The Chondro Lounge

Chuck is still running solo this week with Randy of Stoic Arboreals! Chuck and Randy dive into the grit it takes to breed Chondros. Randy goes into detail about his experience and clutches he has hatched and shares it on this weeks episode of TCL. SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is no one better in the reptile industry for all of your creative needs! Cold Blooded Cafe -...

Getting To Know Steve Fleming of Anubis Reptiles | The Chondro Lounge #21  Chuck ditches the script and runs Rogue on Solo episode with Steve Fleming of Anubis Reptiles. Steve has laid low and hidden in the background while he does amazing work with Green Tree Pythons. Sit down with Chuck and get to know Steve more and what he is up to. SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is...

Why Chondros are THE GOAT | w/Kyle Magana of MOJO Herpetoculture | The Chondro Lounge #20  Lucas is back with Chuck and they are joined by Kyle Magana of MOJO Herpetoculture! In this episode, Chuck and Lucas dive deep with Kyle on the passion for green tree pythons. They discuss his breeding technique and practices, the animals he works with, his pairings and clutches he has produced and so much m...

Welcome to episode 19 of The Chondro Lounge! This week we sit down with Mike Marshall of MNM reptiles and dive deep into his passion for Chondros. Mike last season paired up a locality cross and the neonates came out phenomenal. Sit back and enjoy a conversation with Mike about his Green Tree Python husbandry techniques, breeding techniques, and his future projects! SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adle...

This week, Chuck sits down with Sal of Cryptic Chondros and deep dives into his husbandry and breeding practices. Sit back and enjoy an awesome episode between friends shooting the shit about Green Tree Pythons. SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is no one better in the reptile industry for all of your creative needs! Cold Blooded Cafe - Use Code REPTILELOUNGE20 for 20% off...

This week is all enclosure talk with Jordan Carpenter of Heartland Reptiles. Jordan talks about his aluminum enclosures that none other than Mark of TX Chondros assisted with designing from the ground up! You wont want to miss this episode! SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is no one better in the reptile industry for all of your creative needs! Cold Blooded Cafe - Use Cod...

Lucas and Chuck sit down and have a good talk about the basics of Green Tree Python Husbandry and how to have success with keeping them healthy.  SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is no one better in the reptile industry for all of your creative needs! Cold Blooded Cafe - Use Code REPTILELOUNGE20 for 20% off the best feeder rodents in the game! Hearland Reptiles for some o...

The Chondro Lounge IS BACKK!!! To kick off the new year, Chuck and Lucas have on Marcial Mendez to discuss his Albino Chondro project. Marcial has been working this project for a long time and has been able to produce albino chondros in the past and recently produced another one. Sick back, relax, and enjoy the first episode of 2025! SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is no...

Aiden Bradley and Kenny Richichi join The Chondro Lounge Crew to talk about their experience as apprentices under some of the most legendary names in Green Tree Python Breeding.  Lucas and Chuck dive deep into their early days of learning about Chondros as well as how their keeping and breeding styles differ from their mentors. SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is no one b...

Are Captive Bred or Wild Caught Green Tree Pythons Right For You?  Chuck and Lucas sit down in other solo episode to go over some basic chondro information and discussion. Is CBB the only way to go or is there room for wild caught chondros in your collection as a new chondro keeper? Tune in to see what Chuck and Lucas think! SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS! Adler Romero @aefoundry : There is no one bett...

In Episode 114 of The Retic Lounge, Lucas and Nathan are joined by the renowned Nick Mutton to dive deep into one of the most controversial topics in herpetoculture: taxonomy. Known for his expertise in carpet pythons and his encyclopedic knowledge of reptiles, Nick brings a wealth of insight to this fascinating and often debated subject. The discussion covers the intricacies of species classifica...

Episode 12: WHATS THE DEAL WITH BLUE GREEN TREE PYTHONS?!? | Garik Gukasyan w/The House of Blue A Blue chondro?!?! Thats what this weeks episode is ALL ABOUT! Garik came into the hobby at a young age and has been making tsunami waves ever since with the outstanding selective breeding program he has. Specializing in designer blue green tree pythons, Garik has started some of the most outstanding ex...

