Reptile Living Room

Dr. Bondar is a published author, blogger and biologist. Her new book ‘The Nature of Human Nature’ is now available via her website Dr.Bondar.com In this interview we talk with her about why people fear snakes and where that fear may come from. Is it instinct? Is it something we are taught? We find out all this and more about humans and snakes in this incredible interview. We highly encourage you pick up her book and definitely check out her blog and read some of her awesome pieces that she’s writing you will not be disappointed.

Rico has spent many years within the herpetoculture realm of Green Tree Pythons and Emerald Tree Boas. Over that time he has acquired some incredible knowledge of the species and shares some of it with us in this show. We also learn about some of the genetics which are still being worked out as far as native populations are concerned. So, grab your notebooks folks and let’s learn together what’s involved in keeping Green Tree Pythons and Emerald Tree Boas.

Many of us in the herpetoculture industry are not only interested in reptiles. We are also interested in keeping arachnids. So when we came across Jonathan at the Reptile SuperShow recently we were initially impressed by his arachnids on display and after we talked to him a moment we were sold on the idea that this was someone we should have on the show. Jonathan is not only passionate about his arachnids but he’s also got the knowledge to back up that incredible passion! If you’re into arachnids and insects then you’re going to love this show. He talks to us about good species for beginners and even some advanced species and much more. We look forward to having him on the show in the future and he’s also agreed to write an article for an upcoming issue of Herpetoculture House eZine as well!

Heather Wong is known in the reptile community as an outstanding Ball Python breeder.  I can’t even begin to tell you how impressed I was when we saw her collection at the show that she was offering for sale. If you want a Ball Python then you need to speak with Heather.  In this interview she talks with us in depth about how to not only keep Ball Pythons but also gives us some in depth care advice and answers some listener questions as well.  Heather maintains her site Heathers Herps which we highly recommend you visit

In this interview Ricky of Ricky’s Reptile Enclosures talks with us about how he began designing reptile enclosures and what actually goes into the design of this incredible products! You may have seen the video we did at Reptile Apartment and this interview will further expand upon the topics we touched on there.

In this episode of Herp Chat we talk with Steve Sykes of Geckos Etc about reptile genetics and what it takes to actually create a morph and who decides what a morph is.

Justin Julander of Australian Addiction took the time to sit down with us and talk about the reptiles of Australian Addiction. He shared with us his early beginnings and gives some advice to new folks interested in getting into the herp industry.  We mainly focused on Australian Carpet Pythons in this particular interview but Justin also works with Irian Jaya Pythons as well.  Take a moment won’t you and learn a little about what it takes to maintain such an exotic addiction.  If you want to contact Justin or any of the folks from Australian Addiction its as easy as clicking the links provided.  We really enjoyed having Justin on the show and we even convinced him to come back and do an episode of Herp Chat with us later so we’re really looking forward to that too.

Tyler Stewart of Tortoise Supply.com talks with us about how he began his early career as a child catching Leopard Lizards in the Nevada desert and throwing rocks at crickets to feed the lizards.  He later moved on to become one of the premier of breeders of many species of Tortoises that are now available via his web site Tortoise Supply.com.  Tyler doesn’t only sell Tortoises, he also sells many of the supplies that are needed to care for these incredible reptiles in a captive environment.  Not to mention that he also hosts the only reptile show in Las Vegas with his partner Joe.  As if you needed any more of an excuse to go to Las Vegas now they have a reptile show.

Herp Report with Jason White Episode 2

We caught up with Eric Bristow of Oregon Gecko and he talked with us about not only his experiences and how he got into geckos in the first place but specifically about what has become one of my favorite species that I have yet to own.  I am of course speaking of the Chinese Cave Gecko.