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Pics from the San Jose Reptile Show (CA). I went on Saturday 8/9/08. My guy took the pics, so I didn’t get all the shots I wanted, alas, and some didn’t come out that good, but still got quite a few good shots overall. There were some really beautiful animals and it was great seeing everyone. Next time I’m going to take a pic of the booth before a shot of the animals so I know who everything belonged to and can give proper credit.

First some overview shots:

Fuzzy pic of a jungle boa:

Boa Constrictor Longicauda

Sharp sunglow and sharp albino (normal sunglow and albino on the side that got cut off)

Dave of Rainbows-R-Us hanging out with his beautiful salmon girl, Cinnamon



Wouldn’t be complete without a pic of Luna, so hard to get her colors on camera! Ignore my terrible cropping...

Brian of For Goodness Snakes with a gorgeous caramel ball python

Some of his beautiful boas and pythons:


Wish the other pics of the sunglow motley came out, ah-well.

Lots of people were having fun at Brian’s table holding one of his big girls!


He suddenly looks worried hehe

This little girl was having a lot of fun, she had the cutest facial expressions

Table with Retics, Burmese and a few boas in the background:

Closer look at the albino striped (super tiger?) retic:

Albino Burm

Emerald Tree Boa

He seemed to have some swelling in his mouth or substrate stuck?

If I had $600, these would have come home with me, I’ve wanted a pair for a long time

Hypo BRB and some nice normals

Nice hognose

Of course, these weren’t for sale


Woma, there were actually quite a few of these
GTP being handled, this drew a big crowd, not a good pic though

One of the absolute highlights for me was being able to hold this gorgeous chocolate head black headed python. One of my dream snakes.


Isn’t he wonderful?

Some kids starting grabbing his tail behind my back, I wasn’t too happy with them. Lol

Of course it wasn’t all just snakes:


Giant Pixie Frog

Peach Throat Monitor

We snapped this pic of the large cayman iguana before realizing there was a fee, oops!

Mata Mata

Conjoined turtles

Hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I enjoyed the show!

Take care,
-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

GREAT PICS...THANKS....TC

Just wondering if there were plants there to? I see a little youngster with what looks like a venus flytrap? Nepenthes are some of my most favorit of the Carnivorous plants...Oh and those are some nice pics and some cool snakes ..

>>Just wondering if there were plants there to? I see a little youngster with what looks like a venus flytrap? Nepenthes are some of my most favorit of the Carnivorous plants...Oh and those are some nice pics and some cool snakes ..

Hi!
Yes, one of the vendors had insect eatting plants. There were venus fly traps and lots of beautiful pitcher plants but I didn't see any sundews. I didn't get any pics of them though. Next time I will if they are there again.

-April
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'There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."' -Rainshadow

Nice my two favorit things under 1 roof. I only wish i had that around here. Some day i hope to see that around here, but i dout i ever will. So keep on posting those pics, i love to see everyones animal. Josh...

Thanks for sharing !!!!

i like the pics of the little girl with the big Columbian.

i also like the pics of you and the Woma.
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Thanks for the pics April,

I caught myself in a few of those overview shots.

I drove up from LA to the show to pick up my hypo motley and pastel salmon from Dave Colling at Rainbows-R-Us. Besides being excited about getting my hands on my pair of boas, I really enjoyed the variety of the show.

I met Brian from For Goodness Snakes and he is not only a guy with some Very COOL snakes (i.e., Sunglow Motley), but he is a great guy to talk snakes with. Very friendly and simply a pleasure to talk to.

Also, Mike Lockwood of Too Scaley was another good guy at the show. I'm a boa guy at heart, and I don't work with GTPs at all but was very curious about them and he took the time to answer all my questions very thoroughly. Quite a stand-up guy, and someone I would gladly deal with if I so happen to want to get into GTPs in the future.

Again, great pics of a fun show.

Thanks,

Jay

Thank you for all the kind words, I had a great time!!!! Looking forward to Sac!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

I see myself in one of those pics! Haha, it was a good time. It was my first show ive been to, and it met and far exceeded my expectations...
Thanks to everyone involved and great pics!

Holy moly, I knew there was inflation, but that's just crrrazy!

April:

I'm sorry I haven't been able to respomd to your post. I'm on vacation up in Washington.

I've not been able to get onto a computer much while on vacation, but wanted to let you know that I enjoyed seeing you and Jesse at the show last saturday.

We all appreciate your photos of the show. Look forward to seeing you guys at Eddies nect Nor Cal BBQ.

Thnaks again

Brian

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com