Episode 14 - Talking Corn Snakes with Joe Phelan of Port City Pythons/Pets & FTGU

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Welcome back to episode 14

Before we get started:

• USARK
• Ari Flagle and Boeleni Masks for his friends in PNG. 2nd run coming soon. www.projectblackpython.org

We are here talking to Joe Phelan from FTGU and PCP. How’s it going my friend?

Body:

• How has your season been going?
• How did you get into corn snakes and why are they seemingly your bread and butter?
• What other species of snakes are you currently keeping?
• As it pertains to corn snakes specifically, how are you achieving proper husbandry at the various life stages?
  • Preferred caging/racks
  • Feeding routine
  • Bedding
  • Environmental parameters
• Breeding? How do you approach breeding?
• Let’s talk about the history of Corn snakes.
  • How they used to be extremely popular
  • Then they fell off
  • Now it feels like they are coming back around
• What are your thoughts on their recent resurgence? In my opinion, your presentation of them on your various platforms seems to coincide with this resurgence and I feel like you are certainly influencing that in a positive way.
• What species are you still looking to add to your population?

What are some of your favorite project goals with your animals?

• What do you hope to see in the future with the species you keep hobby-wide?

Closing:

New Guest Closing Questions:

1. Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? Eric burke
2. What is your holy grail reptile to keep? Tuatara
3. If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? Iguana, rock iguana, cyclura lewisi
4. If you could go back in time to a younger you right before you got into reptiles, what wisdom would you impart upon your younger self? Wish i was more inquisitive, learned more, different species, stuck it out more.
5. If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be? Don't care what others think.

Any last thoughts/shout-outs/ideas you would like to throw out there?

• Check out FTGU podcast!!!
• Port city pet.com
• Ig, fb

How can people find you?

• Social media, ig @portcitypet