I'm not a reptile keeper, but I do find them fascinating. I really appreciate a channel that doesn't just show off a bunch of reptiles with no info. I love that you give a description and education of each one. I actually learn something new and interesting with your content and that I can enjoy and RESPECT.
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My cow reticulated python name venom, i’ve bought him from you a while back and his spots are finally growing in and man I love it. Thanks for all that you and your team do.
I think the humble corn snake deserves a mention as a good starter species. They're easy to house, stay an extremely manageable size, generally tractable, come in lots of beautiful morphs, and because they are small, all the husbandry supplies can be purchased at a shop. They're also very affordable in comparison to some of the larger species of snakes, both the animals themselves as well as their food and supplies. My first snakes were corns, and I really loved them. My female was so friendly; she used to sleep in the front pocket of my sweatshirt while I watched TV. I have a boa now, but I'm glad I had such easy snakes first while learning about their care.
Love how you pointed out expections and reality of Burmese and Retics. Every snake has the potential to be an amazing pet when cared for right and shown respect. (Mom of 2 and a Retic)
You're limited to what he works with (which is fine with me). I love colubrids (kings, milks, rats, hognoses and corns), but that's just not what he works with.
@@chriscosby1561 that's fake news on the carpet's. they're better eaters than a ball and being the size of a pencil would make any one nippy as a baby. guessing you don't work with carpets?
I love the concept and execution of this video. I think it is a fantastic idea to show the different species next to each other and give a run down on their traits, care, and size potential. I also love the emphasis on research and responsible keeping. If our hobby is to continue and be seen as reputable (by outsiders) responsible keeping is a must. I think too many purchase as an impulse buy leading to animals that are abandoned and rehomed and owners getting injured... It is sad that those seem to be the only cases that the public-at-large know of and that is how they view our hobby. I would love to see a part II of this video showing some adult animals (male and female) of each species for size comparison too. I think some people have a hard time gauging actual size based on length if it is left up to their imagination. I am so glad to see such a well-known breeder in the industry doing educational videos like this. Please keep up the good work and know that it is much appreciated!
I had an experience with a snake in childhood that left me with terrible fear. As an adult I nursed a baby carpet python and that helped. A couple of years ago I was introduced to an Olive Python. Oh she was so beautiful! Now I watch you with great interest. Thank you for all that you do.
Thank you so much!!! I already wanted a ball python but you confirmed for me that was the best choice for a 1st timer. I would love a tank set up video. One that shows basic up to the most beneficial for the snakes happiness.
That orange Retic is absolutely gorgeous! This was a good presentation but I wish you had said more about Carpet Pythons, as I think those make great pets. If you decide to do a follow-up part 2 to this video it would be great also if you went further into caging that you recommend for each of these species and leave the links to where the various caging options can be bought, maybe also show one of each species in its caging the way you have them set up.
New England Reptile you’re doing great Kevin, you’re definitely becoming more comfortable in front of the camera too. Are you going to be involved in Brian Barczyk’s round table discussion on snake breeding/husbandry etc? I think it’s going to be a really good experience for discussing both sides of the topic and figuring out a way forward that is beneficial for both the animals and breeders.
I wish you would have included the Rosey boas, and children's pythons to cover the entire spectrum of boiads , but I do really like the vlog and hope for more of this type content,,💯
You taught me to look into a monitor's eye and see, I don't know how to explain this to you, the Pet shop I work at, we get baby monitors in. When I unbox them and pull them out carefully from the bag, I'm real quiet and slow with them, always watching their eyes. Been doing this about 35 year now in the Pet Trade, Hell I remember when all baby iguanas were wild caught and we sold them with out a guarantee for 250.00 bucks, and we didn't even know what they ate. Hence we fed them Science Diet Puppy Growth with their Greens some would feed them crickets as well. Your Monitors back then? All wild caught sub adults, they were captured in leg traps, some of them would be shipped to us with sever injuries with toes falling off do to those traps. The shop I worked in all those years ago..we would quarantine for one to two weeks in back of the shop. Back then we didn't know how smart they were, we just wanted them to simply eat with out a clue to what they ate. Most died back then, the collection band that you see today was not in place back then,(so anything goes back then ). Ball Pythons? Back in the early 1980tis , no one wanted them, you had to feed them gerbils, no one was willing to feed a snake a 30 dollar meal, and those wild caught's would stay balled up in fear for days until they starved to death. Retics and Burms...back then we did them a disservice, we didn't know how big they would get...we also didn't know how smart they were. Back in the early 80tis , if you got your Berm or Retic up to 9 or 10 foot, you were the man. (had a customer that would look for free kitten adds, he would feed them to his retic.) Now I'm looking at you Kevin... you whisper them (sure you have a Business to run, got it), but that whisper is you, you looked at theses magnificent creatures and they looked back at you, and you simply said I see. Long winded I know.... So now in my 50ties semi retired.....I get to see baby monitors and carefully watch, and teach a new owner/ knucklehead to listen and understand their youngster a baby Nile monitor . To you Sir Thank You.
