Episode 15 - Jacob Bratz of JLB Morelia & The Herpetoculture Podcast

Reptile Room Podcast

What’s new with you? 3:30,

• The Herpetoculture Podcast (53:00
  • How long has it been running?
  • How has the evolution been and what have you enjoyed most? (53:30
  • What do you see for the future of your podcast and the future of reptile podcasting as a whole (1:03:05,
  • Why do you think reptile podcasting has become so widespread these days? (1:03:45,
• Your Breeding Projects
  • Colubrid kick: pituophis: (5:15,
  • Papuans, how many do you have? What are some of your project focuses and goals? (28:15, 30:00, 33:25,
  • What have you learned along the way through trials and tribulations?
  • Why Papuans? (31:00,
  • What do you think has led to the resurgence in this sub-species and the search for obscure species in the hobby overall today? (39:00,
  • Scrubs, I know you have your love for scrubs so tell me what it is about them that gets you excited and what you would love to accomplish with the species? (14:00, 21:00,
  • What other species do you keep or would like to keep?
    • Darkhorse Herpetoculture, White Oaks Grey Rat Snakes (6:00
    • Bull snake (9:45,
    • Marathon Tx, Fork Line gopher Snakes (10:10,
    • Coastals
    • Scrub, lone male (12:00
  • What are you most excited about for your future and what would you love to see happen in your personal collection as well as a hobby-wide change?
• Photography
  • JLB Wildlife (1:09:00
  • How has that been going? (1:11:15
  • Goals? Or just for fun? (1:13:40

New Guest Closing Questions:

1. Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (1:24:00- EB, Christ Montros, Rob Stone)
2. What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (1:26:10 - Apodora)
3. If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (1:27:30 - Apodora or Rhino Iguana)
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? (1:29:00 - don’t follow trends, do your research, and keep what keeps you passionate, and quarantine!)
5. If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be? (1:30:00 - don’t get into bc you think you will make money, or just want to breed/make money, get into it bc you love reptiles, don’t listen to the bs you hear/read and don’t let people make fun of you for what you love, block it out)