good day, my 1st post and i'm very excited. my name is Brandon and i am 29 years old as of this date September 2012. all my life i have grown up around reptiles, amphibians, and other exotic creatures. i have owned a wide variety of animals. but in growing up, i decided to set aside that love for other things, such as work, school and family. however once a year my brother Tyler, one of my best friends, Randy, and myself take a trip up to the Ozark mountains and spend 4 days in the woods "critter hunting". we do it for the love of nature, and animals. we back pack turning over ever rock and log, looking for anything fun and kool. we find anything from salamanders, to snakes, turtles, tarantulas, scorpions, to bears! ha ha we have fun but i have never taken any specimens home to keep. i tried to give it up. however 2 weeks ago, my beautiful girlfriend told me about Repti-con. a convention where venders get together and sell a wide range of reptilian animals, amphibians, feeder animals, cages, accessories, all kinds of things. i thought it would be fun to attend since nothing like that has ever come close to us. (not that i knew of anyway) so i called up my brother and my friend Randy and we made a date to go. i was pretty excited but nothing over the top or anything.. upon arrival i could feel my excitement growing but once inside i actually got so pumped i ran through the entire convention in 5 minutes. my brother, and randy were trying to calm me down but i couldn't sit still. i had to see what everything was at a quick glance before i could calm down enough to visit each booth and enjoy what they had to offer. one of the 1st creatures i saw was 8 different specimens of Goliath Bird Eater tarantula, (Theraphosa blondi)
up until that point i haven't ever seen that many specimens in one place ever. even on line i couldn't find that many.. they were all pretty good looking and fair priced so i couldn't pass one up. i made a purchase and i love her. her name is Lolth. the vender also had 2 very nice looking Green Tree Pythons. i really wanted one, but i knew i didn't have the proper caging to maintain a healthy animal.. so despite my impulse buying habits i waited. i wanted to get one so naturally i started to research information about them and learned about Greg Maxwell. Greg is pretty much the for-bringer of top quality bloodline GTP's in the hobby. retired now he sold his business but before doing so he wrote a book called The more complete Chondro. pouring 20+ years of experience and knowledge into 1 book, i knew it was essential for me to buy and read it. copies are no longer being printed but i found on on Amazon.com for 75 bucks, new in hard back so i bought it.
over the past 2 weeks i have grown more and more excited about owning one of these beautiful snakes and maybe trying my hand at breeding them. i received Greg's book yesterday and have hardly put it down. its 360 some odd pages of great information. i am selecting my options on caging, and i have found a reputable breeder from whom i will eventually make a purchase. i am very excited and cant wait!
--Brandon
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