223: Why Your Snake Hides All Day & How to Change it | Victoria Teague - AAH

Victoria Teague of PassionateSnakes discusses her experience with various species of snakes, primarily in the colubrid variety when it comes to her specific enclosure design to help snakes feel more comfortable out in the open. Victoria talks about her Mandarin Rate Snake as the motivator for creating an enclosure that she would see the snake more often in, discussing the need for shelving and hiding spaces built within the enclosure. She also briefly discusses her recent health journey, talking about how her recent focus on herself has created more motivation and happiness in keeping her reptile species more effectively. Victoria shares details of her future projects, non-bioactive enclosures, enclosure design advice, and her experience on a husbandry Facebook group as well.SHOW NOTES:https://www.animalsathomenetwork.com/223-victoria-teague/JOIN US ON PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/animalsathome SPONSOR: https://www.thebiodude.com/LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:Victoria’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passionatesnakes/ Victoria’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCShhX-oiKYUXXMIj79v6-3w Advancing Herpetological Husbandry: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdvancingHerpHusbandry/Video Clips and Photos Used in Episode:Victoria’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passionatesnakes/ 00:00 Introducing Victoria Teague of Passionate Snakes 2:32 The Bio Dude Substrates + Dietary Supplements 3:07 Welcome Victoria + Beginnings in Reptile Keeping 8:04 Victoria’s Boa + The Enclosure 10:14 Colubrids and Boas 13:44 Mandarin Rat Snakes + Behaviors of Snake Species 17:20 Victoria’s Health Journey + That Connection to Animal Keeping 23:55 Choosing Snake Species + Keeping the Interest 30:02 Designing Enclosures for Behaviors 32:53 The Bio Dude Substrates + Bug Grub 33:54 Non-Bioactive Enclosures with Plants 36:24 Shelving Spaces in Snake Enclosures 44:18 Feeding Snakes + Any Issues with Feeding 45:57 Cleaning Challenges with Non-Bioactives 50:42 Enclosure Setups: Heating + Lighting + More 54:47 Tips for Victoria’s Enclosure Replication 55:57 Future Species + Upcoming Projects 58:16 Advancing Herpetological Husbandry Facebook Group 1:00:30 Closing Thoughts