Exotic Pets Podcast
1) Caring for Exotic Pets and Wildlife
#343: Dr. Angela Lennox, owner of the Avian and Exotic Vet Clinic in Indianapolis, traces her concern for the welfare of animals back to the eight baby possums she rescued from a roadside as a girl, w...Show More
2) A Better World for Betta Fish
#342: Ariel Heinicke in Berkeley California created the Betta World for Bettas advocacy group to raise awareness about the harmful way these beautiful popular fish are warehoused and sold by the big b...Show More
3) Please Don't Gift a Snake or a Turtle to Anyone
#341: Doug Mader reminds you that whether it’s a tortoise that lives many decades, or a mouse that only lives a short while, it is never a good idea to give anyone a living thing — other than a housep...Show More
4) Alfred the Little Albino Tortoise Talks to Tracie
#340: Paul Radice at Angels Hatchery and his wife Judith were the first breeders to create Albino tortoises — and enchanted Tracie by introducing her to Albert, the great grandson of their first breed...Show More
5) The Sad Fate of the Southern Hognose Snake
#339: Jeff Beane is Herpetology Collections Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences where he has been documenting the shrinking populations since 1985. He talks about the South...Show More
6) Meet the Masters of African Cichlids: 50 Years, 45 Varieties, One Legendary Hatchery
#338: Paul Radice and his wife Judith at Angels Hatchery first brought this hardy colorful fish from the 3 largest lakes in Africa 50 years ago and are still breeding the 45 most popular varieties.
7) The Python Huntress in Naples, Florida
#337: Python Huntress on Instagram, Amy Siewe leads guided hunts to kill invasive Burmese pythons, her biggest kill being a 17 foot snake. A “herper” who loves snakes and used to breed small ones, Amy...Show More
8) How About an African Emperor Scorpion as a Pet?
#336: Dr. Doug explains that scorpions — which are over 200 million years old, the oldest living animal on earth, — are unusual as an exotic pet. African Emperor scorpions — "ominous looking, yet fair...Show More
9) Play with Beaktivity (and Your Food!)
#335: Avian specialist and house call parrot veterinarian Dr. Ann Bourne talks about having helped Sue & John with the development of the Beaktivity hanging parrot toy, which makes parrots happy becau...Show More
10) Reptile Got Mites? Give your snake a bath in olive oil!
#334: Dr. Doug discusses mites on snakes — and the different mites that get on lizards — and how to treat them with an olive oil rub down, or the medication Provent-a-mite.