I’ve said it so often that it’s become practically tradition at this point… Ah, what the heck — why not make it a tradition?
BEST EXPO EVER!
To be honest I actually wasn’t expecting much from this expo. The spring expo is usually smaller and less exciting than the fall expo simply due to the fact that breeders don’t have a lot of new stock available at this time. And although there was certainly a reduction in the variety/quality of the animals available, there was still a lot of new and interesting vendors, a good variety of products available, and best of all, food trucks!
Most exciting, however (at least for me), was that ReptiFiles had its own table! I’ve been putting it off since I never felt “ready”, and wasn’t sure if tabling would even be worthwhile since we’re not breeders and ReptiFiles doesn’t sell anything. But marketing is marketing, and every expo needs free care sheets for new owners to pick up and someone to talk to rather than harried breeders or less-informed vendor staff, so we ordered a banner, condensed our care guides on five of the most popular species into 4-page care sheets (which was not easy, let me tell you), and organized a couple of giveaways. In the end I think we did pretty well!
Speaking of the giveaways, congratulations to Barry Ames and Nicole Arns for winning a block of Reptichip reptile bedding and an Arcadia Shade Dweller UVB kit! And speaking of Reptichip, special thanks to Jeremy Wilson of
AllTime Reptiles for donating a block for the giveaway. <3
Finally, special thanks to my husband Chad and my friend Monica Benavides for helping out at the table. While I was running around filming, taking pictures, and interviewing breeders between all-too-brief visits to the table, they promoted ReptiFiles, handed out care sheets, and ran errands like pros. I seriously couldn’t have done it without them.
So jealous! Planning on selling any of the babies?
It was a great expo for sure. Your top 2 were my top ones also. Thought about getting the Bromeliad Alligator Lizard, to go with our collection of Abronia Graminea we have. We have a pair that gave birth to 8 babies in March. They sure are cool lizards.
Saw you there… didn’t get to stop by…I could kick myself
Congratulations!! On your booth… you’re doing great work ?
See you next time
Always great to see you and Chad