Reptile Education Show?

[SpartaDog]

Avoid water turtles. Those who poop where they swim and are then touched by kids can be disease vectors.

Yeah. We'd have Purel available anyway, but they wouldn't be touching aquatics as it is.

If you're not doing displays where people are just looking at animals in tanks or cages you can use plastic tubs for transport. A dolly is a handy thing to have as well so you don't have to carry everything yourself.

Yes, we have plastic tubs, those round containers you see at shows, and pillow cases

A script is good. It will let you know what you're going to say and how long it takes to say it. Practice is helpful.

We had a Powerpoint presentation to use as a "script".

But no matter what, crowd control, be it 10 kids at a party or 200 at a library, is the key. If you don't know how to make the little buggers behave, be quiet, and pay attention, you're screwed. Age is also a factor. 3 year olds have the attention spans of gnats and don't ask many questions. 8 year olds wiggle a lot. 10 year olds can sit still and listen. They also ask a lot of questions. Older kids need more info, more detail and generally more time to ask questions.

The group I would have been doing would have been 10 - 15, but this is good to know if I try to pursue this in the future.

You don't need many animals, 10 to 15 will do for most presentations. 45 to 60 minutes is about as long as most kids can sit still. 10 minutes for the 3 and under crowd is a long time. Knowing everything you can about what you're showing is vital unless just being another show and tell is all you're after. There are a LOT of those out there and the general public has NO idea that those of us who know our reptiles are far superior to those who just bring out a few snakes and lizards and also have clowns and magicians available.

Well I have 3 at the moment, so 10 - 15 is "many" XD But I'd either get a partner with more animals, borrow some, or wait til I had more. I like to think I know a lot, so I think I've gotten that covered.

Thanks for the tips, this is a really helpful post.




Also Lolo, you'd be out of luck anyway. I don't have any giants XD The boa may constitute in the future, but she's still a lil gal at the moment.