Reptile expo super show experience

I'm sorry to hear that about the Los Angeles show, I thought that was one of the bigger shows in the country...I know that I've heard good things about the Pomona show, I'm assuming that's the one you went to? What a bummer, as I actually watched a video of a fairly large and well-known breeder going to the Pomona show a few years ago and if was massive at that point, with tons of anything and everything you could ever want to look at. Enclosures galore, everything from custom built to EXO Terras, lighting, decor, supplements and all types of food, any live feeders you could want in bulk, and then tons and tons of live reptiles and amphibians. But as I said, that video was from a few years ago, and actually the breeder in the video said that it had gotten smaller at that point, and that there were a lot more corporate booths there than usual, in the video I saw booths from ZooMed, EXO Terra, Zilla, Repcal, etc...

I went to a few shows this past year, there are a few big ones in the Pittsburgh area, Philadelphia area, Baltimore, Washington DC, and Cleveland. And I too noticed that they had a ton of baby beardies for sale at every single booth, along with so many live snakes for sale I couldn't believe it. I've never seen so many snakes for sale in my life...But I remember asking myself "How many normal baby bearded dragons do you need to have for sale at one show?" There were some breeder booths with 20 rearing tanks that each had 10+ baby beardies in them, all normal, no different morphs or colors, no leatherbacks or silkies, just normal baby beardies, hundreds if not thousands between 20 booths. And each booth seemed to be cheaper than the next, the least expensive I saw were normal baby beardies with tail/toe nips for $10 each, or 2 for $15... They're just flooding the market and making it impossible for the really responsible, reputable breeders that breed multiple morphs and colors to stay in business.

I've only gone to the one in Whiteplains New York it's pretty awesome, always tons of animals and inverts. I've had a lot of fun there. I just got into tarantula's so when I go back in November I'm going to be getting two more lol.