"Scaled"

[Coluber42]

I watched both episodes online. I like some of what they said, and it's nice to see these animals portrayed in a positive light. I have to say though, I was really disappointed in the ball python enclosure. They went to all that trouble to make it look like Disney Princesses lived there, but they did so little with it that will actually benefit the snakes. As far as they're concerned, they have one hide and a water bowl and barely more floor space than they had in the rack. They have more head room, but the vertical space isn't even used in ways that will particularly benefit them. With that height, they could at least have had a couple of platforms with hides, which would be at different temperatures because they'd be different distances from heating elements. They could have more branches and leaves (make them look like palace staircases and balconies if you have to match it to the princess theme?), places for the snakes to actually go. The finished product basically looks like ye olde barren tank, with a lot of window dressing.

I wish they'd be more specific about what the animals need and I wish they'd cut some of the vacuous chatter and replace it with specifics about what they're doing (and definitely address stuff like letting paints and sealants and everything dry and outgas for long enough before putting animals in, etc), but sadly this type of show never gets into the actual meat of a topic. If you're not expecting any in-depth treatment of any topic whatsoever, I suppose it's entertaining enough.