Winnipeg herp keepers

[timfriesen32]

I also grew up in rural Manitoba, so basically any town/city with more than 10,000 people is to big for me. I prefer my space and solitude.....and suffer from an extreme case of road rage when people cut me off. LOL

I can't stand city traffic, Steinbach traffic is bad enough. LOL

TIm

[galad]

LOl yea we have the highest murder count in the country but what as it 30 or something last year. Just be thankfull we don't live in the states.They get that in a night.
Most of it is the biker gangs anyways.

Does anyone think a pet shop would even work in Winnipeg?
It would have to be pretty sweet.
and mmichele the pet store your backing had a one inch cricket in the feeding dish of a one inch baby chameleon.
Most of the poop on the bottom wasn't even fully digested.
but thats as far as i'll go with that.

What about a small herp show in winnipeg?
Start off with a small show somewhere inexpensive but not trashy. Hard to find in Winnipeg I know.

I just hate the fact that the closest show we have to is such a long road trip. Although I might be getting on my dads air canada card soon so I could fly with at least two or three people for super cheap.

ws

[timfriesen32]

What about doing something outside of Winnipeg? In a near by or community....or Brandon?

TIm

[SnakeyeZ]

Yea..we'd end up spending more time at the zoo than anything else..haha.

[crocdoc]

what's this new zoo in Brandon?

[Bruce]

I'm in Kenora and would like to meet my Herp neighbours.
If there's a beer and wing night count me in!

Chris

[Tim_Cranwill]

Dave Shelvey recently built a new reptile zoo in Manitoba. I have only heard good things about it. He keeps crocs, monitors, hots, giants and everything in between... even down to the corns, kings and geckos.

I'm sure it would be a really cool trip. It's just a matter of whether you can afford to spend that much time on this outing. I'm sure it would take us 6 hours.

[kap10cavy]

The more I hear abou how wonderful Winnipeg, the happier i am to live in a small hick town in Alabama.
Oh, it is sunny and 84 degrees outside as I type.

Scott

[galad]

So I guess that means we wont be able to do a herp show then?

Winnnipeg has good weather in the summer it can get really hot sometimes.
Cept for the last couple years weather has been screwy just about all over.

so herp show??????


lol

ws

[Tim_Cranwill]

I looked into doing a show last year (would have taken place this year). There was very little cooperation on the govt's behalf. If we had a show, it would have to be outside of the city limits.

The main problem I had with committing to the idea wasn't getting vendors, it was about getting traffic through the doors. We don't have the population density or reptile breeding history that provinces like BC, Alberta and Ontario have. And we also don't seem to have the same market they have. It could get there over the next few years but we'll have to see. I think we need more breeders, hobby breeders and hobbyists to make a show worth the effort.

On top of that, I would be too busy running the show to do much in the way of sales, so it wouldn't really be worth it for me to do it at this stage in that respect either.

My guess is that in 3-5 years we might be ready to try having a small show. But who knows?

[crocdoc]

Originally posted by galad
Winnnipeg has good weather in the summer it can get really hot sometimes.

ws

Yeah, and if summer lands on a Sunday everyone has a picnic! Unfortunately, last time I lived there summer landed on a Wednesday and I missed it because I was at work.

[Manitoban Herps]

How old is this thread..LOL!

[SnakeyeZ]

Pretty old...he's been here and gone already..lol.

[crocdoc]

Haha. Wow, surprised to see this thread revived. Yes, I have been on my whirlwind tour of Canada and managed to catch up with Tim Cranwill for a chat and a peek at his great collection. That was by far my shortest trip to Canada ever, as I spent a total of 1 1/2 weeks there (there rest lost on travel time) and during that short time moved between Winnipeg, London (Ontario, not the other one) and Toronto.

Luckily it was winter here, for the friend that was meant to check up on my animals couldn't get in (long story). Being winter, I had the heat turned off and they'd barely moved in the time I was away. The max min thermometer on the incubator didn't register any drops in temperature, unlike last year (After ten years living in the same place without a single electrical issue, the first year I had lace monitor eggs in the incubator we had half a dozen power outages in my neighbourhood in the middle of winter).

[SnakeyeZ]

Sounds like a horrible mess..lol. Too bad you didnt get to stay longer here. Im sure the rest of us would have a great time listening to the tales from the outback!lol. Next time..we'll all goto Montana's for beer's and ribs! lol