181: Dr. Alec Brown – Animals at Home Network

Exploring ethical captive management of reptiles & amphibians through the lens of biological science, conservation, and human nature. The Animals at Home Network is a herpetoculture-based podcast network that hosts: Animals at Home Podcast by Dillon Perron, Project Herpetoculture by Phillip Lietz and Roy Arthur Blodgett, Reptiles & Research Podcast by Liam Sinclair and Ellie Hills, and Animals Everywhere by Bryce Broom. Each show on the network brings all members of the reptile community together to discuss reptile husbandry, scientific research, breeding, wildlife conservation, and more!

Dr. Alec Brown DVM is an exotics vet out of Guelph, Canada who specializes in keeping Oophaga dart frog species. In this episode, Dr. Brown discusses how he successfully keeps and reproduces his frogs, as well as his views on herpetoculture from the perspective of an exotic vet. We chat about why large and long-lived species are problematic, serpentovirus, taking your frogs to the vet, and more.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 Coming Up
2:14 Welcome Dr. Brown & background
14:06 The Pressure of Diagnosing Issues as a Vet
22:08 Alec's animals (Oophaga and Lygodactylus)
40:20 EK & CRH Ad Read
42:17 Dart frog misting & 3D backgrounds
31:24 Oophaga lehmanni ”red”
50:37 Large and long-lived species
58:55 Serpetovirus testing, quarantining & treating frogs
1:13:10 No tortoises in Canada?
1:15:42 Outro