My Repticon pickups and more...

It was a good show. I only ended up going Saturday. I honestly got everything I wanted the first day, which was looking very unlikely and then as we were leaving I ran into an old friend. He asked what we were looking for and that's when he told me about John Wiseman.

I went to Repticon looking for a BRB, pac-man frog, rats and hides. First I'll share my lame pictures from the show. I should have gotten so many more but I was intent on finding what I wanted, so that came first.

Almost picked up one of the pastels...
http://adventurousguy.com/other/rept...0/IMG_0067.JPG

I liked the albinos...
http://adventurousguy.com/other/rept...0/IMG_0068.JPG

That superblast is KILLER!
http://adventurousguy.com/other/rept...0/IMG_0069.JPG

Pinstripes I was considering...
http://adventurousguy.com/other/rept...0/IMG_0070.JPG

Giant Peruvian spider of some sort that my mom held. I can't believe she'd hold that but not one of my snakes :weirdface
http://adventurousguy.com/other/rept...0/IMG_0072.JPG



OK, now on to my stuff! Here's a couple pictures of Walle, he shed Saturday morning....
http://adventurousguy.com/WallE/DSCN0232.JPG
http://adventurousguy.com/WallE/DSCN0233.JPG

Here is the new beardie we got last week. She was light yellow, so we named her Twinkie, but she has seemed to get much darker. Maybe she'll shed soon.
http://adventurousguy.com/twinkie/DSCN0216.JPG
http://adventurousguy.com/twinkie/DSCN0218.JPG
http://adventurousguy.com/twinkie/DSCN0220.JPG

Now get ready for the D'AWWWWWWW. Here's our new Veiled Chameleon, Doug. He is so cool. I am just worried that he's so small. We got plenty of good tips and he seems very healthy. He's pooped twice, eaten and has already shed. I just love how he changes colors!

Still has some stuck shed on him...
http://adventurousguy.com/doug/DSCN0214.JPG

On my finger
http://adventurousguy.com/doug/DSCN0215.JPG

Day two, took these pictures and now he'll just chill for a while. It's crazy to see him scramble, they can actually move pretty fast when they want too.
http://adventurousguy.com/doug/DSCN0221.JPG

Hey, sup?
http://adventurousguy.com/doug/DSCN0223.JPG

http://adventurousguy.com/doug/DSCN0226.JPG

As soon as I put him back in his cage, he started showing some good colors.
http://adventurousguy.com/doug/DSCN0228.JPG


Last but not least, Rev. I finally have my BRB!
http://adventurousguy.com/rev/DSCN0234.JPG

He's really chill. Struck at me once, but it was more of a headbutt...
http://adventurousguy.com/rev/DSCN0235.JPG

http://adventurousguy.com/rev/DSCN0237.JPG

http://adventurousguy.com/rev/DSCN0238.JPG

YouTube - Rev, my Brazilian Rainbow Boa

Nice pickups! However, I must say that the prices on most of those animals at the expo are depressing. $60 for a pastel! $300 for albinos and $200 for pins! Not that I didn't know but just seeing it on morph after morph is disconcerting.

umm....EW SPIDER!!! :spid0r: I haaaaate spiders. I dont get how someone could hold that thing and not a snake. Yuck...that gave me the chills. If I saw that thing outside, or worse, in my house...I think I'd just pass out. Lol thanks for creeping me out!

The snakes are beautiful though! Love the BRB, nice colors! And I love Doug, he is so cute! :gj:

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Originally Posted by Hypnotic Exotic

Nice pickups! However, I must say that the prices on most of those animals at the expo are depressing. $60 for a pastel! $300 for albinos and $200 for pins! Not that I didn't know but just seeing it on morph after morph is disconcerting.

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I thought they were high too. My BRB was originally priced at $150. That's about the price I would pay if I ordered one online with shipping. I got him to go down though, too $100. I still don't think it's a great price, but the BRB surpassed my expectations. Doug was $40, I won't complain about that, but I do wish he was a little older.

Even some of the accessories were expensive, but I didn't look at thermostats so I don't know how those were priced. Price on rats weren't that great eather, but still cheaper than what I was paying. I fed off a large and a small and I was very happy with the quality of the rats from Charles @ Cider Reptiles and Rodents.

Nice thread and awesome Pick ups!

Sweet BRB :gj:

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Originally Posted by jfreels

I thought they were high too.

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I don't think that's what was being referred to. Those prices seem very low. 2 years ago I paid $300 for a pastel and that was a male, I can't believe how much the prices have dropped.

That BRB is very nice! Always been interested in them, their husbandry needs were a little too much for me though and very particular.

The Veiled Chameleon is very cute! Some of the pictures you have are very nice.

Nice pick ups, they all look good..:gj:
As far as prices, remember its called supply and demand and near everybody who steps into balls breeds them so the supply MAY be greater than the demand..

I had a great time at the show, I went both days. Not all of the vendors were selling there stock as cheaply as the ones in the pictures. I noticed that prices were all over the place and that some vendors were low balling in order to dump their snakes. The farther back you got in the hall, the cheaper the snake and the less desirable also. By Sunday those albinos were $50 cheaper while breeders like Ben Seigel did not do much lowering of their prices. In my book, quality counts!

Yeah, I meant the prices were low. $60 is getting a bit too close to normal pricing and $300 for a homozygous recessive is ridiculous.

Maybe I should have picked up one of those pastels. I don't know BP morph prices, and I misunderstood the original statement. I do know though, I would have bought a spider if I saw it for $150. The lowest I saw was $180, which I still thought was a good price, but then I would have not been able to get the rats.

BEAUTIFUL all of them!

dougs so small!!! how cute!

and that is a gorgeous BRB my friend

That BRB is gorgeous! Congrats.

Doug tried to commit suicide last night :( I had him out so we could re-arrange some of the stuff in his cage to make it easier for him to get around. He can actually run, which I found quite surprising. So I'm letting him speed walk from hand to hand and then he decides to chill. So I put down my other hand and I stare at him and then he looks down and then just leaps off my hand onto the carpet. He was so freaked out and I felt really bad.

He's OK though, he ate two crickets immediately following this incident once I got his "cricket tub" put in his tank. It's so awesome watching this little guy eat. I'll try and get it on video tonight.

its kinda depressing to se the prices that low as previously stated. But in this economy its better to take a little loss than completely come home with all the snakes and no profit (not that ball pythons should only be used as profit, but it is a business)

but I would have bought that pastel and thought about it later :P... and a spider for 180... my thing is I'd rather save more and buy super quality. Ive read an article on brokers that go to shows and at the end of the day offer half price for snakes and get them... put people outa a hobby doing that

Your pick-ups are just gorgeous! That little chameleon is ridiculously small, so cute. :)

But yeah, I've found the fall in prices kind of shocking as well. Three years ago I paid $50 at an expo for my freshly hatched normal. Now you can get a nice chunky pastel for just $10 more than that. I'm sure it has to do with how badly the economy is doing, but what scares me is that I feel they wont go back up even when the economy improves. People will snatch them up now for low prices and forever believe they're worth that much at the most. :/