Picked Up Some New T's At a Reptile Show

[pitbulllady]

I went to the Carolina Reptile & Exotic Animal Show in Raleigh, NC, yesterday, hoping to score some new inverts. There really wasn't a big selection; this was very much a Boa and Python show, but I did manage to find a few new T's and a scorpion, a feisty little Iomachus pollitas from Tanzania.

From Glades Herp, I got these two youngsters:

This one was sold as a Paraphysa sp. "Chilean Bronze". It's darker and much less red than my P. scrofa, with a lot nicer temperament.

This youngster was being sold as Euathlus sp. "Flame", but it looks more like "Orange" to me, though it could be that it just has not had time for the color to really develop. It's still a pretty little T, and very sweet.

Yes, I noticed the regenerated front leg. Neither of these have been sexed yet.

From Nick Mole at First Choice Reptiles(specializing in African species), I got a BIG female Pterinochilus chordatus, who might be gravid, and a smallish brown T that looks like an Aphonopelma sp., a lot like my "Carlsbad Green", though the vendor couldn't explain what it was doing in a shipment from Tanzania! Of the two, guess which one has the nastiest attitude?

I have YET to see a threat display from this girl, seen here checking out her new "apartment"(a broken clay flowerpot).

And THEN, there's this one, seen here in "default mode", lol!

pitbulllady

 

[Krazy Kat]

I didn't know there was anything like that in North Carolina.I don't know any one in N.C. that collects T's but me,well around where I live that is..:wall:

 

[pitbulllady]

I didn't know there was anything like that in North Carolina.I don't know any one in N.C. that collects T's but me,well around where I live that is..:wall:

This show is held twice a year, and has been for around 19 years now. They have a show in the fall, usually Labor Day weekend, and again in early May. Parking is always a pain, since the show is held at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, in conjunction with several other large events, including the "Tarheel Circuit" AKC dog shows, a huge gem and mineral show, and this time, a World of Warcraft convention, along with the huge outdoor flea market, which is held there every weekend. This time, there was not a home football game in Carter-Finlay Stadium nextdoor, but I have been there when there was. It's always a crap-shoot as to what will be available, and this time,the biggest selections were Boa Constrictor morphs and Ball Pythons. A few vendors had the usual token G. roseas, but overall, not many inverts were available. Glades Herp and First Choice were the main vendors with multiple invert species offered. Still, I'm happy with the four T's I did pick up, especially with this big P. chordatus girl. I love her pattern, and she seems really calm, like she's never been told that she's an OW T and she's supposed to be really defensive!

pitbulllady

 

[Krazy Kat]

Those T's look really nice.It would be cool to go places to get them and not have to order most of them off of the computer.I wish there was more people around me that are collecters of inverts.To really have anything in common with people around here you have to be a hunter and I'm not really about killing a bunch of animals,just not my stile.Maybe one day there will be more invert companys around here.

 

[kitty_b]

i skipped this show because i didn't expect to see much available. glad to see you found some gems though.

 

[Skullptor]

Hi Pitbulllady. I was standing right next to you when you bought your T's, and you were standing next to me when I was buying these. I agree about the snakes ruled that show. I would have bought that platyomma at Glades if I hadn't promised my son a snake. Funds were very lean this year for me! It was nice meeting you!
H. villosella

fort hall baboon.

 

[pitbulllady]

Hi Pitbulllady. I was standing right next to you when you bought your T's, and you were standing next to me when I was buying these. I agree about the snakes ruled that show. I would have bought that platyomma at Glades if I hadn't promised my son a snake. Funds were very lean this year for me! It was nice meeting you!
H. villosella

fort hall baboon.

Oh, so THAT was you! Maybe us AB members need to wear ID tags when we go to the shows, so we can recognize each other, lol! I debated with my broke self all day, about getting a cash advance on the old Visa, and heading back up the road(over a three-hour drive on some rough I-95 patches)to see if Glades still had that little P. platyoma, and to pick up at least one of the E. pachypus juvies that First Choice had. I'm getting rather fond of the African T's; the two I've got so far are really nice. That was just too long a drive though, and I still have too long to go before pay day, so I stayed home and cleaned snake cages instead. Speaking of snakes, what kind did your son get? I always love to see youngsters develop an interest in herps or arachnids.

pitbulllady

 

[equuskat]

haha I have seen that platyomma in person, AND the first two you mentioned, PBL. I dropped by Glades a couple of weeks ago and took a look at their stock. I woulda bought the platy, too, but I bought half of the other stuff that they had. Funny they took those guys up to NC. Enjoy em!

