The speaker for August is Brad Willoughby, owner of Serpent Syndicate. Brad specializes in husbandry and housing of multiple python species. He grew up in the country in Delaware and has always been interested in reptiles and amphibians from toads, frogs, snakes, and lizards. You name it, he caught it. And then his dad made him get rid of it. His dad wasn’t really a snake guy. In 2016, Brad retired from the Army after 24 years of service. He has over 25 years of experience with reptiles, having bred multiple python species. He has always been someone who likes to do things with his hands and loves to build. He started looking at enclosures that others had built and took bits and pieces of everything that he had seen and learned to build what he does today.

Brad Willoughby will be talking about the proper husbandry of the python species he keeps and has bred including Burmese, Retic, Blood, Carpet, and Ball Pythons. He will also discuss proper housing materials, substrates, and cleaning of enclosures. Additionally, he will review breeding practices, egg incubation, and animal diets.