What reptiles make good reptile parties?

[MSL]

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I took 3 Boas, small, medium and large.
2 Rough green snakes...very small and quick.
1 large Iggy
2 Giant Millipedes
1 Tarantula

Because it was achool no-one was allowed to touch them but if they had they could have had a stroke of held the boas and the Iggy.
All closely supervised of course.....

[PsyKoViggy]

Blue Tongued Skinks are very handleable, slow, don't jump, large enough to not be able to dissapear if someone put it down and small enough not to be a worry even if it did become a little agressive, say if someone pulled its tail off.
They also have blue tongues and tiny legs, which is a talking point.. and they arn't too bothered by temperature changes and can be out of a viv for long periods of time without having to worry too much about the temps.

Only thing to worry about with them really if someone were to drop it, because of their small legs they would take the full impact of the fall which could cause serious damage.. but you obviously wouldn't be advising anyone to drop any reptile, heh.

[stubeanz]

blue tounges are great for shows, as psykoviggy sad there great to talk about how small their legs are and how they move along on their stomachs like a snake but are actualy a lizard! also legless lizards are great for this
stu

[stubeanz]

Originally Posted by MSL

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/snake...hool-pics.html

I took 3 Boas, small, medium and large.
2 Rough green snakes...very small and quick.
1 large Iggy
2 Giant Millipedes
1 Tarantula

Because it was achool no-one was allowed to touch them but if they had they could have had a stroke of held the boas and the Iggy.
All closely supervised of course.....

could i ask why they couldnt touch them? was it the teachers not alowing them to?
stu

[odyssey]

Originally Posted by stubeanz

could i ask why they couldnt touch them? was it the teachers not alowing them to?
stu

it was probably a condition on the liability insurance they had. i took my reps into my kids school and they stated that the children were not allowed to handle them.

[MSL]

Originally Posted by stubeanz

could i ask why they couldnt touch them? was it the teachers not alowing them to?
stu

Yep....elf and safety brigade and the poor little kids were gagging too........such a shame.......crazy elf and safety culture we live in

[pecks]

Beardys, blue tongues, corns and kings.Make sure you have liability insurance. Also some schools will ask if you have a CRB police check. Kids probably couldnt touch because of schools H&S. Might also ask for a risk assesment for your visits.

[alex-h]

sorry to change the subject slightly but what exactly goes on at reptile parties apart from the obvious showing and holding of reps and such ?
just wondered.

alex

[stubeanz]

are their any profesional animal lecturers on this forum?
well alex-h generaly take the animal along and talk about them, giving facts make it entertaining, get the kids up to handle them, thats bout it but its great fun.
stu

[Ally]

Milksnakes are always good ones, take a picture of a Coral Snake and talk about mimics!