2004 National Reptile Breeders' Expo . . . anyone going?

this thing is supposed to be one of the biggest events in the country (from what i'm told) . . . i'll be there saturday and sunday rockin' my Piranha-Fury t-shirt browsing all the crazy herps.

http://www.reptilebreedersexpo.com/expo2004.jpg

anyone else going??

~Will.

Doesn't it say August? I'd go if its in Daytona ...

I have soooo wanted to make it to it this year, but I just can't see working it in budget-wise. It makes me very sad. :(

Man I'd love to but alas so far. If you're going gonna snag some pix?

august 14-15 is the actual breeders expo (sat and sunday) . . . the 10-13 is all kinds of lectures and presentations kinda pricey, but theres all kinds of cool events. i'll try to get as many pics as possible.

more info http://www.kingsnake.com/ihs/

~Will.

So on Aug 14-15 you can buy the actually snakes there?
If so I might go ... I'm looking to buy a leucistic rat snake, and maybe a ball python or two.
The show is sold out!? :(

i diddnt see anything about the show being sold out, but i'm pretty sure sat and sunday are open to the public to buy reptiles with like a $10 fee at the door. i've never been to one of these conventions . . . do they serve beer??

~Will.

I'm going. Driving down on the 11th and comming back on the 17th. Anyone want a ride from MD?

If I only still lived in Merritt Island.......Daytona Beach is only about an hour from where I use to live.

To anyone that is going......Enjoy.... and please get some pic's!!

Carson, can you make a slight detour and go to Daytona via Illinois? LOL

Ironhead I'll come pick you up, it's not that out of the way from CT..

Can't go this year, my best friend goes to Daytona each year for the big show. She does alot of work with the International Iguana Society.
Anyhow
I can't go this year, to busy with the rescue and alas no funds
Rusty

Ah its on a weekend, I'll surely have to go.
Pick myself up another ball python and maybe a ratsnake.

im so jelous. There is no reptile shows in this little town, and i dont have the money to fly someplace else to go to one. If anyone finds out anything about a show in el paso let me kno ! i live prety close to there (1 hour drive)

Hmm, I'd go but don't have any money or a way to get there :lol: Looks like it will be fun! I'm going to try and catch the Mid-Atlantic Reptile Show in Timonium Sep 18-19th.

Edit: Carson, wish I had the money. I'd catch a ride with you if I did :P

Hey Brandon, there's one in Austin in August, and one in Dallas/Arlington in September. I'm thinking of going to both of those. Those shouldn't be too extremely far from you.

ErR I don't think I'll be going anymore, I'm actually going to adopt a red tail and snow corn this month.
I don't know if I'll have space for that leucistic texas ratsnake that I wanted to buy.

Maybe SatanicIntention will have to go catch me one in Texas :D ...

LoL, we have regular ratsnakes everywhere. No white ones that I've seen :)

awesome, thanks, now i just need to find some money for a plane ticket ;)

ah if only it were a week later I could go while visiting family.

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Man I'd love to but alas so far.

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I'll pick you up ;)

Well, from El Paso, it's about 8 hours drive to Austin or 10 hours to Dallas, if I remember correctly. Texas is a BIG state! LOL

I'm seriously planning on going to the show in Daytona, but it's not quite set in stone yet as things are still in flux around here. I'm about 90% sure my daughter and I are going to drive out there, though. Should be a great mother/daughter get-away!

i just ordered a bp.net shirt, so now i have to show up. anyone else??

~Will.

I ordered one - but we'll be away on vacation that week. TAKE PICS whoever winds up going!

I'll be going at least one of the days. Was going to spend the weekend, but since being laid off just don't think that will fit the budget...so we'll probably head that way on the Saturday and spend the day.

YAY! Caren is coming, awesome :)
I'll try to take pictures for everyone who isn't coming :)

Needless to say we'll be there. ;)

K

Aww, I was going to buy the BP Jersey to wear to Daytona but seems they're all sold out :cry:

dam klg . . . all the way from NH??

lucky me, i just moved here to florida from North Conway, NH about 2 months ago

~Will.

ah i was wondering where the post was about the expo next weekend 8)
you couldn't drag me away from that
i went to FIRS at the Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa in March
Reptile Marketplace at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando in May
and FIRE at the Orlando Marriott Downtown last month
this expo is suppose to be THE show of shows :shock:
i've never been to the ocean center b4 and what good are you if you don't drive the entire length of I-4 chasing after exotics?
I'm coming from Orlando and plan to be waiting at the door that Saturday b4 it opens, twitching like a dumbass kid on Christmas morning waiting for presents, i'll try to stop my twitching b4 going in and attracting the eye of a weary burm :wink:
IF someone wants to carpool or convoy to save $ or for company, thats a possibility for me
i am thinking that i need a means to transport a good size cage back with me and am not certain my sedan will do, so trucks are welcome if you got 'em 8)

