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Doors sometimes open at 9:30am. Get there early, the crowd really builds about 11am.

I'd recommend Sunshine Dragons in the first aisle on the right.

You'll find some torts in the aisle all the way to the left.

We did get screwed by the big vendor on the stage, in the front. Our son bought 2 snakes, 1 refused to eat (ever!) and the other had it's mouth glued shut to conceal an RI!!! We noticed it had refused it's meal but looked like it really wanted to eat! After we got it's mouth open we noticed...

The next one is Jan 24th. http://www.reptileexpo.com/nyfirst.htm Get there when the doors open, sometimes 9:30am. The crowd usually doesn't get too bad until after 11am.

Some pics from tonight. They didn't want to pose for the pics.

There are now 2 hatchlings available!!! I've been waiting for nearly 9 weeks for the final payment on them but the guy hasn't come through or even responded to my email/PM's in the past 2 weeks. His loss is your gain! I'll post some pics of them tonight.

We've been going for over 3 years. You get over that in about 2 years!!!

The last one has been sold. Thanks everybody. I hope you enjoy them. Next year we may have 2 clutches, possibly 30 tegu's. Check in next summer for the ongoing drama of waiting for the Tegu's to breed, waiting for the eggs to be laid, and waiting for them to hatch. There's a lot of waiting...

They've probably doubled their weight in the past 2 weeks. They hatch at 7"-8" long and they're about 10" to 12" now. They're much easier to handle now, not as fragile or skittish (a bad combination! :wink: ).

4 left!!!! :mrgreen:

There are still 6 available, including the one with the "kinky" back. They will be shipping next Monday (11/9), at 3 weeks old. They should be about 11" to 12" long at that time. I keep ours in custom 7ft x 3ft enclosures. They need a 100 to 110 degree basking spot, UVB, cypress mulch to...

Some new pics after a bath. They're shedding. They're a little lighter, if you compare them to the first pics, and the patterns have changed a little.

It's really cool seeing a head pop out of the egg and suddenly run out! I witnessed 9 of the 17 hatch, including 6 of them from when the head popped out. :mrgreen:

Here's some new pics of the hatchlings from the first bin. Some of them still need to have their first shed. Pile O' Tegu's! 2nd bin. Notice how most of these have thicker gold bands. Kinky on the uper left and the smaller one on the lower right. Kinky!