In one photo you can see the rack system used to house these hundreds of breeder male reticulated pythons. The 'important animals' would get to be in the four footer cages seen on the left, while the rest of the 'inventory' would get stored in tubs on the right. Also in this photo you can see the masses of pigs being thawed on the ground to later feed to the animals. Combine this with the knowledge of what types of diseases were in this facility, and it is no wonder why so many animals ended up passing disease around when food would be allowed on the bare floor like that.

It wasn't just males in 74qt containers that had substandard enclosure sizing. Most animals in the Slither Exotics collection are kept in cages that are too small, bins that don't allow them to even streatch out half of their body in.

Included is a video of small flies in the corner of an enclosure that were commonplace in all enclosures in the facility. They would run rampant in particularly dirty enclosures.

The bedding that Samson prefers to use, the compressed hardwood pellet, is normally a great alternative to bedding such as coco fiber because it absorbs liquids very well in the event of pee or water bowl spillage. However it can also hold onto moisture for a long time if allowed to sit stagnant. There were times that enclosures would go uncleaned for so long that much room would actually begin to grow in them. Feces and urates would pile up for so long they would cause red irritation on the underside of snakes' bellies.

One weekend Samson and Cassandra came back from Ty Park's Iguanaland with three adult ROCK/RINO? iguanas. These beautiful animals had previously been kept in an incredibly large outdoor enclosure that was plenty spacious and enriching. Samson bought them to breed, and brought them back to his facility only to shove the trio into a single 6ft Tractor Supply cattle watering trough. Every employee felt terrible about being forced to put these animals into such substandard and abusive conditions.