Hi and welcome everyone to Brad’s Snake Pit. I recently attended three very large reptile shows. A point of discussion that popped up, and the subject for this post, is what are the ten most popular australian reptiles for kids. I encourage you to share your two cents, and give us [...]
#1: People think that because you keep snakes, you let them roam all over the house.
This is far from the truth. Snakes are ectotherms and rely on a heat source to keep warm and to assist them with digestion and normal bodily functions. So, no. I do not have them [...]
It was great to see such a big turn out for the HHSociety Reptile show yesterday, even though Sydney has had one of its wettest summers on record. In actuality, a trip from Brad’s Snake Pit to Penrith would normally take 35 mins. Because of major bridge closures, the [...]
I was recently at the first reptile show of the 2012 season: the Castle Hill Reptile Expo. Castle Hill is located about 30 kms north west of downtown Sydney. Firstly, I was very impressed with Bill Love from the United States who led a few talks at the expo. I [...]
Hi everbody. I hope all is well with from around the globe. Let me share more of my trip to Western Australia with you.Western Australia is a massive state. In fact, the biggest state in Australia.
It is also home to a wide variety of reptile and amphibian life. A few [...]
Hi and welcome back to Brad’s Pit. For those of you that are new to my blog, welcome. I am a reptile keeper from Sydney, Australia. I write regular Blogs regarding the weekly happenings in my reptile collection, my Pit.
As a Reptile keeper you [...]
Anyone that breeds snakes knows how busy egg laying season can be: you’ve got eggs in the incubator, snakes ‘a’ hatching, little ones starting to feed for the first time and let’s not forget that my wide variety of species are always extremely hungry. They [...]
Someone recently asked me, what is the best way to house an Australian baby python from a hatchling stage and onwards to an adult snake? As a father of two boys, my instant response was, “it’s like bringing home a newborn baby from hospital!”
Here’s what I mean.
Generally speaking, a [...]
As I’ve blogged about before, one of my other favorite joys (apart from caring for my various creatures in Brad’s Pit) photography. That, and babies. Baby Australian Pythons, that is. They’re so [...]
I have thoroughly enjoyed working on my Striped Carpet Python project for the past decade and a half, which is to produce the best quality Striped Carpet Pythons one can produce. Remember that here in Australia our licensing system for keeping reptiles in captivity is very strict. For example, the state [...]
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