Calgary TARAS show - Page 2

JeffT · 09-21-03, 07:36 PM

Awsome, I got my 1.1 Forest Scorps from Tim B, very good to deal with.

HetForHuman · 09-22-03, 01:28 AM

yeah it was a good show, i was there both days and got 0.2 ball pythons, 1 from david kwok and one from tyrone, Thanx guys.
And also got a really nice lookin 4 1/2 foot male columbian BCI to go with my female

Thanx to kyle kunimoto for him.

I didnt plan to bring home more than a boa but ahhh you know how it goes.

And it was really good to meet all of you too.

geckoguy157 · 09-22-03, 01:47 AM

well i went there just for one day it was nice to meet you all and well i went there saying nope not gonna buy anymore leopard geckos i left with 2 female blizzard lizards and 1 female super hypo tangerine from the gecko corall lol they were such nice looking geckos i had to get them and i got 2 fire skinks and a halmarah gecko from lowel shaw and i got my pictus gecko from julie thanks you guys

Tim and Julie B · 09-22-03, 03:27 AM

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Originally posted by JeffT
Well back from the show, again, and I picked up 1.1 Forest Scorpions and a male velvet gecko.

You better take care of those scorpions Jeff. Now I know what you look like. Glad you like them. TB

And Laurier you had the table right beside us!

Ron I was standing right beside you when you got the mandarines. Nice pick!

It was great meeting everyone. We had a great time.

Ron · 09-22-03, 08:09 AM

Hey Tim,

I can't seem to find any info on the Zaocys dhumnades we got, do you have any links to good care sheets?

Ron

Katt · 09-22-03, 09:03 AM

Ok, who exactly was selling all these neat "rat snakes"?!

Greg West · 09-22-03, 10:37 AM

Angus Lee was selling them from Desert Designers.

Greg West

Ron · 09-22-03, 10:51 AM

Hey Greg,

Not to be nit picky but Angus is Probreeder and Jon is Desert Designers. They are different businesses but are closely connected.

Katt,

Probreeder is based in Hong Kong so Angus has many Asian species available to him. I'm waiting for him to send me different Mandarin Rat morphs and locales but I think the Reds I bought are a good start. The male I bought has been eating for Angus for several months so I don't think he'll be a problem. I think the female has only eaten once but he has only had her for a month. If your interested in any Asian Rats I can ask him if he'll ship some over or you can send him an email directly.

Ron

Greg West · 09-22-03, 10:56 AM

I thought of posting that, but Jon had said they were working together.

I probably should have just put that so it would have been more clear

Greg

Ron · 09-22-03, 11:16 AM

Yeah, alot of their bigger projects are joint ventures but they still have projects of their own. Speaking of joint projects did you check out their amel Fat-tails......too cool.

Ron

Greg West · 09-22-03, 11:26 AM

Yup they were preety nice. They had really nice display nimals as well. I really liked the idea of having the hockey card type descriptions on every cage. It was a nice touch in my opinion. I might just have to borrow that idea of I ever get babies

Greg

Wuntu Menny · 09-22-03, 11:29 AM

Well, I had good time aside from the sleep deprivation. I think a big thanks is in order to all that contribited to making it happen.

We found new homes for many of our offspring and thinned the herd to a manageable number. The trades were great and we picked up a jumbo gargoyle gecko from DNA, thanks again David. Also, in a trade brokered by the always shrewd Angus Lee, we obtained a beautiful specimen of N. milli (Underwood's) from Jon at Desert Designers. Thanks guys, enjoy your Hamaheras, and its good to see you and your amazing animals back, Angus!

It was nice to put some faces to names at last. We met a lot of new ppl and got to share a few laughs with those we only see at these events. I can't wait to see those pix posted! Ssnakess certainly has the potential to field a truly world class karaoke team! LOL

A great time all around, thanks Tim, Tammy, Greg, Pat, Annette, Philip, Karel, and everyone else that had a hand in putting it all together. I'm looking forward to the spring show already!

WM

P.S. I seem to be missing a banded krait, if it turns up in anyone's stuff, let me know.

Wildkingdom · 09-22-03, 12:27 PM

HI Guy's,
Thank You WM!!!
well it's good to hear everyone had great time at the show. Alot of work but it turned out wonderful. It was great to see everyone there and meet alot of new people!! I thank all the exhibitors for being so patient with the loading dock!!! The next show is at the ogden legion April 24 and 25 and I look forward to seeing you all again.

Tammy

Wildkingdom · 09-22-03, 12:58 PM

It's was a sucessful show. All I brought home this year was a male Jacksons chameleon. I would like to thank everyone who came. The organizing takes alot of work but it's the people that come who make the show a success. Thanks all.

Tim

Tim and Julie B · 09-22-03, 01:57 PM

Wasn't sleep deprivation the theme this show?

First off. I would like to thank all the T.A.R.A.S. members for putting on such a good show. When we rolled into town and saw the huge billboard with the advertisement on it I was stoked. It was our best show by far. It was our friends first show. He brought ten chams and sold out in the first hour. Wow.

JeffT I had no idea you were you! haha

Ron Those Mandaran rats are actually two different morphs. The light one is the red phase and the darker red is the "cherry" phase. To cool. I will post what little I know about Zaocys dhumnates in the general snake forum just incase someone has something to add.

Pro Breeders/Desert Designers card sets were an excellent touch. That was a really good idea. I wish you got one when you purchused the reptile! Although I guess that would get expensive. haha Reptile trading cards! I trade you a Red eyed tree frog card for a Cal king and a Bearded card. I can see it now.

As far as what I got. I think I just funded Mark Isbee's (Gonesnakee) next project. I got a nice gift (totally surprised) of a pair of Grey banded kings (thanks Julie), an albino striped (flawless) and a friend and I split on a lavendar albino project. I got a beautiful male Goini Florida King from Annette to pair up with my bitchy female. Two Zaocysdhumnates (Wu Shao She) from Angus as well as a E. carinata yonaguniensis ( I know not the yellow one but I am still happy) and I traded for a great big Mexican blonde Tarantula! So nice!!! And I finally sold my first aracnids in Calgary! I was beginning to think you were all crazy!

What can I say about the Karioakee (wow how the hell do you spell that?) Is I will never....ever be able to hear Summer Nights again without thinking of Tim singing both parts (male and female) and Invictus raising the roof and doing the corus. I was laughing so hard I pulled a muscle in my side.

All in all it was a great weekend! TB