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- 🇦🇺AU · Pets & Animals#1945K to 30K
- 🇫🇮FI · Pets & Animals#863K to 10K
- 🇹🇼TW · Pets & Animals#117500 to 3K
- 🇨🇭CH · Pets & Animals#181500 to 3K
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4.5K to 23K🎙 Weekly cadence·138 episodes·Last published 3mo ago - Monthly Reach
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9K to 46K🇦🇺65%🇫🇮22%🇹🇼7%+1 more - Active Followers
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2.7K to 14K
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A Spiky Ball of Love — the African Pygmy Hedgie
Feb 16, 2026
17m 56s
Amazing Creatures in the Briny Deep
Feb 9, 2026
29m 16s
Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere!
Feb 2, 2026
17m 30s
An Animal Communicator Who Found Riley the Tortoise (4 times!)
Jan 26, 2026
22m 59s
Running a Turtle Brothel
Jan 19, 2026
27m 48s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/16/26 | ![]() A Spiky Ball of Love — the African Pygmy Hedgie✨ | African pygmy hedgehogspet care+3 | Dr. Dan Johnson | A Spiky Ball of Love — the African Pygmy Hedgie | — | African pygmy hedgehogpet care+3 | — | 17m 56s | |
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Amazing Creatures in the Briny Deep | #347: Cara Giaimo tells the story of many fascinating creatures in the sea, along with glorious illustrations of them, in her precious little book “Leaving the Ocean was a Mistake: Life Lessons from Sixty Sea Creatures” including the Vampire Squid, the Sea Mouse and the Blobfish. | 29m 16s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | ![]() Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere! | #346: Dr Dan Johnson sees more rabbits than any other untraditional pet at his Avian and Exotic Clinic in Raleigh, North Carolina — and sees many every day, mostly for digestive problems caused by not feeding the right timothy hay. | 17m 30s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![]() An Animal Communicator Who Found Riley the Tortoise (4 times!) | #345: Meredith Tollison, an intuitive who professionally makes communication connections between people and their pets, has been called upon to find Riley the tortoise FOUR(!) times. As with many "lost" pets, Riley has given Meredith physical descriptions of where she is so that her people can come find and fetch her. | 22m 59s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | ![]() Running a Turtle Brothel | #344: Paul Radice breeds rare turtles like Elizabeth the albino Chinese long neck water turtle, which is now extinct in China. Angel's Hatchery keeps 4 males for every 2 females to ensure fertilized eggs. One could say they are running a Turtle Brothel! | 27m 48s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | ![]() Caring for Exotic Pets and Wildlife | #343: Dr. Angela Lennox, owner of the Avian and Exotic Vet Clinic in Indianapolis, traces her concern for the welfare of animals back to the eight baby possums she rescued from a roadside as a girl, which morphed into a veterinary degree along with a double board certification in exotic animal care, pro bono work in wildlife rehabilitation — and now a non-profit called Rewilding Indiana. | 28m 01s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | ![]() A Better World for Betta Fish | #342: Ariel Heinicke in Berkeley California created the Betta World for Bettas advocacy group to raise awareness about the harmful way these beautiful popular fish are warehoused and sold by the big box stores in small plastic "take out" containers. The group's goal is to educate and advocate for Betta's welfare and improved standards of care by those who sell and those who acquire them. | 19m 59s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | ![]() Please Don't Gift a Snake or a Turtle to Anyone | #341: Doug Mader reminds you that whether it’s a tortoise that lives many decades, or a mouse that only lives a short while, it is never a good idea to give anyone a living thing — other than a houseplant! | 18m 14s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | ![]() Alfred the Little Albino Tortoise Talks to Tracie | #340: Paul Radice at Angels Hatchery and his wife Judith were the first breeders to create Albino tortoises — and enchanted Tracie by introducing her to Albert, the great grandson of their first breeder Norman, who is now 130 lbs and still lives with them. | 23m 06s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | ![]() The Sad Fate of the Southern Hognose Snake | #339: Jeff Beane is Herpetology Collections Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences where he has been documenting the shrinking populations since 1985. He talks about the Southern Hognose Snake in particular, which has lost 97% of its habitat and is on the "Threatened" list but without the environment it requires is unlikely to rebound (and is quite a different creature from the eastern Hognose Snake which James Taylor featured in a song!). | 18m 58s | ||||||
