so.. what did everyone get at the show? [Archive]

MouseKilla

09-07-03, 02:32 PM

Snakedude, Only 5 more? awwww! poor you hahaha!
Myself I got a really cool looking male BP to go with my growing female. They should be getting married in about a year I figure. No pics though because I walked around in a snake-daze all bloody day without even thinking about my digi camera in my hand. I wish I had thought to take a few of that pie bald BP and the Mojave at another table, oh well. Guess I was a little overwhelmed, both by the all the cool stuff and the unusual occurance of being in a room where I'm not the only weird snake person.

PoiSoNouS

09-07-03, 03:36 PM

my boyfriend bought this little girl Spider Gecko
she amazingly beautiful :)

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/511/129spidergecko01.jpg">

Colonel SB

09-07-03, 03:39 PM

I ended not going :( stupid lack of a car. Killer gecko mary, very cute.

NewLineReptile

09-07-03, 03:44 PM

That's suck's Colonel SB maybe next time

I got a Spotted Python some feeders and some Tarantulas

Brandon

Andy_G

09-07-03, 03:54 PM

I got a 4x2x1 custom build enclosure, that's pretty much it.

corr

09-07-03, 04:03 PM

I got some more snake bags from the Gillards and a few rats... no more snakes though. :(

Snakedude, sorry I missed you.

Colonel, you can hitch a ride with me next time! Just say the word! :)

ErikM

09-07-03, 04:22 PM

Picked up my anery hondo I had been waiting for forever!

http://www.alleyesonyou.ca/temp/aneryhondo.jpg

NewLineReptile

09-07-03, 04:26 PM

Very cool Erik :)

Brandon

Classic

09-07-03, 04:40 PM

fantastic hondo erikM. i want one of those. Where did it come from?

ErikM

09-07-03, 04:44 PM

It is from MarcB the hondo master himself!

:D

Abstrakt

09-07-03, 04:45 PM

i bought my 1st snake ever:D

this baby red albino corn snake

so cool!:D

Bartman

09-07-03, 04:49 PM

now you can pretend the one in your avatar is a pic you really took :p really nice snake, my friend got one just like it at the last show. good luck with yours

BoidKeeper

09-07-03, 06:09 PM

I got three new balls and I wasn't even there! Thanks Brian!
Cheers,
Trevor

Kyle Walkinshaw

09-07-03, 06:46 PM

I FINALLY got my pair of Brazilian Rainbow Boas from Mike and Celeste Large which I could not be happier with. They are soo bright and I can't wait to see what they'll look like as adults! :)
Thanks!

I'll post some pics in a few minutes when I get them loaded.

Snakedude_03, what 5 snakes did you bring home?

Cheers, Kyle~

reptilez

09-07-03, 07:00 PM

I actually forgot all about the show. I was so pumped up to go and see everyone, and i forgot about it.:(:mad: I am so pissed.
-Reptilez

Kyle Walkinshaw

09-07-03, 07:04 PM

here's my little male, just a crappy quick shot :p his colors are also much nicer in RL! Females in shed so I havent taken any shots of her and ill have some nice shot of um both within the next week :)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/508/700DSCN3237.JPG

Nic

09-07-03, 07:11 PM

I got a little BP. He's awesome.

My name is Nic, and I'm a herpoholic! The show was great! One day a Pie bald will be mine....
and an emerald,
and a blood,
and an alligator snapping turtle,
and a gargoyle gecko
and....
....

katev17

09-07-03, 07:23 PM

I got 12.14 silkworms.. ;)

And got to watch Heather's mum get that beautiful nosy be panther with complete and total jealousy.

Fun show!

Kate

HeatherRose

09-07-03, 07:50 PM

Yup! I got a nosy be panther...and a crab...

Does anyone know if Cham's eat French fries? I sure hope so....*hides the empty French fry container*

katev17

09-07-03, 07:51 PM

LOL No Heather, cham's don't eat french fries. I think you and your mum are thinking of geckos.

Kate

Clownfishie

09-07-03, 08:40 PM

I had a great time at the show, but didn't end up getting anything... didn't sell as much as I'd hoped, so didn't have the money too... ah well, maybe next time :) Still had a good time, and got to put some faces to some names -- and drool over some beautiful animals :D

SerpentLust

09-07-03, 08:50 PM

*pouts* I couldn't go, stupid lack of a ride...

