It was at Scott Smith's All Animal Expo at the DuPage Co. fairgrounds, in Wheaton, IL. We weren't intending to bring any more snakes home (and didn't!), so I didn't think to grab the guy's card so I could make myself a note on who to avoid in the future. Also failed to get a card from another guy explaining his record-keeping system to a customer (headdesk).

I'm not bashing the guy for bringing an animal in shed, or having a bad shed happen, it's more having the patchy shed out on public display *and* not talking to customers about it. I sell leather goods, and if somebody is browsing, you greet them at minimum, and if something is different/unusual about your product, you talk about it - eg: the brand/scar on that pouch is only cosmetic/adds character, it doesn't weaken the pouch, or I did XYZ to reinforce it.

Complaining about somebody else's shed issues would also be the pot calling the kettle black, since last night Smaug the BP and Henry the corn snake needed snake saunas for the tips of their tails, and Haku the milk snake will probably get one tonight, since he was looking kind of ratty and only partially shed this morning. (7 snakes, and three shed on the same day. I think they're plotting!).