Chicago Pet Show -- Kane County

So, if you follow all of where we've been lately, you know it's been a busy month or two!  We FINALLY have a week of no expos... but I have a sale and this weekend is Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, so... you know what that means... MORE sales! 

But first, let me share with you what an awesome expo we had at Kane County last weekend.  We adopted, not one, not two, not three, but 11, yes ELEVEN animals!  Let me share with you some pictures of the adoptions:

Forgot to get a pic of a few of the adoptions, but here's who we had adopted:

Cardi B -- baby female guinea pig
pink white female chinchilla kit
Rufus -- baby male guinea pig
four female rats (two pairs)
Peanut Butter -- young female guinea pig
Bosco -- dark ebony male chinchilla
tan female chinchilla
Charlotte -- 7 year old standard grey female chinchilla

And some pics:

tan female chinchilla

Rufus -- baby male guinea pig

pair of female rats

pair of female rats

Peanut Butter -- young female guinea pig 

Bosco -- dark ebony male chinchilla

Charlotte -- standard grey female chinchilla

We also had a great expo in general.  Many people have heard me say that the more rescue-centered expos tend to be better for exposure, but not so much for adoptions / sales... this one just apparently had to prove me wrong!  But let me share with you how unusual this is... in all the years we've been doing expos (maybe 7-8? and I do mean the rescue-expos, not the AAE), we've never adopted out more than 1-2 chins or other animals per expo.  Most expos, we have not adopted out anything.  We started out in the fall adopting out a chin at the Chicago Pet Show -- Libertyville, and here, we adopted out a whopping 11(!!) animals!  Who-hoo! 

For the sales part of it, similar sort of thing.  The three Chicago Pet Show expos are the best of the rescue-themed expos as far as all of the ones we attend, as far as sales.  Many places we go and sell nothing, but of course, get exposure.  Well, at the Chicago Pet Shows, we usually can expect to break $100 in sales, maybe $150 if we're super lucky (over two days).  Want to know just how insane Kane County was this year??  We sold a whopping $531.00 in SUPPLIES!  Talk about insane, right?

So, you're probably wondering, ok, with the animals adopted and supply sales being that high, how much was brought in over the weekend?  Well, let me tell you!  Between the animal adoptions (and the final number is a tad skewed because the tan female and pink white female were babies that were being picked up at the expo, not actual "rescues" being adopted, but...) and sales and whatnot, we made a whopping $1,176!  All of this is helping to replenish the money stolen back in April, but of course, first and foremost, to keep this place going!  Thanks to everyone for their support!

I have to give thanks to my super great helpers.  Jim was there and walked around with our chins during the presentation so people could pet them, and then Chris was at the booth with us and helped the people with adoption forms, questions, helping with signs... she did a little of everything (as she always does).  Everyone who helped out was awesome!  Thanks for all the help!