I have watched your videos a lot, and they are very entertaining. I love your enthusiasm.
I keep a fair amount of reptiles myself, but because I am very interested in conservation, I don't really do morphs.
My questions are:
1) Would you consider taking in some unknown/unpopular species up just for the sake of conservation?
I am a little disappointed when I go to Hamm (germany) only to see ridiculous amounts of Python regius and Python bivittatus. While I am happy that these animals are so popular, and definitely saved from extinction (at least in captivity) it makes me sad to see very little diversity, knowing that captive breeding is a good way to conserve species.
2) Do you work with Antaresia perthensis? I see a lot of potential in these guys being small, hardy and pretty.
3) I am not a big fan of racking systems, but so far we don't know enough about reptile psychology to tell if it really is bad or perfectly fine. What do you do to keep up with the science out there, and would you change your production methods if it was proven that racks/minimalistic enclosures are a stressful?
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Hey Brian,
I have watched your videos a lot, and they are very entertaining. I love your enthusiasm.
I keep a fair amount of reptiles myself, but because I am very interested in conservation, I don't really do morphs.
My questions are:
1) Would you consider taking in some unknown/unpopular species up just for the sake of conservation?
I am a little disappointed when I go to Hamm (germany) only to see ridiculous amounts of Python regius and Python bivittatus. While I am happy that these animals are so popular, and definitely saved from extinction (at least in captivity) it makes me sad to see very little diversity, knowing that captive breeding is a good way to conserve species.
2) Do you work with Antaresia perthensis? I see a lot of potential in these guys being small, hardy and pretty.
3) I am not a big fan of racking systems, but so far we don't know enough about reptile psychology to tell if it really is bad or perfectly fine. What do you do to keep up with the science out there, and would you change your production methods if it was proven that racks/minimalistic enclosures are a stressful?
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