Reptile Room Podcast

Episode 8 - Rhythm of the Room & the Legacy of MPR

Episode Summary

This week we are joined by Eric Burke of EB Morelia and Morelia Python Radio to discuss all the ins and outs of Reptile Podcasting and Dialing in a Reptile Room. Eric has many years of experience working with a wide variety of species of snakes and how challenging some can be and what it takes. He also has years of podcasting experience!

Episode Notes

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

1. Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (Rob Stone, Nick Mutton, Keith McPeek, Matt Minnetola, Owen McIntyre)
2. What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (Morelia imbricata)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be?
   1. 2:10:00 & 2:22:00 - Do/keep what you love! It may take time to find what that is.

Shout out your contact info - moreliapythonradio.net / ebmorelia.com

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