Sales, foot traffic up at Pomona expo, say vendors

Vendors at the Reptile Supershow in Pomona this weekend reported that sales, unexpectedly, were up, which could portend a thaw in the cold spell that's been chilling the reptile economy.

Show Promoter Ramy Gurguis also reported that the Saturday foot traffic set a record, despite a slow start under overcast skies. Anchored by the Zoomed and the LLL Reptile booths, the Supershow in Pomona is drawing more out of state vendors, as well as lots of local suppliers, and continues to blossom into one of the larger and better West Coast shows. Held at the Los Angeles County Fairplex (which is also home to the NHRA Museum for all you gearheads), the Supershow has plenty of room to expand into a variety of buildings as needed, some of which were built by the WPA in the 1930s.

Cool things on display at the show included a sharp new line of terrariums, as well as a trick little piece of low tech/high tech egg incubation that fits inside a deli cup and allows air to circulate around the eggs. Also on display were Zoomed's new incubator, which appears to be a pretty solid piece of hardware for hobbyists. Probably not the right incubator if you have, say, a thousand python eggs you need to hatch, but for the small scale hobbyist who has a few clutches of crested geckos or corn snakes, it's the right tool for the job.

To check out all the pics from this weekend's Supershow, go to kingsnake.com's events gallery, or post your own!