Amazing - the turnout of people at this show was mind numbing - I tried to squeeze in to say hi to you guys but the booth was seriously swamped and you guys were all extremely busy - Glad to see interest in bugs going through the roof! But I'll catch you all at the next event - and congrats on a popular booth! _________________ "To me, an artist, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society." -M.R.
Well that was a great weekend. My feet hurt a bit now but all went well except the incident with the Oscar's T.
I don't have the specifics of it but all I know is that a person dropped the female T Oscar found and she was leaking hemolymph like crazy. The T died eventually at the end of the day.
I was going to bring it home and put it in alcohol but forgot the little bag on the table.
All and all I got great deals off of the vendors and we got to teach the public a good deal of information.
Thanks for the Roaches Eric. _________________ My karma ran over your dogma...
Why were people even being allowed to hold Ts? Did everyone forget what happened to the hisser the first day? _________________ - Kevin aka What
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Why were people even being allowed to hold Ts? Did everyone forget what happened to the hisser the first day?
Oscar was not there the first day. I did tell everyone about the Hisser incident but during the rush some of us might have forgotten about it. I was very reluctant to let anyone even pet a hisser today after what we saw yesterday. _________________ My karma ran over your dogma...
I had several kids holding three different bugs (a hisser, a vinegaroon, and a millipede) at the same time, and the little boy who was holding the hisser freaked out suddenly and flung the roach to the ground. Fortunately, the hisser survived.
But after that I only allowed two kids to hold bugs at a time, because I figured I couldn't adequately supervise more than two at once.
So sorry to hear about the T! _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
Paul's son was there and helped out on day 1, too! :-) _________________ "Tarantulas are friends, not food" (but I bet they taste pretty good with butter and lemon!)
I did have that one casualty, and it did happen as I wasn't supervising the handling of the T. It was an accident and I think I've walked away with a little more knowledge on how to handle a situation such as that one. I guess the parent that was holding the kid's hand freaked out and started shaking, which made the T freak out and it ran up her arm. I think we all asked her not to shake but before we knew it the poor girl was on the ground. Her abdomen ruptured beyond possible repair, and lamentably the show had to go on. I'm just glad not one person (public) seemed to remember after 5 minutes, the kids went about their business looking at the bugs and we were able to clean up the floor and get her behind the table in a matter of seconds.
Got to meet the head honcho from the USDA office as well, all and all I think we made out pretty darn well, tons of people interested in the raffle, I would love to see each and everyone of them become long term members
Thank you all for making this event so enjoyable, looking forward to next year _________________ God does not play at dice AE
It was a great day for sure. Not only seeing how busy the SCABIES tables were but also getting to see/talk to old friends again after a bit of a hiatus (I might have to make another thread separately for a brief explanation as to why :-)).
Thank you Celeste for having my son help you out (he truly enjoyed it). It was nice to see the gang such as Celeste, Francisco, Eric, Kevin, Kyle, Andrew and to meet new members such as Alex. I wish I could have made both days.
Ok I'll post here. It was great seeing many of you. I was helping out Krazy8's so I know I missed most of you, it was crazy busy.
Francisco as usual had something I didn't have yet in my collection so I picked up some stuff from him as well.
I didn't get any pictures, but I am sure some of you have seen my post on ATS about the Emperor that tried to eat my finger (funny stuff that), and i had a few other fun events with another Emperor that started juddering like mad on my hand, and a B. jacksoni that ran up my arm and into my shirt.
Yes another fun filled weekend.
Unfortunatlly we did have the one mishap on Sunday and I remember Alex saying something about the roach incident on Sat. But like they say the show must go on.
I'd like to thank everybody that made this happen and put in the hours to make this a success, you all know who you are _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
EdgarOrtega Honorary SCABIES, central or northern CA
Joined: 04 Sep 2008 Posts: 70
Location: The Chateau D'If
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject:
It was nice meeting more SCABIES at the Bug Fair. You guys had a great set-up. I stopped by a few times to see who I could see.
