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I've never been very good with introduction posts, but hello! Ya'll can call me Skink. Outside of the computer I'm a 21 year old female living in Texas with her man, working in a coffee shop and spending the rest of my time outdoors chasing down reptiles or at home working with the ones I keep as pets. Herps (not herpes- herps is slang for animals that fall under the expertize of those who study or are enthusiasts about herpetology, or the study of things that crawl) are an inescapable obsession of mine and you'll see a lot of that shine through here.

Other than that, I'm an artist. I work mainly with digital out of habit, though I have been migrating to experimental mediums lately, like mixed hard and soft sculpture, casting, and costume creation. Still very new at it because of budget constraints.. anything palpable is expensive to work with it seems!

I am new to the pony fandom and while it has been some time since I role-played, I immediately wanted to find a decent place to jump in to an rp at. This seems like the place! Please forgive me as I am used to rping in live clients and am new to rping, as well as rusty in my skills, but I'll probably be my own worst critic there. Looking forward to cutting me teeth on my first active participation in the fandom!

tl;dr? Well here. Hi!

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Welcome to our wonder and loving forum that is Canterlot!

My name is PaintedWings BlindJester I will be your new buddy here on these forums!

I have two standard questions I like to ask every new Brony!

1. Do you RP?

2. Do you plan to participate in our wonderful RP forum?

If the answer is yes, I can't wait to see you around on the RP forums

If it's a no, that's okay we have plenty of wonderful topics and forums to satisfy you pony need!(DO NOT WORRY WE WILL NOT FORCE YOU INTO RPS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO IT'S JUST A QUESTION NOT A STATEMENT :) )

You should check out the rules and see how this forum works! You also need 5 posts here before you can go elsewhere this gives you the opportunity to greet all our other new bronies.Don't be afraid to ask our great staff any questions you may have anyway welcome to the herd and I hope you enjoy your stay. Also we do have a client chat you should join there! We have RP rooms too!

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As mentioned, I do RP and I do plan to participate! I am also aware of the 5 post rule and made sure to go through the rules before bothering to sign up. I've got no problem with people keeping an eye on me until I'm set loose :)

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I used to play with the lizards and snakes I would find when I was little. Of course, 'play' is subjective, and I'm sure they didn't appreciate it much, but hey. :)

LOL! It happens! Kids don't usually know any better. I was only ever around with larger exotics when I was younger, there weren't any wild herps around for me to catch.. Thank goodness. I was a clumsy, rough kid. I probably would have cleared them all out.

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I also forgot to mention I like reptiles.

Well I'm glad you remembered because that is excellent news :lol:

My favorite reptile is a bearded lizard oh and a boa! I've always wanted to hold one<3

Do you mean bearded dragons and probably a boa constrictor? They are great! My 3rd snake was a boa and I've had 2 since, and while I've never owned a beardy I have worked with several. There are many species of boa, though the boa constrictor is the most commonly known one called a boa. Even all species of anaconda are boas!

Perhaps if you try looking in to reptile expos/shows near you, you could easily find someone willing to let you hold those :) They are very common and popular with breeders. They make great pets, though its best to have a little bit of experience keeping less demanding reptiles first, like leopard geckos, corn snakes and ball pythons.

My favorite lizards are the larger monitor species, especially water monitors and black throat monitors. I have a water monitor now, and back before I lost my first apartment my dog was really a 6 ft black throat. Snakes, gotta be a red blood python! I have a male and 2 females. They are crazy looking snakes.

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Yes and yes :oops: I'm rusty with animal knowledge. . . . I'm a animal enthusiast plan to be a vet when I get older.

I think my favorite big reptile is the Komodo dragon. I'm jealous of all the different speices you've seen! I've only seen a tiny lizard and a snake (I forgot what one it was it was a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.) up close. The lizard slipped into the house twice XD and the snake was one of my close friends pet. A milk snake is another favorite of mine as well..

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Haha, don't be embarrassed about the rusty-ness. Reptile knowledge isn't very common even among animal loves. In all honesty I've met vets that I could treat a reptile better than. Exotics aren't something they teach you about as a standard.. its extra years of school, and reptile medicine is still new. If you find you like reptiles or other animals beyond cats and dogs a lot, perhaps consider becoming a vet who is a specialist in exotics or a specific exotic! There is an unfortunate lack in vets in that exciting field :sad: But that means there's always positions available! I'd be studying it myself if I had a stronger stomach and a fuller wallet.

Komodos are monitors! And monitors are the best :kissy: If I could keep a komodo someday I would do it, but alas, it is a dream unlikely to ever happen.

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