Logan Hope of ThatBeardedBugGuy discusses his very popular Mourning gecko room in his home, housing over a hundred geckos, as well as some opinions about keeping tiny reptiles in such large enclosures. He also discusses in depth his Vietnamese Blue Beauty snakes, their enclosure setups, lighting, diets, and their very intelligent behaviors. Logan also talks about how he first got started in the exotic pet keeping world with bugs and tarantulas, leading him to share details of their enclosures, why he keeps them, and the fear surrounding spiders. We also talk about the story of his alligator that he recently nursed back to health and is continuing to rehabilitate at home.

2:39 The Bio Dude

3:14 Welcome Logan + The Mourning Gecko Room + Blue Beauty

11:20 Struggles with Large Enclosures for Tiny Animals

15:24 Feeding The Mourning Geckos

18:45 Logan’s Animal Room + Vietnamese Blue Beauty

28:29 Noticing The Intelligence of Reptiles + The Connection

30:04 Vietnamese Blue Beauty Enclosures + Flying Gecko

41:49 Logan’s Tarantulas + Setups

42:45 The Bio Dude Terra Fauna + Bug Grub

43:46 Logan’s Tarantulas + Setups

59:12 Fear Surrounding Tarantulas + Breeding Baby Tarantulas

1:05:46 Logan’s Alligator + Her Story

1:20:30 Logan Starting a YouTube Channel?

1:26:15 Logan at Expos + Closing Thoughts

Rebecca Hassler of Dragoon Gecko discusses her over fifteen years of experience in breeding leopard geckos, offering advice to newer leopard gecko breeders on how to get started breeding ethically. She shares details on how to succeed in breeding even before purchasing your gecko pairs, characteristics she looks for in breeding quality reptiles, and husbandry of leopard geckos, leading into the actual steps of breeding. Her undeniable passion for leopard geckos and breeding them is evident as she discusses the steps in breeding leopard geckos on a simplified level, as well as the beginnings of socializing them so that they are a great pet option for owners.

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Tommy Maxwell of Tommy’s Reptiles discusses his start in reptile keeping, focusing primarily on keeping Frilled Dragons in outdoor enclosures. He also briefly discusses his experience as a U.S. Navy Rescue Swimmer as well, highlighting reasons for joining, picking his job, and eventually retiring. Tommy discusses many aspects to frilled dragons including the enclosures he keeps them in, cohabitation, their personality, diet, size, natural behaviors, and more. He also goes over his struggles in breeding the species, with hopes to have clutches in the next couple of years. We also talk about his Spotted Turtle and Terrapin turtles, from their DIY bioactive enclosure builds, to cohabitation, to suggestions on good turtle species to keep. Tommy also highlights his love for monitor species and his start in purchasing his own Quinn Monitor, continuing to talk about their size, diets, and temperature requirements. Tommy also discusses short-from content creation and YouTube video creation, displaying his love and struggles with making videos.

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2:07 The Bio Dude Bioactive Kits

2:42 Welcome Tommy + His Experience in The Navy

7:22 Career Aspirations + Start in Reptile Keeping

15:33 Tommy’s Frilled Dragons

16:30 The Bio Dude Substrates + Bug Grub

17:31 Tommy’s Frilled Dragons

21:00 Cohabitation + Outside Enclosures of Frilled Dragons

26:58 Personality of Frilled Dragons

28:25 Diet of Frilled Dragons

30:24 Size of Frilled Dragons + Natural Behaviors

33:07 Breeding + Pricing of Baby Frilled Dragons

38:34 Spotted Turtle + Terrapin Enclosure Builds + Cohabitation

48:58 Thoughts on Best Turtle Species

52:07 Monitor Lizard Species

56:40 Quinn Lizard Size + Diet

1:02:08 Start in Reptile Keeping + Content Creation

1:13:07 Chinese Water Dragons

1:18:08 Closing Thoughts

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In this video, I discuss my thoughts on the creator of Tiger King (Eric Goode) making a docuseries focused on the reptile trade and smuggling. The links to everything I cite in the video are below.

John Kinney discusses his start in reptile keeping in the late 70’s and 80’s, working up to his large snake collection before moving away from the reptile hobby. He shares details of the issues he had during the time of keeping reptiles and the ethics behind it, as well as his experience in the animal testing pharmaceutical world. John shares what his previous duties were in that facility, the ethics behind it, his opinions on animal rights and PETA, and much more. Later on he highlights why he got back into reptile keeping and how he views the community today. We also discuss the snake species he is keeping currently as well as the enclosures he has them set up in. John also discusses his experience in working for Custom Reptile Habitats, experiencing the enclosure build offs with content creators, and his overall view of social media in the reptile community.

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