The world of parasites is complex and presents us reptile keepers with much to consider! Join me for a thought provoking discussion about parasites and reptile husbandry. 

We want to give our chameleons the best life possible and I go over five simple ways you can make a huge difference with you chameleon!

Isopods are one of the most common invertebrates used as clean-up crew in a bioactive environment. Today I talk with Rus Wilson from Aquarimax and he introduces us to this new world!

Reptile photographer Ferdy Timmerman joins us to talk about his approch to bioactive naturalistic environments.

Setting up a bio-active environment is just the first step. Now you have to maintain it! Today I talk with John Courteney-Smith MSRB about the ways that a bio-active environment could get in trouble and how to prevent that!

Walter Tanpondjou returns to the podcast after defending his PhD thesis and shares the studies he is involved in.

It is common to hear people in the chameleon community say that chameleons need to be in screen cages. Unfortunately, this is usually not the case, but there is no black and white in chameleon keeping and the answer becomes clear once we learn the nuances. So, today, we are going to learn about screen cages.

Today we talk about keeping baby and smaller chameleon species outdoors. I lay out the benefits, the challenges, and some techniques. 

Bioactive envronments have given us success with the rarer species and is a next step for the dedicated chameleon herpetoculturist.

The core of the bioactive system is the substrate. And this wouldn't be the Chameleon Academy if we didn't ask the questions as to what this means! In this episode, Josh Halter, the BioDude, shares with us what we should look for. Josh built his entire business on substrates for the bioactive vivarium! And in this episode he explains what is important when is obtaining or making an effective substrate.