Daffy's Round Table

Episode 49 of Daffy’s round Table! On this episode I’m joined by my first Australian guest Coop of Coop’s Reptiles!! Join us as we discuss Australian herpetoculture, keeping reptiles outside, and finding reptiles in the wild. We also talk about blue tongue skinks, egernia and Boyd’s forest Dragons! Follow Coop on Instagram: https://instagram.com/coopvdw?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Subscribe to Coop’s YouT...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 48 of Daffy’s Round Table!  For this episode I am joined by the one and only Dominique difalco of the Modern Medusa podcast to discuss women in the hobby, the inspiration behind starting her podcast and creating the female herpers and reptile keepers group. We also talk about Dominique’s collection and her love for Green tree pythons! Huge thank you to t...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 47 of Daffy’s Round Table! MOUNTAIN HORNED DRAGONS!!! It’s no secret that mountain horned dragons are one of my favourite species unfortunately they are hard to come by and information on their care is even harder to come by. That’s why for this episode I’ve invited two of my friends and fellow Acanthosaura keepers to help spread some more information on Moun...

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 46 of Daffy’s round table.  In this episode I’m joined by three incredible people to answer the question should influencers be breeders.  All three of my guests today come from different backgrounds and have different experiences in the reptile hobby which also means that everyone has a different opinion when it comes to answering this question.&nbsp...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 45 Of Daffy’s Round Table. My guest for this episode is Connor of Westgate exotics to talk about inverts or bugs or creepy crawlies or whatever you want to call them. Join us to learn all about jumping spiders and millipedes and centipedes and isopods and all kinds of other awesome inverts. Follow Westgate Exotics on Instagram: https://instagram.com/westgatee...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 44 of Daffy’s Round table! In this episode we sit-down with mark pepper to hear the story of Understory Enterprises. How it was first founded. The work that was done to get dart frogs from Peru all the way to hobbyists in Canada and just general dart frog husbandry.  Follow Understory Enterprises on IG:  https://instagram.com/understory_enterprises_...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 43 of Daffy’s Round table! For this episode we have Billy Sveen of creepers herpetoculture.  Billy was a guest on project herpetoculture where they talked about developing his 10 tenants, what they included and the importance of developing tenets. This is a really good episode that I highly recommend you check out here:   https://podcasts.apple.com/...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 42 of Daffy’s Round Table! On todays episode we step away from reptiles to learn about another niche hobby. Ants! I met Zachary from the Canada Ant Colony at one of the expos a few months ago and went down a rabbit hole of looking up ants after seeing his booth. So I reached out to him and he agreed to come on the show and teach us about ants! We talk all abo...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 41 off Daffy’s round table.  On this episode I’m joined once again by my good friend Jenn aka Jayhayjay.  Today’s episode is going to be a little different. Jenn and I discuss why new comers to the hobby generally stick to species like ball pythons, leopard geckos and cresties. We discuss why diversifying your keeping portfolio is important and what...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 40 of Daffy’s Round Table!  In this episode I am joined by James of Top Shelf geckos and we’re going to be talking about collard lizards! I get into why I wanted to discuss this species in the episode but the second I saw them on James’s booths at one of the expos I immediately knew I wanted to do an episode on them.  We get into collard lizard natu...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 39 of Daffy’s Round Table! For todays episode I have Dr. Alec Brown DVM joining me to tell us his experiences as a reptile vet and teach us how we can better our husbandry and hopefully reduce the need for vet visits!  We discuss common cases seen in reptiles and what causes them as well as the problem with reptile supplements and when UVB use is needed....

Hello everybody and welcomed to episode 38 of Daffy’s Round Table! My guest for today's episode is Dan the turtle man! Join us as we discuss different species of turtles, which species make good pets and the best way to setup your pet turtle. We also take a deep dive into diamond back terrapin husbandry, and Dan’s experiences with breeding. Huge shoutout and thank you to Exo Terra for sponsoring t...