Another brilliant video! Thank you Kevin - just bought my first royal / ball python - a female lemon blast! Super excited to pick her up! I’d love to see a vid on how to tell you’re snake is hungry and when to change up their food to a larger rodent - lots of love to you all at NERD from the UK 😊
After two years of searching I’ve decide on my first snake and it will be a boa constrictor! I toke the nerd tour and they kindly showed me some nice animals, gave me good info and I appreciate it a lot! Now I’ve moved back to Italy and here everything that is not common it’s hard to find.. even supplies are not that easy to get. I really would love to see a boa care video from you Kevin! Honestly the part that make me more nervous is the husbandry in general, like setting up the new enclosure and manage temperatures and humidity. Everything is online but not being able to see in person how to do things makes me nervous like someone that is becoming parent for the first time!
I love your educational videos you're so good at explaining how these reptiles think and what us as reptile owners can do to ensure quality husbandry and relationships with our pets. I think it's incredible thank you.
Great video Kev! Very structured straight to the facts about the do's and don'ts when it comes to different species. I admire your valuable information you share because your passion shows that you want people to understand and be more aware of keeping these wonderful intelligent animals and giving them a quality captive bred life.
This video once again reinforced my decision to get a ball, but loved the amount of information here! Thank you for shareing. At this rate I'm going to end up on Twitter. Sigh
This is exactly the type of video I wanted to see tonight! I started with ball pythons, and last year I got an Abomination Boa (I know a lot of people haven't heard of them, I figure you guys might've though). I was a little nervous to make the leap from ball to boa but he has since become my best buddy and his personality is SO amazing! Our hope is to get a female Colombian boa next, and a dwarf retic or 2. The only thing that keeps me waiting is that I haven't been able to personally interact with either of the full grown adults yet, and I want to make sure my kids, husband and I will be comfortable with the size, necessary care, enclosure size and such. I wish we lived closer to a facility like yours lol but if you know any keepers/breeders close to Buffalo NY lmk!
Educational videos like this are great for the hobby. Being from a big player and pioneer of the hobby, Kevin understands his responsibility to promote and educate with the exposure and influence he has. It's really great to see that.
I had a red tail boa growing up and she was about eight feet long when I watched her bite my cousin and I’ve been afraid of snakes ever since. We raised her from a baby and I adored her!!! I’ve been watching reptile videos for a year or so and I love this channel. I hope when my sons old enough I can grow enough balls to get another!
Great video ! I actually learned something new today . Very informative. I love green anacondas they really have been given a bad rap because of poorly made movies that portray them as man eaters when in fact they just want to be left alone and be able to investigate us at their leisure. I would definitely love to see a video on Husbandry in different climates and tips for those climates.
Although I have almost a decade experience of keeping snakes, my experience always tells me only keep balls, boas and blood pythons. I do kept retics before, but I feel like they are too big for a pet snake and I decided to sell them.
Very nicely done...i love the way Kevin explains things. He uses the BIG words, but he throughly explains what they mean. I love how he touches them and explains how to keep their brains working and WHY to do that. I do not have any reptiles but i love watching Kevin and the crew interact with them and my phobias have turned into appreciation and wonder. Thank you for all your time!
Great video! This type information is priceless to the health and welfare of the pet and the keeper. Keep them coming! This type video is so vital to the community.
