Finishing off 'Hogose; A History' season with the OG formula of just us two reptile gals talking about the things we find important, we bring you an episode where we share what we thought about the interviews we had this season and where we think hognoses are headed. We had some truly stellar guests on and made some hognose history with our dynamic discussions the past few months, and we could not be more proud or grateful for it! Thank you again to all our wonderful hognose friends and keep on keeping on.
The heart of the hognose community today, many would agree, is Jeff Galewood Jr. of JMG Reptile. In this wonderfully engaging and entertaining interview with Jeff, we round out our history of hognoses with fun stories, past experiences, and personal tales. And since we are well aware that Jeff Galewood has a large social media following and personality already, we endeavored to carefully curate our questions in such a way to hear things Jeff has never said before - and it seems we managed to make that happen! Please enjoy our final interview of Season Three with one of the most well-respected and well-known hognose OGs in the hobby!
The time is nigh! Our second-to-last interview of the season where we learn all about the history of hognoses in the reptile community takes place with none other than the LEGENDARY Richard Evans! Richard is the father of hognose morphology in this community and we have much to be grateful to this man for. Not least of all is that he is an absolutely lovely person who was entertaining and pleasant to work with for this episode.We hope you enjoy this extremely rare and historical interview with the namesake of the Evan's Hypo gene!
On this episode of our Hogcast's "Hognose, A History" Season, we bring on one of the 'OG’s', who's been keeping reptiles since the late 80’s and started breeding in the 90’s. He was one of the very first to see the value in hognose snakes before they became popular. We were extremely excited and proud to present this opportunity to hear first hand experience and know-how from one of the original breeders of our time. It will be educational, it will be hard to hear at times but so important, and it will be fun and silly, too! Join us in learning about the history of hognose, with the one and only, Kevin Rhodes! (aka Hognose1 on his socials)
We're back!Welcome to Season Three, titled "Hognose, a History", and we are kicking things off with one of our favorite female hognose breeders out there, Alicia Lawes of AML Reptiles. Our goal is to delve into the history of hognosedom this season, and we have recorded some amazing discussions with true hognose pioneers to make it happen. Alicia is a stellar breeder, person, and friend, and we hope you will enjoy listening and learning from her as much as we did!
To close out Season Two and gift our amazing listeners with a special Christmas episode, we invited Viek from Round Rock Reptile to come on our show and talk to us about brumation! It's a wee bit chilly out there for some of us right now, and many keepers and breeders of hognose are cooling off their hognoses for the winter as we speak, so it felt only right! Thank you for a wonderful year and Merry Holidays to all!
A quick recap plus a longer discussion of extras when looking back on a whole year of the Hogcast! We talk about our sticking points (mainly humidity) and how our views have changed, the sticking points we have seen in the community surrounding glove use, and explain why a podcast with a nutritionist as a host doesn't talk about nutrition! Thank you so much for 62 followers, and we hope to capture more hearts (and moons!) next year!
Welcome back everyone! Heart and Moon are both super excited to be back with such an important episode - on a topic that should be probably be considered before even getting a hognose snake! How to set up a biosecurity program that suits you is our aim with this first episode since Heart's move to her new home in Minnesota. Moon says we may know the diseases that run rampant in our reptilian community, but some folks may be unsure how to avoid them. And as Heart points out, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure -so let’s get to preventing disease outbreaks for our beloved scaley friends and discuss safe practices we believe to be beneficial.
According to Heart and Moon, here are the seven deadly sins of reptile breeders in the last episode before winter break! Ranked from least offensive to absolute no-no's, we go over our list of red flags to watch out for when looking to buy your next scaley friend. Also, Tryn cannot pronounce 'grumpy uncle'. But that's okay. We all have our weaknesses.