Welcome to the Exo Terra Game Show!! On this episode I’m joined by James Ellis, reptile manager at Critter Jungle and Jesse De Luca, acting manager of Exo Terra in Canada! Join us as we compare different Exo Terra products like the Tropical Plant Growth LED, the Landscaping Substrate and the Monsoon spraying systems. We also end the episode on a guess the species game, play along and see if you ca...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 36 of Daffy’s Round Table! One niche that I’m a really big fan of in this hobby is caudates. I keep a few species myself but don’t still consider myself a beginner and have tons of questions. In this episode my guest is Josiah from serpents and salamanders and we’re going to talk all about his experiences raising and breeding these incredible animals! Thank y...

Hello everybody and welcome back to episode 35 of Daffy’s round table.  This week we’re gonna tackle a concept that we’ve discussed in multiple episodes and it’s also been discussed on both the amphibicast podcast and the animals at home podcast.  I’m referring to the differences between the aquarium hobby and the reptile hobby. We’re going to be discussing the different technology...

Welcome to episode 34 of Daffy’s Round Table and part 2 of my conversation with Chase Jennings of Houston Frogs!  Last week we discussed how Chase cultures mushrooms, mycelium and other plants for use in our vivariums And we discussed all the awesome products he’s working on to advance the dart frog hobby!  This week we discuss different feeder options and get a tour of one of the Housto...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 33 of Daffy’s round table  This week I have another special episode for the frog nerds! Chase Jennings of Houston Frogs is doing some crazy innovative stuff for the frog hobby from temperature indicators and emergency frog care packages to culturing fungi and all sorts of tissue culture plants for use in our vivariums.  Join me as chase tells u...

Welcome to episode 32 of Daffy’s round table. Living in Canada snake bites are not something we have to worry about too often but in some parts of the world snake bites can be a big problem. The world health organization estimates around 1.8-2.7 million envenomations each year. These bites end up in limb amputations, permanent disabilities and in many cases death. Most of these bites happen in Afr...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 31 of Daffy’s Round Table.  In todays episode we’re going to be talking about managing larger collections, tips to organize yourself and how to not get overwhelmed. Todays guest is the the perfect guest for this conversation and not because she has a huge collection but because of how she handles this giant collection beautifully and manages to do so wit...

Episode 30 of Daffy’s Round Table! For todays episode I have another good friend of mine and another reptile keeper from the Ottawa area, Avery Binns, and we’re going to talk all about the ocellated skink. We discuss Avery’s experiences keeping and breeding these incredible species and what their future in the hobby looks like. And Ofcourse a special thanks to the show’s sponsor Exo Terra for maki...

Welcome to your survival guide for power outages. On this episode I’m joined by my good friends Jenn Haylor & Theo Tsangaris to talk about the “derecho” storm that hit Canada in May 2022 and how it affected fish and reptile keepers. We also discuss what would be included in an ideal survival kit and how you can be ready if something like this happens in your area!  And Ofcourse a special...

Welcome to your survival guide for power outages in an animal room. On this episode I’m joined by my good friends Jenn Haylor & Theo Tsangaris to talk about the “derecho” storm that hit Ontario in May 2022 and how it affected fish and reptile keepers. We also discuss what would be included in an ideal survival kit and how you can be ready if something like this happens in your area!  And...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 27 of Daffy’s Round Table  On this episode were talking leopard geckos with Derek Bird of Birdseyeherping Derek is a good friend of mine who is also based here in Ottawa and so we’re frequently hanging out and having interesting conversations about reptiles Ofcourse so I figured we might aswell hit record and share some of those conversations with you gu...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 26 of Daffy’s Round Table On this episode we’re talking pythons with Billy Hunt of Uwabami Reptiles. Billy is an incredible breeder who has worked with many different types of pythons over the years and today we’re going to talk about his experiences keeping and breeding these beautiful snakes as well as what cool projects he’s working on. We also cover nutri...

On this episode I had the honour of sitting down with Jesse deluca the National Product Specialist at Exo Terra and talking about how Exo Terra changed the hobby, the exo terra expeditions and picking his brain about some of his favourite Exo Terra products!  We also talk about Jesse’s collection at home and his experiences with wildlife photography and leaving out trail cameras to see what w...