Boas of Time

10/01/2026

Come see me in Shepherdsville!

09/21/2026

09/20/2026

Wanna go shopping on IRBE’s dime?
Every hour, our wonderful show promotor, Dennis, calls out the last three numbers on a ticket. That ticket corresponds with a ticket belonging to somebody who walked in through our doors and stopped at the admission table.

What do you win? Sometimes it's a tumbler or a coupon for a vendor. But most are for showbucks — free money from us that you can use at any vendor table!

Also make sure you check in to the event when you arrive. Not only could you wind one of our hourly giveaways, you might just win free admission to the NEXT show!

We'll see you Sunday! Who's hyped?

09/20/2026

Set up and ready to see you at Indiana Reptile Breeders Expo doors open at 10 am

09/19/2026

Spent the afternoon catching some mourning geckos and weighing snakes for the expo tomorrow. It doesn't take long but I make sure everyone spends the least amount of time in shipping containers and are in good body condition.

08/26/2026

Sand boas are enormously popular pets. As small boas with interesting colors and patterns, these nonvenomous snakes are ideal pets for many, from first-time keepers to well experienced enthusiasts. While the sand boa genus Eryx has 13 currently recognized species, and many of these are bred and reared under human care, the Kenyan sand boa (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei) is easily the most popular and widely recognized sand boa. Species of Eryx naturally occur in southeastern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, and in southwestern Asia.

Sand boas are known to be nocturnal, and to burrow in loose substrate much of the time. In the wild, sand boas are known to be ambush hunters, preying upon small birds, small lizards, and small mammals such as rodents. Under human care, sand boas regularly thrive upon a diet of appropriately sized rodent prey.

Sand boas are also notable for displaying an unusually strong degree of sexual dimorphism in their body size, with mature females reaching nearly double the length of mature males. Females typically grow to a length of around 30" while males typically grow to around 17" in length. Sand boas are expected to live for around 15 to 30 years.
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08/26/2026

I have 2 crested geckos, Oolong and Chai. I bred them for 2 years but decided to focus on my sand boas instead.

The crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus), or eyelash gecko, was believed to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994. Native to southern New Caledonia, these geckos are now among the most popular pet geckos in the world. Like many species of reptiles, these geckos are proving to be quite long-lived animals.

Always be ready to learn an extensive amount of information about animals you are interested in keeping long before you ever purchase them!
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The photograph used in this post shows a pet crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus). The photo was taken by Ze Chen, and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) license. The image was not modified for use in this post.
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08/16/2026

Just chilling at Indiana Reptile Breeders Expo