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Reptile Show Responsibility

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So a close friend and colleague came back from a pretty well-known reptile show and was explaining how vast the differences were from vendor to vendor. I’ve been to many reptile shows such as NARBC and Reptile Super Show, I even spoke at Canadian Reptile Breeders Expo. I have never seen what my colleague described […]

Treating Aggression in Snakes

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Most snakes live their life in fear, fear of being eaten by a larger predator (which we look like!). They instinctively bite first and ask questions later, out of a fear of being eaten themselves. This is not aggression, this is defensive.