Quote Originally Posted by tanyawetzel View Post
I am in Willard, Utah just outside of Ogden, Ut. That would be cool if some of you lived around me its always nice to put a face with a name. Also would anyone have any advice or tips for taking my ball in public? I never take him/her in public, but my 8 yr old son has a show and teach day and he wants Max to come to his school. Im a bit nervous about this I dont want to stress the snake out, but this should only last about ten minutes. I have heard taking snakes in public can cause sensory over load for them and stress them out and they can bite in fear.
I would generally advise against taking your ball python out in the general public. A large part of the population has an irrational fear of snakes, and taking them in public will almost certainly trigger some intense reactions. With all the legislation going on around keeping reptiles in general, it's just not a good idea to give them any more ammo.

A show and teach day at school is entirely different. I would suggest talking to the teacher about it first to make sure they would be ok with it. You should develop guidelines for how you will be presenting. Will you allow the kids to come up and touch the snake if they want to? Make sure you think of things like hand sanitizer before and after if they're going to touch. I don't think you have so much to worry about from the snake as you do with the teachers/administration/parents...