Next video, MONITOR CARE PLEASEEEEE!!!!!! it would be really awesome if you could do a video on different monitors and some Australian species please. I'm looking at getting a lace monitor but sadly there's rarely any information about them in captivity. Awesome video! Kevin you are awesome!!!
Another great video Kevin! I love when you’re just talk to us in front of the camera with animals and there isn’t a lot of fancy editing and crazy voices. Because of those reasons this video was epic and extremely educational for both the noobie and advanced keeper. Can you do a care video on how to know what size mouse or rat to feed your ball python/ snake and what they could eat at adults?
Your mindset on keeping animals is better than the general view on raising kids nowadays. On a more positive note this was VERY informative for me (pre first snake purchase and have children in the home) thanks! Subscribed 👍🏾
When I was able to crawl. My mom put me in the yard while she did her thing. Well she noticed me stopping & crawling fast, then she saw my hand grab the grass & I had a garter snake in my hands. My mom is terrified of snakes & had to run to neighbors to get it from me. She checked me and had no bites anywhere so I must have hadn't squeezed it. My mom got me an encyclopedia of snakes & other animals. I could never have a snake in the house as a pet but brought 100s home twice a week with friends for a little bit and our neighborhood was virtual mice free and nobody knew except mom. She came home early and I had all her Tupperware with snakes in them to get ready to let go. I got grounded & had to replace the Tupperware I said good thing you don't know I use a pillow cover to carry them when I catch them. "WHATTTT???????????????"
I don’t have a snake. Won’t ever have one. But I love this channel. It’s educational and interesting, and I love how much love these people have for animals. (I love turtles!!!!)
Great video, I started with cornsnakes, then ballpythons and now I got also boa’s imperator. Love the big snakes but I don’t have the space for them and nobody who can assist me when they are big. So will stay with the smaller ones.
I've gotten to interact with a full grown Burmese python a few times. She's a beautiful snake, but no way would I feel comfortable owning one. A Boa constrictor, maybe, but even there, a proper display enclosure would take more space than I currently have available for that purpose.
I love your channel... vlogs!! PS- I'd like to learn more about how to care rainbow boas, amazon tree boas, emerald tree boas and green tree phytons... especially Emerald tree boas!
Love how deep your knowledge base is. Fantastic informational video, I learned a ton and its obvious how passionate you are about these beautiful creatures.
This is a great video which will help alot of people , knowing what to expect ,from beginning to years to come. Knowledge very important ,for the human & 🐍 👍
Best channel ever for snakes dude I watch most of them and no one gets into detail like you buddy I’m dead serious you taught me so much in 18 min thanks a lot please keep going with the videos please thank you
This video is genius. I think you need to make more like this so people know what they can and can't handle before getting involved in something they can't handle
What is the absolute best care for Burmese pythons? I want to get one and I have a lot of research to do still. I also realize my level of keeping is very minimal. I have one ball python now and have kept a few bearded dragons and Chinese water dragons also. I love the videos and I’m excited for more to come!!!
joseph Harris I wouldn’t say that you’re ready for one. You need to be an expert in python keeping before getting a Burm. They have a rep of being sometimes temperamental and are extremely large snakes. Adults will be anywhere from 20-30 foot long and weigh several hundreds of pounds.
This was perfect! So many people are under false impressions regarding these beauties. Would love to see you do the same with some of your less common snakes like your boelens, SIGBs etc.
I seriously want my first ball python. Really into the black eyed luecistic. I plan on saving up to buy one from you. I used to breed feeder mice but I moved from my home and no longer have that business. You successfully cured my fear of snakes.
Awesome video, guys! I would love a video on how to prepare yourself for keeping a large snake. I started with Hognoses and moved to Ball Pythons, and my dream snake is a cow Retic (from you guys, ofc). I know it's a long way off, but I'd like to know how to prepare for being able to handle the care of such a large snake when there's no opportunity to get experience with handling them.