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| 12/8/25 | ![]() Meet the Masters of African Cichlids: 50 Years, 45 Varieties, One Legendary Hatchery | #338: Paul Radice and his wife Judith at Angels Hatchery first brought this hardy colorful fish from the 3 largest lakes in Africa 50 years ago and are still breeding the 45 most popular varieties. | 19m 25s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | ![]() The Python Huntress in Naples, Florida | #337: Python Huntress on Instagram, Amy Siewe leads guided hunts to kill invasive Burmese pythons, her biggest kill being a 17 foot snake. A “herper” who loves snakes and used to breed small ones, Amy has eliminated over 750 of these snakes that have decimated the mammals in the Everglades — one python even had a deer and two fawns inside it when they caught it. | 21m 34s | ||||||
| 11/24/25 | ![]() How About an African Emperor Scorpion as a Pet? | #336: Dr. Doug explains that scorpions — which are over 200 million years old, the oldest living animal on earth, — are unusual as an exotic pet. African Emperor scorpions — "ominous looking, yet fairly gentle with grasping pincers" — carry their young on their back like a taxi service. | 20m 22s | ||||||
| 11/17/25 | ![]() Play with Beaktivity (and Your Food!) | #335: Avian specialist and house call parrot veterinarian Dr. Ann Bourke talks about having helped Sue & John with the development of the Beaktivity hanging parrot toy, which makes parrots happy because they can destroy a toy made with his physical and mental needs in mind. | 28m 21s | ||||||
| 11/10/25 | ![]() Reptile Got Mites? Give your snake a bath in olive oil! | #334: Dr. Doug discusses mites on snakes — and the different mites that get on lizards — and how to treat them with an olive oil rub down, or the medication Provent-a-mite. | 18m 48s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 | ![]() The Special Human-Animal Bond With Fish | #333: Dr. Doug Mader talks about his personal history with keeping fish as pets — feeling emotionally attached to them and their responsiveness to him as their caregiver. Another facet of the human-animal bond that is increasingly recognized in the pet keeping world. | 15m 09s | ||||||
| 10/27/25 | ![]() Love Your Fish! (and they'll love you back) | #332: Dr Doug Mader talks about "the atypical human-animal bond" and how statistics are showing a new generation of fish and reptile owners who are forming bonds and interactions with their exotic pets. Tracie explains how Scratches, the new APP for atypical pet owners (that is a sponsor of EXOTIC PETS), allows enthusiasts of atypical pets to find each other for romance, friendship or just a feeling of belonging to a larger family. | 15m 09s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 | ![]() How Tiny is Tiny? | #331: Exotic veterinarian Dr Jeff Jenkins in San Diego talks about doing surgery on "tiny things" like a Society Finch (that’s the species actual name, not an adjective!), spaying guinea pigs and neutering rats — all through surprising locations on their bodies. | 26m 55s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 | ![]() His Octopus Friend Who Lived With Him | #330: Dr Don Harris really did have an octopus as a pet — in fact a series of them, as they don’t live very long, but are fascinating “companions.” Note: Octopuses are not actually pets for sale. You'd have to dive and find them as babies, as Dr Don did! | 23m 49s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 | ![]() The Clients Are Exotic, Too! | #329: Dr. Jeff Jenkins in San Diego talks about his 40+ years running an Exotic Specialty Practice — the early pioneers of exotic animal medicine on whose shoulders he stands — and how he also enjoys the unusual humans who own unusual pets. | 23m 31s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 | ![]() My Rat is Crying Blood! | #328: Dr. Doug talks about the red tears and runny nose that look like blood — but are not actually blood, but a symptom of a lowered immune system in a stressed ratty. Most rats purchased from pet stores have dormant viruses that get triggered by stress — but there are SPF colonies of rats (Specific Pathogen Free) which do not carry these conditions and cause you the stress of treating these conditions. | 18m 53s | ||||||
| 9/22/25 | ![]() When Your Snake Has Trouble Shedding His Skin | #327: Dr. Doug Mader describes the monthly process in which a snake slips out of his own skin, like taking off a sock, inside out — and the sorts of problems to be aware of and to avoid (like never handling a snake that is molting). | 17m 58s | ||||||
| 9/15/25 | ![]() Ear Mites in Rabbits Hurt Like the Dickens | #326: Dr. Doug describes how to spot ear mites in your rabbit — a common problem that is easily solved if caught early — and the challenge ahead of you if you’ve let the crusty result of ear mites clog up your rabbit’s ear opening, causing a great deal of discomfort to your bunny. | 18m 00s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 | ![]() Parrots & Cockatoos All Over Oz! | #325: Dr Rick LeCouteur describes the natural phenomenon in Australia of thousands of kinds of parrots flying free and loose all over the place, causing havoc with their destructive beaks, and delight with their beauty. | 21m 21s | ||||||
| 9/1/25 | ![]() C-Sections on Reptiles? Only as Last Resort! | #324: Dr. Doug discusses what an “egg bound” reptile means and the various ways to prevent and manage a snake whose eggs are stuck inside her. | 21m 20s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
