FIRST PHASE of FELIX's Enclosure Upgrade 

“Thank you for the renovation, peasant. Now give me insect”

1:13 Petko went full kronk style: Oh right the 3D parts, the parts for the enclosures, the parts designed especially for the enclosures, the enclosures parts

THE MUSIC!! YES THE NOSTALGIA!!! I honestly am gonna sound dumb but that legit brought a tear to my eye from happiness x3

Awwww i love how he climbed up onto your hand. ❤

What is a chameleon's worst enemy? A tongue twister

Would have loved a time lapse of Felix exploring his new set up.

Good tip for future, soak plants in water for few hours before replanting them, then don't water them for few next days. That way plant will have water to survive first stage and drying "old" dirt will force plant to spread fresh roots around to look for water. Plant will recover faster and will also grew stronger roots. Great job!

It's amazing how personable Felix has become considering how antisocial he was when he first came to the Dark Den. I'm ever hopeful Chips will make a turnaround as well.

Felix definitely deserved the roaches, he was a true hero holding onto that plant! You really are a great animal keeper, their needs all come first and that is very clear with you!

You are just too cute, I love how you tenderly provide for each of your pets.

Love Felix and I love that new enclosure! So green and definitely adds some charm to the Dark Den 😊🌱

The dead wood tree looks amazing but the umbrella plant needs to be thinned out to expose it and help the light to go through it. Good job now paint it.

I'm worried, that substrate around the bottom of that dried wood might cause it to rot.

As a tip, you don't have to remove all that dirt from the root ball. Just take an old knife and cut vertical lines around the root ball going deep enough to cut the surface roots which encourages new root growth. 👍🌿🌿

I'm glad that even when you use music at the beginning you still don't forget to have the actual title theme and music play! =D

Outstanding work!!!! I'm head over heels for felix. He's one lucky guy to have a owner as caring and creative as you!

I saw in a zoo video that chameleons lose their tongue dexterity if it is not trained regularly. When it does, the way back is difficult for them to use their tongue properly again. Very nice new home for Felix, I am sure this will make him happy.

One thing you could do to add walking paths to Felix is getting some thick strings (naval rope) and tighten It around the branches or using some kind of glue to make it harder

Shefflara was the only plant i could keep alive. They also call it "The umbrella plant". I loved your thumbnail. I've never enjoyed you show any affection to Felix. I just adore him. 🦎❤

Felix is honestly living the life

Hi there, I know you do your best but I really feel kind of sorry for Felix and Despacito in that basement with black walls you know. My green iguana Pedro does climb all around my living room wich is very sunny and has a lot of plants and now that the days are getting wormer he comes and goes in the garden to see the sky and take sunbaths in the grass. Well I had him for years now and I trust him, even if once he went to say hello to the neightbor and almost gave her a heart attack :) love your channel keep up the good work, cheers !

Ah Felix! I love that you are so concerned about his age and taking that into consideration and adjusting his enclosure to protect him is so wholesome! I love how much you care :'D ( Writing this comment I have a junior Tokay gecko on my back lol)

I love Felix and he was adorable at the beginning of the video when you were close to him and he kept reaching for you.

Also, that's a money tree. basically a bonsai that you don't want to give a lot of room to grow. I'd put it back in the pot with filter cloth and drain holes in the bottom. then plant the the whole thing. Don't give it a feeding mostly straight water.

I love this and how its on the fly and planned at the same time. Love it

Keep a watch on the base of the dead tree trunk. If you are going to keep soil with moisture it can start to grow mold/fungus.

You see Petco you just have to show Felix and then you get ten thousand million subscribers and everything that's what I did I had a chameleon passed away I miss him dearly that's why I always say Felix Felix Felix cuz reminds me of him thank you Petco

Petco leave the soil on the roads you don't want to do that you can break the ruts and cause stress to the plant leave the soil on the roots take a big enough hole put the plant down in cover the top with soil watering and you should be good

absolutly beautiful to see what you have done to the place..!!

