Reptile Show Thread

[infernalis]

Last one I went to turned my stomach, Sickly w/c Florida wildlife and illegal native turtles.

Geckos, beardies and corn snakes oh my.

[kueluck]

Unfortunately I saw the same thing at one of the show's last spring. A guy had a tub full of baby map turtles and there were dead ones floating around the live ones. Of course I said something, and it wasn’t nice or quiet at all. It's sad that vendors like this tend to keep people away and don't get a chance to see the reputable breeders at these shows. I continue to go and have learned the faces of the ones to avoid

Last one I went to turned my stomach, Sickly w/c Florida wildlife and illegal native turtles.

Geckos, beardies and corn snakes oh my.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I saw a guy at the last show with a bunch of our beloved garter snakes on his table that looked like they haven't been fed in months and were covered in blisters and it broke my heart to see such a thing and to know that most if not all of them will die! I'm not against keeping some wildcaught animals because that's how we improve bloodlines and that's how captive bred animals began, but to go out and rape the wild just to make a few bucks and not take care of them is REDICULOUS!!!

Unfortunately I saw the same thing at one of the show's last spring. A guy had a tub full of baby map turtles and there were dead ones floating around the live ones. Of course I said something, and it wasn’t nice or quiet at all. It's sad that vendors like this tend to keep people away and don't get a chance to see the reputable breeders at these shows. I continue to go and have learned the faces of the ones to avoid