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when i was younger a guy came to our elementary school and showed us a bunch of different reptiles. i was hit with the reptile bug since then. well my gf is a teacher now and i have gone to her school and talked about my snakes for the past 2 years now. here are some pics of my gf and i with our ball python and blood python.

That's awesome! It's always cool to show kids that snakes aren't the slimy, icky creatures they might think they are.

~jenny
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"Polysyllabism in no way insures that what you're saying is actually worth being heard." - Blake (an e-friend of mine)

"I have never made but one prayer to god, a very short one: "O lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted it." - Voltaire

When I was in elementary School we had a gentleman come in with snakes (including a couple balls and a burm), some lizards, and a few turtles. Since then I have been really into reptiles and have gone out of my way to help kids get in contact with some.

This year for Halloween I hung out in my house and held my snake while others were passing out candy to the kids. if the kids looked calm enough I would even let them touch her back. It was great seeing some of the kids completely ignore the candy to touch the snake.
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1.0 100% het albino ball python (Junah)
0.1 normal Ball python (Alana)
01 50% het albino Retail Boa (Hitomi)

I'm doing this tomorrow for my son's 6th grade class. I am going to take in a couple big girls and a couple smaller males. I have a male that will eat anything on demand, so I'll do a little feeding demo. F/T so the girls don't freak out...

Jen

The feeding thing can either go really great...or really bad. Before you commit (tell the class) that you're going to do a feeding demonstration, judge the general atmosphere. If there's any kids just the LEAST bit nervous about snakes, don't do the demo. At the reptile store I work for I've had a kid or two freak out just about the lizards eating CRICKETS.

~jenny
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"Polysyllabism in no way insures that what you're saying is actually worth being heard." - Blake (an e-friend of mine)

"I have never made but one prayer to god, a very short one: "O lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted it." - Voltaire

np

During my practicum (teacher interning) I brought in all my pythons, babies to adults. I also had my friends, teachers also, bring in their animals. Between us, we had everything from baby beardies to a 5 foot long Iguana. We went an extra step to really make it educational and it was an awesome time. Good work.

...nice to see a calm blood python

she is really calm! she gets a little hissy sometimes but i love that about her

Great pictures!

I am a science teacher, so I as well use animals in my classes. It is a lot of fun to interact with the students and with the animals, but I do warn against feeding a snake as part of a presentation. Some school boards have strict policies against feeding animals other animals (whether live or dead) during the school day. Some students will be against the feeding of rodents, and therefore, when feeding a snake, usually the administration recommends that it be a voluntary presentation after school, rather than an in class presentation. Not to mention, it isn't a very good idea to transport an animal after it has eaten!
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Thanks,
Amy
My Boids

i didnt really say anything about feeding them but thanks... i guess.

Someone in a reply posted about feeding the animals while they did a demonstration.
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"Polysyllabism in no way insures that what you're saying is actually worth being heard." - Blake (an e-friend of mine)

"I have never made but one prayer to god, a very short one: "O lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted it." - Voltaire

ohhh i see. i dont feed them when im there. i also dont let anybody hold the snakes. last time a teacher insisted to hold my ball python so i let her. but ultimately i am responsible for anything that happens when im there.

It's not always a bad thing to let the kids hold the snakes, if you know your snake is laid back enough to tolerate it.

~jenny
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"Polysyllabism in no way insures that what you're saying is actually worth being heard." - Blake (an e-friend of mine)

"I have never made but one prayer to god, a very short one: "O lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted it." - Voltaire

oh i let "kids" hold my ball python, its just that there are so many that EVERYBODY would want to hold him and theres not enough time in the day for them to. plus you dont know how parents would react if something were to happen.

Yeah, I was lucky that there were only 12 kids in that presentation.

In any case, it's awesome to see kids getting educated about snakes!

~jenny
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"Polysyllabism in no way insures that what you're saying is actually worth being heard." - Blake (an e-friend of mine)

"I have never made but one prayer to god, a very short one: "O lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And he granted it." - Voltaire