A visit to the NY reptile expo!

[Ironpriest88]

So, a few days ago I saw that there was going to be an expo nearby me, so I tricked the parents to take me. Wow there were a lot of snakes there! Though as I looked around, a majority of them were boas or pythons, which was NOT was I was looking for.

Eventually I managed to find a table that had some garter babies. They are such tiny little things! Now that I found what I wanted, I had to convince my parents (mostly my mother, she thought they were all poisonous!) to let me get some. At first they said one, but I convinced them to let me get two!

So, I picked up a tiny baby albino checkered garter, and a beautiful ghost cornsnake. Ill post pictures to them shortly. Supposedly the ghost is already eating pinky parts, and the albino is munching down guppies. A local petco/petsmart should have feeder guppies available right?

Anywho, it was a good day for me, and I am happy with my two new kids!

[Ironpriest88]

Also, it seems I need to "baby proof" my current house for these snakes. The baby checkered managed to sneak his way out of it! I think a ninja themed name would suit him best... -_-

[Mommy2many]

Can't wait to see the pictures of your 2 new kids!

[infernalis]

Congrats!! looking forward to pictures.....

[Selkielass]

Hey congratulations!
I got a Little albino checkered yesterday too, but I got mine at the Taylor MI show.
Lots of Boas, Pythons, cornsnakes, geckos and tropical frogs at our show.
The only thing besides the garters that tempted me were the baby hognose snakes, but ther's no way I can take on another species.

[Ironpriest88]

Hah yeah Selkilass, there were tons of all those at my show. I was tempted to pick up another corn snake (there was a really nice "sunkist" one that I fell in love with), but I knew I had to get a garter, after seeing all the ones on here. But I did get the ghost corn, which I also loved. The ghost was unsexed, and the garter is a male, the lil garter is really shy and doesn't like being near the other snakes and runs when I look into the tank. I hope he calms down soon, and I hope to finish my larger housing later this week.

And the pics are a coming! they are uploading to photobucket as I type this!

[Ironpriest88]

Pictures of the new kids, and some pics of them playing with the others.

[kibakiba]

Pretty snakes! I like that ghost corn. It's very lovely. Not my kind of snake but still looks cool

[Mommy2many]

Very nice! I love the ghost corn!

[Selkielass]

Beautiful!
That ghost corn is certainly striking!
Your Albino looks a whole lot like mine!