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Hi,
I've had my pet snakes for about 4 years now. I have 6 red tail boas and 6 Kenyan sand boas. (variety of color morphs) I want to start doing presentations and eventually birthday parties with my snakes.
My hesitation is that I'm not sure what I should talk about and I feel that my collection is too limited with only having 2 types of snakes to show. I've been a pre-school teacher for almost 10 years and I work with kids all the time. I have casually brought a snake to work with me to informally show it off and the kids responded great. I just feel hesitant when it comes to the expectations of a formal presentation.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Kristina
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Kristina

0.1 normal Kenyan sand boa
1.2 anery Kenyan
1.0 albino Kenyan
0.1 albino paradox Kenyan
0.1 snow Kenyan
0.2 normal red tail
1.1 salmon red tail
1.0 anery red tail
0.1 albino red tail
0.1 bearded dragon
0.1 bunny
1.0 cat

There will be many kids that see your snakes and say "I want one". Thus, I think some of the most important aspects of reptile education are how very important it is to do research before purchasing a snake, some basic care tips, and which types of snakes are "beginner" snakes, such as corns. You could also ask around and try to find some other snake-owners that could lend you their snakes.
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Howdy!

When I do school presenations I take around 10 or so different animals! I take some for kids to look at only, some for handling. I usually have at least 1 larger burm, 1 tortoise (usually my large sulcatta), 1 iguana, a few balls. Depending on what is sitting here in the rescue, we take a beardie, corn, boa, etc.

When I talk about the snakes, I offer some basic information depending on what group it is. Natural habitat range, ease of keeping as pets, what is needed as pets. Stuff like that. I also usually talk about the importance of selecting carefully so you dont become a statistic and have your unwanted pet end up in my rescue.
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Cindy
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