The Responsible Reptile Keeping Podcast
Episodes
Ethical morph breeding – REPTA’s deleterious genes policy
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know what a ‘deleterious gene’ is? If not, then this is a conversation you cannot afford to ignore. In this informative podcast, we speak w...
The evidence for positive lists isn’t there
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you want a clear, expert perspective on one of the most controversial topics in animal keeping today, this is an interview you shouldn't miss. D...
Are turtles invasive in the UK? Probably not.
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would you sell a turtle to a new keeper who has just seen the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film? Suzie Simpson from Turtle Tally UK explains how c...
Is your reptile obese?
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Obesity is one of the most common reptile welfare issues, with around 20% of reptiles estimated to be fat or obese. And it's not just a problem for pe...
Reptile rescue and rehoming solutions. with NCRW’s Chris Newman (PART 2)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do with your reptiles if you became so ill you couldn't care for them? How about if you moved home and couldn't take your animals with ...
Reptile rescue and rehoming solutions with NCRW’s Chris Newman (PART 1)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do with your reptiles if you became so ill you couldn't care for them? How about if you moved home and couldn't take your animals with ...
They tried to ban our pets. We fought back!
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do if the law suddenly made caring for your pets illegal? This nearly happened in Sweden, where a sweeping proposal for new laws imp...
Banning reptiles doesn’t work | Norway case study
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On December 20th last year, the Norwegian Government issued an animal welfare report. One of the recommendations in this report was to reinstate a TOT...
Positive lists and whitelists: they want to ban your pets
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a presentation by Eurogroup for Animals. Their campaign aims to ban the ownership of thousands of pet animals by imposing a European-wide posi...
Reptile whitelists failed in Norway
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a story every reptile keeper should hear. Norway had a complete ban on keeping reptiles between 1977 and 2017, but many people simply ignor...
Reptile keepers are under attack!
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Animal rights campaigners traditionally attack reptile keeping in one of three ways. But they have begun to use a new weapon that's even more dangerou...
Ball pythons banned – worse to come.
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Few people believed it could happen, but in 2019, ball pythons, bosc monitors and peninsula cooters were banned in Spain. Since then the Spanish a...