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Imagine Raleigh X 100 and you will get a mental picture of Daytona!!! I have been for the last 2 years and it has blown me away each time. I usually go to all the Raleigh shows, Columbia, and some small shows in VA & MD. We enjoy ths trips and meeting new people and seeing all the snakes. I saw your snakes in the thread below...they look really nice. I picked up a couple of pastel girls in Raleigh and got a mojave boy, pinstripe boy, and a pair of spiders in Daytona. Our next show willo be the Mid-Atlantic in MD September 13-14.

Wow, that is really exciting. So far we have only ever been to the Raleigh show, though we have been to four of those so far. Sounds like you got a lot of really cool stuff over the past few weeks. This was the first time we bought any visual morphs at a show. So far all of our visuals had come from internet purchases. This May was the first time we were really looking for specific things. I was personally a bit surprised at the selection at the Raleigh show, since I know it is a smaller show and there was plenty of what we were looking for. It probably helps that we were looking at lower end things, but mostly I was surprised that I saw male Pastels, Mojos, and Butters all get for hypo. Since I was looking for a codom male het hypo I was pleased.

Sounds like you are starting a nice little collection. What part of NC are you from, I am towards the coast, Bladen County.

Right now I am a pre-veterinary student at NCSU but I am from the mountains around Boone, so the opposite direction from you.

COOL...You will see reptiles when you open your practice right! LOL We have NO vets in our area that will see our snakes. We haven't needed one yet but have looked just in case. By the way, I am a Tar Heel fan!!

I would like to see as many small exotics (snakes, lizards, amphibians, small mammals, etc) as possible.

...All I have to say to the Tar Heel bit is ughhhh I am required by law to hate Caroline Blue. :P

I'll let you by with that one...GO HEELS !! LOL. I talked to Celia with Exotics by Nature one time and she said they took their sick snakes to LSU's vet department and they treated them as experience for the students. I called NCSU and asked them if they would do something like that and they said no. I have been told yall have the best vet program in the USA. Can you check on this for me and let me know?

I am still a pre veterinary student, so I am still an undergrad and am just applying to the Vet School this fall. I know students do rotations at the NCSU Vet Hospital as part of their schooling, but beyond that I don't know. There is a herp and avian specialty vet in the Raleigh area though. They always have a booth at the show and I have taken some fecals there before.

I was wondering about the school because Celia said LSU sees their snake fro free, as experience for the students. Just wondering why NCSU would not do the same. I guess I'm just cheap.

I don't know much about that, except that the clinic at NCSU is a lot like any other veterinary clinic, just with more resources and vets and whatnot. It might not be financially feasible for them to see animals for free, or they might already have someone else who brings in reptiles, it could be a lot of different things.