Jenn

DragnDrop

09-07-03, 08:57 PM

Originally posted by Clownfishie
Still had a good time, and got to put some faces to some names -- and drool over some beautiful animals :D

Darn!!! Here I thought you were drooling over the Peanut Butter 'n' Chocolate Creme Oreos I was munching on!! If I'd known it was over animals, I wouldn't have felt guilty and shared the Oreos with you ;)

I got an adult trio of leos -- Male Las Vegas Albino het patternless, and two double het LV and Patternless females. So much for my willpower. :rolleyes:

spikella

09-07-03, 09:44 PM

me and my little burm had a great time today!
wish I knew who i saw there though... hard to put a name to a face...

I saw those beauties, Kyle! I wanted to get them myself, but I was too poor :(

but i did get myself an awesome Asian Vine snake for a steal ($30!)

http://members.rogers.com/starbatz/vine1.jpg

Neo

09-07-03, 09:47 PM

i know ur not talkin bout the show i went to but i got a blizz leo for 50$

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/2812blizzpenny.jpg

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/2812blizz8-31-03.jpg

sry bout the bad pic quality..

Clownfishie

09-07-03, 09:48 PM

LOL Hilde! Well, I WAS drooling over those after you shared -- damn those things were indecently good! LOL...

Jeff_Favelle

09-07-03, 10:02 PM

All those animals are amazing, and congrats to everyone on their new additions, but it doesn't really seem like many animals were moved/sold at this show. Any reason for this? Is the industry slow out in Ontario right now? Are people simply not buying animals right now?

Lisa

09-08-03, 12:18 AM

We were short on funds but still managed to get 2 corn snakes (pics to follow) from Simon (he's such a nice guy) and a tshirt for katey as she couldn't make it. I saw a lot of things I wanted but not having the funds I couldn't get (anyways, got alot of stuff the last show).

Linds

09-08-03, 12:51 AM

I got drunk :p Also got some silkworms... Funds are too tight right now to afford much else...

Kyle,
Great looking rainbow!

Tarzet

09-08-03, 06:45 AM

Me and Shelly had a blast...and I actually did quite well too :D My will power was strong all day not to buy anything...but at the end of the day I ended up getting a RW Patternless Albino and a male RW Albino....lol....thanks Brandon:D
It was nice too get back to my dirt roads and quiet home though.....it was a long day. Thanks to everyone for stopping by my table :) Looking forward to seeing everyone again next show.

OttawaChris

09-08-03, 06:50 AM

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
All those animals are amazing, and congrats to everyone on their new additions, but it doesn't really seem like many animals were moved/sold at this show. Any reason for this? Is the industry slow out in Ontario right now? Are people simply not buying animals right now?

Its because nobody can afford to... many breeders are charging almost as much as pet shops now.

Linds

09-08-03, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by Tarzet
My will power was strong all day not to buy anything...but at the end of the day I ended up getting a RW Patternless Albino and a male RW Albino....lol....thanks Brandon:D

LOL I told ya not to stray from the table! :p

sara

09-08-03, 10:01 AM

I picked up 1.1 sub adult u.phantasticus, the male is awesome but he has a slightly kinked tail so the only female he's going to see is me. ;) I think sales at the show might have been slow because you can't exactly impulse buy with alot of species and people in general now have easy access to most types of herps throughout the year, so you don't have to wait for an expo to find what you are looking for. But who knows? maybe we're all just broke after all. :P

MouseKilla

09-08-03, 10:22 AM

Jeff,

This was my first expo but a couple things struck me that may help explain slow sales. The first thing I noticed looking around was that there were a lot of just-hatched-yesterday looking snakes, particularily some of the corns and a few hogs, seriously some of them looked like they hadn't had their first shed or meal. I have made the mistake in the past of buying them at that size and they are incredibly hard to find suitable food for in my experience. I don't buy anything that small anymore and as I said there seemed to be a lot of that kind of stuff. The other thing was variety. While there was some super cool stuff there most of it was in the unbelievably expensive price range. For those of us that don't currently breed herps (and can't therefore rationalize it as an investment) and may only have a couple hundred bucks to drop, there wasn't a hell of a lot there. Having said that I'm not complaining, I at least saw some cool stuff and came home with a new BP. In the future, considering space is limited, maybe also limit the number of tables devoted to the same species. I don't know the practical implications of that idea but it's just a thought.

