In this special bonus episode, Phil and Roy have a discussion with María Elena Barragán of Fundación Herpetólogica Gustavo Orcés and Vivarium de Quito in Ecuador. Discussion topics include María Elena's background as a herpetologist, the complexity of keeping herpetofauna on public display, the issue of snakebite in Ecuador, and more!

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• International Snakebite Awareness Day: https://snakebiteawareness.org/champions/barragan/
• Vivarium de Quito: https://vivarium.org.ec/en/
• Save the Snakes: www.savethesnakes.org
• Project Black Python: www.projectblackpython.org

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This week Phil and Roy have a conversation with Troy Bumgardner (@zookeeper_troy) of Denver Zoo. Troy is a longtime zookeeper who also has a collection of herpetofauna at home. Discussion topics include bats (!), advantages and disadvantages of zookeeping and private herpetoculture, enrichment, lighting, and more!

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Phil and Roy have a conversation with Conner Jones (philothamnus on instagram). Conversation topics include Conner's roots in herpetoculture and how aquaculture came first for him, trends in herpetoculture, species of interest to Conner, and much much more!

SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/4-conner-jones/

John Courteney-Smith MRSB of Arcadia Reptile joins us on the podcast again to the research and development process that is necessary to develop new reptile products. In his episode, we discuss the current state of herpetoculture (both the positives and negatives), new reptile technology, whether or not you should use a substrate divider in your vivaria, and the benefits and criticisms of the Deep Heat Projector. John also walks us through the development of Arcadia's new mercury-vapor bulb (D3EVO) specifically designed for the North American market as well as their new tortoise diet (Optimised52).

SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/139-jcs/

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Project: Herpetoculture hosts Phil and Roy chop it up with Ron St. Pierre. We talk about Ron's history in the trade, we ask Ron some big broad questions about our industry, and what could change in our field in the future. This is an episode for the ages!

SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/3-ron-st-pierre/

Fraser Gilchrist gives us a deep dive into why he's had such success breeding Egyptian tortoises, and what their care entails. Is this the best small pet tortoise that many keepers are undervaluing? Also, Fraser goes over his projects with wide-mouth agamas, Angolan pythons, and more. Enjoy.

SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/7-fraser-gilchrist/

Phil and Roy have a great conversation with the one and only Eric Haycraft (@casquehead on Instagram). We talk about similarities between Herpetoculture and martial arts, Eric's setups, his ideas around care and progress, how to build a long-term project of lizards, and more!

SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/2-eric-haycraft/

Roy and Phil discuss the launch of the podcast, the goals of the show, and thoughts about herpetoculture broadly.

SHOW NOTES: https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/1-why-herpetoculture/

Phillip Lietz of Arid's Only and Roy Arthur Blodgett of Wellspring Herpetoctulture are collaborating on a new venture together called Project: Herpetoculture. In this episode, both Phil and Roy update us on their current projects and then we delve into the philosophical principles that govern reptile-keeping. What is the purpose of keeping reptiles? Is it your God-given right to keep reptiles? How do we keep the practice of reptile keeping alive and well? And of course, we wrap up the episode with a discussion about Project: Herpetoculture which will be the latest show to be released on the Animals at Home Network.

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Francis Cosquieri gives us a deep dive into hognose bites, their venom, the severity and the reality of the situation and likelihood of a bite. This is a hyper detailed discussion of western hognose snake venom that all owners should take head to. Enjoy.