Very nice collection man. I will be re-vamping my reptile room this year with some custom cages and such, your videos like these are very helpful with my planning.
Thanks. I got them at shows and off craigslist. But they are made by herpcages. last time I looked they were really well priced compared to similar cages.
Thanks. Respiratory Infections are not super uncommon, especially if you have a large collection. If it is caught early it can be treated very easily. I have had several snakes get it, and I have been able to clear it up in no time. As for the snake that died I was given 2 boas with really bad RI. One I was able to clear up but the RI in the other was to far advanced. If it happens to you just take them to a vet asap and you should have no problems.
As long as its the right size for the snake yea. I usually try to put a hide if I can. In a rack its not quite as necessary since its dark in the back. If the tub is going to be out in the open I would definitely use a hide.
@reptileman24 Yea you can use heat pads with them. I was wondering about having an alarm for the power in the shed. I knew I could get one that would go off in the house but wasnt sure if it would go to my cell. Ill look into that.
@Thereptileinfoguy Thanks. I have been building them a new cage that is almost finished that will have way more branches built into it and running across it. I dont want them to be tame though, I enjoy their crazy little attitudes.
@TnGxAsSaSiN Thanks. I spray them everyday. I like the cages I have. The screen tops are only about half the size of the top. While humidity is very important, proper ventilation is also very important.
Depends on how well the animals are kept. Even if they are kept right you still lose an animal from time to time. Not to often though. Most of the things that I have had die were fresh imports, which is why I dont buy imports anymore.
nice man, not gunna lie i think that turtle is my fav pet of urs haha, he looks like he will eat anything and not stop haha. keep those vids coming! love watching them
Are you referring to the amazon tree boas? When I spray them it dries up within an hour or so. It doesnt need to stay wet to be humid, especially here in Georgia where the humidity is usually pretty hight anyways. Everything else I keep on newspaper it gets changed if the water spills or they pee.
@reptileguy713 its just really big strips of bark held on by brown 100% silicon. I just put enough silicon to hold the bark then went back and filled in any open spots with silicon and put some smaller pieces of bark.
Im honestly not sure, since I got them all over time. The electric bill isnt really as bad as you would think, I mean its a little higher, but I live in an old house with bad insolation so its hard to say how much if it is due to the reptiles.
I actually have them on mulch right now, but thats really just to make cage cleaning easier on me. When cleaned routinely newspaper works just as well for most snakes Its not about being cheap. As for the camera it is a cannon t3i, a very very nice camera it just needs a better lens. But youtube is something I just do for fun so I dont feel like spending money on it.
The tanks arent that bad as far as clean goes (Ive seen worse). A lot of those tanks look pretty nice. I thought I had quite the collection! Then again Im not a big snake fan, if I was, I guess I would have more reptiles in my collection. I built a 4x2' cage (one step before I build a 6x3') for my savannah but he was too small and it was cumbersome for his size. Now he's quite larger so I have to clear out some space in my herp room and switch him back. Nice collection and room though.
@Gingerific123 I would recommend keeping heat on it at night as well. Just look up a caresheet on google and it will tell you what temps for night and day.
the cages of course. and I understand that it may be easier to maintain, I just believe that a snake would enjoy a natural looking environment more, of course we cant really know unless they seem stressed and they probably don't. So whatever to each his own preference just a suggestion
I do spot clean on a daily basis and completely clean out any cages that need a full cleaning. I just usually do it after the fideos. If I do the cleaning and misting or any other maintenance before the videos by the time I am done I just dont feel like filming it anymore. Thats why I usually film before.
Amazing vid bro and i like the new camera!!! Is there any chance you could make a vid of how you water and keep the humidity up in your tarantula cages!!!
In my opinion, if you dont have the time to keep all animals well cared for (e.g. cleaned out, handled regularly so they do not get stressed or aggresive when held) then you shouldn't have them. I work full time, but that doesnt mean that any of my snakes are neglected, I make sure they are left in the care of family of friends. If you cant spend enough time on them all, down size your collection. Give the animals the respect they need. Thanks.
@snakeboi1994 Thanks. Im pretty happy with where its at right now. There are a few things I might sell and Im keeping my eye out for good deals on the things im trying to breed, but other than that I wont be getting much for now.
@FORGOTTEN760 It was home made, but not by me. Its not to hard to do if you have the time. The cage is a simple rectangle divided in half with plastic slidey things for the class. You can find tutorials for backgrounds on lizard-landscapesdotcom as well as a few other sites.
Caleb Savory yah it seems he does,maybe he is suggesting to give them a better life, but you guys think your big business men with all this over collecting.
