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I was just curious where everyone is from.... anyone from sw Missouri?
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Road Hog"

Northern Indiana

Indiana Reptile Rehab and Education Center

sorry new web site, trying to get the word out
Indiana Reptile Center

just curious... on the homepage of the site/link you posted, what type of rat/corn is that? It is the bottom right picture. the yellow one!
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Road Hog"

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>>I was just curious where everyone is from.... anyone from sw Missouri?
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well, I can't speak for everyone else but I have been busy tending hatchlings and eggs and trying to get in some fishing between work and snakes...LOL
not to mention I haven't really had a chance to take any new pics of my rat snakes lately.
I will be posting some pics of my three bairdi hatchlings in a few days...Once they shed.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes

I didn't read thoroughly and thought you were wondering where evryone on the forum was. It hasn't been very busy here lately.

Southeast, Tennessee
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes

I made the local paper yesterday.lol ....Paul
Slithering scene

Vendors and enthusiasts share their love of all things reptilian at expo

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Monday, June 27, 2005

BY KELLY MAHONEY

OF THE JOURNAL STAR

EAST PEORIA - Breanne Sisson spoke rather calmly Saturday, considering a 4-foot-long snake was tightening its grip around her torso and neck.
"I almost grew up with snakes," said Sisson, who lives in Joliet. "We have a bunch of babies at home."

Sisson and her friends traveled to the East Peoria Convention Center for the first Midwest Reptile Expo and casually wore the snake as an accessory. Vendors from the Peoria area, as well as St. Louis and Chicago, gathered to display and sell a variety of exotic pets, including snakes, lizards, turtles and spiders.

The expo will take place from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. every fourth Sunday.

Organizer Jason Johnson said more than 500 people came to the event, and about 35 vendors sold pets and supplies. Johnson said the quality of pets and the knowledge of the vendors sets this expo apart.

"I don't think the pet shops realize there is a huge exotic pet market," Johnson said. "You go to a pet shop, and you're going to get a kid who says 'I really don't know how to take care of this.' These people know."

The vendors also offered a buy back and trade service for those who realize their pets are too big or too much of a responsibility.

"I just hope those who buy animals that get big come back and trade them rather than let them go," Johnson said.

Sarah Blanch of Mossville brought her children, who are 3, 5 and 11 months old, to the expo.

"My husband's a lizard freak, and my kids really love it," Blanch said. "We have a turtle at home, and they like to see what else is out there. They don't really like the snakes a lot, but they really like the lizards and turtles."

The Blanch children may have been in the minority. Dillon Kieser, 6, of Trivoli said his favorite thing at the expo was the larger snakes. Paul Yancick of Peoria said his 8-year-old son, Egon, is a great helper when it comes to the family's seven snake breeder pairs.

"He's my little helper," Yancick said. "We clean the cages together."

Yancick said he was happy to see the expo bring together reasonably priced pet supplies, including frozen mice.

"This was actually a godsend," Yancick said. "If you buy mice around here, you'll pay three times more."

But Yancick said he didn't attend to buy any more pets. "I'll be coming back when I need more mice," Yancick said. "(My wife) told me five snakes ago she'd divorce me if I got another one so I don't think I'll push my luck."

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>>we're not worthy
we're not worthy
LOL

I wish there was something closer to here.
I have to drive a couple of hours to Birmingham, Alabama if I want to go to a show. And although they are growing and trying it is hard to find a reason to drive for a couple of hours just to walk around, look at a few tables, and drive back home.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes

It was mostly a lizard/ball python/boa show.I was glad to find feeders at a great price.I normally have to drive about 3 hours to the Streamwood show in Chicago.
I only saw a few corns and a couple bull snakes but it's a start.I will gladly pay the cover charge and spend some money to keep it alive.It's on the last Sunday of every month so I should be able to make them all.
If I drive safe it's only 12 minutes away.lol...Paul