>>Wholy crap, no turtles or tortoises? Something must have really been up at this show. In the past I've seen bin after bin of baby sliders and cooters, bins of wild-caught Russian and Greek tortoises, and Central American wood turtles. One vendor had a large bin of wild-caught, huge cooters and redbellies. Last time I went, which was last year, there were a few vendors selling baby alligator snapping turtles. That was also when several vendors had gravid horned toeds for sale.
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>>How many vendors where there?
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>>Katrina


I was at the show too (my first time there). My impression was that it reminded me of the All MD Show only on a much larger scale...say x3 (rough estimate).

At the admission counter before they let you pay they stated up front that no turtles would be sold at the show (I'm assuming so that people with the intent to buy turtles could have the chance to back out before paying to get in). I believe there has been some discussion on the law/cites forum about PA banning the sale of all turtles fairly recently which would account for the lack of chelonia at the show. I was actually surprised to see the one sulcata in a bin (for $200) after having been told at the front entrance no turtles would be sold.

I do not recall seeing any horned lizards/toads. Actually I do not recall seeing much of anything that would appear to be blantantly obvious on a quick glance as 'wild caught' specimens (there was one venomous snake, boomslang I believe, with a badly rubbed nose/mouth). I do agree that the situation the mammals were in was not professional let alone healthy for them. At the very minimum even if the vendors did not know before hand that there would be no a/c in the building they should at least have had fans on them to keep up with the air flow and circulation. The only mammals that appeared to be enjoying themselves were the duprassi..everything else basically looked miserable.


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Wyvern

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