*Thank you very much for watching the episode! As I mentioned in the intro, I will be taking a short break through the month of September. However, there will still be plenty of content on the AAHN being published this month so make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss it! SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST NETWORK: SPOTIFY►* spoti.fi/2UG5NOI
Thanks for this, another excellent conversation. John is such a good communicator and breaks down pretty complex topics into easily understood ideas. I always come away from it with homework to do as there's always room for improvement.
Solid guy, outstanding customer service, quick response to emails. I got all arcadia lights in my frilled enclosure. Great products. Awesome information. Thank you AAH for this presentation
Always enjoyable and the part about the DHP and related heat sources was super useful and easy to understand. You should clip that out for a stand alone bit.
Thanks for watching Lori! Yeah I’m glad we covered the DHP as well, good idea about making a clip. I need to get back into the habit of making clips, so I think that would be a good one to start with!
All most everything he said I understand on a deep level, some of what he talks about I do for a living, so, I find it kind of boring, while most other love it, I kind of want to know what he draw on the board, it looks so basic, but I bet it isn't. The guy is super smart and I bet I could have a deep conversation with him
Great episode. I look forward to next year to see what's coming and what I have achieved based on all the information this podcast/videos bring! Thank you both! Enjoy your break!
The discussion on diet really speaks to me. I've fallen into an interest in diets in fishes and it's allowed me to really realise how poor 99% of brands are in ingredients, beyond waste products they don't even have the ingredients that would ever replicate any one fishes diet. That 1% have better quality ingredients but do not cater for the diversity. I wrote an article for the largest magazines for fishes on the topic and nothings changed. Those brands claiming to be higher quality or are popular often contain the same ingredients as others, sometimes using other wording but people never look at ingredients. Diet seems to be why so many species are stunted and a high early mortality.
Yeah it’s one of those areas that has zero regulation so companies can basically do whatever they like. It’s sad. Hopefully more brands start to actually produce products with the animals in mind.
My Cuban False Chameleon has a ton more 'pep in his step' after I switched from a ceramic bulb to a deep heat projector. Sadly the deep heat projector really kills any plant around it so now there's a big spot where plants wont grow. Overall I really like them.
I have a problem with blanket '0' quotas on endangered reptiles if there is no effort for captive breeding and the habitat is being destroyed. That's just dooming the species to extinction.
when i started watching these episodes going back to the UVI podcast i learned so much new usable info. it made me buy a UVI solar meeter 6.5 and this podcast about Infared and products keeps everyone who takes the time to a higher level in my point of view! keep them going 👍👍
The part where you mention a divider inbetween drainage layer. How would this be done with big burrowing animals Like my tegu or savannah monitor Or I can imagine people who have black throat monitors Won't those animals dig to the bottom and mix the drainage layer into the soil itself I've seen my tegu scooping pounds of dirt and rocks up from the bottom without issue I wonder how that approach would be
hmmm... good question, I would try an think of something more permeant. You could maybe use egg crate grille with the screen glued to the underside of the grille. So the order would go (starting from the lowest layer), drainage material (clay balls, etc.), them screen, the egg crate grille, then substrate. This should prevent a fossorial animal from tampering with the screen. Does that make sense?
All pet "food" pellets are not real food. They pick the cheapest,poorest quality ingredients they can find and process it as much as they can.It's worse than the crap you see down the center isles of the grocery stores sold to humans,which is also the same thing but flavored with salt,sugar and industrial oils. When I had house rabbits,I never fed pellets or pet shop treats. I fed them a natural wild diet that I harvested from outside, plus veg from the grocery and my own garden. I even dried local grasses to mix with hay.. BTW,your tortoise food would also be perfect for rabbits. .But it astounds me pets live as long as they do considering what is fed to them and that goes for us as well. I also only eat real food,not processed crap, but I digress. Anyway,great program.
*Thank you very much for watching the episode! As I mentioned in the intro, I will be taking a short break through the month of September. However, there will still be plenty of content on the AAHN being published this month so make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss it! SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST NETWORK: SPOTIFY►* spoti.fi/2UG5NOI
Definitely a favorite guest of mine. Great interview, Dillon
Thanks, Steven!
Thanks for this, another excellent conversation. John is such a good communicator and breaks down pretty complex topics into easily understood ideas. I always come away from it with homework to do as there's always room for improvement.
Glad you enjoyed the podcast! Homework is always a good thing 🙂
Always love it when he is a guest. So easy to understand. And how serious he is to the betterment of care
Thanks for watching, Pam! :)
I think I appreciate this page more than any other reptile and amphibian youtube channel. I hope it continues to get more traffic.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the kind words 🙂
Solid guy, outstanding customer service, quick response to emails. I got all arcadia lights in my frilled enclosure. Great products. Awesome information. Thank you AAH for this presentation
Thanks for watching episode, Pat! I agree, John is great with responding to questions via email
Always enjoyable and the part about the DHP and related heat sources was super useful and easy to understand. You should clip that out for a stand alone bit.
Thanks for watching Lori! Yeah I’m glad we covered the DHP as well, good idea about making a clip. I need to get back into the habit of making clips, so I think that would be a good one to start with!
Great episode. The Tortoise food sounds like a very exciting development. Definitely something that's desperately needed in the hobby👏
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the episode!
All most everything he said I understand on a deep level, some of what he talks about I do for a living, so, I find it kind of boring, while most other love it, I kind of want to know what he draw on the board, it looks so basic, but I bet it isn't. The guy is super smart and I bet I could have a deep conversation with him
He is a blast to chat with!
Great episode. I look forward to next year to see what's coming and what I have achieved based on all the information this podcast/videos bring! Thank you both! Enjoy your break!
Thanks for listening as always, Rick!
The discussion on diet really speaks to me. I've fallen into an interest in diets in fishes and it's allowed me to really realise how poor 99% of brands are in ingredients, beyond waste products they don't even have the ingredients that would ever replicate any one fishes diet. That 1% have better quality ingredients but do not cater for the diversity.
I wrote an article for the largest magazines for fishes on the topic and nothings changed.
Those brands claiming to be higher quality or are popular often contain the same ingredients as others, sometimes using other wording but people never look at ingredients.
Diet seems to be why so many species are stunted and a high early mortality.
Yeah it’s one of those areas that has zero regulation so companies can basically do whatever they like. It’s sad. Hopefully more brands start to actually produce products with the animals in mind.
My Cuban False Chameleon has a ton more 'pep in his step' after I switched from a ceramic bulb to a deep heat projector. Sadly the deep heat projector really kills any plant around it so now there's a big spot where plants wont grow. Overall I really like them.
That’s great to hear! But yes, I find the exact same thing with halogen bulbs… The plants do not fare well under them
Im currently making a DIY foam background and its been a huge headache. Any tips?
My best tip would be going to watch the Natural herp keeper channel, they have some great DIY videos! Coop’s Reptiles is good too!
I have a problem with blanket '0' quotas on endangered reptiles if there is no effort for captive breeding and the habitat is being destroyed. That's just dooming the species to extinction.
Very true!
when i started watching these episodes going back to the UVI podcast i learned so much new usable info. it made me buy a UVI solar meeter 6.5 and this podcast about Infared and products keeps everyone who takes the time to a higher level in my point of view! keep them going 👍👍
Glad you find The show so valuable, thank you very much for watching!
The part where you mention a divider inbetween drainage layer.
How would this be done with big burrowing animals
Like my tegu or savannah monitor
Or I can imagine people who have black throat monitors
Won't those animals dig to the bottom and mix the drainage layer into the soil itself
I've seen my tegu scooping pounds of dirt and rocks up from the bottom without issue
I wonder how that approach would be
hmmm... good question, I would try an think of something more permeant. You could maybe use egg crate grille with the screen glued to the underside of the grille. So the order would go (starting from the lowest layer), drainage material (clay balls, etc.), them screen, the egg crate grille, then substrate. This should prevent a fossorial animal from tampering with the screen. Does that make sense?
@@AnimalsatHomePodcast that seems like a great idea
Thanks for responding! 😁
Awesome as always 🙂
Thank you, Dave! 😁
cheers !☕Enjoy your break
Thank you! 😁
Very interesting interview
Thanks for watching!
So sad that no one stocks Arcadia in South Africa. We are flooded with dodgy products, as anything fairly decent is hugely expensive.
That is a shame 😞 I hope that changes soon!
Great episode 👍
Thank you for watching!
You can't go wrong with a intelligent, personalable tortoise my friend. You definitely should keep one. 😀
Haha I know! They are incredible animals!
When is that tortoises food going to be available in the US? My Hermanns and Marginateds need to have this. I'm excited to give them a natural diet.
Is it going to be available in large quantities.. It can be very expensive to feed for large quantities of tortoises.
Good questions… I don’t know the answer to either of them. I’m fairly sure the food will be available this fall, just not sure the quantity
For the algorithm!
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All pet "food" pellets are not real food. They pick the cheapest,poorest quality ingredients they can find and process it as much as they can.It's worse than the crap you see down the center isles of the grocery stores sold to humans,which is also the same thing but flavored with salt,sugar and industrial oils.
When I had house rabbits,I never fed pellets or pet shop treats. I fed them a natural wild diet that I harvested from outside, plus veg from the grocery and my own garden. I even dried local grasses to mix with hay..
BTW,your tortoise food would also be perfect for rabbits.
.But it astounds me pets live as long as they do considering what is fed to them and that goes for us as well. I also only eat real food,not processed crap, but I digress. Anyway,great program.
Yep, great points. It’s incredible what a biological system can put up with! Thank you for watching episode!