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enSeptember 02, 2020

Episode 12 - Dan Mulleary of DM Exotics

Intro:

Welcome to the Reptile Room Podcast everyone, thank you for joining me yet again for Episode 12! Tonight we are going to waste no time and jump right into this much anticipated episode. Tonight’s guest is someone who I have looked up to in the reptile world for years, admired his youtube channel and travels, intrigued by the importation business he participates in, and I have purchased several snakes from him over the years. Welcome Mr. Dan Mulleary!

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Q’s:

How did you get started in the hobby of keeping and breeding reptiles? (3:30,
What were your initial animal interests? (4:00, 4:45, 5:15,
How did your trajectory wind you into the import/export side of things? (31:20, 34:00, 36:00,
As someone who keeps reptiles and is constantly bringing new animals in, how do you manage the various husbandry parameters for the various species? (47:45,
- In your youtube videos I notice some of your walls/racks/tubs seem to be interchangeable for your needs at any given time. How did you come up with that design and how does that all work to your advantage? (46:00, 47:26, 49:30,
What are some of the challenges with keeping so many species in such a fluid system? (53:45, 56:00,
Moving to Thailand soon! House is essentially done, just finishing work commitments here. What are you most excited for and looking forward to? (58:30, 1:02:00
Is Apple excited to get to spend more time with you and be near her family in your future retirement? (1:03:00,
Travel channel style vlogs? Eco-tourism? (10:00, 11:20, 15:30,
What’s next for you two and DM Exotics? (21:00, 24:00, 50:00,
Who will carry your torch? (18:00,
What will be the plan? Come back? Export to the us? (13:00, 14:30,

New Guest Closing Questions: 1:05:00

Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (Dave Barker, Mark O’Shea)
What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (sub-species of beauty rat)
If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (hornbills, binturong)
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? (into one of getting everything, you should have a pair of everything, not just one)
If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be? (keep what you like, don’t follow the trends, have some balls, keep what you like)

Close out:

Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule and work life, animal life, home life, etc.

How can folks get ahold of you and what would you like to put out there for all of the listeners who tune into everything you do like myself?

enJuly 08, 2020

Episode 11 - The Reptilian Octopus Justin Smith

Our Guest Tonight:

Justin Smith
- Palmetto Coast Exotics
- The Herpetoculture Podcast
- The Chondrocast (4:25,
- Herpetoculture Magazine
- Snakes n stogies
How did you get started in reptiles? (6:15, 9:30
When did you take it up a notch? (12:30, 14:00, 15:45
What is your direction and focus these days? (16:35, 20:00
What do you see long term for your trajectory keeping snakes? (23:00, 27:00,
How did THP start? (30:25, 34:00,
What motivated you to start the Chondrocast? (41:00, 42:00, 49:00
How did you decide to carve out even further time to start a FREE magazine publication? (51:30, 53:15, 54:30,
Snakes N Stogies? (1:02:00, 1:03:00,

New Guest Closing Questions:

Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (rob stone, eric burke, harlin wall,
What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (Gonyosoma janseni, ruschi’s, atheris nitchei,
If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (rough scale enclosure, scrub pair enclosure (Wamena))
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? (warn myself I’m going to get hooked for life)
If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be? (ignore social media, enjoy what you’re keeping, don’t get caught up in the popularity contest,

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enJune 19, 2020

Episode 9 - Reptile Room Essentials Part 2 w/ Ryan Presto

Closing Questions: starting around

Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? ( Eric Burke, Nick Mutton, Owen McIntyre, carpet guys, Ari Flagle, Dan Mulleary, Joe Abein?)
What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (every croc)
If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (chinese alligators, broad snouted caiman, walkout greenhouse)
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? (learning patience or learning how to be content) “don’t be a dog chasing care”
If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be? (be very cautious of all or nothing statements - & you don’t always have to win an argument)

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enMay 06, 2020

Episode 8 - Rhythm of the Room & the Legacy of MPR

Podcasting:

9 years of Morelia Python Radio

14:30 - 2012 - Blake Bower - Scrub show - left Owen on his own (LOL)
18:00 - CarpetFest - How it started from an idea!
22:00 - Owen & Travis - Long lost brothers

Learning from others

26:00 - Speaking in absolutes - Trying to steer away from being like that
34:00 - Finding Owen as a co-host
40:00 - Focusing on the guest and giving them a platform
What does your collection consist of these days?
- 1:00:00 - Space for large species
How many species have you roughly kept at any point in time?
- 1:02:00 - 32 species!!!
What has that variety taught you about your keeping style?
- 1:14:00 - Trying to be the guy for multiple species is harder than being that guy that's known for X
“Rhythm of the Room” - what does that phrase mean to you and your husbandry?
- Good show title!
- 1:20:00 - Learning to study your room, the changes in the ambients, and paying attention to your animal’s behavior
What are you looking forward to changing/upgrading/etc in your keeping? / What have you learned from your travels to Australia as far as your keeping is concerned?
- 1:40:00 - “Australia changed me.” Fundamental perspective about keeping has changed.
- 1:44:00 - Keeping snakes because we want a piece of nature.
- 1:47:00 - Go into the environment of the species you love
What advice would you give newer keepers looking to getting into snakes or Morelia in particular as far as husbandry is concerned?
- 1:55:00 - cages & racks...still a struggle within the community
- 2:02:00 - comparing keeping with cars - paint job vs looking under the hood
What are you looking forward to most for the future of your collection? / What are some of your goals?
- Moving toward caging - want to observe them better and understand them better
- 2:12:00 - Produce all the sub-species of carpets - fascinated with them!
- Documenting the Australian trips and understanding the various variabilities of carpets

Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (Rob Stone, Nick Mutton, Keith McPeek, Matt Minnetola, Owen McIntyre)
What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (Morelia imbricata)
If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (if different from the previous) (Australia slice; olives, fruit bats, carpets, some Australia slice)
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? (take your time, don’t go into business, grow into the business)
If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be?
1. 2:10:00 & 2:22:00 - Do/keep what you love! It may take time to find what that is.

Shout out your contact info - moreliapythonradio.net / ebmorelia.com

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enApril 22, 2020

Bullish on Gold & Government Bailouts

Bank Of America says gold is going to $3000 within 18 months. How does that correlate with government bailouts and the economy? Let's find out!

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Patriot Radio News Hour

enApril 21, 2020

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Bull Snakes and Room Dynamics with Travis Johnson

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)
  - Too hot can cause deformities
What's coming down the pipe for your bulls and the rest of your projects?
- Prove out poss hets
- Stillwater Hypo Patternless het Miami Axanthic poss het albino x Trumbower Hibino (Hypo Albino) het Patternless and Bullum Axanthic !!!
- Whitesided, albino, patternless, hypos, axanthics
What do you see for the future of bull snakes and do you think more people should be keeping them?
- The future is bright for bullsnakes! More morphs...more localities
- Plan ahead and contact bullsnakes breeders now! Don’t wait!
- Their popularity is on the rise!

Closing comments/wrapping up/ throwing out contact info and the season's production for people to watch out for

Carpet Fest 2020 - Facebook Group Link Here

Final remarks. plugging for the next episode. etc.

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Living Legless Reptile Website
LLR on Facebook

LLR on Instagram

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enMarch 25, 2020

Episode 6 - The Tired Debate: Racks vs. Cages

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.

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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