or what about when the snakes cr@p in their trap hide, my mambas did that all the time. Then you are forced to remove the snakes out the hide to clean.
You should not need to handle a snake at all if your shift box enclosure is designed correctly. You need to be able to close off the entrance to the shift box, as well as the shift box itself so that you can safely remove the shift box from the enclosure with the snake inside. This way you can clean with the snake safely secured out of reach.
The primary concern here is stupid people selling deadly snakes to stupid people, this in itself is begging for some sort of regulation. What we can do as a community at this stage is advise others. I don't care if you are shy or don't want to piss people off, if you see people taking unnecessary risks or people keeping deadly animals badly, say something, it may just prevent another topic in the Venom Club.
Dealers that sell deadly snakes to people without the feintest knowledge about their customer's abilities to work these animals obviously do not give a dam about others, the animals or the hobby itself and should be dealt with accordingly.
Let us know how the discussions with Natcon go BV.