Vendors and Speakers

A wide range of vendors and speakers will be on hand at the Emerald City Reptile Expo. Please note, we are sold out on tables for 2010. If you missed out, we hope to see you at the 2011 ECRE!

Vendors

Pet Life Forms
Pacific Northwest Turtle Works
Legless in Seattle - Snakes by Katie M
The Bean Farm
Bug City - Nick Barta
Evergreen Reptile
Lance Portal Reptiles
LLL Reptile and Supply Co.
Slippery Creek Ranch
Reptiles by Will Lint and Simon Tang
Black Ink Reptiles
ZooMed
Sunshine Mealworms
Critters & Co Pet Center
A Little Touch of Magick!
Chameleons Northwest
Gecko Exotics
Inland Reptile
Swanee's Exotics
Wood Cliff Herps
Winters Reptiles
Northwest Zoological Supply and Tarantulas.com
Rasmussen Reptiles
Geckos Etc
Raining Reptiles
WCCBE
Zoobecks Pets and Supplies
Reptile Solutions

...and more!

Schedule of Speakers

Saturday

10:25 AM - PNW Turtleworks: Common Sense Keeping of Turtles and Tortoises in the Pacific Northwest
11:20 AM - Geoff Sweet: Reptile Keeping 101
12:25 AM - Dr. Robert Sprackland (GUEST LECTURER): Monitor Lizards/Book Signing
1:25 PM - Chameleons NW: Chameleon Keeping
2:25 PM - Inland Reptile: Comprehensive Overview of the Carpet Python
3:30 PM - Dr. Elliott Jacobson (KEYNOTE SPEAKER): Overview on Infectious Diseases in Reptiles
6:00 PM - SPECIAL EVENT: Catered auction benefiting USARK

Sunday

10:20 AM - Bird & Exotic Clinic of Seattle: Care and Common Medical Conditions of Anuran Amphibians
11:50 AM - Geoff Sweet: Reptile Keeping 101
12:45 PM - Avian & Exotic Animal Hospital: Dystocia in Snakes & Quarantine Needs for a Herp Collection
2:15 PM - The US Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK): Current Reptile Legislation - Call to Action
3:40 PM - Eastside Avian & Exotic Animal Medical Center: Rhacodactylus Geckos & The Bearded Dragon: Natural History, Captive Diet and Husbandry, and Medical Care
5:30 PM - Dr. Elliott Jacobson (KEYNOTE SPEAKER): IBD (Inclusion Body Disease) in Snakes

Speakers

ECRE Keynote Speaker: Dr Elliott Jacobson

Dr Elliott Jacobson, well-known University of Florida reptile research scientist (UFL website listing), is generously giving us enough time for two presentations.

Saturday: Dr Jacobson will give an overview on Infectious Disease in Reptiles. This presentation will be an overview of major viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases of reptiles. Prevalence of different pathogens varies between the major groups of reptiles. The development of molecular technology has revolutionized our ability to diagnose specific pathogens in reptiles.

Sunday: Dr Jacobson will speak about IBD (Inclusion Body Disease) in snakes. He has been conducting research on IBD since 1977 and will talk about changes in this disease over the course of his career, clinical presentation/symptoms, and treatment trends as well as prevention and future directions for research.

For more information about Dr. Jacobson, please visit his biography page.

ECRE Guest Lecturer: Andrew Wyatt, President of USARK

Andrew Wyatt, president of USARK will be coming to discuss the current situation regarding reptile legislation and what we can do to fight it.
The US Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) is a science and education based advocacy for the responsible private ownership of, and trade in reptiles. We endorse caging standards, sound husbandry, escape prevention protocols, and an integrated approach to vital conservation issues. Our goal is to facilitate cooperation between government agencies, the scientific community, and the private sector in order to produce policy proposals that will effectively address important husbandry and conservation issues. The health of these animals, public safety, and maintaining ecological integrity are our primary concerns.
For more information, please go to www.usark.org.

