White Plains Sunday the 23rd

[dkatz4]

OH-KAY! Well, luckily i mentally prepared for the inevitable: hour and half drive, 5-year-old (who loves snakes) is bored to tears in 45 minutes. So i cant say i really got to experience all the expo had to offer but it was still fun and i do have some impressions to share.

• It was crowded as hell. We got there at about 10:30, waited 10 minutes in line to get in, and it really was kind of hard to see anything up close because there were so many other people to navigate. Not impossible, mind you, but lots of rubbing elbows.
• The facility seemed nice - i've not been to any other shows, but as mentioned above, the temperature was fine and there were no odors whatsoever, so thats always a good thing.
• Yes, there were an overwhelming number of ball pythons, which are not my particular interest.
• There also lots of boas, which i keep but am not looking for any more right now, strong selection of assorted colubrids, good supply of western hognoses which i think are adorable but i dont know if i'd be satisfied with one as a pet (they're sooo little), a few carpet pythons - lots of geckos some skinks, which are awesome but surprisingly expensive, a handful of monitors and tegus. I know there must have been some more, but i was being pulled around by a very impatient kid, i would have liked to have spent a couple of hours there at least. Even though i wasn't actually shopping for an animal there were also lots of vendors of cage decor and hides etc.
• I didn't see any BIG pythons which was disappointing, they may have been there, but i didn't see them and we did at least walk down all the aisles.

That being said, i was trying to imagine if i was actually looking for an animal, i liked the setting. something about actually having all the snakes actually there for you to see and such a variety. Honestly, i got my last boa in march (by mail) after scouring the internet for months. And dont get me wrong, i love her, but i saw at least 2 or 3 today that i would have taken first if i'd had the chance, i think i ended up browsing on-line endlessly b/c just the picture feels sort of theoretical, like "i guess i might like that snake" but when i actually saw them right in front of me i would have these very definite and instantaneous feelings of "not interested" or "i want it!".
So all-in-all, i'm not sure about going again before i'm ready to buy - definitely not with the kid although he did love it for a little while (incidentally, i saw it coming so i scheduled an afternoon visit with friends who live in the area).
I wasn't too upset by the $10 for just 45 minutes, but i am super happy that i parked next door at CVS instead of the paid lot. Fun Fact: i knew that was the place to park because i used to live in W'chester and i worked there 10 years ago when it was a CompUSA.




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