MOTW - Sept 23 - Sept 29 2012 - MikesFrogs

[Jenste]

Congratulations to this weeks Member of the Week - MikesFrogs!

Can't wait to learn more about you!


Don't forget to nominate - either via PM or posting in the main thread. Nominations have been slow, after a couple more weeks I will have run out of nominations!

[Heatheranne]

Yay! I love your frogs Mike. Can't wait to read more .

[Faith]

Congrats Mike!

[Pluke]

Haha congrats Mike.. Really looking forward to picture day.

[Sasha]

Congrats Mike!

[mikesfrogs]

Thank you for letting me be member of the week!

As everyone already knows my name is Mike

I am 22 years old and have two daughters and a lovely wife. California is where I have lived for a majority of my life. My parents owned a pet store when I was younger and that's where it all started. You could find me up in the mountains finding lizards or behind the store catching snakes. Most of the time I was a handful! I was always messing with animals that i should not have like the baby crocs and reticulated pythons.

Another love of mine is sports. Growing up I always played baseball, soccer, basketball and football. Being 6' 5 I got a lot of attention from High School coaches. I set baseball records for my school that I don't think will be broken for awhile. :P I was a pitcher and was known as the workhorse. Part of me still thinks I should go back to college and play college baseball. I did however tear my ACL a few months ago playing basketball and am waiting to have my surgery.

One of the best days in High school was when we had our senior class project and I brought a 13ft Burmese python and two 7ft Red Tail Boas to school. How many schools do you know that would let a kid bring those into the school and keep them at the school all day? I could say I got to run the school to some extent.lol Pic is of my Basketball Coach and counselor with me holding the Burm. Part of the project was me feeding the snakes during the presentation........ Well I kept the rats inside a tub that was inside the snakes tub. I was in Art when I heard a odd sound. All of us got up to look at the snakes and one of the redtails got the tub open and grabbed a rat.lol

Favorite Colors
Blue
Silver

Favorite Food
Pizza

Favorite Movie
Gone in 60 seconds

Favorite Athlete
Dan Marino "If anyone ever wants a free frog send me something of his"

Favorite Quote
"Do today what others wont so, tomorrow you can do what others cant"

Favorite animals
Prairie dog
Gaboon & Rhino Viper
Peacock
Rosy boas

Inspiration
Steve Irwin

He was a passionate person and truly gave his heart and soul for what he loved! As a kid I sat glued in front of the TV every Saturday morning watching him. He was the absolute best! Animal planet has really disappointed me with what they are showing kids these days. My daughters don't get to see the good old boys like Steve Irwin, Mark O' Shaye , Steve Austin and Jeff Corwin. They were the guys that got the message out about conservation and really got young kids interested in animals. Ebay is where I found DVDs and VHS tapes of these great guys to show my daughters when they are older.

I also love Saltwater Fish! Once I had a banded cat shark and would eat squid pieces out of my hand. Really what i would love is a saltwater tank that wraps around my bed. I think that would be awesome.

Please ask me questions

I might have been a little short with this because tonight is my anniversary and my wife's not happy that I am on the computer.

[Heatheranne]

Happy Anniversary!

I enjoyed reading about you.

6'5"! I hadn't imagined you as tall, lol! (I am 5'2").

Snakes are awesome, though I've never had any. I used to be afraid of them when I was younger. I lived in the Mohave years ago and saw some pretty neat ones. My daughter is 10. She loves them and every time we go for frog and lizard supplies she asks if we can get one.

Salt water tanks are so beautiful. My sister has a 125 gallon coral reef tank. The closest I ever came to that was my brackish Columbian shark catfish x3. I had them until they outgrew their tank at 8" each. One day they ate my $80 zebra plec! Little stinkers! Anyway, I eventually traded them in.

So, I guess I'll wait until tomorrow to hear how your frog hobby started .