Some Hot Pix from the 2018 Seattle Show!

[Ax01]

ok i woke up late, it took me like 20minutes to find a matching hat and i got there late but the line was still out the door!

once inside.


i start on my left, counter-clockwise. Exo-Terra is here!

i spoke to their rep. he said it took them 3years of development and before production costs went down for them to bring t-stats to market. they exceeded their sales by 10 times their projections. i'm glad there are options out there and good for them!



some buckets caught my attention a few tables over. ok we got HOT's! yeah baby!!



a freakin' Black Mamba is in the house!


also a unique Copperhead


Cobras!!

Coconut the Indochinese Spiting Cobra


Bugsy the Red Spitting Cobra

the owner was blowing on his Egyptian Cobra to try to get it to hood. it's name is Ra.



a Fer De Lance

and a Pit Viper

there was a pair of Gila Monstars. this guy was freehandling one lol and i got to pet it!

[djansen]

Nice!
was this show actually in Seattle or was it in Puyallup? I don't ever remember there being a Seattle show.

Edit: NVM, saw your other post lol

[Ax01]

quick vid of Ra, the Egyptian Cobra hooding: https://www.instagram.com/p/BisS8jwA0J3
quick vid of Selena, the Black Mamba: https://www.instagram.com/p/BisToJPANfA


a very cool, very complex bioactive viv:



GTP's - only 1 was left by the time i left by 1:30p.



da man Nick Mutton of Inland Reptiles!




Scorpion mama w/ new babies!!



big bugz! expensive i might add!







some BP's



carnivorous plants


lotsa Axolotls at the show!



i love these lizards!



Edit: k, check out more pix here:
https://imgur.com/a/oK8AI4B
https://imgur.com/a/cmtRzPi

thanks for looking!

[richardhind1972]

Looked like a pretty interesting show



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[zina10]

Most of the hots had a sign saying "venomoid". So did they all have their fangs surgically removed?

Not a fan of this Hope they just meant to say "venomous".

Great pics though, I haven't been to an expo in far to long !!! I'm afraid I'd have to bring a hand wagon to haul everything I would buy along with me, LMAO !!

[Ax01]

Looked like a pretty interesting show

thanks, it was really fun!

Most of the hots had a sign saying "venomoid". So did they all have their fangs surgically removed?

Not a fan of this Hope they just meant to say "venomous".

Great pics though, I haven't been to an expo in far to long !!! I'm afraid I'd have to bring a hand wagon to haul everything I would buy along with me, LMAO !!

good eye. not the fangs but the venom glands were surgically removed. so if they bite, they can still leave a nice wound. he had some scars to show. in fact, the keeper was tagged by an Albino Monocle Cobra. as he told it, Cobras don't have retractable fangs like vipers (i.e. Rattlers) so their fangs are fixed and gunk from whatever they bite (i.e. rodents) can get stuck in the venom canal (and rot). well when he was bitten, instead of being injected w/ venom, he was injected w/ that gunk that caused his hand and arm to swell to pre-gangrene stages. he still uses a hook to handle them.

yes, u should go to a show, takes lotsa pix and bring a wagon.

[zina10]

Sorry, that is what I meant, although I used to think it was both fangs and venom glands that were removed.

Still not a fan, though. I've heard of people doing this surgery as a home job, heard of botched surgeries, glands growing back, infections, etc.

Not to mention that these snakes use the venom to start pre-digestion on their prey.

Just not a fan of modifying animals to fit our lifestyle. Esp. by taking away an animals defense. Such as de-clawed lions, or big cats with teeth and claws removed, etc.


But ENOUGH about that, LOL. Didn't mean to derail your thread.


The pictures are awesome. Love the plants !!

And the copper head is very unique. They are always beautiful but never seen one this color before! I have to say, that's my favorite !

[Sunnieskys]

It was still fun. I got my new (used) tank from the venom snake guy for Odyn. Not sure I would go again next year as there were half as many vendors as there was last year. I will go to the Puyallup one and hope more vendors are there. Oh ax did you see they were charging to hold the tarantula! I was like wth! They didn't charge at the last show.

[djansen]

good eye. not the fangs but the venom glands were surgically removed. so if they bite, they can still leave a nice wound. he had some scars to show. in fact, the keeper was tagged by an Albino Monocle Cobra. as he told it, Cobras don't have retractable fangs like vipers (i.e. Rattlers) so their fangs are fixed and gunk from whatever they bite (i.e. rodents) can get stuck in the venom canal (and rot). well when he was bitten, instead of being injected w/ venom, he was injected w/ that gunk that caused his hand and arm to swell to pre-gangrene stages. he still uses a hook to handle them.

yes, u should go to a show, takes lotsa pix and bring a wagon.

In my early 20's I owned a venomoid western diamondback (not something I currently support) that I purchased from venomoid inc. It came with a paper showing when and who did the surgery. Also said to treat it like you would any hot, never free-handle and use a hook.
He was the meanest snake I ever owned lol.
I actually donated him to the Serpentarium in Monroe when I moved out of state, I need to go by there when i'm up to WA again and see how hes doing.

[zina10]

charging to hold a tarantula ???????

LOL.

I would pay for NOT having to hold one..hahah