Morelia Pythons Radio

This is the first show for MPR 2014 and we will be joined by Nathan Garrod. Nathan is the owner and operator of Chimera Productions Herpetoculturalist & Freelance Wildlife Wrangler. We will be talking to him about what is like for a day in the life of a snake catcher. He has first hand knowledge of what its like to be in the enviorment of the coastal carpet python. We will discuss his observations and opinions on carpet pythons in the wild. We will also hit on his personal collection. Be sure to check out his website. http://chimeraproductionswildlife.com.au/

The MPR holiday show!

On this episode we will be talking about one of the most under rated pythons of the carpet complex. The bredli python. When I think of bredlis I think of one person Nick Mutton of Inland Reptiles. We will be talking about natural history, how they diverged from carpet pythons, keeping and breeding and of course some of the morphs. Nick works with the most genetically diverse group of Morelia bredli in the US. I have a feeling that this will be one of those episodes that people will listen to over and over again.

In this episode we will walk you through our appraoch to breeding carpet pythons. We will take you from pre-season all the way up to selling babies. If your new to breeding carpets this will be an epsode that you won't want to miss. We will hit on feeding, cooling, pairing, combat, what to look for with your female, Incubation (AI and MI) hatching, etc, etc,  

We will announce the winners of the Annual Morelia Python Radio Calendar contest.

In this episode we will catch up with Kasper from Singular Reptiles. Kasper has some cutting edge morelia projects and we will be discussing what he has going on for the upcoming 2014 breeding season.

In this episode we are joined by Eddy Brown. Eddy has tons of expirence when it comes to keeping reptiles. From his work at the Birmingham Zoo to his private collection, we will break down just what Eddy is doing. This is a show not to miss.

In this episode we are joined by Steve Tillis of RepTillis Herps http://www.reptillisherps.com/ Steve is a small scale part time reptile breeder located in Central Florida northeast of Orlando. He works with Carpet pythons, Ball pythons, Kenyan sand boas and Red Blood Pythons. We will be talking about his approach to keeping pythons. In particular his approach to using ambient temps for keeping and breeding his pythons. We will also hit on his approach to running a reptile business.

We will be talking about various topics in the world of morelia.

We are honored to be joined by Jim Kuroski, founder of Morelia pythons.com. www.moreliapythons.com The best morelia forum on the web. We will talk about what it was like in those early years and talk about scrub pythons and carpets.

In this episode we will bring you the first ever "chondro round table"  Owen and I will be joined by Brian Fischer, David Newman and Jason Stevens to discuss and debate various topics related to chondros. We have focused on some of the introductory topics such as Difficulties in husbandry and breeding, Lineage and genetics and the implications of the paper that separates chondros out into 2 different species. We are glad to be joined by some of the best of the chondro community to debate and debunk some of the misconceptions that surround chondros and their care.

Tonight we celebrate our 2 years of bringing you MPR. We will talk about the history, our favorite moments and where we are going. We will also announce the annual Morelia Python Radio Calander contest.

Tonight we are honored to have Fredrik Averback join us and talk about the success he had reproducing Morelia Boeleni. This species has only been reproduced in captivity a few times and Fredrik will talk to us about what he feels led to his success with the species. This is a must listen for all you morelia heads out there.

Tonight we will discuss our upcoming seasons and some things that we are excited about. We also want to hear from you. What has you excited about this upcoming breeding season? Call in and pimp it out. We will be joined by Jeff Godbold from the new show Corallus Radio will be coming by to give us a sneak peak into the new show that focuses on the genus corallus.

Tonight we have a special guest not only is he one of the founders in the chondro world he is also one of the biggest breeders of snakes in the world. You have probably heard Eugene on other reptile podcasts and as you probably know he is very inspirational and I am sure tonight will not be any different.   We have such topics as his take on the history of chondros, reptile eggs and does the lunar cycle effect snakes? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ophiological-Services/123617861038825

In this episode we are chating carpet pythons with Bill Stegall M.D. from Phoenix Reptiles www.phoenixreptiles.net

Rob is back to finsh the show from last week and talk to us about his Rhino rat snakes. Im sure we will hit on some other topics that we missed from last week aswell.

In this episode Rob Stone from High Plains Herptoculture joins us. http://www.rhinorats.com/Index.html We will be talkning with Rob about all of the coll species he has and is working with. Which ranges from rhino rat snakes to halmahera scrubs. This will be a jammed pack episode that you won't want to miss.

Chuck Vogel will be joining us tonight to talk about Kofiau Chondros and his expierences with them. We will also be talking to Chuck about the upcoming 1st Annual Costa Rican International Herpetological Symposium & Field Exploration.  A new model in herp conferences, combining the traditional presentations, with full scale field herping, led by some of the most experienced eyes in the field.....Bill Lamar, Alejandro Solorzano, Cesar Barrio, and more.   www.selvaverde.com