Leokaiser
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- Lewes Delaware
I already posted two topics as I always forget these introduction things but here is a bit about myself just in case I stick around. Hopefully it inst too long or boring. I have a tendency to do that in forums which is why I am so hesitant to post an introduction...lol!
I have been into reptiles in general since I was about 6-7, nearly 30 years ago. I was big into Leos through the late 90's and early 2000's then I kind of fell off. Shortly after I started having kids both of which are a year apart so I had a rough time staying involved in reptiles all around. Over the last few years being that they are now going on 9 and 10 I decided to get back into keeping reptiles as they are now old enough to help out a lot and absorb lots of good education as well as share a great hobby we are all interested in. As of 4 years ago I got my son into Leopard geckos by buying him his first super hypo who has been one of the coolest Leo's I have ever had. I decided now was a good time to educate them on breeding and get them into genetics and selective breeding. Genetics in my days seemed much easier than now, not sure why, maybe its just my age so I am sure it will be a big learning experience for the three of us. Their teachers at school love it and had asked us to bring some stuff in the last two years when they studied reptiles which was a very cool feeling. The area I live in was so so in the past but the only decent pet shop went out of business about a decade ago so everyone lost interest and seeing the kids get excited and hearing from their parents was a great feeling.
We are currently doing some basic stuff that I left off with like tangerines, hypos, super hypos, albinos and various patterns. To our surprise one of our female Tremper albinos turned out to be a snow which these days is common but as I take it a good staple in some of the more crazy stuff. So far this season we hatched out 10 of various morphs and have quite a few incubating still. Mostly tangerine hypos, a few super hypos, one super hypo baldy and, some snows. Nothing over the top but a good pet is a good pet and the kids love seeing how different they end up looking after they hatch.
We have a few dubia colonies going and a reptile room mostly filled with Leos and plan on expanding with more racks soon until next year when we start going back to some shows and rent table space. Not trying to start a serious business, just trying to stay involved and fund bigger projects.
Other things we keep are a male and female veiled we have the privilege of keeping in our sun room, a Saharan Uro, two dragons and a Crestie.
I have been into reptiles in general since I was about 6-7, nearly 30 years ago. I was big into Leos through the late 90's and early 2000's then I kind of fell off. Shortly after I started having kids both of which are a year apart so I had a rough time staying involved in reptiles all around. Over the last few years being that they are now going on 9 and 10 I decided to get back into keeping reptiles as they are now old enough to help out a lot and absorb lots of good education as well as share a great hobby we are all interested in. As of 4 years ago I got my son into Leopard geckos by buying him his first super hypo who has been one of the coolest Leo's I have ever had. I decided now was a good time to educate them on breeding and get them into genetics and selective breeding. Genetics in my days seemed much easier than now, not sure why, maybe its just my age so I am sure it will be a big learning experience for the three of us. Their teachers at school love it and had asked us to bring some stuff in the last two years when they studied reptiles which was a very cool feeling. The area I live in was so so in the past but the only decent pet shop went out of business about a decade ago so everyone lost interest and seeing the kids get excited and hearing from their parents was a great feeling.
We are currently doing some basic stuff that I left off with like tangerines, hypos, super hypos, albinos and various patterns. To our surprise one of our female Tremper albinos turned out to be a snow which these days is common but as I take it a good staple in some of the more crazy stuff. So far this season we hatched out 10 of various morphs and have quite a few incubating still. Mostly tangerine hypos, a few super hypos, one super hypo baldy and, some snows. Nothing over the top but a good pet is a good pet and the kids love seeing how different they end up looking after they hatch.
We have a few dubia colonies going and a reptile room mostly filled with Leos and plan on expanding with more racks soon until next year when we start going back to some shows and rent table space. Not trying to start a serious business, just trying to stay involved and fund bigger projects.
Other things we keep are a male and female veiled we have the privilege of keeping in our sun room, a Saharan Uro, two dragons and a Crestie.
