If I hadn't been HOOKED before, I sure am NOW!!!
:cool: :banana: Woooooo HOoooooooo! Went to my first herp show today! Yaaaaaay:D to have found one LOCAL!!! I was afraid Seattle or Portland would be the closest. Small, only about 15-20 vendors but I've found my dream babies *slooooobber, droooooooool*!!!! So giving up the other 2 hrs. of sleep before work was worth it! (I work Thur-Sat nights, so this won't happen alot, but I'm glad I went today!!)
I had the chance to handle and inspect a stripe ball for $100. I'm going to do some serious budget manipulation to get him, :D and then there's a guy that's selling his two 100%het albino males for $150 each....so I'm going to try and scrounge for the older of the two...documents and all......he's a trip away, and I have about a week or two before I'm heading in that direction for family reasons, so I'm hoping to get the het on the return trip. SWEEEEEEET!!! :banana:
Now that I've seen them IRL, first hand, my non-ball purchases will be a Columbian RTB, and a Hogg Isle. Gorgeous!!!!!! If I can get the RTB that's up for adoption, what a coup!! and there's a local breeder that had such a beautiful little male Hogg for $150. Now at least I know there's local breeders that I can support, go inspect their babies, and not have to pay the shipping. I can't WAIT until the next show in March. Two more in Feb, but they're farther away...so I may just have to wait (WAaaaaaaaaaah :sniff: ) until the closer one in March.
FD just LOOOOOVED seeing all the corn morphs and was in 7th Heaven during her pic w/the RTB. I'm going to do my best to get her Christmas present early. ;)
I can't wait!! (Sorry for the excessive enthusiasm! :oops: :oops: :redface: )