Farmer Jczak
New member
Hello Cornsnakes.com people,
It is lovely to be part of this forum and group of enthusiasts! Thank you for creating this community.
I grew up in south Florida near the everglades on a big pine filled lot, we had black racers, corns, and pygmy rattlers that were regulars in our gardens and around our property. My first real interaction with snakes that I recall was in one of the many state parks, when I was very young. One of the people who worked there was showing our group a black snake and got most of us to touch it, and to our wonder it was not slimy, but smooth and dry.
When I was 10 years old I was able to join a youth group in our church which regularly invited some snake educators who would bring retic's and burmese pythons out and teach us about them. I really wish I could recall who it was, because I would love to thank them for the impact they had on me as a snake lover and now also on my son, who owns a western hognose. You never know how many lives you may have impacted. I keep thinking there weren't that many people raising and/or keeping retics at that time (it was the late 80's), but am not sure.
I have been playing with the idea of hobby breeding for about 12 years now, reading everything I can get my hands on (most recently Reptile & Amphibian Variants by H. Bernard Bechtel) and, thanks to my supportive husband, finally started a collection last year. One year and already up to 6 corns....soon to be 7 :O
:wavey:
J. Ratajczak
It is lovely to be part of this forum and group of enthusiasts! Thank you for creating this community.
I grew up in south Florida near the everglades on a big pine filled lot, we had black racers, corns, and pygmy rattlers that were regulars in our gardens and around our property. My first real interaction with snakes that I recall was in one of the many state parks, when I was very young. One of the people who worked there was showing our group a black snake and got most of us to touch it, and to our wonder it was not slimy, but smooth and dry.
When I was 10 years old I was able to join a youth group in our church which regularly invited some snake educators who would bring retic's and burmese pythons out and teach us about them. I really wish I could recall who it was, because I would love to thank them for the impact they had on me as a snake lover and now also on my son, who owns a western hognose. You never know how many lives you may have impacted. I keep thinking there weren't that many people raising and/or keeping retics at that time (it was the late 80's), but am not sure.
I have been playing with the idea of hobby breeding for about 12 years now, reading everything I can get my hands on (most recently Reptile & Amphibian Variants by H. Bernard Bechtel) and, thanks to my supportive husband, finally started a collection last year. One year and already up to 6 corns....soon to be 7 :O
:wavey:
J. Ratajczak
