crufts for snakes? just an idea

[swaine]

i was meant to be going to houten this weekend with reticulatus, to collect my tiger retic from bob clark, but have been struck down with illness (due to deviances in a previous life) so couldnt go,
so was thinking about getting to another snake show some time this year,
and thought,in my infinate wisdom, hey there are dog and cat,horse shows with money prizes, rossettes but no reptile shows like it,
people bring there reps to a show,they go in a catogry, pythons,boas,lizards etc, say £10 per animal adults entry £5 childrens entry per animal, get judged etc, with 1st 2nd 3rd prices with cash prizes say £100,for the winner and so on and a bag of mice for the snake or a nice rossette, of cause ill be one of the judges coz its my idea
im sure my yellow faced bali retic or kayundai female retic could mount a serious challenge against anything,yeh, any other idaes anyone, or is my medication getting to me, i can just see a 20 ft retic with a pink rossette
stuck on his head.

[captaincaveman]

there used to be corn snake fan club shows, not that ive ever got to go to them

[mark elliott]

i think that would be a fantastic idea

[captaincaveman]

sue on here(snake city) used to do the shows for corns, my blizzards and okeetee are the offspring of her show winners

[Dirteewrongen]

Yep, as said - already been done by reptile fan club, Tanya Stevens idea. My Vinnie Jones won 1st place in his catagory last year!

[Spider Call]

lol XD you made me chuckle :P i just had to imagine a vey uninpressed snake with a large rosette stuck on it xD

[mEOw]

not a bad idea really.. they even have similar shows for mice and rats.. why not reptiles? :p someone should start one up!
Owen

[yellow_rat_gal]

I now have weird mental images of snakes running an obstacle course whilst the owner waves a dead mouse/rat in front of it... I know it isn't what you mean by snake show, but still...

[swaine]

yep its amazing what you can think up when ur on medication,
shame its been done before ,was it only done for corn snakes?
money would be used from entry fee plus a little extra from a sponsor,for the winners, i think kids would enjoy the competition
we would need a name for the show,a few trophies, rossettes of couse
some catorgories, pythons boas etc,,
we could have pedigree reps,
what would we judge them on all together, my anaconda lacks obbiediance,but would do well in the agiliaty catogory, specially if there is anything remotly edible concerned.
we need some more ideas rep people

[yellow_rat_gal]

Obedience? I doubt many snakes are obedient, I told Fang to rollover just now and he stuck his tongue out at me. BAD SNAKE!