Repticon Tampa Pick Up

[WarriorPrincess90]

So...I went to Repticon Tampa today. I've been excited about this for weeks. In the back of my mind I knew I wanted a Crestie...but my fiance warned me that if I came home with anything live I was in deep trouble. Well...I'm in trouble...but I could care less because I now have this little beauty. Introducing...Cleopatra (Cleo) the Crestie!





The woman told me what morph she was, but I can't remember. So if someone...*cough* Kinra *cough* could tell me, I would be most appreciative.

The lady handed her to me (I didn't ask to hold her...but she was given to me anyway) and I immediately fell in love. My friend tried to take her from me to hold her, but she refused to move from my arm. That's when I knew I would NOT be able to put her back down. So, she's home now, in a large CritterKeeper with fake leaves, and small hide with moss in it, and paper towels for substrate.

I have Repashy for her as well, which I will give her tonight. I already spritzed the tank down for water. But any advice is more than welcomed. Temps are 77 in the house, so she should be nice and comfortable. I'll get more pics when she's settled.

[Mike41793]

What a cutie. How was the show? Is it a good size?

[EverEvolvingExotics]

Congrats on the new crestie! That's how my addiction started as well. "Don't bring home ANYTHING live from the show!" I came home with my first little creamsicle male, luckily she wasn't too upset with me, haha.

Your new little one is called a harlequin. Take lots of pictures throughout her first year of life, you will be very surprised how much they change in color and pattern.

[Juliemay13]

So cute!! Grats on it

[KatStoverReptiles]

So cute! Congrats!


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[jcoylesr76]

very nice, always wanted some of them, just never got around to getting any. Congratz she is pretty!

[WarriorPrincess90]

What a cutie. How was the show? Is it a good size?

The show was AMAZING. It was my first reptile show...so I was in heaven. lol. There was one of just about everything I could ever want. Go figure. I didn't make it all the way around or to every table because after I found my little girl(boy? Too young to tell at the moment.) I wanted to get her home rather than stress her out more. Not to mention, it was really getting hot in that building. I didn't want her to overheat. So I had my grandfather go out and start my car up to get the air running and after it had cooled down, I took her out to the car and home!

The show was a pretty good size in my opinion. I was there for about 3 hours and only made it through maybe half of the tables. I was excited that I got to meet Ben Siegel and check out the Burm at the Burmese Python Initiative's table. All in all it was a very cool show.

[WarriorPrincess90]

Congrats on the new crestie! That's how my addiction started as well. "Don't bring home ANYTHING live from the show!" I came home with my first little creamsicle male, luckily she wasn't too upset with me, haha.

Your new little one is called a harlequin. Take lots of pictures throughout her first year of life, you will be very surprised how much they change in color and pattern.

Thanks! lol. I completely understand already. She's a sweetie...and too cute. Once my fiance got home and saw the little cutie she was like..."Oh...well if that's all it is, it's fine." I was only in trouble until she saw her and realized she was tiny and adorable.

Thank you again! I will take LOTS of pictures and share them with everyone here.

[Mike41793]

The show was AMAZING. It was my first reptile show...so I was in heaven. lol. There was one of just about everything I could ever want. Go figure. I didn't make it all the way around or to every table because after I found my little girl(boy? Too young to tell at the moment.) I wanted to get her home rather than stress her out more. Not to mention, it was really getting hot in that building. I didn't want her to overheat. So I had my grandfather go out and start my car up to get the air running and after it had cooled down, I took her out to the car and home!

The show was a pretty good size in my opinion. I was there for about 3 hours and only made it through maybe half of the tables. I was excited that I got to meet Ben Siegel and check out the Burm at the Burmese Python Initiative's table. All in all it was a very cool show.

3 hours and you only got through half?!?!?! Sounds Amazing lol! The biggest on near me is the white plains, ny one. Im usually there for 3 hours and I walk through everything 3-4 times and stop and talk to vendors. I cant wait to go to a real big one evetually. Do you know how many vendors were there? Idk if theres like a website for it or something. Usually at the white plains one theres 200-250 vendors i think...

[WarriorPrincess90]

3 hours and you only got through half?!?!?! Sounds Amazing lol! The biggest on near me is the white plains, ny one. Im usually there for 3 hours and I walk through everything 3-4 times and stop and talk to vendors. I cant wait to go to a real big one evetually. Do you know how many vendors were there? Idk if theres like a website for it or something. Usually at the white plains one theres 200-250 vendors i think...

Well...I spent a good deal of time talking to vendors and staring longingly at their animals. I asked a lot of questions about keeping, husbandry for a few of them, etc. I want one of everything pretty much, so I figured it was useful for the future. I was almost overwhelmed by the awesomeness. But actually, the show wasn't that large. Especially not in comparison to 200-250 vendors! I believe there were like...45 booths? They were rather large though. Some of them probably had at least 6 tables at their booth. I could easily spend 20 minutes at a table gawking at the animals and wishing I had more money. Lol. In comparison to 200-250 vendors, this show was tiny! Haha. (Needless to say, I spent the most time at the Crestie table...fighting with myself about getting her and the trouble I would be in. lol.). The hot set up was cool too. The eastern diamondback was less than thrilled to be there and was coiled up rattling like a fiend. I almost got a Snake Life decal for my car from them...but I managed to refrain.

There is a website...it's just repticon.com. They have shows all over the place.