I'm friends with most teachers at a local Christian school, and for the past 3 years they had me come into their classrooms to talk about reptiles and show them some of my collection (in fact, I'm suppose to go there tomorrow for the 2nd Grade). I really like talking about them and giving the kids a positive experience with reptiles, especially when a lot of them only learned the over-exaggerated negative things they see in movies.
Anyway, I would like to go out and do educational shows for other schools but I don't know what to do seeing that I'm going from doing a favor for some friends of mine in a small classroom to trying to do things more professionally for other schools. Like for example, what should I charge and should I get more reptiles (and maybe amphibians) in order to give my current ones an occasional break from traveling and to be able to have a diverse amount so the teachers can choose which ones I bring if they want to?
Here's a list of what I already have (with abeside to show what I only bring to the Christian school occasionally and a
beside the regular cast):
Bearded Dragon![]()
Oketee Corn Snake![]()
Lavender and/or Candy Cane Corn Snakes (to show color diversity in captivity)
Crested Gecko
Normal Ball Python
Spider and/or Pastel Ball Pythons (again, to show diversity in captivity)
California Kingsnake
Jungle Carpet Python (usually use her to talk about responsible pet keeping cuz she's a rescue)
I also have a Green Iguana that I want to use for the shows once she's use to being handled (getting better but not good enough yet)
So, any advice?![]()