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Episode 17 - Discovering BRB Morphs with Dave Colling

Episode 17

Wednesday, October 14, 2020 • Duration 01:47:15

Can you give us an overview of your collection to begin with (5:25, 6:00,
What got you into Brazilian Rainbow Boas and when did you decide that was the avenue to pursue for you? (11:30,
Have you ever worked with imported Brazilian Rainbow Boas? (15:20,
What’s it like finding morphs? (21, 38, 40,
How many mutations exist in rainbows and have those come from any imports or spontaneous occurrence within your collection or others? (43,
What is your approach to keeping them? I have always followed your care sheets on your website when getting my feet underneath me (Riley) and I have had nothing but success. (34,
Who did you learn from when you were getting into keeping these snakes? (35,
How do you manage their room or climate? Designated reptile room? Converted Garage? Outbuilding? (2-13,
What do you see for the future of rainbow boa keeping in the hobby and for yourself? (2nd, 5:00, 2-17:00, 2-18:00,

Closing

New Guest Closing Questions:

Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (Jeff Ronnie)
What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (BRB)
If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (BRB)
If you could go back in time to a younger you right before you got into reptiles, what wisdom would you impart upon your younger self? (just go for it)
If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be? (take it slow and easy)

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Episode 16 - Dumeril's Boas, Market Trends, and Andy's Back!

Episode 16

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 • Duration 01:38:26

No episode notes! We shot from the hip and just went with the flow. We think you will love this episode.

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Bull Snakes and Room Dynamics with Travis Johnson

Episode 7

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 • Duration 02:34:32

Meat & Potatoes:

Tell us about your connection to Bull Snakes
The care for Bull snakes (40 min +)
All other fascinating info about bulls etc
How do you feel they are best kept?
- Average keeper vs. breeder (39:40 min)
- Pet style or breeder efficient style
What climate do they prefer? (40:45)
How do you achieve that in consideration with the various other species you keep?
- Ambient
- 85 in peak summer (43:00)
- 80 regularly
Genetics & Locality (52:00)
- Double hets (54:00)
- Simple recessive exclusively (57:00) - Inbreeding
- Wild type multi hets (58:00)
- Locality phenotypes - color & size (59:00)
Pros
- Great pets
- Setup nice in naturalistic enclosures
- Humidity is not normally an issue
- Don’t need a lot of heat
- They are good eaters
- Active during the morning and early evening (crepuscular)
- Can be very handleable with patience
- Awesome personalities
Cons
- Generally can be high strung/nervous
- Too much heat can make that nervousness worse
- They don’t like a lot of activity or movement (visual stimuli)
- Poop! They can be messy
Etc.
- Wild type win (55:40)
- Coachwhips (1:12:00)
- Snake size and maximum sizes versus adult sizes
- Freedom breeder tubs
Breeding (1:30:00)
- Stop feeding in November and then start brumation on Black Friday
- Pull them out of brumation in 12 weeks - wait 5 days for 1st feeding
- Keep feeding until the first shed out of brumation (a couple of weeks) - Pre-ovulation shed and then pair them up
- 2nd shed after is the pre-lay shed
- 10-14 days they lay eggs - they almost never use a nest box
  PRO TIP! Pull the water bowl before the 10th day
- Pull eggs and place into egg boxes - 6qt tote with 2 air holes - perlite (drier than you would expect) - 80°
- Hatch date is typically 56-60 days (depends on temp)

Episode 6 - The Tired Debate: Racks vs. Cages

Episode 6

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 • Duration 01:53:29

Two opposing sides have emerged in this debate; pro racks and anti racks. However, could there be a middle ground? Andy and Riley brainstorm, discuss their experiences, visit some of the pervasive hypotheses, and conjecture about the future of reptile keeping techniques as a result of this ongoing debate.

Scott Borden’s Blog Post About Racks & Cages

Intro:

Catching up
Forrest Fanning

Body:

GH calling out FB on arboreal rack
- Starting the question
Looking at natural history of normal rack system animals
UVB blood testing
The history of rack systems
- When they were first implemented
- How they changed the hobby/industry
Pros
- Efficiency
- Sterilization
- Observation
- Organization
Cons
- Visibility
- Esthetics
- Argument
- Negative
Various species benefits and detriments
- Beardies
Applications
- How they’ve made positive differences
- How people are utilizing and refining them today
- Current trends towards the future
What do each of us use
- What types
- For what species
- Experiences
  - Good and bad
- Future plans and thoughts

Outro:

Wrapping up mentioning the ongoing lists of suggestions and hopefully not the audio issues
How the Australia trip may or may not impact my responses etc and please be flexible and understandable
Next!

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Episode 5: Low vs. High Maintenance Reptiles

Episode 5

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 • Duration 01:28:03

Maybe you are happy with low maintenance animals but have a large quantity of them. Suddenly you have a high maintenance collection!

Low Maintenance vs High Maintenance and what that means

Amount of work
- Daily vs. every few days
- Knowing your limits
Cleaning, watering, lighting, feeding, etc
Cage space and species considerations for future growth
Environmental challenges/ease
- Easy for anyone to accomplish vs. specific requirements i.e. “advanced”
- Technology & sensors

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Intro Music “Dirty Hands” by Jeremy Korpas

Episode 4: Riley Flies Solo

Episode 4