It was nice meeting you Eric, Kyle, Andrew, and the rest.
Thanks, again Francisco for everything! Denise and i kept busy at the SFBATS table showing off some T's and talking to everyone. It was a lot of fun, though i was tired most of the time. hehe
Thank you SCABIES for putting together such a great area for some public education.
I posted a whole bunch'o'photos in the thread at the link, below.
I'm glad to hear everyone enjoyed themselves at the Bug Fair! I know I missed out!
Sorry to hear about the T falling. ;-( Last year when I was helping Dave at his booth I let a woman hold one of his zebra tarantulas. The spider was a bit skittish and raced up her arm. The woman yanked her arm back and the T fell "splat" onto the hard floor. His abdomen had ruptured and the woman ran off. I felt so bad for the rest of the day as it was obvious the T was suffering a slow and painful death. When the show was over I raced home to put the T in my freezer... But the little guy passed away before I made it into my garage... I felt bad for weeks...
Well..., although I didn't make it to the fair this year, I did manage to pick up a female blue yabbie to mate with my male and a Malaysian Leaf Frog (Megophrys Nasuta). And this coming weekend I am hoping to add a Williams Blue Dwarf Gecko to my collection ! :-)
I'm glad to hear everyone enjoyed themselves at the Bug Fair! I know I missed out!
Sorry to hear about the T falling. ;-( Last year when I was helping Dave at his booth I let a woman hold one of his zebra tarantulas. The spider was a bit skittish and raced up her arm. The woman yanked her arm back and the T fell "splat" onto the hard floor. His abdomen had ruptured and the woman ran off. I felt so bad for the rest of the day as it was obvious the T was suffering a slow and painful death. When the show was over I raced home to put the T in my freezer... But the little guy passed away before I made it into my garage... I felt bad for weeks...
Well..., although I didn't make it to the fair this year, I did manage to pick up a female blue yabbie to mate with my male and a Malaysian Leaf Frog (Megophrys Nasuta). And this coming weekend I am hoping to add a Williams Blue Dwarf Gecko to my collection ! :-)
HEllo KAren,
Yes you missed a great show and we missed you too.
Nice addition to you collection.
Is you M nasuta a male or female?
Please put me down on the list for some Yabbie smurfs
Hi Francisco. After some researching I realize what I have is a male M. Montana. He amongst many other fellow members of his kind were labeled as Nasuta. I know these frogs are known for being sickly (parasites, stress, and what not) but so far my little yellow frog is active and eating.
My female yabby is a tad bit too small to mate so you may have to wait a while.., perhaps a long while... Hehe. ;-( But if I get a pair of Lygodactylus williamsi and they mate, I will gladly give you a baby to hold you over! ;-)
Anyway, i hope you are doing well and will see you and everyone else at the next scabies function! ;-)
Hey Karen, i've always liked frogs but have limited experience with them, but could post some pics of yours with a little background on them if you could..
Thanks , w _________________ “Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself.”
My female yabby is a tad bit too small to mate so you may have to wait a while.., perhaps a long while... Hehe. ;-( But if I get a pair of Lygodactylus williamsi and they mate, I will gladly give you a baby to hold you over! ;-)
;-)
HEllo KAren
I can help getting some L williamsi, I have been wanting to keep some but I have no expreince with these small gecko species, but the color oh my oh my talking a blue being the new gold.
Good luck with the M montana. If you are looking for M nasuta I can get you a great deal on 2 LTC females at Pet and Jungle
Francisco, purchased a couple of the William geckos this weekend. Hopefully the greenish-bronze female is a really a female and not a young or less dominant male. As for special deals.., I am especially broke. ;-( At least for now. Sucks...
Ogershok, how do I post pics on here? My froggy setups are simple but I'll post some pics anyway. Give me a couple of days to do so.
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