How do you know your family's owned reptiles for too long?

Here is a list I found:

You just MIGHT be a herper if...

your pet's dinner requuires care and feediing until it is served.

you've ever been in a flooring store and found yourself saying, "I really think vinyl is the best substrate for a child's room."

you move the rubber snake out of the aisle at the toy store so it won't get run over...and identify its species while you're doing it.

you go jogging on a muddy track after a rainstorm and notice lots of earthworms wandering around, and you come back later with a cup.

the Discovery Channel wants to send a film crew to your house.

all your friends call you Lizard Lady or Snake Man.

only your closest friends know about the secret snakes in your dorm room.

someone yells "snake", and you race off after it.

your best picture of your wife/girlfriend is with a snake wrapped around her neck or a bearded dragon on her shoulder.

you hand a written disclaimer to guests before letting anyone new in your house.

you buy a deep freeze in addition to your refrigerator and you live alone.

you never turn on your room lights because the cages provide enough.

you keep your apartment at a constant 85F, with lights pointed at the couch to make a 95F basking spot.

a bug lands near you and you lick your lips.

you refer to a pregnant woman as "gravid".

she had twins you want to know if the babies came out with a ratio of 1.1, 0.2 or 2.0 and what are they het for, if anything?

losing electrical power at any time of the year is a MAJOR crisis.

you ask the local drug store for a No-Pest "Fly" Strip in January.

redecorating the house means finding a way to squeeze in another aquarium.

you've ever had to lecture a pet store employee/manager.

your response to friends showing you their new hamster is, "Nope, too small."

you find "tongue flicking" an attractive attribute in persons of the opposite sex.

your electric company asks if you want a professional account.

you charge admission at your house, but kids 12 and under are still free.

A special thank you goes to Melissa Kaplan because we copied this list from her site and believe in giving credit where credit is due. Melissa's site provides a wealth of information regarding reptiles. Check her out at www.anapsid.org/.

That's awesome. I can say with confidence that there is no such thing as owning reptiles for too long. I'm the only one in my family who is really into reptiles, so I'd kill for one of my family members to make a comment like that. XD

Each time that my wife has been gravid, she has popped out a neonate.

They are now juvi's, nearly subadults. Soon they will color up real nice.

And they smell bad if they're enclosure isn't kept clean.

They eat fresh killed, as well as frozen-thawed.

But they are still cute when they are sleeping in their hide boxes.

That actually sounds awesome. I wish my family was supportive like that. I moved out because my family wouldn't stop threatening (only half joking) to kill my snakes while I was at work.

Tats rubbish you can never own reptiles for to long =]

you turn into one lol