Saline Exotic Animal Expo

Saline Exotic Animal Expo Hi! Welcome to the Saline Exotic Animal Expo! Lots of amazing vendors and animals to see!

07/28/2024

Hi Everyone, we have unfortunate news for SEAE.

As of right now, we will no longer be holding shows in the Washtenaw area. Unfortunately due to numerous factors involved in this decision, the main being the high cost it takes to run each show and low response rate and low turnout we will no longer have this expo going.

We were doing our best to advertise for the show, unfortunately even while paying hundreds a months in advertising, the amount of interactions and responses steadily dropped month by month. We can typically expect to get 40-50% of those responses through the doors.

Unfortunately it has not been enough to cover the cost of the past couple shows if we were to have gone through with them.

We are absolutely sadden by making this decision, but it was a necessary one.

We will look into potential possibilities for 2025, but as of right now, that is unknown.

Thank you everyone for the support we have received up until now. We truly appreciate all of you ❤️

-Brandi, Expo Promoter of SEAE.

07/14/2024

There are 2 events created for The August 3rd show. Unfortunately Facebook would not allow us to renew ads for the first event due to to policy changes. So we had to create a second one.

We are excited to see everyone at the next show on August 3rd!

07/06/2024

Hey everyone, we have been informed today that the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds has a an error saying there is a reptile show today.

There is NO show today. We are not sure why there is this mix up but our flyer at the top of this page shows our dates for the year.

Our next show is AUGUST 3RD 🙂

06/21/2024



The show is canceled for 6/22 due to extreme heat. Unfortunately there is not an efficient way to keep the building cool.

We will always put the animals first and we will not risk them with this heat.

With that said, the August show will be moved to building A, where it is temperature controlled.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

 Here are the new dates for Saline. May 18thJune 22nd July is canceled. Only those 3 dates have changed for the year. Th...
03/11/2024



Here are the new dates for Saline.

May 18th
June 22nd
July is canceled.

Only those 3 dates have changed for the year. The rest will still be the same 🙂

01/22/2024

VENDOR LINE UP FOR FEBRUARY 3RD! 🙂

Hi everyone! Yesterday was undeniably busy, far more busy than we had anticipated it was going to be. While we love the ...
01/07/2024

Hi everyone!

Yesterday was undeniably busy, far more busy than we had anticipated it was going to be. While we love the response and appreciate everyone coming out it lead to the building being absolutely packed and caused some logistical issues.

I'd like to address some of the concerns we received on our public forum page.

1. First there was a concern for fire safety and we'd like you to know that although it was very busy, we were still within the amount of people allowed to be in the building at one time. All Fire exits were open at all times in case of an emergency.

It was also mentioned that the vendors had a large amount of space within the islands. All the vendors within those island are confined to them the better part of the day and typically have a lot of stuff they have to keep within those islands from when they are transporting animals to the show. So the space is needed for them as they do not have anywhere else to put equipment during expo hours.

2. Next was foot traffic flow. With this being our first show in the new building, we are still learning the best way to handle the flow of traffic. We were already discussing before the show ended how we can better improve flow for the following show to help avoid people becoming jammed up.

As for the vehicle situation, we will be talking to the grounds keepers about opening up other gates to allow for more seamless traffic in and out of the event area.

3. Someone did mention that it was a "Reptile show" not an Exotic Animal Expo.

First, Reptiles/amphibians are exotic animals they always have been and always will be considered that. We do not just have Reptiles and Amphibians, we do have other animals there that are also considered exotic animals (invertabrates, chinchillas, Hedgehogs, birds, sugar gliders and more). We chose to use "Exotic Animal Expo" because it's a more inclusive term that covered the wide variety of animals patrons can see there any given month.

4. NON flash photography IS allowed.

With that said though, you do need permission from each vendor to take pictures of their animals. All vendors do reserve the right to decline photographs if they wish so please be respectful.

We are taking everyone's opinions and thoughts in and we will strive to continue to make the show better. We DO hear you, I promise. We are looking into expanding to give more walking room, but can not promise that will happen by the next show.

We appreciate the massive support we received and look forward to making improvements to provide the best expo possible for patrons and vendors alike!

Address

5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor
Saline, MI
48103

Telephone

+5173959702

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