Re: New ball python/ worrying
Are children allowed to slap/pat hard your snakes regularly? Seems to me that may not feel so good to them. Do you have other handlers w you to help during these presentations in case something goes wrong? Honestly, that situation in that video seemed very out of control and could mean harm to one of your reptiles or a child. Is it common in your presentations to have multiple species out in this manner? I ask as a teacher of children.
I applaud your effort to educate others on reptiles, however, some advice just isnt good for beginnings as mentioned already.
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Re: New ball python/ worrying
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Jeanne
Are children allowed to slap/pat hard your snakes regularly? Seems to me that may not feel so good to them. Do you have other handlers w you to help during these presentations in case something goes wrong? Honestly, that situation in that video seemed very out of control and could mean harm to one of your reptiles or a child. Is it common in your presentations to have multiple species out in this manner? I ask as a teacher of children.
I applaud your effort to educate others on reptiles, however, some advice just isnt good for beginnings as mentioned already.
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Jeanne, My reptile programs last around an hour, at the beginning of each show I tell the children that dogs are by far my favorite animal and then I go on to say that if you like puppies you're going to like snakes, because snakes and puppies have about the same temperament. The whole program is focused on minimizing the fear that most people have toward snakes. After the educational segment of the program I then go into the audience participation segment, it's then that I bring out a blue tongued skink and have that blue tongued skink kiss the children on the cheek then I ask for an adult volunteer to come up and then I blind fold the adult. They think they are going to be kissed by the blue tongued skink then I bring out my black and white tegu and have the tegu kiss the teacher or principle of the school on the cheek and the audience goes crazy. The finale is when I ask for 4 adults to volunteer to come up from the audience I blind fold them with head bands and then bring out the albino Burm and drape it over the teacher's out stretched arms I then remove their blind folds. After that I place the burm over my shoulders and begin to explain to the kids that I'm going to let the snakes go onto the table. During the program the ball pythons are kept in an acrylic piller just like the ones I use at the reptile expos. Before I let the animals out onto the table I explain to them that these are not toys they are animals and that we need to treat them with respect. I then go onto explain how snakes are head shy and the reason why we call the smaller snakes ball pythons is because if they feel scared or threatened they will roll up into a ball. Then as I'm siting there with the burm over my shoulders I'll say watch what happens to Bingo (that's his name) as soon as I gently grab him by his head. He then pulls his head back and I tell the audience that I've done that to him thousands of times and he still doesn't like it. I then explain to the audience that animals that are scared or feel threatened will react one of two ways they will try to get away just like the burm did or if they can't get away they will do what they can to protect themselves and I somewhat sternly tell them that we do not want these guys to feel like that they have to protect themselves. Through out the program I keep repeating to the kids that as long as snakes are not afraid they are just as gentle as puppies. I then let all of the reptiles go onto the table that I'm working from and I let the kids come up in small groups to touch and hold the animals.
While I'm telling the kids about the Burmese python it is very common for me to sort of pat the snake's body just like I would my two Golden Retrievers, because remember I'm repeating this puppy thing through out my program. In this video things did get a little excited and the kids were patting the burm, probably because they were watching me patting the burm while I was holding him which I do all of the time remember I've been telling them all along that he's just as gentle as a puppy. To tell you the truth I was much more concerned about the children kissing he snake than I was about them patting the snake. Yes I admit that these particular children were just on the edge, but I assure you that none of the animals have ever been injured and no one has ever been bitten by any of my animals, In the last 8 years I've done just over 2500 programs.
Here are a few of my 500 videos on YouTube that show what happens during the reptile programs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3upHKst0PE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfIlbHUjUbk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2lHoucLsqY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX061kYqT00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbffhHYRV34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JUJNEmur6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea60FOkn2Vw
Thanks for your concern about my snakes, but there is no way I would allow someone to hurt any of my animals. And just as side note I now have over 142 reviews on Yelp and all but three are five star reviews, I've had two four star reviews and one one star review, here is a link to my yelp page.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/for-goodness...arch_key=77632
Yes I do this all by myself.
Brian
Re: New ball python/ worrying
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For Goodness Snakes
As far as I'm concerned this post has been a waste of everyone's time.
So you think because people don't agree with you?
I don't care about all the greatness you feel the need to inform people about.
Then again I don't care is you are a small unknown, Brian from BHB or whom ever you could be.... The response from me will always be the same.
You cannot tell a NEW keeper to try things outside the box when we are talking about the care of an animal!
I do things I would not recommend BUT will discuss to share the knowledge and explaining the worst of what could happen......
That being said this thread needs to get back on track!
Haileeboop, start here: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-Hatchling-101
You also need to remember they are not a dog, they only tolerate you. The more you handle, the more stress you are adding. There is no reason and responsible person would ant to add more stress than needed. Some snakes tolerate more than others but it all takes time. You first priority is getting your husbandry fixed and then getting your new snake feeding.
Re: New ball python/ worrying
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For Goodness Snakes
The sad part about it is that this post is not about me
How many times in this thread have you mentioned your 500 YouTube videos? How many times have you basically posted your resume on this thread? Did you link your Yelp reviews?
Naw Bro, it ain't about you.
