I'm Back

Hey, I'm not exactly a new member but I haven't been here in a while except for a few posts when I've been in trouble and a couple photos a few months ago. Despite having been a member since 2004, I saw that my extensive history on this forum has been lost, and seeing as I was presented with an opportunity to introduce my self properly, which I never really did before, I decided I'ld take it. My name is Ben Tajer, and I'm a dual US/UK citizen who lives in England. I've kept newts since I was twelve but I've been intrested since I kept an alpine newt my dad had caught (we lived in switzerland), overnight when I was six. Sadly that was my first newt tragedy: shortly after its release the hapless animal was trampled by our neighbor. Still I did not give up on newts, and when I was england and started finding them in my basement my intrest was rekindled, and the first chance I had a bought some chinese firebelly newts. Since those first animals my collection has changed significantly, I've had losses and and breeding successes. Now I'm 18, and for the first time in two years I've had some time that I can actually participate in this forum again, I've also got a much better camera than before so I'm hoping to take some better pictures. Unfortunately my return may be somewhat shortlived due to the fact that I'll be entering university next fall, and dependent on the results of my exams (I have an offer at Oxford to study biology) I may be returning to the USA for university. If I do return to the states I will be looking for loving homes in the UK for all of my collection:

1 Large female wild type axolotl
1 Dark female axolotl
1 Male Paramesotriton Caudopunctatus
A pair (male and female) of Paramesotriton Fuzhongensis
1 juvenile Pleurodeles Watl

Well, That's pretty much all of it. Thank you for reading.

Welcome back Ben you have a lovely collection of amphibians. Also good luck with your exam results i hope that you've done well.

Hey Ben, good to see you 'round these parts again Good luck getting used to the new software!

Ben welcome back. I've done a quick fix and set your join date and post number to what it used to be. If you really want me to reassociate the messages to your account let me know (see the thread entitled "Plagiarism on caudata.org" or something in General Discussion - it explains).