Shunned at the Show

[ssssnakeluvr]

For me, it was the opposite- I got more colorful when I got to Utah (tattoos, that is.) 'member to let me know when you are ready to ship 'em out.

well....yes, as far as colorful people go, lots of them here, tons of tattoo shops here... got a few myself...

still waiting on my first litter..........any day now

[MasSalvaje]

I took my garters and showed them at the reptile expo here the last 2 years and got quite an interesting response. everyone was surprised to see that garters come in more colors than gray and green.....I just tell people things get more colorful when you leave Utah I should be having my own booth this year, depending on how many babies I have.

I am glad to hear you will have your own booth Don! I am looking forward to seeing what you produce this year.

My Expo experience was very similar to everyone elses. A couple of years ago I went to the Wasatch Reptile Expo hoping to find Garters. I had been reading all the books and was really looking forward to seeing some kinds I had been studying. I started to ask some of the tables about Garters and they just chuckled at me, until they realized I was serious then they just gave me a wierd look. I eventually made my way around to Don and finally felt at home. I had a good chat with him, he told me about some of the resources out there (like this site), and told me about some of the projects Scott had going on. I was not in the position then to buy one from him but it definately sparked something in me.

-Thomas

[Snake lover 3-25]

guess i'm lucky here lol if you say you have a snake people think it's cool no matter what it is.....

[drache]

hm, I just had this conversation with Sean, who's not that much into garters himself, but knows a few people who are, and his statement was: "There's just some people who are into them (shrug) - it's always been like that"
I don't think it's true though; I think it's changing
he thinks I just see them because I'm into them, but I've always been into them - it's what I looked for at the first expo I went to
two years ago even, one would be lucky to find garters at the expo at all; someone might have a couple or a batch of wc something or other and if my vet (the one who left for PA) was there before me, he could usually tell me where to look. now I regularly see cb marcis, and often other species as well, and the quality of what I get to see is improving as well

[prattypus]

Does anyone know of any reptile expos in Colorado>

[MasSalvaje]

Does anyone know of any reptile expos in Colorado>

I know there is the Rocky Mountain Reptile Expo that is in Denver. I believe it is every 6 months. The next one is coming up real soon on May 9th. Here is a link with a little info, I could not find the official site though.

Reptile Show and Event Calendar

Hope this helps!

-Thomas

[sschind]

At the local show I set up at I got a quite a few people looking at the Melanistic Easterns I had and everyone liked my young puget sounds. One guy wondered why I was asking $50.00 for snakes he could catch in his back yard (I asked him how long he was visiting from Wasington state and he didn't get it) but for the most part there was a lot of interest. Of course no one was buying but a lot of people were looking and saying how neatthey were. I'm hoping it continues if my female E. blackneck pops. She looks huge and she is getting ready to shed as I type. I think, if I do get babies and they look as good as the adult did when they were small, I won't have a problem getting rid of them.

[adamanteus]

I think there is a fair amount of interest in Garters 'out there'. I sold all my '08 babies without a problem, and I have orders for more '09 babies than I am likely to produce.

[Stefan-A]

It's going to be interesting to see how difficult it will be to sell my vagrans kids. Frankly, I don't expect anyone around here to understand the difference between different garter species. Everything's "T. sirtalis" around here, no matter what species it actually is.

[adamanteus]

That has been the attitude in the UK for as long as I can remember, but I think it's changing.