FIRST YEAR BREEDING SUCCESS W/CHONDROS | Lupe w/Space City Chondros | The Chondro Lounge Episode #11  Lupe joins Chuck and Lucas on Episode 11 of The Chondro Lounge to discuss his amazing first season of breeding Green Tree Pythons! The vast majority of people talk about breeding and hatching chondros as some of the most difficult species to reproduce and Lupe managed to go 3 for 3 in his first se...

Episode 10 of The Chondro Lounge features Chuck doing a solo interview with none other than Michael Majoros from Coloring Outside The Lines. Michaels collection is one of the most insane Green Tree Python Collections in the country and Michael goes into his history of keeping chondros. Chuck and Mike talk all about breeding and husbandry topics making sure to provide anyone whether seasoned or bra...

The Mayor Bill Stegall Talks Designer Green Tree Pythons Bill joins Chuck and Lucas on Episode 9 of the chondro lounge! Bill is responsible for one of the most infamous chondros of all time - The Sickness! He goes deep into his history of keeping and breeding as well as his recent presentation in Anaheim for The Reptile Talks! DONT FORGET TO like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell!! Thank...

BREEDING CYCLOPS LOCALITY GREEN TREE PYTHONS! Ruben Cuevas JR of Centenario Chondros Joins the TCL Crew to jump into episode 8. This episode highlights why Ruben loves the Cyclops Locality as well as his experience with breeding them. He dives deep into some mistakes he made and the lessons he has learned. Lucas and Chuck also chime into mistakes they have made with their Chondros. The overall mes...

IS A PET GREEN TREE PYTHON RIGHT FOR YOU?! | The Chondro Lounge #7  We are back with another episode and this one is the first episode of our entry level keeper segment! Why talk about husbandry when we dont even know if a chondro is the right pet for you? Chuck and Lucas dig into whether or not these animals meet the style of your keeping and debunk so myths about chondros! DONT FORGET TO like, s...

Dave Dee of Vibrant Viridis joins Chuck and Lucas on this weeks episode. Chuck and Lucas dive deep into the mind of Dave and how he has hand selected and bred some of the most incredible Green Tree Pythons in the World and his husbandry/breeding methods that have made him so successful! DONT FORGET TO like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell!! Thank you to our sponser - Adler Romero @aefoun...

NEW SEGMENT ALERT!!  Welcome to the first episode of our new segment, Young Breeders Roundtable! This new segment will outline new green tree python breeders and their experiences with breeding. Does the difficulty with hatching and establishing chondros hold true? Here it from young breeders themselves! This episode, Alex Warren of Amazing Arboreals, Bill Hoffman of Country Boy Chondros, AND Chuc...

The title is NOT click bait! On the third episode of The Chondro Lounge, Chuck and Lucas bring on Ryan Clary of High Voltage Chondros to share his nightmare that led to a dream come true with hatching out his first clutch of Green Tree Pythons! Sit back, (try) to relax, and lounge in on this weeks episode! Please like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell!! Thank you to our sponser - Adler Ro...

This week, none other than Ryan Young Joins Chuck and Lucas on the second episode of The Chondro Lounge. Ryan goes into depth about his husbandry and breeding practices as well as his opinions and thoughts on simplicity when it comes to green tree pythons. You wont want to miss one of the legends of python breeding on this weeks episode! Subscribe to The Reptile Lounge Network YouTube Channel to w...

Episode 1 is finally here and who better than to kick off The Chondro Lounge than Mark Heger of Texas Chondros! Mark goes into great depth into his husbandry, breeding, and passion for yellow neonates + A LOT MORE! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the very first interview of the newest podcast on The Reptile Lounge Network! Please like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell!! Thank you to our sponse...

Welcome to The Chondro Lounge! Hosted by Chuck of Chill Chondros and Lucas of LAB Exotics! This episode introduced you to your co-host and explains the drive behind the creation of TCL! Sit back, relax and enjoy the very first episode of the newest Green Tree Python Podcast in the Biz! Follow Lucas @LAB_Exotics_ Follow Chuck @Chill_Chondros Thank you to our sponsor!  Adler Romero @aefoundry for al...