 

[hardlucktattoo]

Oh man Im sorry I missed that show I knew about it too but I had my nephews christening to go to unfortunately I think i might have skipped it if i knew there was going to be AB members there PBL I thought you were from south carolina? Too bad I missed it it is only 30 mins from me

 

[Skullptor]

I got him a ball python. I tried to get him excited about platyomma, no chance. I had already bought the H. villosella for myself. I was eyeballing the platyomma but it just looked so different as a sling, then you reassured me it was a platy but my son was set on a snake. It was a good deal of $20. I wanted one of the nice African species but I already blew my money.

 

[hardlucktattoo]

I got him a ball python. I tried to get him excited about platyomma, no chance. I had already bought the H. villosella for myself. I was eyeballing the platyomma but it just looked so different as a sling, then you reassured me it was a platy but my son was set on a snake. It was a good deal of $20. I wanted one of the nice African species but I already blew my money.

Thats Awesome I love BPs I have three One adult female and two babies one male one female I love all three of them to death cause the dont get as big as most python sp. and I dont have to worry about dedicating a whole room to them in my house like my burmese

 

[pitbulllady]

Oh man Im sorry I missed that show I knew about it too but I had my nephews christening to go to unfortunately I think i might have skipped it if i knew there was going to be AB members there PBL I thought you were from south carolina? Too bad I missed it it is only 30 mins from me

I am from SC, but I try to make any of the shows in the Carolinas. Raleigh is about a 3 1/2-hour drive, all I-95 and I-40, from me. I've been to many a dog show and reptile show at the NC Fairgrounds over the years, though I missed the last two reptile shows prior to this one due to either being dead-broke or being sick. I know you're close by, since I pass by Wilson, NC on the way up there, and one of my APBT mentors, an old "dog man", used to live in Wilson, though he's dead now. There's gonna be another show in Columbia,SC, on November 1-2, and it's usually a bigger, better show. This show allows venomous reptiles and inverts(technically, there weren't supposed to be Latrodactus or "hot" scorps at Raleigh), and the promoter also allows people to bring in herps or inverts to trade or sell to vendors. I got a trio of Brachypelma albiceps, nearly adult, along with a sub-adult B. angustum and a yearling striped Colombian Boa, in trade for a Senegal Parrot, at the last Columbia show, but again, you never know what the variety of inverts will be like. I'm also planning to be back at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh the weekend of Nov. 15-16, this time for a BIG classic car show, since I'm planning on entering my '61 Studebaker.

pitbulllady

 

[hardlucktattoo]

I am from SC, but I try to make any of the shows in the Carolinas. Raleigh is about a 3 1/2-hour drive, all I-95 and I-40, from me. I've been to many a dog show and reptile show at the NC Fairgrounds over the years, though I missed the last two reptile shows prior to this one due to either being dead-broke or being sick. I know you're close by, since I pass by Wilson, NC on the way up there, and one of my APBT mentors, an old "dog man", used to live in Wilson, though he's dead now. There's gonna be another show in Columbia,SC, on November 1-2, and it's usually a bigger, better show. This show allows venomous reptiles and inverts(technically, there weren't supposed to be Latrodactus or "hot" scorps at Raleigh), and the promoter also allows people to bring in herps or inverts to trade or sell to vendors. I got a trio of Brachypelma albiceps, nearly adult, along with a sub-adult B. angustum and a yearling striped Colombian Boa, in trade for a Senegal Parrot, at the last Columbia show, but again, you never know what the variety of inverts will be like. I'm also planning to be back at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh the weekend of Nov. 15-16, this time for a BIG classic car show, since I'm planning on entering my '61 Studebaker.

pitbulllady

Very cool maybe Ill have to check that one out is there a website with info on it

 

[pitbulllady]

Very cool maybe Ill have to check that one out is there a website with info on it

Here's the info on the Columbia show; vendors have not been established yet, since they're still selling tables.

http://www.repticon.com/columbia/

And here's a site with info on the classic car show/sale at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh:
http://www.carolinacollectorautofest.com/

pitbulllady

 

[Skullptor]

haha I have seen that platyomma in person, AND the first two you mentioned, PBL. I dropped by Glades a couple of weeks ago and took a look at their stock. I woulda bought the platy, too, but I bought half of the other stuff that they had. Funny they took those guys up to NC. Enjoy em!

OK. so you are the reason there was slim pickins' at the Glades table.

 

[equuskat]

Well yeah, Geckokeeper and I went up there and cleared em out a couple weeks ago. lol we had walked out with like 11Ts...including my two female C. huahini.