About this episode

The episode features Steven Kush discussing his success with Scrub Pythons and Pituophis, along with insights into podcasting.

EPISODE 114 welcomes back the Scrub Shepherd, AKA Steven Kush, to the show. Steven's continued dedication led to a lot of success this year both with his mainstays of Scrub Pythons, along with his colubrid projects, with special attention to his Pituophis (Bull & Pine Snakes, in his case). Tune in to find out what's new as we also talk podcasting! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meteoricserpents/membership Guest: https://www.instagram.com/scrubshepherd/ The Colubrid Corruption Podcast is sponsored by Phenome Precision Genetics. PHENOME is a new genetics company dedicated to advancing genetic science in the reptile community and beyond. PHENOME offers a first of its kind genetic testing platform that brings a new level of understanding and information to the reptile community. PHENOME partners with breeders and animal owners to make genetic testing easy to submit, easy to access and easy to manage. PHENOME wants sheds from YOU - the Colubrid community! Collect your shed samples in preferably coin envelopes or Ziplock bags. Label them with the species, mutations and sex if known, (Sex being most important right now). Mail the samples directly to their lab at: Phenome P.O. Box…

People in this episode

Host: Meteoric Serpents

Guest: Steven Kush

Topics covered

• Scrub Pythons
• Pituophis
• podcasting
• reptile genetics
• breeding

Keywords

• Scrub Pythons
• Pituophis
• reptile breeding
• genetic testing
• podcasting

Sponsors

Phenome Precision Genetics, Temporalis Enterprises

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Colubrid Corruption Podcast

Places: West Sand Lake, NY

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