Dark, Did you attend the Reptile Expo in Boca Raton?
It kinda blowed, it was really small.
I can't wait for Daytona! :)

Darke, how was the FIRE show in Orlando? was considering checking it out, but never made it.
Blink, we'll talk before and definitely meet up there...looking forward to it!

the FIRE show was cool, i can't quite tell if it was bigger than FIRS in Tampa since it was split up into 2 rooms, but I'm thinking it was
out of the 3 i liked it the most, i actually convinced my sister to come, who is afraid of "creepies" :shock: and now you can't visit her w/o seeing her pet leopard gecko :wink:
Reptile Marketplace might be in that "blows" category :?
its only a single day and its small, like the outhouse of cons, but i bet i go back next time, its still a reptile show and if you find what you want, the prices are as low as they come
Boca Raton is a bit far for me, coming from Orlando i'm only willing to go as far as I-4 can take me, plus i'm thinking being a snake person its a bad idea to willing travel to a place commonly called "mouth of the rat" :roll:

Hopefully I'll get to check out FIRE next year b/c it looked really awesome. 'creepies'--cute!

Reptile Tubs, will be at the Daytona Show! YAY! Happy Days for me!
I'll be able to pick up a male ball and a nice gigantic tube for him too!! muahaha

i find this weird that theres so little talk about this show lately
umm is ne one concerned about the weather? :?
i don't see ne advisories that say theres a threat to daytona beach
but the current storm path timing certainly makes you think
when having a show, the prep work needs to be going on now
i'd rather not drive that far and not know whats happening :|

Yeah, I heard about the storm!
But I'm still going! =/

the storm will be well out of florida by the weekend. it is supposed to hit the georgia coast just after midnight tonight, so i'm betting that everything will be fine for the weekend in daytona. just be careful if you are driving there on friday.

Although Charley made landfall south of the Tampa Bay area (Ft. Meyers area) I still will not be able to attend :( It has been a crazy 2 days preping for the hurricane etc. and need to deal w/some other priorities.
However, it did go through Daytona beach but was weakened by then. I do not believe they sustained much damage there so the show should go on as usual.

OK, i will write post-con first then :P
as i was driving up Saturday morning i didn't really know whether it was going to happen
the further i drove the more destruction and Daytona really took it from Charley as well :(
If not for police directing traffic it would have been chaos :shock:
the Ocean Center did very well and the show was seemingly unaffected
good show too
i have a couple of pics that are relevant :wink:

http://home.iprimus.com.au/rwebber/con1.jpg

picked up a big female BCI heres the 100in shed i got just a few days later, WOW :shock:
i call her Recon, she seems dressed for the part, plus she is a REd tail CONstrictor and i got her at a REptile CONvention, just if your wanting to know where that name came from

http://home.iprimus.com.au/rwebber/molt.jpg

heres the new set up situation (ball on top, then red tail and finally guinea pigs)

http://home.iprimus.com.au/rwebber/setup.jpg

if you had read my sig at the bottom there b4 the show you'll notice the 2 new spider names (also bought at Daytona) and that my ball is no longer a mystery, very cool 8)
does this show have to happen only once a year? :P

That show is huge! I'm so sorry I didn't get to make it this year. I will definitely be going to the Atlanta show, and considering going to the Greenville, SC show at the end of October too.

I was totally bummed about not making it but there's always next year.....gonna try my best to make it to Atlanta, maybe that'll make up for missing Daytona!!

The Atlanta show is pretty big, but I don't think it will quite rival Daytona. Great timing for holiday shopping though! ;)

what is the exact date for the atlanta show (yes i am being lazy instead of just looking it up for myself :D ) oh, and i DO expect to receive presents that were bought there. :mrgreen: :wink:

Nov 20-21 this year, and for all considering coming, it may be the last Atlanta show. On the other hand, the Columbia show has been moved to Greenville, which isn't too bad a drive.

which one of those do you think will be better/bigger if there is a difference that you know of?

I so cant wait it's going to be here in Southern Cali in September *Happy Dances* This last Saturday I went to the Irba convention this one was smaller then last years but I still loved it =)

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which one of those do you think will be better/bigger if there is a difference that you know of?

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I think Greenville will probably be bigger/better, but not necessarily enough so to justify adding 2-2.5 hours to your drive time. Last year, IIRC, Atlanta had 10k-11k visitors and SC had about 14k. A show big enough to draw more than, say, 5k visitors probably has more attendance determined by timing, convenience of location, and how well it was promoted rather than by the quality or number of exhibitors, IMHO.

actually its about the same time-wise from savannah either way. i ask because i might be having a certain wedding on thanksgiving weekend, so i'm not so sure that the weekend before that is the best time to be traveling out of town. so it may be greenville for me. :D

Ah well. If you can make it to the Atlanta show, please do, because I'll definitely be there and there are a few others from here planning on attending. The more the better!

i would like to come to the atlanta show and meet up with you guys. hopefully i will know more about important dates and such this week and i can go from there. :D