1st grade show and tell ideas?

I handle all my snakes more than any of you guys would like me to, they are out and wrapped on me or my daughters (one at a time)pretty much all day with exceptions of feedings shedding and just if they don't seem to want to be held. I do this in my head to get the snakes as used to use as possible to us and to avoid any mistaken identity strike or food confusion strike ect. I will catch hell and I'm prepared to but it has worked very well for me so far as I have NEVER had a snake strike at me. I am not nieve and now that I said that I'm sure I'll get tagged tonight, but for me I don't get the head shy responce and I've had them come out of there hides mid day for attention not just a food responce.
Please don't hurt me

One more question... The weather is very nice in California but I will have the snake out of the house for at least 2 hours so I was going to use the hand warmers for snow trips if I need portable heat. Sound like it will work?

Hand warmers are terrible for heat, some of them can peak at over 160 degrees and could cause burns. A hot water bottle wrapped in a towel is better (measure the temp) the long term heat pads used by shippers are probably your best bet, they last a long time and don't get quite so hot. But quite frankly you probably won't need anything as long as the temps aren't too cold. Insulated containers (like a beer cooler) work great, especially the ones that latch shut.

Over the years I've probably done well over a thousand hours in hands on education with my reptiles in various venues, a couple of rules that I go by myself.

Don't use an animal that has eaten in the past week (I've had a regurgitation happen with a snow corn after very little handling, I thought the three days I waited since her last meal had been long enough. I was wrong) There will be people who will ask you if they can watch it eat. It'll be tempting, after all it is a pretty intersteing thing to watch, but don't do it. If you do you'll have a snake with a full belly that you still have to transport where it'll get jostled around and you'll probably get your rodent back MUCH the worse for wear.

Don't use an animal that is getting ready to shed, bring spares just in case (I've brought animals before that looked fine when I packed them up earlier in the day, but started looking blue by show time)

Keep handling times short, my maximum is 2 hours per animal, shorter times are probably better, bring spare snakes to switch off with.

Never take out more then one animal at a time, it's too easy to lose track of what everyone is doing.

Don't let other people 'hold' your animal. They can hold 'most' of it as long as you've got a controlling hand on it.

Always control the head. Don't allow anyone else close to the head. Even a 'dog tame' snake can bite in the right conditions. If a bite is going to happen, better you then some little kid. Keep some antiseptic and bandages handy just in case, It's no fun finishing a show with blood dripping down your arm and off of your elbow into a puddle on the floor (yes, it's happened to me)

Bring paper towels for accidents. Wet wipes, especially the sanitizing kind, are really handy.

Bring spare clean snake bags. (same reason, Hint: Don't store your spare bags UNDER the occupied snake bags in your transport case)

Keep your answers and descriptions short and to the point. Where does it live? What does it eat? What eats it? What kind of environment does it occupy? Why are snakes important in the wild? Long drawn out descriptions of genetics might be fun for us, but do that with an audience and you'll see eyes glaze over pretty quickly.

Doing educational shows is a lot of fun, it feels good to be able to show off your animals and maybe convert a few who used to think snakes were 'icky' But when dealing with live animals with minds of their own, things can go sidesways pretty quick (and usually make for the best stories later) but you might not make many converts that way so it's best to be well prepared beforehand.

Thanks for the ideas so far! my guys seem to all be on close to the same shedding schedule some how I don't know how that worked out but they all shed last week, I was gonna read the package of the hand warmers for temps but I wont use theses thanks for that heads up! It's only first grade and didn't plan of a feeding demo at all! Too much. I'm gonna leave the baby's home even though I don't think they would be a bite problem the kids at school do get more excited than when we hold them at home in controlled conditions. I'm bringing a book a poster and all differant sized sheds they can pass around. I'll be a great guy and tell them about this sight and that their parents can find breeders here:gj: