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Meat a Potatoes: Tell us about your connection to Bull Snakes The care for Bull snakes (40 min +) All other fascinating info about bulls etc How do you feel they are best kept? Average keeper vs. breeder (39:40 min) Pet style or breeder efficient style What climate do they prefer? (40:45)How do you achieve that in consideration with the various other species you keep? Ambient 85 in peak summer (43:00) 80 regularly Genetics a Locality (52:00) Double hets (54:00) Simple recessive exclusively (57:00) - Inbreeding Wild type multi hets (58:00) Locality phenotypes - color a size (59:00) Pros Great pets Setup nice in naturalistic enclosures Humidity is not normally an issue Don’t need a lot of heat They are good eaters Active during the morning and early evening (crepuscular) Can be very handleable with patience Awesome personalities Cons Generally can be high strung/nervous Too much heat can make that nervousness worse They don’t like a lot of activity or movement (visual stimuli) Poop! They can be messy Etc. Wild type win (55:40) Coachwhips (1:12:00) Snake size and maximum sizes versus adult sizes Freedom breeder tubs Breeding (1:30:00) Stop feeding in November and then start brumation on Black Friday Pull them out of brumation in 12 weeks - wait 5 days for 1st feeding Keep feeding until the first shed out of brumation (a couple of weeks) - Pre-ovulation shed and then pair them up 2nd shed after is the pre-lay shed 10-14 days they lay eggs - they almost never use a nest boxPRO TIP! Pull the water bowl before the 10th day Pull eggs and place into egg boxes - 6qt tote with 2 air holes - perlite (drier than you would expect) - 80° Hatch date is typically 56-60 days (depends on temp)Too hot can cause deformities What's coming down the pipe for your bulls and the rest of your projects? Prove out poss hets Stillwater Hypo Patternless het Miami Axanthic poss het albino x Trumbower Hibino (Hypo Albino) het Patternless and Bullum Axanthic !!! Whitesided, albino, patternless, hypos, axanthics What do you see for the future of bull snakes and do you think more people should be keeping them? The future is bright for bullsnakes! More morphs...more localities Plan ahead and contact bullsnakes breeders now! Don’t wait! Their popularity is on the rise! Closing comments/wrapping up/ throwing out contact info and the season's production for people to watch out for Carpet Fest 2020 - Facebook Group Link Here Final remarks. plugging for the next episode. etc. Find Travis Here:Living Legless Reptile WebsiteLLR on Facebook LLR on Instagram ____________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe on Google Podcasts, iTunes, Spotify, and many more! Connect with us here: Website / Facebook / Instagram ---g Topic Suggestion Form Find Riley: Facebook / Instagram / YouTube Find Andy: Facebook / Instagram RSS FEED