Show Loot!

[Kain Prestwood]

Just come back from the show (would have stayed longer but I was with someone who was disabled)

Anyway was really nice day out, if a little stuffy in the halls. Had a great time walking around and talking to folks, though I have to say I have no idea who was who bar Mike from Hollybush.

Anyway I came home with 7!! new Ts.

A Seemanni - About 3 inch (£5)
B Smithi - About 2 inch (£12)
P Irminia - About 1 inch (£2)
A geniculata - About 1 inch (£5)
P Regalis - About 2 inch (£7)
Avic huriana - About 0.5 inch (£6)
A chacoana - About 3 inch (£7.50)

All in all brilliant.

The A chacoana had abit of a tantrum when transfering it to its tank, decided to dive out, run down my leg and onto the floor and dived under the sofa! He's in his tank now though safe and sound.

Kain

[mike halewood]

And theres me thinking I would be the first back!!! lol
Well I met up Johanna and Colin for a bit, I wont give too much away!!

I only came away with one more than I expected. I picked up the juv versi and AF B. albopas arranged, and I swapped some pokie with Johanna as I had decided that Pokies where maybe too much for me! THEN
I went and bought an adult female P. regalis lol!!! Which I just working up to rehousing in a new Custom Aquaria arboreal viv....
I also bought some BTS merch, the pen and key fob and a mug.....

Kain was the person you where with in a wheel chair?? If so I was stood close by a couple of times!!

[Kain Prestwood]

Yeah it was, I was the tall ugly looking bloke with TLA KANE on the back of my top

Kain

[mike halewood]

Ah, we should have done a show yourself thread before hand so we'd know if we bumped into a fellow forum member. I had printed my own T and part of it on the back said 'Its better than a Pokie in the eye'

[Elaine Ross]

I'm glad you both had a great day and got home safe and sound.

Congratulations on the new T's.

Mike, I have only just stopped giggling at the escapade of the A. chacoana lol. Now that would have been a sight to see.

Elaine

[Kain Prestwood]

I think you mean me Elaine not Mike lol

Kain

[Elaine Ross]

I think you mean me Elaine not Mike lol

Kain

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Oops sorry Kain, yes I did mean you.

That will teach me not to eat dinner and reply at the same time lol

I will blame the giggling though

Elaine

[paul richard hill]

bts

will somebody ask what MARK LYNES bought from the show ( i dare anyone ) all i know it was quite a hall......... paul .. PS I could n't resist mark sos

[Colin D Wilson]

Well for a start, i had a good day, met some really nice people, caught up with some i had met before. although it would have been nice to put a few more names to faces.

spent more than i should but less than i was prepared to.
Ended up with
Rosea NCF x2 adult MF
Rosea RCF x2 adult MF
G formosa x2 adult MF (female pos gravid)
B albopilosa x5 (3x slings (thanks Lee) 2x juvi)
g aureostriata juvi
Avicularia sp peru purple (ahhhhh)
Largeclawed Scorpion (scorpio maurus)
Flat Rock Scorpion (Hadogenes troglodytes) x8
giant land snails x10 (my son, shanes)
hermit crabs x2 (shanes again)

Oh yeh.....and a frog for shane (thanks Jo)

Just rehoused the lot and i'm about done in.

waited around for the presentations, (well done to all), some really nice spiders there, best scorpion was a nice specimen.

now to sit and teach all my adults about the birds and bees so i can have a table myself at the next show

[Richard Groves]

Well I went along for my fourth visit and what a show!!!

I've noticed over the last few shows that certain species of tarantula seem to come into fashion and you can buy them by the hundreds. Last year it seemed to me to be Chromatopelma and Poecilotheria, this year Poecilotheria and Theraphosa....anyone else notice this or is it just me???

Unfortunatlely, my bug room is full. All except for one small space and I wanted to try something different....

I purchased myself an adult Scolopendra gigantea robusta for £45 and she is a beauty! There was a gorgeous black centipede for sale with bright red and blue legs, but I nearly fainted when I discovered the price...£120!!!
I also bought a pair of the BTS spider cufflinks so I will be the height of fashion when I go into the office on Monday!

[Adam Smith]

I picked up
2 B smithi
2 H maculata
2 C fibriatus
a praying mantis
Would have got more but only stayed an hour as we had uni friends and went to the bull ring shopping centre. I was really proud one of my mates was terrified of spiders and came in with me to see if she could manage and she ended up coming out with a little B smithi for herself and she really wants some leaf insects now from what she saw.

[Kain Prestwood]

There was alot of insects and stuff there (non spider) which I was surprised about. I thought it was just Spiders and Tarantulas.

I wanted a T blondi, there was a guy selling them for a tenner each but I missed them! Still always next year!

The only disappointing sight I saw, was a couple of kids buying there first Tarantula, and the guy serving suggested a Colbolt Blue, which I thought was abit naughty to be honest. I was going to say something, but being a noob myself, I didn't want to look a fool.

Kain

[Barbara Gittings]

Hi Kain

Thats not the first time I've heard about people recommending Colbort blue as a first T. It's naughty cause they cetainly are not for beginners, even I wouldn't consider one of those for quite some time!!

Glad you enjoyed your day, I had a good day too, you will have to read my new thread to find out why.


Barbara

[Neil Richardson]

5 x P.formosa sling (setup as a colony)
2 x P.regalis sling (colony)
1 x P.pulcher sling
5 x P.cambridgi sling
1 x C.cyanopubescens sling
2 x T.blondi juvenile
1 x T.apophysis sub-adult
1 x Avic sp "purple"
1 x A.aurantiara female
3 x E.murinus sling
9 x A.chacoana sling

[Dave Gunter]

For me ..

pokie poster
P. regalis
P. cambridgei
P. pederseni
P. lugardi.

All at the large sling type size except for the lugardi which although far from adult is a fairish size.

I'd like to take this chance to thank all the BTS committee and team involved in planning, setting up and running this event, IMO it was worth every minute of your time, i had a really enjoyable day.