8 march.... - Page 2

jewel-dragons · 03-09-2008, 04:34 AM

it was a very nice day.... we left home at 7 in the morning.... and came home again at 01:45 midnight (and drive 750 kilometers in total) BUT!!!! i but 1.1 florida's (adult) and 1.1 Concinnus (adult)

photo's coming later

drache · 03-09-2008, 04:35 AM

sounds great
looking forward to the photos

Sid · 03-09-2008, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jewel-dragons

it was a very nice day.... we left home at 7 in the morning.... and came home again at 01:45 midnight (and drive 750 kilometers in total) BUT!!!! i but 1.1 florida's (adult) and 1.1 Concinnus (adult)

photo's coming later

Congratulation on the new ones. Glad it was a good trip

adamanteus · 03-09-2008, 06:18 AM

Congratulations on the new acquisitions, Kuno. I'm a bit jealous..... I need a male Florida Blue!

Snaky · 03-10-2008, 08:25 AM

Well, let's give a little description about the 2 days.

So it started saterday at 12o'clock. When I arrived, most people were setting up their stands for a 'mini-fair' with mostly watersnakes (Thamnophis, Natrix, Nerodia). After lunch, the meeting started with a general meeting about the egsa ( site, 3 monthly magazin, finances, t-shirts, ... ) and afterwards everybody was a little free to chat/handle (if you didn't already buy something when you came in or during lunch). At 5o'clock Steven Bol gave the first part of his presentation on his findings in Canada, the US and Mexico during the last year. Certainly a highpoint of the 2 days and very interesting to see and hear him talk about it. We first ate and than after 7 o'clock, Steven had the second part of this presentation. At about 8h30, the free evening started, in which everybody could share experiences and stories, very fun.

The next morning there were still 3 activities:
- 2 short movies were shown: about the manitoba dens and about the resistance of concinnus against the poison of some salamanders he eats at the wild.
- a presentation from Helmut ( sorry, don't remember the last name ) about his outdoors enclosures (3!). For me this was another highlight. Very fun to hear and very interesting.
- the third presentation was about a reptile zoo that started out as a private collection from 2 keepers.

I left for home again around 12h15 and had 2 fun days. Some minor problem for me was the language. All presentation and most conversation were in German and certainly when more people were speaking together, I had a difficult time. But luckily some people, like Udo

, translated for me sometimes.

And thanks again Udo for the organisation and the nice dinners!

drache · 03-10-2008, 06:56 PM

sounds like it was a really good event
thanks for the account

Gijs & Sabine · 03-11-2008, 10:51 AM

We also went to the meeting together with Kuno and Sjoerd. It was a very long ride but fun though

The presentation of Steven was very interesting, he always has great pictures of garters in the wild.
It was great to see our garterfriends again and to meet a lot of new people, aspecialy a couple from Switserland who brought a wonderfull 'Rüebli Torte'

that's a typical Swiss sweet carrotcake. So that definitely made my day !!

Unfortunately we had to leave saturdayevening

. Next year we make sure we go the whole weekend.

We also wanna thank Udo, Daniel and all the others for this excellent meeting, great job guys !!
And of course thanx to Kuno for driving us 750 km around

03-09-2008, 04:34 AM	#11 (permalink)
jewel-dragons "Second shed, A Success" Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Waddinxveen Netherlands Posts: 263 Country:	Re: 8 march.... it was a very nice day.... we left home at 7 in the morning.... and came home again at 01:45 midnight (and drive 750 kilometers in total) BUT!!!! i but 1.1 florida's (adult) and 1.1 Concinnus (adult) photo's coming later __________________ www.jewel-dragons.nl www.gartersnake.nl www.mooren-lizards.nl www.reptiles4life.nl

03-09-2008, 04:35 AM	#12 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 3,425 Country:	Re: 8 march.... sounds great looking forward to the photos __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another" - Mark Twain this place is one damn beautiful snake after another - me

03-09-2008, 06:18 AM	#14 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 6,686 Country:	Re: 8 march.... Congratulations on the new acquisitions, Kuno. I'm a bit jealous..... I need a male Florida Blue! __________________ James.

03-10-2008, 08:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
Snaky "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,468 Country:	Re: 8 march.... Well, let's give a little description about the 2 days. So it started saterday at 12o'clock. When I arrived, most people were setting up their stands for a 'mini-fair' with mostly watersnakes (Thamnophis, Natrix, Nerodia). After lunch, the meeting started with a general meeting about the egsa ( site, 3 monthly magazin, finances, t-shirts, ... ) and afterwards everybody was a little free to chat/handle (if you didn't already buy something when you came in or during lunch). At 5o'clock Steven Bol gave the first part of his presentation on his findings in Canada, the US and Mexico during the last year. Certainly a highpoint of the 2 days and very interesting to see and hear him talk about it. We first ate and than after 7 o'clock, Steven had the second part of this presentation. At about 8h30, the free evening started, in which everybody could share experiences and stories, very fun. The next morning there were still 3 activities: - 2 short movies were shown: about the manitoba dens and about the resistance of concinnus against the poison of some salamanders he eats at the wild. - a presentation from Helmut ( sorry, don't remember the last name ) about his outdoors enclosures (3!). For me this was another highlight. Very fun to hear and very interesting. - the third presentation was about a reptile zoo that started out as a private collection from 2 keepers. I left for home again around 12h15 and had 2 fun days. Some minor problem for me was the language. All presentation and most conversation were in German and certainly when more people were speaking together, I had a difficult time. But luckily some people, like Udo , translated for me sometimes. And thanks again Udo for the organisation and the nice dinners! __________________ Greetz, Hans Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. -The Shawshank Redemption- www.kousebandslangen.nl

03-10-2008, 06:56 PM	#16 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 3,425 Country:	Re: 8 march.... sounds like it was a really good event thanks for the account __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another" - Mark Twain this place is one damn beautiful snake after another - me

03-11-2008, 10:51 AM	#17 (permalink)
Gijs & Sabine "Third shed, A Success" Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kudelstaart Posts: 525 Country:	Re: 8 march.... We also went to the meeting together with Kuno and Sjoerd. It was a very long ride but fun though The presentation of Steven was very interesting, he always has great pictures of garters in the wild. It was great to see our garterfriends again and to meet a lot of new people, aspecialy a couple from Switserland who brought a wonderfull 'Rüebli Torte' that's a typical Swiss sweet carrotcake. So that definitely made my day !! Unfortunately we had to leave saturdayevening . Next year we make sure we go the whole weekend. We also wanna thank Udo, Daniel and all the others for this excellent meeting, great job guys !! And of course thanx to Kuno for driving us 750 km around

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