Northwest Captive Breeders Expo

**Becky** · 09-11-07, 09:33 PM

Just wondering who's going this year. I'll be there. I don't know if I'll get anything, but I probably will, since its a 500 mile drive

. I got my Black Milksnake there last year.

**Dionythicus** · 09-12-07, 12:41 PM

I'll be there wandering around. Only interested in one thing, a male Abbott's, so I'll probably come home empty handed, which is fine!

pgr8dnlvr · 10-17-07, 12:22 PM

Wow, I musta been sleeping or something! I just found out about this expo! I'm very much hoping I can attend. Trade laws are kinda tricky, so I don't think I can bring anything down with me, too bad as I have some abbotts okeetees! lol

But I'm sure it would be fun to go as an attendee!

Can someone who has been there before tell me what it's like? Mostly I'm wondering how big it is, is it one of those tiny shows that you can get through in an hour or are there LOTS of things to see there

Rebecca

**Dionythicus** · 10-17-07, 01:05 PM

There's lots to see, or there usually is. Last year it was a a little smaller than in years past, but not something you can cruise through in an hour. LLL Reptiles booth alone can take 20-30 mins to look through, or longer! NW Herpetoculture has good stuff (that's where I picked up my best deal ever, a female banded het snow for $15, but that was three years ago). Snakemakers is excellent, they have really nice vanishing stripe corns and some other nifty stuff. I got my MBK from them. You should go!

WhiteValleyHerp · 10-17-07, 01:16 PM

Just curious, here....how is the name of that town pronounced?

poo-YALL-up? POO-yah-lup?

Enquiring minds want to know.

Dale

**Dionythicus** · 10-17-07, 04:58 PM

PEW-all-up, or pew-ALL-up.

**midnightline** · 10-22-07, 01:35 AM

The show was fun... I've got three purchases headed to my house later this week...

(Don't get too excited, none of them are corns... :>) Met Kathy... she went home with the only cornsnakey critter I saw worth drooling over.

**Dionythicus** · 10-22-07, 02:18 PM

It was great to hang out with you, Kat. Loved the carnivorous plants you got. I'll get some pics of my new babies on here soon.

pgr8dnlvr · 10-23-07, 12:25 AM

Well, I got out there on Sunday, and unfortunately was pretty disappointed for the most part

The show was even smaller than the Red Deer show I went too.

Perhaps most of the good stuff was gone already though as I could only make it out on the last day???

The drive was GORGEOUS and considering it was three hours each way, it really went quite quickly, even in the rain, Washington is ALMOST as wonderful as BC

lol

Anywho, I picked up 7 silver queens, 4 aneries, 2 normals, 15 assorted leopard geckos, a VERY cool Leopard gecko book and a temp gun!

I really found there weren't many good deals on nice corns there. There were a few nice ultramels, but I guess people just aren't that into fancy morphs in that area.

I was surprised and sad to hear a few of the vendors who seemed to have different information that what is most commonly considered correct too... For instance a leo breeder telling someone who asked the lifespan of a leopard gecko that they usually only live about 10 years, a ball python breeder telling a woman that it would be "very rare" for a female ball to get over 4 feet, and that most often a female ball can breed by 2 years. There were also some corns there that were marked as some rare pattern <so rare I can't remember what they had it marked as> and I believe they were just aztecs or the like. However noone could blame the vendors as these snakes weren't even their own and they were just selling them for a friend

On the upside the number of cool bugs was FANTASTIC! The turle displays and big tubs were GREAT! Of course there were MANY fantastic hobbyists around too!

I was shocked at the lack of ball pythons there as well?!? There were many abound up in the Red Deer show, with mohaves, albinos, pieds, pastels, spiders, platys, pinstripes etc. While at this show there were two or three not so high quality pastels, about 3 albinos, and a few normals?!? Where are all the ball pythons??! Must be crowded around that darn Daytona show.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH WHEN WILL I GET THERE?!?!

Well, thanks for letting us know about this show! It was worth going to for a look see at any rate!

Rebecca

**hardwired** · 10-23-07, 10:00 AM

O.K., so if you can get to Daytona it is really worth the time. There was so much to see there and I picked up so many cool corn snakes. I was tempted by so many other things as well. I recommend going with someone in the know as they can really help you avoid the pitfalls. Like any industry there are outstanding members of the community and there are those you should be careful with. I have always been so satisfied with the quality of the animals that I have gotten there. I highly recommend renting a room so that you can have the maximum amount of fun. Even with my two year old in tow it was a big steaming pile of AWESOME!!! I got so many ideas there and I probably spent around $2,000.00 for the two days I was there. *sheepish grin* It was probably a good thing that my two year old was ready to go by 11:30am on the day of the show. Who knows what kind of trouble I could have gotten into if I had stayed longer?

It was worth every minute and I would do it again!

Laura