“It’s always nice to have something around.” “They will come and see you, there is a proper way to pick them up and hold them,” Candice said. To him, the appeal of owning reptiles as pets is that they are relatively low-maintenance, and they can be affectionate. In addition to the reptiles on display at the expo, there also were other vendors selling items such as pet food and even knives to visitors.Ĭandice said he has seen many people attend reptile expos go from being curious about them to having a snake wrapped around their arms. “Now there’s like 100 shows around the country.” “Ten years ago there was like two or three shows around,” Candice said. “Here, you can handle stuff and see them up close.”Ĭandice said the popularity of reptile pets has grown in the decades that he has been collecting them, and now there are many more opportunities for enthusiasts to show off their collections to the public. “At the zoo you can see (the animals) if it’s a nice day, they’re there panting in the sun,” Candice said. He said getting to touch the animals is a big reason why people attend reptile shows. Reptile habitats filled with different species lined tables around the VFW, and Candice would help visitors hold whatever snake, lizard or even tarantula they wanted. Mike Candice, of Wheeling, W.Va., brings his reptile show to communities mainly around Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio, and introduced “a couple hundred” animals to the people of Butler County on Sunday morning. “When I was young I learned to catch them and hold them.” “I have always liked them,” said Maci’s grandfather, Larry McConahy, of Slippery Rock. Maci Todd, 11, of New Castle, was perfectly at home Sunday, May 14, as snakes wrapped around her arms and torso at Mars VFW Post 7505, where she and her reptile-loving grandparents went for the Mars PA Reptile Expo. ADAMS TWP - Some children have dogs, some have cats, others have snakes and lizards as pets.
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