The show is finally upon us. Come check us out this weekend. We are going to have quite the variety of animals at this one, incluing 8 baby Black Throat Monitors! We hope to see you there!!!
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to remind all of you in FL that October 24-25 is the next Repticon show. It’s going to be at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32808. Adult admission is $8, children 4-12 are $5, and kids under 4 are FREE! You can also get VIP admission which lets you in the door an hour before other shoppers so you can get first dibs. For more information, go to: http://www.repticon.com/orlando.html . As always, we hope to see you there! 
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Tags: Repticon Orlando, reptile show
Having a 5 foot monitor hanging on my shoulder at the shows leads to my being asked this, at minimum, 20 times a day. After dealing with various lizards (small and large) and snakes, we have found that the key to keeping them tame is by avoiding feeding live food. Feeding your reptile a live, moving target triggers an aggressive response used to protect themselves or capture their meal. This is why they try to bite when you go to take them out of their enclosure. To them, they just see a moving target….like their attacker or prey.
Your alternative to live prey is frozen/thawed food. You can easily purchase frozen rats, mice, chicks, bunnies, etc., online, at your local reptile shows, and even at some pet shops.
Of course, feeding frozen/thawed does not solve it all. The 2nd part is handling your animal daily (or as close to it as possible). I always recommend to people that they can do this when they watch a 30 minute TV show. It’s easy to fit in 30 minutes every day of handling and it will certainly pay off!
Granted, there are some animals that just have a wild nature about them and I tell people it’s just like some humans…no matter what you do, some are just plain ornery )
It has been way too long since our last update, however it’s been for good reason! We have found a new farm with much more room for the animals. It’s going to take us a good while to get it how we want it but we hope that it will eventually be visitor-friendly. The next couple months will be taken up by construction of new pens, paddocks, and ponds; moving the animals; and then getting the animals accommodated to their new habitats. We have to try to get all of this done before we find ourselves in the middle of the winter months. It has already started cooling off at night down here so it’s imperative that we put our full focus on the move. Unfortunately, that means we may not be blogging a ton but have no fear, we will be back with pictures of the entire endeavor 
Hope all is well with everyone and their pets!!!
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To Billy, Patty, Bill Sr., Shirley, Skip, and the rest of the Repticon Family:
Greg and I just wanted to say thank you for all of the hard work you put into the Repticon shows. Your promotion of the shows is beyond excellent and your interaction with the vendors is above and beyond the call of duty. You guys are like a second family (our reptile family) to us and we appreciate the way you make us feel at home at your shows. We appreciate everything you do to make the shows not only a success for yourselves but for the vendors who work them. You are truly good people at heart and it shows in everything you do. We are so happy to have met you and just knowing you makes us better people!
This past weekend we had a fantastic time at the return of the Repticon show to the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. The show was absolutely packed!!! Repticon has been doing an amazing job of getting the word out about their shows and it is certainly paying off. We spent a great deal of time with many new customers educating them on various species of turtles, tortoises, lizards (especially monitors!), frogs/toads, and salamanders. We even had people drive over an hours distance just to come and thank us for helping them at the Orlando Repticon show! It is because of the people that we meet at these shows that we do what we do. You guys make our hard work worth it and we just want to thank you!
Tags: Repticon, reptile shows
The 2009 Orlando F.I.R.Expo, set for July 11-12, has been canceled. Like many others, we are very disappointed as it is a show we have a always enjoyed doing. Hopefully, we will still get to see some of our wonderful friends from the Orlando area at other shows this year.
Hey folks! Next weekend, June 27-28, is the return of Repticon to the Tampa Fairgrounds (Florida State Fairgrounds). It’s going to be an amazing show and you don’t want to miss it. Grab the kids, friends, and everyone you know and come see us! Get your pictures taken with Bosco and many other