crufts for snakes? just an idea

[Dirteewrongen]

Corn snakes and all ratsnakes.

[swaine]

yellow rat gal- sounding like a young barbera woodhouse there,

[Spider Call]

Condition they are in??

[mEOw]

yeh, the mouse / rat shows judge the animals on condition and how close to perfect they look.. for reptiles this would mean condition of their scales, checking for things like mouth rot, colouration, pattern, stuff like that

[Spider Call]

Steph would be disqualified XD if someone tried to open her mouth she would snap at their fingers

[mEOw]

lol.. i think the judges might have to expect that, im sure fang wouldnt take to kindly to someone trying to look in his mouth either..lol
Owen

[PendleHog]

As said previously there was a show set up by Tanya Stevens that ran last year and the previous year. Whilst the idea was reasonable (definately not my cup of tea..) there were some big problems related to last years show.
I cant see anyone being keen to do something similar until the memory of the last one has faded a little.

[swaine]

tell us more, ive been away from snake keeping since 2001,

[samanslow]

lack of heatmats caused a lot of upset at the last one

[ratboy]

Originally Posted by mEOw

lol.. i think the judges might have to expect that, im sure fang wouldnt take to kindly to someone trying to look in his mouth either..lol
Owen

This is why shows could probably never happen for larger or aggressive snakes. The judges would not have to expect anything of the sort and the personal injury liability cover that the organisers would have to have would have to pay out for it.