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Name: Matt Smallheer
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Browse the store inventory. :) |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Satisfying the needs of our customer base. We offer a unique product and present it in a unique way. I love the awe we create. |
| Personal Mission: | To provide a top shelf customer experience. |
| Fun fact about me: | I train 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu several times a week with my wife and kids. |
| Hobbies: | Jiu Jitsu, Rotary International, Politics, Cast Iron Cooking, Camp Fires. |
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Name: Stephanie Smallheer
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Everything in the shop with a name. I only have 2 Praying Mantis at home.:) |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Selling a family their first reptile is always exciting. :) |
| Personal Mission: | To be able to teach and educate people on reptiles and indoor gardening. |
| Fun fact about me: | I am not a fan of snakes. |
| Hobbies: | 10th Planet Jiu jitsu, gardening, spending time with my family, cooking, and outdoor activities. |
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Name: Eric Mueller
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| Favorite Part of your job: | My favorite part about working at the Tye-Dyed Iguana is creating naturalistic vivariums for all of the animals. |
| Personal Mission: | To teach people about the animals and how to properly take care of them. |
| Fun fact about me: | The first time I got onto a plane I flew to the other side of the world. |
| Hobbies: | Building terrariums, herping, hiking, kayaking, fishing, snowboarding, and riding motorcycles. |
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Name: Heather Bechtoldt
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: |
Red Foot Tortoise Previously Owned: |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Taking care of the babies from the incubator, being able to watch them hatch out and raise them. |
| Personal Mission: | To keep the animals healthy and happy so they can find a good home. |
| Fun fact about me: | I have a Bachelor of Science in Zoology with a minor in Chemistry. |
| Hobbies: | Movies, art (drawing), video games, jigsaw puzzlies, fishing. |
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Name: Jennii Moehlmann
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | 4 Gray Tree Frogs 1 Green Tree Frog 1 Cuban Tree Frog 1 Fancy Pacman Frog 1 Spade Foot Toad |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Being able to not only work with the animals, but learning something new everyday. |
| Personal Mission: | As the store grows, teaching others the proper care for each individual animal and insuring the health as well. (Personal note: If you want to chat with me, just tape my shoulder; I have headphones in) |
| Fun fact about me: | Besides all the reptiles I won and terrariums I make, I absolutely love doing my make-up. My face is a canvas and I create pieces of art on it. If you see me at work though, I'll almost never have make-up on. Don't want to ruin my art by sweating it off. ;) |
| Hobbies: | Gaming (PC Master Race) Making terrariums out of old and odd bottles Creating Art on my Face (Make-Up) Digital Drawing |
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Name: Bill Fox
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | 1 Male Sudanese Uromastyx 1 Five-lined Skink 2 American Toads Multiple Dart Frogs Milk Frogs Kaiser Newts |
| Favorite Part of your job: | I get to work with awesome reptiles, amphibians, tarantulas, and other invertabrates etc. |
| Fun fact about me: | I've been working with all kinds of animals for over 40 years. Reptiles, amphibians, invertabrates, fish, mammals, birds, and more. |
| Hobbies: | Outdoors, nature, 2nd amendment, survival, camping, gunsmithing, military surplus collecting. |
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Name: Eleazar Gonzalez
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Green Iguanas Sulcata Tortoise Pueblan Milk Snake Red Tail Boa Ball Pythons Bearded Dragons Leopard Gecko Skunk Gecko Veiled Chameleon Baron's Painted Mantella Tarantulas Scorpions Piranha |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Interacting with different animals and seeing the excitement of people seeing reptiles / exotic animals for the first time. |
| Personal Mission: | Learning what I can about the industry and helping end the stigma against reptiles. Teaching others on proper care for them. |
| Fun fact about me: | I have a split tongue. I practice tattooing on my self. Grow carious species of cacti and peppers. Enjoys taxidermy. |
| Hobbies: | Art. Collecting oddities. Photography. Watching horror movies. Eating extremely spicy foods. |
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Name: Chelsea Sanders
