Interactive Reptile Community To Encourage Positive Keeping! Veteran Owned & Operated. If you have a natural love of reptiles,, you will definitely enjoy spending time with us here at Intrepid Exotics!
We talk about everything from our smallest crested gecko to our largest reticulated python and everything in between, but we focus primarily on handling, socialization and care for large constrictors and monitor lizards. In the reptile community species like reticulated pythons and a myriad of other snakes, as well as large monitor lizards like Niles and Asian Water Monitors are becoming more and more common. This means that there are more keepers that are seeking mentorship and education to ensure everyone has safe, great experiences with their animals. We discuss topics from husbandry, enclosures, temperature and humidity parameters, hook training, feeding, managing bites and reading the behavior of our reptiles which are all essential skills for any keeper.
Hi! I’m currently building my own right now,, but I’m unsure if the wood will rot, did you coat your wood with something or just have a humid hide? Thank you! Awesome video
If was unusual to your personal touch would recommend in that scenario taking the stand inside out as it stumbling around could have also triggered that fear response. I like to use scent training with mine. the hook makes for a good cue theyre about to be held. with lower prey drive I enjoy using sandalwood or other scent they may be near when finding an ambush spot to sit at. might not recommend that profile of smells for retics but great for my BP. still plenty of others that could work even clickers if loud enough. also add the disclaimer that scents need to be used carefully for consideration to their respiratory system.
I want an anaconda but in my years I've rescue a few over the years. Not what I want but a few that needed help and it's not always what you want, just help it will give you so much.
is it ethical to own a snake in the first place then? if you truly love these animals would you enclose them, if you love nature would you cause the death of other animals to feed them. just my thoughts of course these things happen in nature. is there a way to humanely kill an animal that doesn't wish to die in the first place?
Pragmatism has to step in over idealism at some point. Nature is much more cruel than captivity done right. Not only has captivity and captive breeding brought species back from the brink of extinction, but the stressors of the wild are gone. Captive animals get medical care, keeping them free of parasites and disease, they are not predated, they have ample food and water, and they are socialized to not fear their environment. So yes, it is indeed ethical to keep these animals, and unless one is an extreme vegan than everyone engages in the use of some animals for food. Also, feeding in captivity is much more humane than in the wild. A wild snake hunting is a nightmare for the prey who die in terror and agony. The pre-killed prey items we feed our animals either peacefully fall asleep or die instantly, resulting in no suffering for the prey item and no risk of defensive injuries to the animal being fed. To claim humans should not keep and care for animals is unrealistic and with the amount of habitat humans destroy and species we endanger I would argue human-animal interaction at this level is necessary for the continuation of some species.
@@IntrepidExotics not sure what you mean by extreme vegan though, I don't think it is extreme to not want to be the cause of suffering and exploitation.
extreme 1 of 2 adjective ex·treme ik-ˈstrēm Synonyms of extreme 1 a : existing in a very high degree extreme poverty b : going to great or exaggerated lengths : RADICAL went on an extreme diet c : exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected extreme weather conditions I didn't make a statement on the philosophy. There's levels to everything, extreme vegans who follow their ideology of zero animal products can't eat anything with eggs, milk, ect as I understand it...which is nearly all baked goods, cheeses, ect. I have yet to meet a vegan who excludes all of these things and therefore they all engage in the use of animal product. By the definition of not using animal products wool socks would be taboo...
@@IntrepidExotics veganism is veganism there aren't extreme vegans, unless you mean the militant ones that vandalise things and damage property, vegans do not consume dairy, meats, eggs and do not wear or use products that has anything to do with exploitation, like the fur trade. anyway i wont bore you. the video was great and i agree that live feeding is sadistic.
Beautiful Aru Tim! These guys truly aren’t bad. All of my GTPs and ETBs are puppy dogs. You just gotta work with them. These snakes are in SUPER high demand right now too 🐍
I'm really loving this series, keep them coming! One of the best feelings in the world is having a snake trust you so much it falls asleep in your arms, my boa has done this a couple of times now and I'd just sit there, not moving a muscle as to not wake her up. Another very telling sign that a snake is asleep that I've noticed is the head laying in an unusual manner, either tilted to one side (like Chloe's was) or firmly layed onto the ground.
Such an interesting topic with snakes! I’ve always been baffled by people saying in videos they’re going to wake up their snake (after they open the door, then they face the camera and talk to audience.) I think as soon as you move the door or touch the door, this causes vibration that the snake can feel, and they wake up, possibly not moving to indicate that they are awake in order to avoid detection-that’s their instincts kicking in and counting on camouflage to remain undetected. In the wild, sudden movement would certainly trigger a predation response from an animal searching for a meal, so instinctively snakes remain immobile even after they wake up (some snakes will move to investigate.) But, basically, my point is, after the door gets unlocked, opened or moved in any way, I think the snake wakes up. In some cases your foot steps alone will wake up a snake. The keeper does not physically have to tap the snake to wake it up. I’ve mentioned this topic in a couple of my past videos, but you explained it so much better, and my channel has a very very small following! Thanks for sharing the info…looking forward to more snake behavior videos! 👍🏼
Had an interesting one with my best mate carpet python recently. He greets me when I get in from work and always wants to be in the middle of things. Once it's feeding time though any heat signature is going to get hit. I fed him a quail for the first time a couple of weeks ago and he has been a nightmare. Hunting and biting anything. I can't understand what triggered the change in temperament.
My burn definitely dreams. He bumps things while he's sleeping. He's also never fought anything. He fell asleep with his rat. When he woke up he wanted to fight it until he came round properly. One of my carpets goes completely asleep. He is like a wet hose when you pick him up and can fall out of his tree.
Athena is really pretty. Not as pretty as my 6ft triple het burm Nebula but pretty 😆. Now Bob would give my girl a run for her money in a beauty contest!
Thank you SO MUCH for answering me! My first experience with snakes was being able to handle someone else's albino burm, and I have been in love with snakes since. I have balls, kings, corns and hogs now... But my dream is someday to have a burm. I was hoping that interaction could be similar to the way we work with the others and it is respect and commitment. Thank you again, this video is awesome. I am looking forward to more behavior series.
You uploaded during bedtime for me 😂 Great video! Large snakes are awesome but daunting for a lot of people, especially shorter people, like myself 😅 Looks like youre getting closer and closer to 10k, congratulations 😁 any plans for hitting 10k?
Thanks! I pretty much stopped paying attention to sub numbers, it's up and down after drawing some lines in the sand with that vid the other day, values over followers, ya know :-)
@@IntrepidExotics ups and downs are normal, especially when you draw lines and set boundaries. Staying true to your values seems to be more difficult for others lately. I appreciate your honesty and consistency. I do understand people want a break from politics, and there's MANY pages that don't ever talk about it, like Snake Discovery, but they also don't promote USARK, except maybe 2 or 3 times a year. I love them, they are an hour away from me, I just wish they'd mention USARK more often, maybe like once a month. It is what it is
