Tuscon show! Serious DU warning. Seriously.

Hard to narrow it down from all the pics I took! I narrowed it down to 64 for LJ, and I'll try to narrow it down further for here. Here's a link to that post if you want more and it won't kill your connection! I'm gonna go with the most memorable ones. :)

This little Hognose was the very first snake to catch my attention as we came in the door. What a cutie!

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Here's Amarin with an adult version of her baby high white Aberrant Aztec kingsnake, Voodoo!

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Here's one of the cute Gopher Snakes Karen fell for! Definitely on our someday list now. She adores the gophers!

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This blue tongued skink was exploring the jewelry, lol! So cute. She was lucky he didn't poo on anything!

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This blood started his shed when I first spotted him, then finished it before we left! There was a very "Yay, you did it!" reaction we had for no particular reason. :nerd:

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This vine snake was slimmer than my pinkie finger!

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Love this shot I got of the croc!

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Karen adored this water monitor. He snuck up on her actually, licked her pant leg and startled her! He got lots of pets once he had her attention, lol! I petted him several times too, such a sweetie and what a tongue!

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Patting the gater was an experience too!

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This fella immediately made me think of Handsome Rob! :D

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And the man took out this adorable little Mangrove Snake when I was trying to get a good look through the deli cup. I was a bit startled because I knew they were venomous (I didn't realize how mildly so and backfanged, but still) but the man assured me he was very docile and I got this great photo. What eyes! He's like a little anime snake!

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These turtles were crazy cute! I got video of them too. :)

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Here's Karen with a frilled lizard! She LOVED all the lizards! If we weren't so spoiled by being able to just keep all the herp food in the freezer and once a week feedings/cleanings... She's always so tempted by the beardies too. She wants me to do an anthro lizard pic now, and I'd love to so I'm thinkin! Especially all the deserty lizards, Karen just adored them.

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That albino cobra wasn't worried about impressing nobody! Just chillin. Man, he was pretty. Here's a face shot!

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Banded Rock Rattlesnake! It was cool to see one in person, love these guys. :) The hots were very cool, and I like Judy's pics of the albino rattlers much better than mine.

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I was stunned to see they had Sunbeam snakes! The guy was reluctant to take one out, because they musk and the musk smells like old onions. Apparently, they musk a LOT. But man... so unbelievably gorgeous. You can see the bits of rainbow sticking out of the soil in this pic. The entire snake looks like that. No pattern, no color, just pure irredescence. Very possibly totally worth the stinky.

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Also, the tiny blue frogs slayed me with the cute.

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I'm sure I would have lost my mind at Daytona, because even just being there the last few hours of the last day I was in hog heaven. The gaboons, the baby anacondas, the retics, the kings, the frogs, the lizards... :love:

I came away with a lot of inspiration! I think I even have an inkling of an anaconda Medusa forming... And still I managed to come home nearly empty handed! The only thing I bought were probing tools for when I learn how to do it. And Karen got a little hollow wooden frog that croaks when you run the stick up it's back. Cute!! All in all... awesome expo. I'm quite sure it was much better than the Phoenix one, except I can't be sure because I was blinded by Ma-tsu's sweetness and could see nothing else at that one, LOL!

great pics.

Thanks for sharing! Wow, that vine snake is soo cool!

Neat pictures Sheree! And my, what an attractive t-shirt Karen was sporting...TEEHEE! =D

i want those frogs!!! how cute!

Awesome pictures, Sheree!


This show was WAY better than the Phoenix show. The only downside for me was the crowds. It was pretty crowded on Sunday...but if you double that, you'll get an inkling of what it was like on Saturday. NUTS! I tended to get claustrophobic before I had seen all I wanted to.

I'm glad you got some good shots of those turtles. I tried, but they kept swimming out of the view, so I have a bunch of pics of turtle butts and blurry shells and cut-off noses...LOL They were super cute and would swim right up to anyone looking into their enclosure and let you pet them. They loved the attention!

Nice pics...I like the poisen arrow frogs..:D

Ooo, I like the Blood...and the Gopher...and the Mangrove. I would love to take my daughter to a show! Great pictures.

Wow, I cant believe I missed so much. I just got so anoyed with the huge crowd on that Saturday and there for I rushed myself. I really wish I would have come across the mangrove snake.

Also, did you get anything? Sorry if I missed it.

I love the pics. You seemed to have fun. Poor croc however... I really disagree on how they housed it and everything. Poor thing :( I also dislike how expos house their animals.. Only enough room to ball up and stay in that position:(
But going there to check out all the animals, must've been neat.

Very nice pic's show's are awesome!!! Oh yeah and I'm happy to see that gator's mouth was taped at another show a couple of week's ago they had one and it wasn't.

The poor things shouldn't be stressed out like that:( Thats one reason why I never go to snake expos or bird shows....

For the record, that shirt was a beta and the ones I sell aren't actually that faded. ;) And yes, so many cute herps!! The Mangrove slayed me... Even though it was crowded I didn't want to miss a thing, I must have done like 7 laps around the place! I'd probably have done the same thing on uber crowded Sat, I'm that crazy. :P Especially as I'm sure there was more to see that day!

And I'm positive that's not how the croc is actually housed. He was there with the local Herp Society who'd rescued him, and it's basically the croc version of a deli cup. Just a temporary enclosure and I imagine the only way for him to make an appearance and be transported. I was impressed with how calm he, the gator, and so many others were. I felt more bad for the rattler who'd made a giant poo in his enclosure, but it wasn't safe to take him out and change with all those people around it so he was just sulking next to his poo. Poor thing.

Did you catch the price on the mangrove?

love that cobra and the sunbeam snake. did you catch who was selling the sunbeam snake?

also, did you see any monitors? (lol, i gotta ask)

Marshall- there were a good amount of monitors there. There was a man selling dwarfs and alot of ackies. It was really cool.

that show was nuts.. It was my first show and it was way too crowded on Sat. I was trying to get a good look at everything, but there were people butting in front of me and little people running around. I did enjoy what I saw! I was amazed at the alligator, that's insane how it just sits there!! Nice pics by the way!

The guy who was selling the mangrove was the same guy selling the sunbeams, but sadly I didn't catch the name... The mangrove was under $100 but I forget the exact amount. I don't retain numbers well. :P I remember commenting to Karen on how inexpensive the little guy was though.

I was a good girl, and all I bought was a probing kit! :D Which will remain on the shelf till I know how to use it properly!

Also, here's some monitors from the show! Karen luved em! Course her favorite was the big ol water monitor that was so cuddly. :)

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That really sucks that I missed the mangrove!!!, That is cheap for a snake that is a little hard to find these days.

That vine snake is awesome looking!

Great pictures

Thanks!

And the mangrove was *easy* to miss, PJ. I only managed to see him at all on like my 4th or 5th time circling the place. He was tiny and hiding in the substrate of his tiny cup, I just happened to see the writing on it. He was the only "hot" on the table and very well hidden. I really wish I'd caught the name for ya.

Oh, I was thinking that maybe he was at Jareds table which is the guy that had the 4 or 5 FWC's. Ill ask some people from the show.