Deli Cup Hulabaloo

Inset Photo random booth from NARBC Tinley of the past

The way of the reptile transport and display has come under fire recently and after spending a weekend at Tinley NARBC speaking with a lot of well meaning women in dog and cat rescue I thought I would pop over here and step back up on my soap box. 

For years I have had to explain this to shelters as I walk in with a variety of things that shelter employees look at me and say "That animal will NOT fit in there!" and then it does! There are a variety of reasons we opt for the small containers. Remember, I am aiming this at our non-herper friends so we can share with them to show what and why we do things! 

For transport bags and small containers are extremely safe. They keep the animals from bouncing around and getting hurt. Bags keep snakes especially safe. Snakes are only ribs, hundreds of them. They need each one to work to move and function. The bag allows them to curl up and be protected during transport. These containers are safe and secure. 

As I explained to a dog mom, these are the reptile version of a dog kennel. Makes a lot more sense now doesn't it. 

But what happens at multiday expos? How do the potty? How do they eat and drink? 

Ok I got you! When I was chatting with my friends Krystal and Kyle over at Gekkonidazed Geckos and I caught what they were doing and I whipped out my phone! See each morning at an expo you will catch all the breeders going through their displays, taking each animal out, changing the bedding, misting animals for water. This is what mornings look like at expos before it is open to the public. You will also see Sarah and Andrew Gilpin at their booth doing the same thing with their geckos and if you look down the line, each booth is doing the same thing.