RaVeNo888o

09-08-03, 10:32 AM

wow, some nice additions there guys. i wish i was able to just bring home mutliple new animals, my mom says the gecko and the snake is enough for now :( i know i could get away with a few more geckos though, maybe another snake :P

wyz

09-08-03, 10:57 AM

I got 5 snakes and I wasn't even there !!! :)

2.3 cornsnakes (3 snow, 1 reverse oketee and 1 amel motley)

Simon brought the snakes to someone I know who was at the show.

I'm picking them up tomorrow. Can't wait.

"2 comments on some above replies"

1) Yes Simon is a great guy, I only got to know him from emails, but you can tell he's a quality individual.

2) Jeff, about the industry... I'm asking my self the same question.
Seems prices went down alot and that the demand is less than it was. It bugs me to have a hard time selling animals at 33% of the actual petshop sale value (i.e. leos that are sold 25$ and than can come up to 75$ in petshop). When will people start buying quality animals from private breeders ?

WYZ

Matt_K

09-08-03, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by Linds
I got drunk :p Also got some silkworms...

I hate to admit, but i contributed to her drunkeness.. But buying you drinks was worth seeing you eat a silkworm! But lets not forget that Mike ate one first!! The pics of that will be up soon :D

Tarzet

09-08-03, 12:06 PM

Originally posted by Matt_K
But buying you drinks was worth seeing you eat a silkworm! :D

OMG Linds!!!!! You didnt???!!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:

oh ya.. I didnt even leave my table to buy them! :P....Brandons table was right beside mine!!! lol...he made me do it!!!

MouseKilla

09-08-03, 12:12 PM

Jesus God, you shouldn't be eating those things, you'll wind up sh*tting a dress shirt

crashzone002

09-08-03, 12:44 PM

i got a heat pad for a dollar, a live pinkie for my corn and hopes and dreams of a cal king and adopting an iguana...

Linds

09-08-03, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by sara
I think sales at the show might have been slow because you can't exactly impulse buy with alot of species and

LOL... I'm gonna have to disagree on that one. Every show I usually say I'm no, and pretty well every show I come home with something. I think impulse buys are at their worst at shows, I'm sure a lot of people will agree with me here. Not a good thing, many of us are responsible with our impulse buys, but you know there are definteily those that aren't. Guess goes the same for even planned purchases though.

Originally posted by Tarzet
[B]OMG Linds!!!!! You didnt???!!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:

Tasted good! I thought it was gonna be sick, specially 'cause they are juicy, but I guess all the mulberry leaves gives 'em a nice fruity taste! :D

oh ya.. I didnt even leave my table to buy them! :P....Brandons table was right beside mine!!! lol...he made me do it!!!

LOL...that's my new excuse everytime I leave with someone... "he made me do it!" :p

Emily-Fisher

09-08-03, 01:15 PM

I got TONS of hugs!

okay okay... as fpr herps though, I came home with a gorgeous super hypo tangerine carrottail from the urban gecko. Okay... i didn't exactly get him AT the show but I got him delivered to me by Craig an hour BEFORE the show! Does it still count?

Lisa

09-08-03, 11:17 PM

simon had all his corns 1/2 price, sure they were neonates but they were still 1/2 the price of other neonates. He even had one for free! :) (it doesn't hurt to ask)

Zoe

09-08-03, 11:37 PM

I got a couple of leos from Teresa (i only wanted one but she made me get two!). I also got to meet lots of people. Had a good time, usual!

I think sales are relatively slow because it's all corns, leos and beardies. :S

Zoe

spikella

09-08-03, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by Lisa
simon had all his corns 1/2 price, sure they were neonates but they were still 1/2 the price of other neonates. He even had one for free! :) (it doesn't hurt to ask)

what was being given away for free, Lisa?