Guide to EU shows (1st Timers)

[gecko-kus]

ooo i just had a thought.... the big brand's will also be at the shows and you get a chance to see their new products plus buy stuff from them you can't get over here!!! Dragon and Pet Factory as well are stalls you have to look out for!!! very good products and prices.... anyone else got suggestions for traders to look out for?

[bradhollands999]

Good information!! Maybe make this thread a sticky so there won't be all the questions again??

[gecko-kus]

Originally Posted by bradhollands999

Good information!! Maybe make this thread a sticky so there won't be all the questions again??

Your Welcome.... I put this together because I know when I went the first time I didn't have a clue and I could have done with a thing like this just to give me an idea especially with bringing animals back through customs, it's very frightening when you don't know if your allowed lol.

[bradhollands999]

I can imagine!! What happens if you buy an adult Burm for example?? Do you just have to put it in a box and push it round the whole day??

[gecko-kus]

if your buying something that big it's probably best to see if you can leave it with the trader rather than carrying it around with you.... but i have seen people carrying caimens around under their arm lol....

[matty]

Nice one mate, really helpful.

Just a quickie though, you said that the animals are advertised with their latin names, how do you know about what hets the animal carries?

Thanks

[Fixx]

Originally Posted by gecko-kus

but i have seen people carrying caimens around under their arm lol....

Jerry Cole was told to remove his from his stand in December at Hamm, not sure if it was because he was in the main hall and not in the venomous hall though, or they have just banned them from the show though.

Originally Posted by bradhollands999

I can imagine!! What happens if you buy an adult Burm for example?? Do you just have to put it in a box and push it round the whole day??

Not sure if adult burm's and other large snakes are allowed to be sold/displayed at Hamm, I never saw any.

[snickers]

I wanna go!!

I'm pretty sure I read something on the forum about some importation documents even for herps. And are there more rules for european herps than exotics?

As someone else suggested can this be stickied so it doesn't cycle off the forum?

[gecko-kus]

Originally Posted by matty__=)

Nice one mate, really helpful.

Just a quickie though, you said that the animals are advertised with their latin names, how do you know about what hets the animal carries?

Thanks

if they are het's they will be displayed with their het and morph etc...

[gecko-kus]

Originally Posted by Fixx

Jerry Cole was told to remove his from his stand in December at Hamm, not sure if it was because he was in the main hall and not in the venomous hall though, or they have just banned them from the show though.



Not sure if adult burm's and other large snakes are allowed to be sold/displayed at Hamm, I never saw any.

the rules are changing all the time so if you are a trader you should be given a new set of rules each time you apply for a stall, but it's always best to check with the organisers... I know that for many of the dutch shows they have banned venomous completely apart from at snake day.

You can have larger snakes on sale at shows but they need to be in massive containers so many traders don't bother.

That's something I forgot to mention display box size.... many of the shows will only allow one animal per box and the box has to be 1 and 1/2 times the size of the animal so they have sufficient turning space... with snakes its their size when they are curled up. Not like in american shows where they shove royals into tubs eactly their same size.... but do check before you go on the rules for the show your trading at.