Here are some of the pictures I took from the OC CTTC Live Turtle and Tortoise Show. I was there presenting the Hot and Humid Method for raising Leopard Tortoises. I also promoted TFO 
and believe it or not passed out every business card Josh sent me (it was a lot!!) before the show was even half way over!! 
This is my table display. I have 2 binders full of pictures in front of the display box. One contains pics of smooth vs. pyramiding leopards and the other contains pics of my outdoor pen and various closed chambers (all pics include the owners name for reference)
This is my care sheet and the TFO business cards. The care sheet explains my specific closed chamber set up and has references to TFO and The End of Pyramiding Threads
Can't forget about my "controversial" signs. These 2 little 8x10 pictures do ruffle up quite a few feathers...
And this is the COOLEST sign Thanks James (Kameya) I put it on one of the closed chambers at home! Next year I'm buying a big awesome sign for the yard.
I only took 2 of my 5 leopards. My 5.5" inch smooth leopard raised humid from the start and the 3.5" inch one raised dry with pyramiding. It made for a good comparison since they are the same age. What's interesting is in the 2 months I've had the smaller one, he has had all new smooth growth and grown quite a bit. So it wasn't as big of a contrast. That's ok though..next year I'll have 4 smooth leopards and 1 smooth with small bumps to show Plus I was right next to a table with adult leopards full of spikes. People saw the comparison pretty well that way!! I can't believe how many people told me they thought Leopards are supposed to be "bumpy".
The OC president's husband and 1 of his 4 galapagos girls. I had fun getting in there with them and scratching their necks and legs Very cool torts.
Last year they filled the pen with hay but people tracked it all over the room as they left. This year, the pen was just tarp and helped keep things much cleaner.
A rep from Waterland tubs was there. He had a lot of tiny adorable baby turtles on display. Absolutely adorable!!
The table neighbor across from me. They had some Russians and boxie's on display. I didn't talk to them much...some of the other exhibitors didn't seem too interested in talking to me before the show lol. What caught my attention most about their table was the boxing ring. They put a box turtle in there with a worm and kids liked watching "the match"
This next piece is pretty special JD (N2TORTS) came to see the show and brought me this as a gift. It's totally awesome. I set it up on the display table for the show and now have it in my Leopard's pen.
Last year the show had over 400people. This year there were over 1,800! The show was from 10-3. It was packed almost the entire time.
I learned a lot from doing this show and have some tweaks to make before my next one. Being at a table next to adult leopards allowed for certain conversations to come up or topics to be addressed that may not have come up otherwise.
Tom, I want to talk with you about some of this stuff and get your input But I'll save that for later....
I had a blast, I love sharing TFO with others and bringing awareness to other Leopard (and sulcata) keepers on how important hydration is to growing them smoothly/naturally!
I know there were at least half a dozen people that will be doing things differently for their torts after the show
Thanks for looking!
and believe it or not passed out every business card Josh sent me (it was a lot!!) before the show was even half way over!! This is my table display. I have 2 binders full of pictures in front of the display box. One contains pics of smooth vs. pyramiding leopards and the other contains pics of my outdoor pen and various closed chambers (all pics include the owners name for reference)
This is my care sheet and the TFO business cards. The care sheet explains my specific closed chamber set up and has references to TFO and The End of Pyramiding Threads
Can't forget about my "controversial" signs. These 2 little 8x10 pictures do ruffle up quite a few feathers...
And this is the COOLEST sign
Thanks James (Kameya) I put it on one of the closed chambers at home! Next year I'm buying a big awesome sign for the yard.
I only took 2 of my 5 leopards. My 5.5" inch smooth leopard raised humid from the start and the 3.5" inch one raised dry with pyramiding. It made for a good comparison since they are the same age. What's interesting is in the 2 months I've had the smaller one, he has had all new smooth growth and grown quite a bit. So it wasn't as big of a contrast. That's ok though..next year I'll have 4 smooth leopards and 1 smooth with small bumps to show
Plus I was right next to a table with adult leopards full of spikes. People saw the comparison pretty well that way!! I can't believe how many people told me they thought Leopards are supposed to be "bumpy".
The OC president's husband and 1 of his 4 galapagos girls. I had fun getting in there with them and scratching their necks and legs
Very cool torts.
Last year they filled the pen with hay but people tracked it all over the room as they left. This year, the pen was just tarp and helped keep things much cleaner.
A rep from Waterland tubs was there. He had a lot of tiny adorable baby turtles on display. Absolutely adorable!!
The table neighbor across from me. They had some Russians and boxie's on display. I didn't talk to them much...some of the other exhibitors didn't seem too interested in talking to me before the show lol. What caught my attention most about their table was the boxing ring. They put a box turtle in there with a worm and kids liked watching "the match"
This next piece is pretty special
JD (N2TORTS) came to see the show and brought me this as a gift. It's totally awesome. I set it up on the display table for the show and now have it in my Leopard's pen.
Last year the show had over 400people. This year there were over 1,800! The show was from 10-3. It was packed almost the entire time.
I learned a lot from doing this show and have some tweaks to make before my next one. Being at a table next to adult leopards allowed for certain conversations to come up or topics to be addressed that may not have come up otherwise.
Tom, I want to talk with you about some of this stuff and get your input
But I'll save that for later....I had a blast, I love sharing TFO with others and bringing awareness to other Leopard (and sulcata) keepers on how important hydration is to growing them smoothly/naturally!
I know there were at least half a dozen people that will be doing things differently for their torts after the show
Thanks for looking!
