Apr 22 2020 152 mins 1
Podcasting:
9 years of Morelia Python Radio
- 14:30 - 2012 - Blake Bower - Scrub show - left Owen on his own (LOL)
- 18:00 - CarpetFest - How it started from an idea!
- 22:00 - Owen & Travis - Long lost brothers
Learning from others
- 26:00 - Speaking in absolutes - Trying to steer away from being like that
- 34:00 - Finding Owen as a co-host
- 40:00 - Focusing on the guest and giving them a platform
- What does your collection consist of these days?
- 1:00:00 - Space for large species
- How many species have you roughly kept at any point in time?
- 1:02:00 - 32 species!!!
- What has that variety taught you about your keeping style?
- 1:14:00 - Trying to be the guy for multiple species is harder than being that guy that's known for X
- “Rhythm of the Room” - what does that phrase mean to you and your husbandry?
- Good show title!
- 1:20:00 - Learning to study your room, the changes in the ambients, and paying attention to your animal’s behavior
- What are you looking forward to changing/upgrading/etc in your keeping? / What have you learned from your travels to Australia as far as your keeping is concerned?
- 1:40:00 - “Australia changed me.” Fundamental perspective about keeping has changed.
- 1:44:00 - Keeping snakes because we want a piece of nature.
- 1:47:00 - Go into the environment of the species you love
- What advice would you give newer keepers looking to getting into snakes or Morelia in particular as far as husbandry is concerned?
- 1:55:00 - cages & racks...still a struggle within the community
- 2:02:00 - comparing keeping with cars - paint job vs looking under the hood
- What are you looking forward to most for the future of your collection? / What are some of your goals?
- Moving toward caging - want to observe them better and understand them better
- 2:12:00 - Produce all the sub-species of carpets - fascinated with them!
- Documenting the Australian trips and understanding the various variabilities of carpets
- Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (Rob Stone, Nick Mutton, Keith McPeek, Matt Minnetola, Owen McIntyre)
- What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (Morelia imbricata)
- If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (if different from the previous) (Australia slice; olives, fruit bats, carpets, some Australia slice)
- If you could go back in time to a younger you right before you got into reptiles, what wisdom would you impart upon your younger self? (take your time, don’t go into business, grow into the business)
- If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be?
- 2:10:00 & 2:22:00 - Do/keep what you love! It may take time to find what that is.
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