You can find babies around $100,maybe a little less, then they go up from there. Last time I looked you could find adult males from $200 - $300 on average.
some cool cages. i like the chams. the amazon's looks really really boring compared to others. it reminds me of a doctors office for reptiles. you can burn thos pvc pipes a bit to turn en brown and add texture. might look a bit cooler:) any way keep up the husbandry
@herprule I got them used at local reptile shows, but you can order them from herpcages,com. They are actually really cheap, at least compared to most.
@pedelpopper Yea he is really cool. Ive thought about getting another at some point, maybe after I can make him a pond. And he will eat anything, and I mean anything.
Ive commented on this before but I dont always have time to clean every cage before doing a video. Anytime I make sure every single cage is clean before doing a video I definitely do not feel like doing a video afterwards.
@TheSauropsidian It really depends on what type of monitor you are talking about. Large monitors do fine on a diet of mostly rodents. There is some debate over it but I believe savannahs fall into this category. The problem is not having temps high enough to properly digest this diet. Smaller monitors definitely need a more varied diet. All my smaller monitors eat mostly insects with rodents once a week and supplemented ground once every month or two.
Yea I made it. Well kinda, I took huge chunks of bark off a dead tree and glued them to the back. Cant remember what kind of tree it was though, its been a while since I did it.
@johnnyrebel96 I got the female from a local reptile store in Mcdonough, GA, the male was off craigslist, and the 2 babies I got from bay area reptiles.
@TheSauropsidian People have been keeping monitors healthy their entire lives without UVB. So I do not provide my monitors with UVB because results show there is no need for it. In my opinion there isnt really much of a debate, just people not willing to let go the fact that monitors dont need UVB.
@goldenstone18 That is way to cool unless you are intentionally trying to cool it for breeding. If you give it proper temps it should eat again (assuming thats why it stopped eating in the first place.) In my opinion there is no reason to cool down a snake if you are not planning on breeding it.
Yes kept alone and just put together for breeding it's fine. I saw another guy's videos where he had a male and 2 females in a 2' long opaque plastic tote box thing and from the looks of things he had them like that all the time. And then he's posting a video of a baby sand boa that he just found on the floor in his exotic pets room. Nothing wrong with anything in this video tho.
@twillis10 Sure! ofcourse =) Just something that is kind of 'on my mind' lately =p makes sense they would not need it because of the calcium they get out of their diet, on the other hand, seems weird that it would'nt be of any use to provide UVB, since they get it in nature aswell and lack it in captivity =P and since they are diurnal =P
I got them off craigslist and from reptile shows. But you can order them from herpcagesdotcom. I have to spell out dot instead of just using a . or youtube wont post it. They are priced really well when compared to similar cages, and they work great.
you have quite a collection! but can i say i agree with zLeeeO. i think he/she meant to suggest that you please use some decent substrate instead of newspaper. If you're gonna keep reptiles don't be cheap, that's my suggestion as you asked. For the people giving you shit for the perches, they're just nitpicking, as long as there is a perch it's fine, though I prefer using real branches for my Merauke gtp. i don't mean to be an ass, but it would be nice if you could use a higher quality camera
@Thereptileinfoguy The only monitor I care to have tame at all is my nile. I dont want him to be a puppy dog or anything, just chill enough not to try and kill me every time I open his cage.
Yea kinda, some are breeders. I used to breed leopard geckos, crested geckos, and bearded dragons. Ive just started breeding snakes so we will see how that goes. Nothing large scale though, I dont make any money from it.
If the snakes did better in a decorated cage I would keep them in decorated cages, even if it was more maintenance. As far as I know there is 0 evidence that shows that snakes care about what their cage looks like, only that it meets their needs.
ok thats understandable. Just so you know though the excuses are more so just for the video, and are not excuses for how I keep my reptiles. I would prefer everything always look its best in the videos.
from 2:33 to 2:54 and 2:55 to 3:14 most people were probably looking not at the reptiles, but his reflection in the glass.... ha ha........ but cool reptiles and this wasn't a mean comment by the way... just a fact
The room not being how I want it just means I dont like the setup yet, it has nothing to do with the animals. And when you have the amount of animals I have you are going to find a few dirty cages as you go through them. I take great care of my animals and certainly better care than most.
how much did all of this cost you? like the animals themselves and all the housing units and your electricity bill. not to mention feeding expenitures?
@saggot420son Well if you dont mind being bit they can all be handled. Ha. But yes some can be handled. If you get one as a baby and work with it you have a good chance of being able to handle it. I have 2 that are fairly tame, but they still snap at me from in their cage every now and then.
