I went to the Pet Expo on Saturday! It was so awesome! Not only were there tons of kittens to meet, but all sorts of other animals. I got to pet a kangaroo, and hold a tarantula (which I never thought I would do in a million years).
I enjoyed sitting down and watching a few of the cats being judged, though I was there with my family so I didn't stay there too long.The only thing I wasn't impressed with was the one thing I looked forward to the most... the cat breeders. (Please don't throw boots at me for saying this!)
I just felt... really not welcome while I went through the cat booths. I tried several times to engage in conversation with different breeders, but they very obviously chose to ignore me. By the time I got to the breeder I'm looking at for my Savannah, I was super discouraged. I was awkward and I didn't end up saying anything much more than "Hey I'm so and so." Gah. I envisioned saying so much more, I really wanted to connect, y'know? To get the feeling "Yes! I knew I liked this cattery for a reason!"
I don't know if it might have been because I had different breeders to compare the experience to. The dog breeders were happy to hand over their dogs so you could love on them, at various reptile booths they were glad to answer all my absurd questions and let me hold all the crazy delicate animals, and so on.
Again, I don't want to offend anyone by saying this, I just want to share my experience! I'm hoping there will be another show coming up, so that this isn't my only experience.
Anyways. At the end of day, my mom fulfilled a lifelong dream and we got a baby chameleon! He is the cutest!