In this episode we have the privilege of digging through the mind of a lifelong scientist; our very special guest Dr. Donald Johnston makes an appearance and leads us through Genetics 102! Don has a PhD in molecular biology and holds a BS in biochemistry. He is also a friend of Tryn's, and a fellow Seasonal Naturalist with her at Northwest Trek. We could not have asked anyone better to give us such an exciting, fun, and yet gentle dive into genetics! We go deep on some other topics, too. So grab your coffee and have a notepad ready - we certainly learned a lot from Don during this episode, and we hope you will, too!
Today we go over the good, the bad, and the 'Ruh Ruh Raggy' about Dysecdysis (i.e. bad sheds). Since Soo was a little under the weather, Tryn did most of the heavy lifting in this episode, but your dynamic duo was no less passionate or playful as we discussed why dysecdysis is undesirable, how to prevent it, and what to do when it happens!
We're sssssstoked to bring you this extremely fun and informative episode featuring Zowie (pronounced Zoh-wee) of ZA Reptiles! Zowie is a reptile educator for children, with a focus on conservation, who takes us on an inspiring journey with her as she details how she found her calling! She opens minds and hearts for a living, and shows animal lovers that there are more critter-based professions out there beyond zookeeper, vet, and breeder. This is one of our favorite interviews for the inspiration it has brought us, and will continue to bring others (we hope!) It was an honor having ZA Reptiles represented on our show - please enjoy and have a great time learning alongside us!
We interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcasting (or whatever) to bring you this short, special episode about Suzi Moon's recent trip up to Washington State from her hometown in Cali to Visit Tryniti Heart for a wild, jam-packed weekend of reptile and chocolate-y fun!
We have some unknown quantity of little regrets to share in this episode; things we wish we knew before getting our very first hognoses. But perhaps we can help you dodge some of these regrets and mistakes by sharing what we know now! Listen in and share with us the things you wish you knew about your hognose, or other pets, before you got them!
Get ready, and dont worry! Part of what we try to do this episode is to help unlock the complicated mysteries of hognose genetics! Recessive, incomplete dominant, and dominant... do you know how these different types of genes work? We're saving the topic of polygenics for it's own episode because, trust us- there's more than enough to talk about!
Who knew bedding could lead to such a heartfelt and passionate episode by two snake loving dorks? We did! And here is the proof! In this episode Tryn Heart and Suzi Moon discuss the substrates that should be avoided at all costs, the substrates we like and use, and even how we can be conscientious about the sustainability of our bedding choices. For those interested in the link mentioned by Tryn near the end of the episode to learn more about safe soil options, check here: https://www.thebiodude.com/blogs/the-science-behind-the-soils/the-nitrogen-cycle-and-bioactive-terraria
Pobodys nerfect and in the name of growing with the standard of care, we will be putting out an amendment episode once a season with corrections we catch from the previous episodes. Proper reptile care evolves every year and we want to grow with that new information! Now that that's out of the way, let's talk with George Speer who is a Physicians Assistant who specializes in viruses and bacteria in our quest to understand as much as we can about the diseases that effect hognose snakes!
We have three special guests on our very first episode of Season Two, where we play Reptile Jeopardy using categories and questions of our own design! Our guests for this episode are Teresa and Arya of Hip Hogs, Joe and Torri of Kovach Reptiles, and Elise of HoggieElise. Thanks for joining us, we had such a blast! Listen in to find out who won and maybe learn some neat factoids along the way! Anyone want to be a contestant for our next game?
In the final episode of Season One, we invited Teresa Torab of Hip Hogs to join us in a discussion about Cryptosporidium. It was a real pleasure getting to talk to Teresa on this subject, and we learned so much from her. We hope this discussion leads to positive changes and methods in the hognose community and reptile industry at large for keeping all of our scaley friends safe for generations to come! Knowledge is the key to improving our community.
Come listen in on our insights on reading snake body language and learning how to handle snakes. Reading snakes is a huge part of avoiding negative experiences with our reptilian counterparts! These are our insights on what we have personally observed, come learn about the different modes their minds go into. Participate on our poll and let us know which personality you have at home.