On Saturday, June 19 at 6:00 PM, Emerald City Reptile Expo will be hosting a catered auction as a benefit for USARK.

ECRE Guest Lecturer: Dr Robert G. Sprackland

Dr Sprackland will be speaking on Saturday. Iguanas, water dragons, tegus and monitors are popular terrarium animals, but because of their large adult size require special care in captivity. Join Dr Sprackland as he describes the joys and tribulations of properly keeping lizards that may grow to more than 3-feet in length. Basing his session on materials covered in his completely revised 2nd edition of Giant Lizards, he will cover how to acquire a healthy animal, preventing and treating common illnesses, providing proper terrarium conditions, feeding, behavior, and diet. Enjoy the slides, bring your questions, and share your knowledge after the presentation. You may also bring your books to be autographed if you like.

For more information about Dr. Sprackland, please visit his biography page.

Also speaking over the weekend:

Dr. Adolf Maas, DVM

Dr Maas will speak about dystocia in snakes, with expansion into other species if time allows. Dr Batterman will talk about quarantine needs for a herp collection.
Dr. Adolf Maas moved back to western Washington from the Midwest in 2006, after having worked at many locations over the last 10 years in the eastern half of the United States. Originally from the Seattle area, he attended Seattle Pacific University for his undergraduate and the University of Washington and University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine for his graduate and veterinary medical schooling. Since then, he has worked at and received advanced training at the Pittsburgh Zoo, Toronto Zoo, Louisville Zoo, the Wildlife Care Center (Fort Lauderdale), has provided consultant work for the Indianapolis Zoo and the Cincinnati Zoo, and was a clinician at the Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic (Indianapolis, Indiana) and the Indianapolis Veterinary Referral Center, one of the highest ranked referral and specialty facilities in the Midwest. Additionally, until moving, he was the owner of Exotic and Companion Animal Veterinary Services, a mobile exotics-only practice in Indiana, providing in-home and on-site care to owners of all exotic animals, ranging from snakes, venomous lizards, tigers, deer, elk, wolves, mountain lions and bears to pet birds, skunks, and marine fish.

Dr. Maas has received advanced training and has extensive experience in orthopedic reconstruction and surgery, cardiac and abdominal ultrasonography, rigid and flexible endoscopy, soft tissue surgery and internal medicine. He works diligently to continue to be not only current on advancements in avian and exotic animal medicine, but also to further the progress of medicine in these animals with continued cutting-edge research and publications. Over the last fifteen years, he has co-authored research articles ranging from reproduction in Sumatran Rhinoceri and ophthalmic surgery in snakes to cellular growth factor regulation and identification of novel fungal infections in exotic species.

Dr. Bennett, DVM

Care and Common Medical Conditions of Anuran Amphibians. This will be an overview of proper care for frogs and also medical conditions that can affect them. Dr Bennett has recently published a chapter in a veterinary manual covering these topics and will be presenting this information.
Dr. Bennett recieved her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Washington State University in 1994. She was one of the first students from WSU to enroll in the exotic animal track. While at WSU, she was the recipient of the Association of Avian Veterinarians scholarship. She began exotic pet practice in Seattle with the late Robert Shelley DVM, immediately after graduation. She founded the Bird and Exotic Clinic of Seattle in 1997 with her husband Dr. Lejnieks. Dr. Bennett became a board certified avian specialist in 2000. She is a past president of the Pacific Northwest Association of Avian and Exotic Veterinarians and is a board member of the Cockatoo Rescue and Sanctuary. She has assisted the Cockatoo Rescue and Sanctuary, the Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society, Seattle Animal Shelter, PAWS Wildlife Center and many other animal rescue organizations. Dr. Bennett has been a speaker at the Internation Conference of Exotics, and in August of 2008 spoke at the annual Association of Avian and Exotic Veterinarians Conference in Savannah, Georgia.