Hopefully your plant is hearty since you disturbed the roots. When given more room, they stretch out their roots themselves. I question why excess water would go out the side holes that are covered with soil. Wouldn't it just saturate the soil in the upwards direction? Seems like the entire pot would have to be supersaturated before the water were to exit from the side. Well, you wanted humidity so I hope it works perfectly. I would have put the holes on the bottom and set the pot on a rimmed tray with a little bit of gravel in the tray so there's room for the water to drain, but some plants are hearty. Worst case and it doesn't work, drill the holes in the bottom without taking the plants out, if possible, and try the tray. Most plants give some sort of clue if they're being over or under watered - dead leaves or yellow leaves, it depends on the plant. Good luck!

I love the idea of a wide open enclosure like that

Amazing! I am now setting up my own enclosure and can't thank you enough for the inspiration and tips! 🎁🎉

The white stuff is pearlite, it's good for lots of things, especially as a bottom layer in desert enclosures to regulate humidity when you actually need slightly lower humidity. That's normally not a problem for many people unless you live in a subtropical or tropical place, like me, and want to keep things more balanced. It's also good for keeping humidity perfect in incubation containers. Just check out how Reptiliatus uses it. for his gecko eggs or how Snake Discovery uses it for their snake eggs. It also doesn't mold! It's also not good for eating, in case you are thinking of it for a substrate for terrestrial lizards. They like to taste and eat dirt and gravel sometimes because they aren't very... smart.

Holy crap!!! I haven't checked in for a while...the Dark Den looks awesome!!!👍😁

Awe Love his new set up for Felix what you need is some vine from the petstore that black rope and put it around he can climb on it too would be cool for sure your the best at set up cages thanks so much love Felix as he look like mine

It's very impressive how you edit your montages to be in time with the beats of the music. Kudos!! Great content as always

I love Felix he is so cute and has such a personality

We love Felix!

Very nice! However, I wish you would have sealed the bottom of the central branch so that it won't decay in the substrate.

I just want to hear you recite all Chekov's lines while building your enclosures lol I love your accent! And I love your reptile room! I would love this!

Been watching you for a long while now! Love your vids and thanks for all you do. I’ve wanted to have/keep T’s for a long time. I got 2 jumpers, Phid Audux about 2 months ago but yesterday I got my first T, Grammastola pulchripes. So excited!! Just a baby maybe 1/2 inch. Thanks again! I’ll continue watching you, Namaste 🙏🏼

I've been watching you for over a year now. Just wanted to say I plan on getting my first tarantula all because of you. There awsome and have actual personalities. I'm not afraid of spiders anymore either!!!.

Awesome music at the beginning!! Very fresh 'n funky! Loved it

Bit of advise for transplanting hit the side of the pot to loosen the dirt makes it way easier

You don't have to remove that much dirt from the roots. That will most likely lead to you killing or harming at least part of the plant. All you're meant to do is loosen up the root ball a bit before replanting. Just a tip for future replantings.

At 2:47 the plant is called a money tree or Guiana Chestnut. I have one and really like it.

That looks like it will be a great enclosure for Felix

Felix never escapes his "enclosure"??? There must be so much trust. ❤

Always love seeing a Felix video. Good job Petko. 😁

I feel like you should put some blue sky background for your lil turtle friend. Give him some scenic open space inside his space 🐢😌

Felix will like his privacy in the new enclosure. That last plant is really bushy. Maybe prune it?

The beginning shots had me thinkingly that Felix was saying "Welcome to Pimp My Enclosure." Lol

In the future you might want to consider vermiculite instead of perlite. I've found perlite is dusty as hell, floats to the top when you water your plants and turns an ugly yellow. EDIT: Also, you don't need to break up the root ball. Pro tip... plant all your plants while still in their pots. Then, when you're happy with where they are, pull them back out, remove the pot, and drop them straight back in the hole. You can then rake the top half inch of substrate around with your fingers to blend the soils together to make it look nice.

