Hampton Roads Reptile Expo June 17th Newport News

sweet! that's on my birthday! i will definitely have to make it to that one! hope to see some of you guys there!

On a Sunday, I can make that one.

Who is sponsoring the show?

T & B Reptile Zone in Yorktown

It is about time they had one in that area. I am not sure I'll have hatchlings ready by then. Too bad, I'd like to bend that show.

I'm in the same boat Don. He said if this does OK he is going to do another I think he said in Oct.

This is why I like having weekends off...I can do a Sunday show and since it's local it won't cost a fortune in gas I see there's a # to call for info but is there a website as well?

I'm really hoping to make this one with the family. It's nice having one so close.

i'll be there. it's b day weekend for me!

pksnipr wrote:

i'll be there. it's b day weekend for me!

That is going to be self inflicted torture.

I may check it out just to see what it's about... is there any kind of list of expected vendors??

well im working that night.... but i dont sleep anyway and this is so close i have to check it out. hopefully ill see u guys there.

Might have to go to that one, I'm mad I missed the manassas show

Ive been waiting for this show for months when he first told me he was goin to have one. I will for sure be goin to this.

I think we will attend. I might have a couple of clutches ready by then, but I'm not going to count on it. So we will probably be a spectator.

First show I'll have ever gone to, outta be fun! :-D

i hope to make it too. who will have animals for sale there?

First show for me too! I'm really excited!

If anyone in the winchester va area wants to go to this show can message me myself and my fiance are going got room for 2 more it will be a gas saver if we car pool my name is Rick

Since the Route 10 got cancelled, I'm considering going to this one. I got the day off work. Kind of a pain to drive it though. I'm in Southside, so it's like an hour and a half away from me :c

Still, I really don't want to wait until July 29th to go to an expo.

coming from pungo , like i said, on my birthday! i might just find a present up there!!!

Has anyone gotten word as to who is vending the show? I've tried contacting them to get some sort of list and haven't heard back. Granted it's not that long of a drive for me but if it's going to be more of a "show" and less of a "sale" then it may not be worth the trip, especially with gas prices what they are.

I'm in for it, i'd like to get myself another carpet this year.

Here's their store and store number in case you need to find out more info:

http://www.superpages.com/bp/Yorktown-VA/T-B-Reptile-Zone-L2234798893.htm

We will making an appearance early to see what is around. Not sure how long we will stick around but willing to make the very short trip.

Ide go but want to know whos there, its a long trip if its only the local shops that are there.

I figure we have gone to manassas, tinley, richmond, myrtle beach, hamburg, chesterfield and then to a breeders in Maryland... as long as traffic is too bad it's less than an hour a way it can only be so bad. And we have nothing else going on anyway... it's fathers day. maybe ill buy him a snake lmao

I called and talked to someone at T&B Reptiles. He said that there isn't a public vendor list available but there's supposed to be somewhere around 40-50 vendors. There's supposed to be local vendors as well as some out of state ones as well. If you are looking to see if a particular vendor will be there the best # to call is 757-867-8889, the guy told me he'd check to see if a particular vendor will be there or not. I'm taking his word for the amount of vendors and we're taking the kiddos up for a couple hours.

Wow, 40-50 vendors is quite the turn out.

We actually thought about vending this one but there's not enough hatchlings left. We may end up going but Sunday's a busy day. It would be nice to finally meet some of you guys if anyone else will be there!

We will be there early. Miles wants first picks for Father's Day and I think his mom is coming as well as our daughter... fun family sunday

40-50 is a good number of tables, but I would like to know who's there before I go.

It like there's going to be a band playing at the club get your tickets now. but we dont know what band.

You go and it's Josey and the Pussycats. Or worse Justan Beber.

A list would be nice.

I will ABSOLUTELY be attending! YAY!

I will be impressed if there are 40-50 venders. That would be a great turn out for a first time show.

I have clutches hatched out, but none ready to go yet. We will be there as spectators.

So is anybody there now? How is it?

I'm headed out shortly. About an hour from me. I like the end of expos. Tons of great deals lol

Wasn't as big as it was made out to be... did not see 40-50 vendors not even 50 tables I don't think....

Picked up a normal female for breeding next season but that's it... arrived at 9:10 and left by 9:50.

Interesting, thanks for the update. I thought it was a bit strange they wouldn't release a vendor list but you could call to see if a specific vendor was going to be there.

Not bad for a first show but nowhere near as many vendors as the guy told me, maybe 20 vendors at best. Pet Paradise was the largest vendor there, and they said Outback was supposed to be there, I was there for an hour and didn't see them. There were a few tables that were empy, like the vendors didn't show. There was a decent selection, and prices were pretty decent for the most part. Definitely would've been nice to have a vendor list available, kind of strange that there wasn't one.

Well that was a bummer, 40-50 vendors? Who came up with that number, maybe 20 at the very most! That was my first reptile show; I guess I'm going to only be going to the big shows from now on, that was really small.

It was small but i walked out with 5 new snakes in the end picked up a male mojave baby a male albino adult a female normal with a lil weight on her wont be ready this year a yellowbelly male that should be ready this year and a tiger 50% het albino retic all in all im very happy

glad to hear some people liked it, maybe I was expecting too much after looking at pics of the Daytona Show before heading out.

It really was tiny, but worth it for locals anyways. I picked up a lovely little snow corn. The local breeders dominated this show.

Every time someone try's a local show it turns out like this. I don't think that it's a local support problem, more like a vender one. With the Internet sales so easy to do why should they venture vary far if at all. I don't agree with that I think you should get out there and meet the people.

I went. Got there around 1:45PM and was expecting 40+ vendors because of this thread. I counted eight vendors with live animals. A couple of them I've vended with before and said hello. One asked me about Pieds that are going to be hatching soon.

The traffic was horrendous on I-64. It took two hours both ways. I hope that it can do better next time. I would have vended a table if I had clutches ready, but I'm not going to put babies out there that are not ready to go.

I'm sure it will grow with time. I hope they do it again.

we were there from 9:30 to noon and there were about 20 vendors. Definitely small, but like Dale said, we came in with money and came out with snakes so all in all it was a success lol.

i was literally the first on in the doors. ended up walking out with a male proven breeder enchi and a female mocha. she's smaller, around 340 grams but in a couple years she will make some nice combo's... it was a small show but a nice enough one. i stayed for probably 3-4 hours, it wasnt anything to freak out about but it was alright for a smaller local show i suppose