Welcome back everyone! Heart and Moon are both super excited to be back with such an important episode - on a topic that should be probably be considered before even getting a hognose snake!

How to set up a biosecurity program that suits you is our aim with this first episode since Heart's move to her new home in Minnesota. Moon says we may know the diseases that run rampant in our reptilian community, but some folks may be unsure how to avoid them.

And as Heart points out, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure -so let’s get to preventing disease outbreaks for our beloved scaley friends and discuss safe practices we believe to be beneficial.

According to Heart and Moon, here are the seven deadly sins of reptile breeders in the last episode before winter break! Ranked from least offensive to absolute no-no's, we go over our list of red flags to watch out for when looking to buy your next scaley friend. Also, Tryn cannot pronounce 'grumpy uncle'. But that's okay. We all have our weaknesses.

In this episode we have the privilege of digging through the mind of a lifelong scientist; our very special guest Dr. Donald Johnston makes an appearance and leads us through Genetics 102!

Don has a PhD in molecular biology and holds a BS in biochemistry. He is also a friend of Tryn's, and a fellow Seasonal Naturalist with her at Northwest Trek.

We could not have asked anyone better to give us such an exciting, fun, and yet gentle dive into genetics! We go deep on some other topics, too.

So grab your coffee and have a notepad ready - we certainly learned a lot from Don during this episode, and we hope you will, too!