Daffy's Round Table

Hello and welcome to the last episode of 2023! As we wrap up 2023, let me quickly say thank you to everyone thats been listening along and supporting this year it truly means a lot to me. And if you haven’t already give the podcast a review on whatever platform you listen to it on it really helps the show out! 2023 has been an incredible year and I have big plans for 2024 so stay tuned!! Huge than...

Episode #60 of Daffy’s Round Table!  On this episode we’re joined by Paul Burrows of Paul’s Monitors. A reptile keeper based in the UK that has made a name for himself showing off the incredible relationship he has with his monitors.  We discuss some off the differences between the reptile keeping hobby in Europe vs over here in North America  We dive into monitor keeping where we t...

Episode #59 of Daffy’s Round Table! Our guest today is Hannes from @der_spinner on Instagram and he is joining us all the way from Germany!! In this episode we take a dive into the world of inverts and discuss Hannes’s Experience keeping and breeding true spiders & European Scorpions! Hannes has spent many years studying European scorpions and even IDs specimens for his local museum! We also b...

Episode #58 of Daffy’s Round Table! Today we’re joined by another guest all the way from Australia! So Ofcourse we had to discuss Herping in Australia! We also talk all about gillen’s monitors, and and what breeding them is like and we briefly touch on some of the other species this keeper is keeping, Like egernia, shinglebacks and Boyd’s forest dragons! Our guest for this episode is Luke from &nb...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another Acanthosaura Round Table!!! It has been around 6 months since we did the last mountain horned dragon round table so we figured it was time to get together again and keep everyone updated!! And of course were joined again by the mountain horned dragon crew! JF of Beauregaurd reptiles & Eyal & Rebecca of the responsible reptile. Huge shoutout &...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 56 of daffy round table! On todays episode were going to talk about monitors for the first time, we talk about all types of monitors from the more arid ones like Kimberly rocks, ackies & savannah monitors to the more tropical ones like tree monitors! And of course what better guest to have on for this episode than the monitor legend himself, Brandon of Ca...

Hello everyone! and welcome back to episode 55 of Daffy's Round Table! In today's episode, we're diving into the concept of rewilding – exploring the possibilities of re-releasing species into their native habitats and whether they can truly thrive. To help us navigate this incredibly fascinating subject, we have two incredible guests on board, Carlos Galviz and Jack Small. Were going to be using...

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 54 of Daffy’s Round Table! In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Kelsey Chapman & we discuss reptile surgery and research and how hard it is to find information. We also discuss parasites in your collection, common reptile problems and controversies and how important gut loading and vitamin supplementation! Thank you Exo Terra for sponsoring this podcast and...

Hello Everybody and welcome to Episode 53 of Daffy's Round Table! On this weeks episode we are joined by my good friend, the extraordinary reptile keeper & Breeder, Alex Cherukara!! Join us as we discuss Fiji Iguanas and Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon)! Two incredible species i have been obsessed with for a long time and Alex works with both! i had the pleasure of finally seeing both species in per...

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 52 of Daffy’s round table! On this episode we are joined by Ashley of Northern Lights Reptile Imports and Reptibites! We’re also joined by Greg of beneath the canopy exotics as our co host for today! Join as as we discuss how northern lights reptile imports was started and discuss cites a little bit. We also dive into Ashley’s new product that just hit the mar...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 51 of Daffy’s Round Table! Todays guest is James of Top Shelf Geckos!! James is back again and this time were just hanging out and talking reptiles, we discuss Collard Lizards again, Monkey Tailed Skinks and just general reptile talk about a bunch of other species! Enjoy!! Follow Top Shelf Geckos on Instagram: https://instagram.com/topshelfgeckos?igshid=MzRlO...

Hello everybody and welcome to episode 50 of Daffy’s Round Table! Todays guest is Emma Lynne Sampson!! If you’ve been following the podcast for a while you may remember Emma from Episode 8 of the podcast where we discussed myths about chameleons and cat gecko husbandry! A lot has changed in Emma’s life since we last spoke to her, she moved to another province and started a new job and now we’re ca...

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...