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Mexican Black Kingsnake Everglades Ratsnake Cornsnake Ball Python - Normal Ball Python - Bumblebee Ball Python - VPI Azanthic Crested Geckos Tokay Gecko Bearded Dragon Tarantulas Scorpions |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Getting to take care of and interact with so many different kinds of animals. |
| Personal Mission: | To provide the best care possible for all of the animals at the shop, so they can go to their new homes happy and healthy. |
| Fun fact about me: | My dad was a private pilot and I've had experience with flying and aircraft since I was a small child. I still have a strong passion for aviation. |
| Hobbies: | Video games, building computers, hunting & fishing, spending time at the gun range, taking care of my small zoo at home. |
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Name: Danielle Wagner
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Bearded Dragon Red-Eared Sliders |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Being surrounded by reptiles all day |
| Personal Mission: | To widen my knowledge of reptiles and learn cool facts. |
| Fun fact about me: | When I was 14, I got nailed in the face with a baseball at a Cardinals game on live TV. |
| Hobbies: | Arts & Crafts. Drinking alone. Going to Taco Bell daily. |
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Name: Debi Nash
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Ball Pythons Crested Geckos Meller's Chameleon 8 Tarantulas |
| Favorite Part of your job: | I feel like I have the most fun job out of the staff here at TDI. I get to educate people of all ages by offering a hands-on, one-on-one experience with Reptiles. |
| Personal Mission: | My mission is to constantly learn. There is so much to take in regarding this industry. I also plant to further develop more educational programs for us to offer. |
| Fun fact about me: | I am adopted. |
| Hobbies: | I enjoy painting and board games. (I am a huge nerd). Travel is another big one for me. I love food more than I probably should, and enjoy cooking. |
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Name: Connie Hirsch
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | 5 Corn Snakes |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Making sure families are happy and satisfied. |
| Personal Mission: | To do the best I can to help make this business thrive. To keep it as clean as possible. |
| Fun fact about me: | I love relaxing in a cemetery. |
| Hobbies: | Reading, crocheting, tomb rubbing, visiting wineries. |
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Name: Autumn Stancil
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Savannah Monitor Bearded Dragons Ornate Pacman Frog Albino Pacman Frog Veiled Chameleon Scorpions Vietnamese Centipede Tailless Whip Scorpion Crested Gecko 40 Tarantulas |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Getting to learn something new every day. Also delivery days are always fun especially when new tarantulas arrive. |
| Personal Mission: | To work with animals that I love and to teach and share my passion with others. |
| Fun fact about me: | I was adopted when I was 17 years old. |
| Hobbies: | Painting, fishing, photography, hiking, kayaking, learning to pair tarantulas. |
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Name: Alec Schmacht
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Carpet Pythons Pancake Tortoises Pine Snakes Woma Pythons |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Interacting with customers. |
| Personal Mission: | Educate customers on proper care of reptiles. |
| Fun fact about me: | I can ride a unicycle. |
| Hobbies: | Play Soccer. |
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Name: Breanna Owens
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: | Ball Pythons, Kenyan Sand Boas, Leopard Geckos, Oyapock Arrow Frog, Silkie Bearded Dragon |
| Favorite Part of your job: | The wonderful environment provided by both customers and staff. |
| Personal Mission: | To learn more about reptiles and the industry. |
| Fun fact about me: | I enjoy learning and reading constantly. |
| Hobbies: | Gardening, watching movies, true crime. |
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Name: Haley Crouch
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: |
Boa Constrictor |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Being able to see a community love and care so passionately for otherwise underrated or misunderstood animals. I love seeing customers put so much time and care into their scaley friends! |
| Personal Mission: | To ensure every animal is well taken care of and loved and that every customer is helped and happy with their new companion. |
| Fun fact about me: | I like turtles. (Also, I got accepted into art school at 17) |
| Hobbies: | Drawing, photography, video games, writing, and videography. |
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Name: Grace Roberts
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| Reptiles / Amphibians Owned: |
Corn Snake |
| Favorite Part of your job: | Breeding the rats |
| Personal Mission: | To be there when needed |
| Fun fact about me: | I enjoy educational videos in my spare time |
| Hobbies: | Gardening |