I love Felix his the bomb, and he looks amazing after his shead .Always looking supper cool chameleon😎🐊❤

I have been waiting for this video for four monts now... since he said in the EPIC ANIMAL BASEMENT video he wants to upgrade Felix enclosure

Petko, the amount of work, dedication and love you put into your new den is amazing!!! That is so impressive! And Felix is such an adorable and beautiful character

I still remember this little guy always swaying back and forth behind limbs to try to hide from you. It was like playing hide and seek and hiding behind phone poles. Really like the new dark den and Felix's new setup.

I love how this channel will always be a den and that petco never changes that. Much love petco!

We all love Felix!! And for sure Desposito!

Nice set up but dont forget a plate on the underside of the tube so the water does not run on your floor

That's dark den is looking amazing love what your doing to it ❤

Awww Felix is gorgeous 💙

I love the little time jumps were you dismantled his old enclosure :)

Felix enclosure videos 😍

LOL seeing you switch to taking out the big plant 🤣 poor floor

I love how he has basically a free roam enclosure. It’s like a huge houseplant with a little gem inside.

The music at the beginning was lit. 🔥 Hoping your next video is you beatboxing while feeding your T’s. ❤️

Amazing how far your making it man keep up the great work!!! I’ve been watching your videos since the beginning hopefully expos open up soon or at least hopefully you go to some soon!! Thanks for the great content🙏🏽💯

Enclosure looks amazing

Should've ended with an 8 feeding time-lapse! Also I'm quite glad to hear Felix is beginning to tongue his prey more appropriately. Would be neat if he eventually manages to shoot it completely. I had to Carpet Chameleons growing up and it was always fun to hold the box of crickets in front of them and watch their tongues come and go.

you could incorporate both plants by putting one in a pot with the different substrate and hiding it in the enclosure

Great video love ya research with the plants watch you channel grow to what it is today hats off to you Brilliant my kids love it too ,

Great job on Felix`s new home ! Thumbs up. Greetings from Wolf in central Florida.

Can’t wait to see him explore!

Dude that thumbnail made me click quick af😂

One day I will have a 'Felix'. I'm going to start working on his enclosure like you have yours before then though. It looks fantastic as well as very functional for him.

The white stuff is called perlite in English. I use it a lot for my succulents :) .

Love this upgrade for Felix its a great bachelor pad ...

That must be biggest hempy bucket I've ever seen!

You know Felix is watching you right now. Petco I don't like calling that

The dark den is looking incredible! you must be proud, such a cool space

The enclosure looks even better now!!

Can u do an update for those two large communal enclosure. Specially the balfouri, wanna see how the slings are. If they made a separate hide or just went in.

you could put one of the lights on the wall to get the lower ends of the plants! Also.. Im curious, how are you going to keep your floor dry when watering the plants??

Would'nt it better to protect the big dried Wood in the middle from getting direct touch with humid substrate?

I love your idea and Felix will to but don’t you think that the dried wood trunk will rot in the moist substrate?

Hey, keep the tree downstairs. Then you can put him on it and swing him in behind you for every shot

finaly more with felix

hello, as you lift that bag of substrate, some insects are running on the floor!

Awwww... That thumbnail is too cute!!! 💕

Felix videos are my favourite videos 😁

Looks awesome. Great job. 👍👍👍

I love how calm Felix is around you now, He hated you at first...

Great try gona look great but chameleons actually prefer the hight witch Is why he keeps trying to get higher my panther loves being at the top of the room it's always his go to

I love your interactions together.. Lol

I mean you could always keep the Ficus benjamina in another bucket and have a rope bridge between

Those little white balls for in the soil are called pearlite in the US

I was like "Oh no, he changed the intro!" But then the good old intro came in

Great video, he never disappoints. Anyone else also wondering how Rasputin the roach is doing?

my veiled chameleon died yesterday, he wasn't eating or drinking for 3 or 4 days, he was doing well when I first got him but something happened that made him go down hill and i'm not sure what it was.