Northwest Reptile Expo - So many pictures!

[Nelsamye]

I went to the northwest reptile expo in Renton, WA today, man that place was a madhouse! I think I got pictures of all the tortoises/turtles, plus a few other interesting creatures. Some of the booths with tortoises/turtles were actually a little upsetting to me, it looked like people were selling deformed ones.
I tried to get the name/price of everything in the picture, I had to fight the urge to take them all home, but I've already got my hands full with just one tortoise!



Two headed red eared slider


I think this was a Fly River turtle?








That's one huge "pixie" toad








Ok there were several of these baby sliders with severely deformed shells, and I overheard the vendor telling a kid that just makes them a cooler pet that other kids don't have.






Goliath bird eating tarantula, it was bigger than my fist and not fully grown.














Beaded lizard, these things are actually pretty dangerous


I had one of these in 6th grade, until a neighbor of mine was pet sitting and she left the tank open(which was on a dresser) and he climbed out and fell pretty far to his death. I've never even seen anyone sell them since then.


Too cute


















I think these were mini musk turtles, they said they only reach 3", they were seriously the size of a nickel










Another mini musk, this was about an inch though


Some beautiful Greeks from northwest reptile rescue, I had a nice conversation with the guy about how they breed Greeks, but mostly it sounds like they do rescues.




This was the saddest rescue of all, this is Scorch, his previous owner doused him with accelerant and lit him on fire.


And lastly, a very bad picture of me happy as a clam to make friends with this gentle giant!







Amy
Sulcata tortoise - Maximus

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Thanks for sharing Amy! It was very cool!

I enjoyed browsing through all the pics

tinypic.com would make viewing them even better

 

[BodaTort1]

Thank you Amy for the pics!! Looks like it was a great show and I don't know how you left without a truck load of new torties!

 

[Yellow Turtle]

Thank you for sharing all those pictures. The last picture looks very cool

 

[Mich]

Aaaawwwww I so wish I lived in the US, you couldn't believe the cost different here. Fot a standard Greek hatchling it's $500 .. leopards start at $500 .... redfoots $400 ... Sulcatas $400 ... and an star hatchling is closer to $1000.
Love the pics! our exops here (even the breeder conventions) are not nearly as imressive Max jealous!! LOL

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

Wow Amy, that was a really good image parade of that show. I miss a good show like that.

Will

 

[Jacqui]

Looks like you so some interesting turtles and tortoises along with the rest. Loved the frog!

 

[Nelsamye]

Glad everyone likes the pictures! I had a lot of fun taking them, it was my first reptile expo so I had a lot of fun seeing all the interesting reptiles. Maybe next time I'll be in a place to actually be able to take one home!


Amy
Sulcata tortoise - Maximus

 

[sibi]

Thank you Amy for sharing. I feel like I went to a reptile show too. What's the prognosis on the tortoise that was scorched? Were they selling him?

 

[Nelsamye]

Thank you Amy for sharing. I feel like I went to a reptile show too. What's the prognosis on the tortoise that was scorched? Were they selling him?

They had him up for adoption. When I left he was still there but the show went on for another few hours so I hope he found a good safe home!


Amy
Sulcata tortoise - Maximus

 

[Mgridgaway]

Thanks for sharing these! It was like looking at a virtual reptile show without being mad that I can't afford to take care of anything else!

I will say though, not really impressed with the prices. Definitely seemed to skew toward the higher side.