Chameleons Northwest

Come see an array of rainbow colored chameleons from Chameleons Northwest. Watch and learn as Sandy and Elliot talk about the chameleon’s natural habitats and simple husbandry techniques for housing them in captivity. Meet Deborah, their 450g Meller’s chameleon (one of the largest chameleons in captivity), and Sunny, the bright orange and red Panther chameleon, among others. They will show you how they change colors, shoot for bugs, and roll their eyes around watching for “predators”. Hold a tiny baby Panther chameleon in your hand. Or perhaps you’d like to feed a bug to Deborah? There will be cage setups, showing proper caging and lighting, on display as well. Come Saturday and you will see just how much fun chameleons can be and how easy it can be to care for them.

Geoff Sweet

Geoff will be presenting an informal kid friendly sessions around lunchtime each day on Reptile Keeping 101. A good session to drop in on if you are new to reptiles or thinking of getting your first one.

Inland Reptile

Nick Mutton of Inland Reptile will be speaking on pythons. He will be presenting a comprehensive overview of the carpet python complex (Morelia spilota) including their captive care and breeding as well as a discussion of their natural history and the evolutionary biology of this fascinating group of Indo-Australian pythons.

Jerry Novak

Common sense keeping of turtles and tortoises in the Pacific Northwest

Most of this talk will be going over the few key points that keep turtles and tortoises healthy in captivity. There will also be some live examples of both good and bad captive raised animals. There will be a power point slide show depicting these concepts, mixed up with some funny turtle stories and some thoughts on their intelligence.

Jerry has been keeping reptiles for more than 30 years and had his first captive breeding success at the age of 11. Around the age of 17 he decided to focus mainly on turtles and tortoises. Although they are his favorites the decision was also because he felt they were the hardest to care for in captivity and the least understood.
These days PNW Turtleworks hatches a variety of chelonians from some of the worlds’ smallest to some of the biggest. Their most recent projects have focused on aquatics that stay under 4 1/2". This not only keeps the maintenance easier for the average person but also makes for happier turtles!
They love watching baby turtles hatch but also spend as much time out in the field as possible. Whether it's giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands or Painted turtles in E. Washington, if you don't understand how an animal lives and thrives in the wild how can you expect to keep it healthy and happy in captivity? Some of this time in the field is also spent performing amphibian surveys, helping amphibians cross the road during their Spring and Fall migrations, and other conservation issues like the Western Pond Turtle Recovery Project.

Dr Johnson-Delaney, DVM and Dr. Kamaka, DVM

Dr. Kamaka will be speaking on Rhacodactylus geckos. She is a 1994 graduate of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Her training followed the non-domestic animal track including work experience at Sacramento Zoo, Micke Grove Zoo (Lodi), California Regional Primate Center and UC Davis Raptor Center. She fell in love with the Seattle area during her senior preceptorship at Woodland Park Zoo.

Since moving to the area in 1995, Dr. Kamaka has provided veterinary services for Woodland Park Zoo, Sarvey Wildlife Center, The Cockatoo Rescue & Sanctuary, Washington Ferret Rescue and Shelter, Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society, Northwest Exotic Bird Society and the local chapter of the American Society of Psittacines. She has worked extensively in bird and exotic companion animal medicine clinics throughout the Puget Sound area.

Dr. Kamaka is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Association of Avian Veterinarians, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians and the Association of Northwest Avian & Exotic Veterinarians.

The Bearded Dragon: Natural History, Captive Diet and Husbandry, and Medical Care. The lecture will cover the natural conditions of the bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) of Australia and how captive care is best achieved. Diet and husbandry will be emphasized including the importance of appropriate light measurement and monitoring. Common medical conditions will be covered as well as treatments and preventive medicine.

Dr. Cathy Johnson-Delaney is a 1980 graduate of Washington State University and has been practicing avian/exotic animal medicine in the greater Puget Sound area since graduation. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in 2 disciplines: Avian and Exotic Companion Medicine. She is currently the President of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians and has a number of publications in all areas and species of exotic companion pets. She is a frequent lecturer on many aspects of reptile medicine, care and surgery. She has traveled extensively in Australia and interacted with many "wild" bearded dragons.