Reptile Show Recap!

As you guys know, today was my first reptile show. After taking a few laps around the building we zeroed in on the vendors that seemed to be nicer then the others. Turns out that it was a family owned business that not only bred Ball Pythons the breed Bearded Dragons, Crested Geckos and Leachies.

We got to talking and I noticed two beautiful snakes that were within my price range, (only brought $300). And after talking for a while about how they eat and how nice they are I started asking about prices. And I totally scored! I ended up with a gorgeous Female Spider and a beautiful Male Pinstripe.

Original prices were $150 for the Female and $175 for the Male. But with me being polite and complimenting them, they lowered the prices to $100 for the Spider and $125 for the Pinstripe.

And since my girlfriend was here for the geckos she ended up purchasing her first Leachie. Shes real tiny now but had a big price tag $300.

Here's the Pinstripe:

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/...pse0602af3.jpg

Here's the Spider:

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/...ps673f5eed.jpg

And here's the new Leachie that will one day be upwards of 14 inches.

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/...ps12658da1.jpg


My hat goes of to Robbie Hamper and Shay Hamper of Elegant Reptile Images. They were extremely professional and have beautiful animals.

I've got a question about feeding them, as I'm getting ready to order some frozen thawed mice for them. They both way 93-94 grams. What size mouse would be a good for them? The breeder said they were on small mice but he didn't give me a gram weight of them. What do you guys think? What is the rule of thumb?

Get them 15g-25g mice. :gj:

Congrats on the pick ups! :)

Thanks! I cannot wait to watch them grow to be the size of my adult. And I cant wait to dabble in genetics when it comes time to breed these lovely guys.

Awesome pickups! At a great price too!

Now I just have to think of names for them. I'm thinking Archimedes for the male, and Aphrodite for the female.

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Originally Posted by Montypython696

Now I just have to think of names for them. I'm thinking Archimedes for the male, and Aphrodite for the female.

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I like them :gj:

As for mouse sizes, just buy them adult mice. Those will be in the 20-25g range usually.

Congrats on the pickups!! Nothing is better than finding a vendor that you just click with :)

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Originally Posted by Montypython696

I've got a question about feeding them, as I'm getting ready to order some frozen thawed mice for them. They both way 93-94 grams. What size mouse would be a good for them? The breeder said they were on small mice but he didn't give me a gram weight of them. What do you guys think? What is the rule of thumb?

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General rule of thumb at that age is 10-15% of their weight. Both of my balls are approaching the 1000g marker and will most likely never get anything more than 90g every 7-10 days.


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I also visited the Daily Exotics vendor table. And I have to say there were some gorgeous balls there, I only managed to grab a business card, as the place was incredibly packed. But I have to say that Stephanie Davis knows how to raise her snakes. If they are there May 19th, she will be the first table I go to!