as pets. I still think they are really cool and have been recently thinking about the idea of getting a cool little stoner pet but for now I will just stick with my 2 kittys!

 

Or Iguana's

 

Yea the toad headed agamas were just like the bearded dragons except the dragons get a lot bigger which I think is cooler...and I think that now that I am older that I would be more responsible and would be able to tackle my problems more effectively.

 

so theres where all the members i know are..the nirvana forums??

wtf people i come here after 3 weeks and noones around,

cool pets btw

ok..thats all see ya all in another 3 weeks or so..
ciaooo

 

I wouldn't say "Horrible Reccomendation" because you get used to your Iguana as it gets older and used to the mating habits. Thats why you should not handle them, bites, tail whips. All that. But i had my own male Iguana when i was 5 and had him untill he died about 4 years ago. Got huge and he never once bit me. Got me with his tail a couple times but nothing that drew blood.


And who doesn't like a reptile you can walk around with on a leash...come on man =P

 

True, but they are widely popular and like i was saying. A begginer is not going to go out and buy a full grown Iggy. I mean unless you want to get fucked up. But if you buy a baby and are able to grow with it and learn with it. You should be fine as a begginer. Thats why i recomended it. It's a great learning rep

 

I'm not saying a bearded dragon wouldn't be a great beginers pet because they are. But still, i guess it all comes down to the person.

My First tarantula was a Cobalt tarantula, which is a very aggressive tarantula. But i had dealt with aggressive animals before and knew i could handle it. I did my research and it lasted me 2 years untill i had to move away and give it to a buddy of mine.

Shit you can even get a Water dragon, similar to an iguana. And in my opinion more enjoyable than Bearded dragons. Probably because my dad fabricated a multi climate cage(welded two 50 gallons and had the bottom "floor" a tropical water filled zone with gold fish for snacks. And the top was Desert with a heat rock, close to the heat lamp, etc) Those are pretty much Beginner reps too in my opinion

Edit: If you buy them prepared with a large enough tank, know how to take care of them etc. I consider "beginner" to mean learning. Bearded dragons you can't really learn from other than how they react to certain things and how to take care of them. If you're going to get into reptiles you need to do your research


But i'm not arguing with ya man. I respect your experience with reptiles, and probably have more than i do. Its just an opinion after all ha

 

Yeahhh, which is sad because they really are badass.

 

Hahaha hell yeah.
I got to thinking about snakes earlier and i may end up going with a ball python.

THIS IS NOT MY SNAKE
Piebald Python

 

Their pretty expensive from what i remember, but the colors/genes are well worth it in my opinion. I'd love to see some pure Snow Pythons as well.