Market Friday - Animal Show

This is a compilation of a few visits to an animal show that happens twice a month here for this #marketfriday by @dswigle. You can get exotic pets at this show as well as see other people's pets that they bring in to show off.

Here we have a rainbow uromastyx, a very expensive lizard. They are fairly easy to take care of with the correct setup and uv lighting.

Here's an axolotl, people who have ponds like to buy these guys. They are an interesting critter they can regrow limbs and scientists study them to try and figure out how this can be used for medical remedies and gene therapies. They have superhealing properties.

The animal show also has licensed wildlife rehabilitators showing off wild critters like this possum. This one was found as an orphan and raised to maturity, now it's a tame pet used in educational classes. Possums have an interesting ability to fight diseases as their body temperature remains too low for most viruses to take hold including rabies.

Here we have a cute sugar glider. They are nocturnal and are a lot of work to keep as a pet. They are really messy and noisy at night and need a large space to live in for jumping around.

The animal show regularly has lots of strange insects for sale like this desert hairy scorpion. Most the insects are really easy to keep as pets. They are almost like a pet rock that just sits around conserving energy until you drop in a cricket for them to eat.

The animal show is where I got Carl the vinegaroon. They live around ten years and have quite a bit of personality for an insect. He may look scary but he is very docile and doesn't even spray his defensive vinegar (acetic acid) when I pick him up. @whatisnew

Here's a dwarf tarantula from Trinidad that has a heart shape on its back. The latin name is Cyriocosmus elegans and they are a decent little pet that can even be handled. The longer haired tarantulas are generally easy to hand train as their long hairs help them distinguish prey from something larger so they don't accidentally bite you.

Here's a tokay gecko that was amazingly tame. These geckos are usually very aggressive and like to bite and not let go. This pet owner hand trained it from a tiny hatchling. As for care of these guys it is really easy they just like to eat crickets and roaches and need uv lighting.

Here's a plump bearded dragon someone brought to visit the other lizards at the show. The owner has him click trained to come over to you expecting a treat of some kind (he looks like he's had one too many treats lol).

A falconer brought his red tail hawk to the show. The bird was eyeing up the sugar gliders across the way.

Here's a few baby bearded dragons under their heatlamp. They look like some kind of wise trinity that decides the fate of the universe.

Here's a couple tame savannah monitors lounging around on a table under a heat rock.

Here's some minirex rabbits chowing down on hay.

They also had baby Russian tortoises for sale. They were attacking some lettuce. Baby turtles are tricky pets they are very susceptible to temperature changes and can get pneumonia really easily so a good stress free setup is key. Adult tortoises are much easier to care for.

Here's some kind of python with an interesting pattern and bright orange eyes.

Another python with a rainbow sheen on its scales.

This seller had quail eggs for sale that you could incubate and hatch.

My girlfriend fell in love with this eyeliner rabbit. I had to convincer her not to get it since we already have enough bug pets and fishtanks to maintain.

One day I kind of want to get a birdeater tarantula. These are one of the largest spiders in the world and are big enough to eat mice and small birds. Though as a pet its best to feed them giant hissing roaches and hornworms. This one was bigger than my hand.

Here are the giant roaches the goliath birdeater tarantula likes to eat. I hate roaches so I'll probably never get that spider.

Finally a blue iguana with a lighter green one behind it and a smaller one's foot on its back. These lizards require a massive enclosure and its best to raise them from hatchlings. Iguanas can be really mean and whip you with their tails so its key to tame them early on.

That's it for this #marketfriday overall this animal show is pretty fun to go to just for windowshopping as most the animals they sell are high maintenance and require alot of knowledge to care for properly.

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