Daffy's Round Table

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...

Episode 24 of Daffy’s round table and part 2 of the Costa Rica Round Table with Adam of Wicken’s Wicked Reptiles, Dayyan of Reptiliatus and Mike of Alpha Reptile & the Jungle Vault.  In part 1 of the episode we talked about the experiences the boys had on Caribbean side of Costa Rica as well as the cloud forest.  This episode we hear about what they got up to on pacific side, the cro...

Episode 23 of Daffy’s round table and this week we’re joined by Adam of Wicken’s Wicked Reptiles, Dayyan of Reptiliatus and Mike of Alpha Reptile & the Jungle Vault.  As many of you already know the boys took an incredible trip down to Costa Rica to go herping for some super rare reptiles and amphibians, in this episode they tell us all about their experiences there!!  If you enjoyed...

Episode 22 of Daffy’s round table and this week we’re joined once again by Justin Smith of Palmettocoastexotics, the Chondrocast & the Herpetoculture Network.  Join us as we discuss one of Justin’s favourite species, Green Tree Pythons aka Chondros!!  If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to Daffy’s Round Table on whatever streaming platform you use!  Special thanks to th...

Episode 21 of Daffy’s round table and this week we’re joined by a world champion terra scaper!  We’re joined by Nicolas from NG terrariums for todays episode and he’s going teach us all about the wonderful art of terra scaping and the process behind it!  If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to Daffy’s Round Table on whatever streaming platform you use!  Special thanks to the...

Episode 20 of Daffy’s round table and part 2 of our shrimp talk with Theo Tsangaris.  This weeks episode we dive deeper into shrimp nutrition and what Theo likes to feed his shrimp. We also touch on what Theo calls “the aquarium undesirables”. Undesirables are aquarium pets like planar hydra and scuds that occur in our aquariums, we discuss why they are so common in a shrimp tank and wha...

Episode 19 of Daffy’s round table!  This week we’re joined by a very good friend of mine and somebody I consider a mentor when it comes to the aquarium hobby, Theo Tsangaris.  Join us as Theo teaches all about the Neocaridina and Caridina shrimp, from how to setup the tank to shrimp nutrition.  This is part 1 of my two part conversation with theo about shrimp so make sure you stick...

Episode 18 of Daffy’s Round Table and it’s another dart frog one! My guest today needs no introduction, he has an incredible collection of frogs in some of the most beautiful tanks i’ve ever seen, Were joined today by Troy Goldberg!  Join us as we discuss all things Oophaga from their natural history to their husbandry in captivity We also discuss some of troys vivarium building methods as we...

Episode #17 of Daffy’s Round Table.  My guest for this week is the host of the AmphibiCast podcast which is a podcast I’ve been pretty hooked on lately. Dan brings on some of the coolest guests to discuss some interesting papers on dart frogs and all amphibians in general. For todays episode were going to discuss some of the papers from past AmphibiCast episodes. We also discuss Dan’s collect...

Episode #16 of Daffy’s Round table and we’re joined by Phil wolf of @Knobtails. IG another member of herpetoculture network and co-host of snakes and stogies and venom exchange radio!  In this episode Phil teaches us about all things Knob tail gecko from different Nephrurus subspecies and their natural history to how they are kept and bred in captivity. We also briefly discuss Phils love for...

Episode #15 of Daffy’s Round table!   In this episode we’re joined by Jacob Bratz of Longleafreptilia to discuss the differences between keeping Morelia and keeping Colubrids. Jacob breaks down different species of Morelia, his experiences keeping and breeding carpet pythons, and why his colubrid collection is getting much bigger!  Jacob also shares his experiences road cruising and...

Episode #14 of Daffy’s Round table and part 2 of the all things dart frogs conversation featuring Alex Menke founder of FrogDaddy.  Join us as we take a deep dive into dart frog husbandry, diet and supplementation. We also discuss why breeding dart frogs in captivity is super important! If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to Daffy’s Round Table on whatever streaming platform you use!...

Episode #13 of Daffy’s Round table featuring Alex Menke founder of FrogDaddy.  Join me for part 1 of my conversation with Alex as we discuss all things dart frogs, including husbandry, frogs in the wild, and some of the misconceptions of dart frog keeping. Make sure to check again net week for part 2 of this conservation where we dig deeper into dart frog care.  If you enjoyed this episo...