The Exotic Pet Collective

This week I sat down with Ryan from Marshall Arachnids to discuss his background in zoology and animal husbandry and how it impacts his tarantula husbandry. We discuss the controversial issues of tarantula care and husbandry and why the bare minimum basic husbandry might no longer be sufficient as we learn more about these arachnids in the wild and in captivity. This episode is sur

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I sit down with Sheanna, Austin and Jayzun from the Pet Bug's Department of Josh's Frogs and discuss feeding, breeding, and packaging spiders as well as what it is like working at Josh's Frogs. It was a great conversation where we really get a peek behind the curtain as to what exactly is going on at Josh's Frogs.Enter the Halloween Giveaway: https://youtu.be/AFyVzGoQxTkCheck Out J

So what REALLY happened with Eresus Spider Shop? They came on the scene hot with a lot of awesome species and then had a MASSIVE sale! But somewhere around a few months ago things seemed to quickly fall apart leaving many customers upset and waiting for weeks for their orders to ship. Some people called it a scam, some people blamed me, but sometimes the truth is a lot more complic

Todays guest is the AMAZING Debra Wilson. You probably know her as the longest-serving original cast member on the sketch comedy series Mad TV. She has also had voice roles in video games such as Rebecca Thane in Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Grace Walker in the Wolfenstein series, Amanda Waller in Batman: The Enemy Within and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Renata Glasc in Leagu

This week I sit down with Rachell Marie aka @rachellmvriee, or Tarantula Creep Show on TikTok. She is a tattoo artist in Akron, Oh that is very talented tattooing spiders. She is also a tarantula and exotic pet keeper that has a TikTok about her unique pets that has over 200k followers, with millions and millions of views! This was a fun conversation and I hope you enjoy!Follow Rac

Today I talk to Shenay aka Slightly Venomous about her appearance on America's Got Talent. She gives us some insight into that experience, what led her down that path, as well as how she started keeping inverts and other exotic pets and making content for TikTok and YouTube.Visit our sponsors website Arthropod Ambassadors: https://www.arthropod-ambassadors.com/Slightly Venomous:Ins

Today I am talking to Wilderness Nate from Microwilderness.com about his experiences breeding and selling tarantulas online. He is based out of Los Angeles, CA and is a tarantula dealer to the stars. He has an interesting story on how he became a tarantula breeder and works on some cool Aphonopelma projects that not only gets some cool species into the hobby, but also helps bolster

ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF VENOMOUS WORDS: https://gleam.io/hYBSX/venonmous-words-book-giveawayToday I am talking to Gordon Riley, better know as Venom Macro on Instagram, about the recently published book Venomous Words that was a collaboration between he and author/poet Jeff Oliver. We discuss the new book, macro photography, keeping spiders and scorpions and more!Buy your own copy o

Today I am talking Tokay Geckos, Day Geckos, Crested Geckos and MORE with DB CB Exotics. If you have ever been curious about starting your own exotic pet business, then you will enjoy this discussion where we talk about how he launched and maintains his business breeding and selling reptiles and the upsides and pitfalls that come along with running your own exotic pet business. DB