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althea
at Sat Sep 24 00:54:48 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by althea ]
Shelley,
Working at the Humane Society--very cool! I always bring our local HS huge bags of dog & cat chow whenever I shop at Sam's Club--every little bit helps!
I have a mexican black king in my classroom. I've had him since he was a worm, and until recently, was very docile. Lately he's been a little strange, but the moon has been full (LOL). I totally trust one of my BCI females around humans, as I do several of my corns. I have a female spotted python who does well being touched, and my bearded dragon practically does tricks for superworms when in public. A lot depends upon the animal. I worked at a children's science museum for awhile, and had an amazing emerald tree boa as an education snake. Go figure!
Hoku has been fairly mellow to date, although my female climacs are more flighty. But there again, I have a couple of flighty corns. Only time will tell how they will be as pets and educational animals.
One of my favorite past times is doing workshops about animals in the classroom for other teachers. I always bring along a couple of snakes and an instant camera just to ammend some misconceptions in the group. It amazes me how many teachers want to take back a photo of them holding a snake to show their kids.
And, since the law only prohibits the sale of corn snakes, I give hatchlings to teachers for classroom pets. It's very cool to have an offspring of the snake they held in the photo. There is a waiting list. It's all about education. . .
rgds,
althea
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RE: Just my luck Shelly, Mark & Hermann. . . - althea, Sat Sep 24 00:54:48 2005