{"id":2419,"date":"2015-10-22T06:37:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T10:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2016-06-27T21:37:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T01:37:17","slug":"budapest-pet-expo-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2015\/10\/22\/budapest-pet-expo-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Pet and Plant Expo, Budapest, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to go to pet expos, so I was happy when I have noticed that there was one held in Budapest<\/a> just as I was passing through. The event was held on the 17-18 of October 2015, in the Pet\u0151fi Hall<\/a> in the Budapest City Park<\/a>.
\n\"Fat<\/a><\/p>\n

It was somewhat different from the ones I usually attend, first of all the focus was on small pets, which usually means little furry creatures as well as on various somewhat exotic plants while I tend to attend more reptile and amphibian expos. But there was enough of those too to make it attractive for someone like me.<\/p>\n

There were fancy lizards such as bearded dragons leopard geckos.<\/p>\n\"Fancy<\/a>\n

Snakes for sale were different from what I usually see in Toronto, only a few ball pythons<\/a> were for sale, mostly the relatively cheaper color morphs, while there was a variety of king snakes and corn snakes — some of them are captive bred morphs — for sale.<\/p>\n\"King<\/a>\n

There were also various unusual plants.<\/p>\n\"Carrion<\/a>\n

Also, some of the furry pets were not quite so furry as one might expect — I never understood the human obsession with hairless versions of otherwise hairy animals.<\/p>\n\"Hairless<\/a>\n

I can more easily relate to little spiny furballs.
\n\"Pet<\/a><\/p>\n

I took no pictures of any of the birds, they just looked miserable in their cages. A lot of them weren’t even the usual songbirds and such, but fancy version of livestock to be kept as pets — I assume the small cages were only for making transportation possible, surely the new owners were expected to keep them in their back yards.<\/p>\n\"Yellow<\/a>\n

Speaking of livestock as pets, there were Minnesota miniature pigs that some people apparently keep as companion animals — in lieu of the more usual dog.
\n\"Minnesota<\/a> <\/p>\n

There was also also various organizations present at the expo dedicated to the preservation of various animals\/breeds such as greyhounds.<\/p>\n\"Greyhound.\"<\/a>\n

The various feeder animals offered for sale — at least I suppose that is what the various crickets, grasshoppers and locusts were — looked different from the usual “brown crickets only” menu I am used to in Canada<\/a>. Probably the rules are different in Hungary<\/a> and the European Union what pests can be bred to serve as pet food.<\/p>\n\"Feeder<\/a>\n

On the other hand I have not seen any sort of caterpillars offered as pet food.<\/p>\n

There were also some unusual pet insects for sale (I have not managed to take pictures, they were too well packaged in boxes) as well as a variety of fresh water lobsters and crayfish.
\n\"Pet<\/a><\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nSome of the following links are in Hungarian only — sorry for the inconvenience.
\nOrsz\u00e1gos Kis\u00e1llat- \u00e9s N\u00f6v\u00e9nyv\u00e1s\u00e1r – Pet\u0151fi Rendezv\u00e9nyk\u00f6zpont<\/a>.
\nKanga Alap\u00edtv\u00e1ny<\/a>.
\nAg\u00e1r-Fajtament\u00e9s<\/a>.
\nKor\u00e1nyi H\u00fcll\u0151 Teny\u00e9szet<\/a>.
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