Episode 6 - The Tired Debate: Racks vs. Cages

Reptile Room Podcast

Two opposing sides have emerged in this debate; pro racks and anti racks. However, could there be a middle ground? Andy and Riley brainstorm, discuss their experiences, visit some of the pervasive hypotheses, and conjecture about the future of reptile keeping techniques as a result of this ongoing debate.

Scott Borden’s Blog Post About Racks & Cages

Intro:

• Catching up
• Forrest Fanning

Body:

• GH calling out FB on arboreal rack
  • Starting the question
• Looking at natural history of normal rack system animals
• UVB blood testing
• The history of rack systems
  • When they were first implemented
  • How they changed the hobby/industry
• Pros
  • Efficiency
  • Sterilization
  • Observation
  • Organization
• Cons
  • Visibility
  • Esthetics
  • Argument
  • Negative
• Various species benefits and detriments
  • Beardies
• Applications
  • How they’ve made positive differences
  • How people are utilizing and refining them today
  • Current trends towards the future
• What do each of us use
  • What types
  • For what species
  • Experiences
    • Good and bad
  • Future plans and thoughts

Outro:

• Wrapping up mentioning the ongoing lists of suggestions and hopefully not the audio issues
• How the Australia trip may or may not impact my responses etc and please be flexible and understandable
• Next!

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Intro Music: Old Blue by Chris Haugen

Outro Music: Cats Searching for the Truth by Nat Keefe and Hot Buttered Rum

@30:10 rack quote from Andy

@34:20 some keepers dedicating time to animals in the sun….

@37:00 UVB lighting talk

@46:00 being critical of others

@49:00 debate vs discussion

@52:00 great example of a tub helping a pituophis

@58:00 asking why