Picking out the name for your pet reptile is not easy and something we get asked about often! Tune in and hear how Neptune and Tarzan got their names and overused names everyone seems to be using! Then stick around for this week's Reptile Mom Hot Take: surviving is not thriving. You're gonna want to hear what we have to say about that! 

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0:00 How we named our reptiles

24:30 Commonly used names

28:05 Tips for naming reptiles

31:25 How we named the podcast

36:58 Surviving isn't thriving

There's a lot that goes into owning and caring for a pet reptile. This episode we talk about the mistakes we see new keepers make all of the time. Including using the improper UVB, using reptile carpet, and only feeding your reptile mealworms. With the weather getting colder in this week's 'Tips from the Pros' we talk about ways to keep your reptile warm. 

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0:47 Mistakes new reptile keepers make

32:17 Tips for keeping reptiles in the winter

41:36 Outro

Keeping lots of animals is pretty common in the reptile hobby, but at what point is it too many animals? We discuss the max number of animals we would keep and the days of reptile keeping when people would have hundreds of animals. And are you the type of girl to pay on the first date or will you offer to split the check? The two of us have different opinions on this one! 

We talk about how it can be isolating to be a female in the reptile hobby and how sometimes we're not taken seriously until you keep a larger, more difficult species. We also discuss the lack of female keeper mentors in the hobby and where we hope things will be in the next 20 years. And tune to this week's segment where we blind rank some of our favorite Disney movies! 

As the holiday season approaches, people are deciding what to give as gifts and sometimes reptiles are on the list. We discuss the reasons when it is and is not okay to gift a pet reptile and hear about how Lyssa was gifted her first reptile Charlie for Christmas 15 years ago! This week's segment is, 'Reptile Mom Hot Takes' and we're going to chat about why your reptile doesn't love you.

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We've all heard it before, "Do they live together?" "What do you feed them?". Listen in as we chat about the things we hear when people find out we have pet reptiles. Then learn more about this week's 'Tips from the Pros' as we talk about the benefits of buying bugs online. 

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Dating is hard, but dating with reptiles is even harder. Tune in as we talk about whether or not we'd tell a guy on a first date that we have pet reptiles and sharing some of our favorite dating stories. Then stick around for this week's segment: 'Are you the type of girl to..." and let us know if you like to have long or short nails. 

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