Love it. Keep up the good work. Education! Education! Education! The more people know, the less stupid mistakes people will make and the bad publicity our hobby will have
Ty ,you are very knowledgeable! I don't think I'm quite comfortable enough for a snake yet, but since I've been watching you and Brian, Kenan ,other Brian and Miguel, I don't hate them at all anymore! Honestly I used to be so scared of snakes I wanted all of them dead! I have totally changed my mind. So,,, ty
Kevin you’re the man... thanks for the class and yes you’re totally right we most all study our animals specially if we have them as pets already. I just started with Ball Pythons last December and now I have 4. I’m in Japan and There is no breeders selling in here or at least than I’m aware of... they have the Japanese reptile club and you most be a member to buy there but it is only for people who own pet shop. So it is kind of messed up because I have noticed that reptiles never get taken care of in the best or at least decent way and feeding is really bad. I got my first and second BP (900+grams Mojave male 5.5 years old and my HET clown female 5 years old 700+grams)I asked about their food and they were eating 35 grams mice 🐁 once a week. I’m trying to get them to their right size for their age. So trying to learn as much as I can. Thank you again
New England Reptile thank you so much for your response Sensei (hope you don’t mind me calling you that, to my knowledge even guys like Brian Barczyk look up to you) I’d be more than happy if you point me in the right direction or if you show me if there is someone that could do shipping from the US to Japan. I asked a few but it has to do purchase up to 10K and as a right now I’m not there yet. Regardless I’ll be following you thank you again 🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️
Wow that was a very teachable vlog! Great work Kevin 👍 dude I can't wait to get a black dragon from you! My Dream Monitor for sure!!!!!!! See you on the next one! ✌️🤘
Very well explained, i now have 3 ball pythons and 1 columbian redtail boa,had pythons, boas, geckos,scorpions and now looking to grow the familly of snakes to a retic or burmese in the future
I live in Indonesia and have king cobras and 2 pythons ,I watch all your videos and am glad to say all my reptiles are doing really well.i have made the best inclosers for my iguanas and I got a monkey too.thank you so much 😊
I luv the way you realize every species is different and you respect it for the individual that it is. I watch A TON of nest, wildlife videos of many different species and people can’t seem to understand that fact. They think every creature think/act/moralize like humans do and that’s the furthest from the truth. When you really watch, even their littlest behaviors, always mean something. I “get” you and that’s odd. 👍🏾🤣 You intrigue me, Mr Kevin. 🤔😊
Great video. I would like to see more about the boas you keep and the monitors. Also a great series highlighting your animals would be amazing. So maybe: 1. A video all about Retics. The care of that species the morphs and your roll in the morphs. (Let’s face it you have had a hand in so many morphs and species being produced who better). 2. A video of a monitor species you keep. The care and if any morphs or locale exist of that species. (I live in Ma and don’t keep monitors but would love to see more about them). Thanks for your time and dedication to the industry.
I got my first ball python 2 years ago. I really researched before getting her. It has been a rewarding experience. She has really grown a lot. I’m really wanting another snake. It didn’t realize how addictive this hobby is. Lol
My first retic shocked me with just how fast he grew; 10' by 2 years old, and still skinny as a rope. Didn't really start to bulk up till he was 8 or 9 years old but even a lean 10 is a handful.
recently been into snakes and i love this video. very informative and great perspective! dont think i would ever get one any time at least but I’m understanding how these can make great pets. 💕
We had a Burmese Python when I was little,I was about 10yrs old, she was huge, it took 8 grown men to hold her straight from head to tail, I not sure if I remember this right and my mom is no longer with us so I cant ask but I believe she was 32 feet long but that sounds huge, My mom got her from a friend because he could no long take care of her and he wanted to make sure she was being taking care of, my father, who was in construction, built a huge enclosure on the back porch, I can't remember her name it started with a M, something like Misha, she was so big she had to eat chickens or Rabbits. But I have always wanted another one.
Excellent advice and information Kevin !!! You are a big wealth of knowledge and I've raised large constrictors for 58 years now and consider myself rather well experienced but of all the other reptile keepers I've known over the many years if I ever needed great and trustworthy advice I would most definitely contact you for your opinion !! :) I've always felt the best advice I could ever give any snake keeper is to observe their snakes and learn to read the snakes body language when it comes to working with big constrictors like my two adult Boa Constrictor Occidentalis :o) That's a bite that in fact educates you real fast about the value of observation !! :)
Thank you for all this helpful information! I've kind of been eyeing getting a pet snake sometime in the distant future, but I don't know a ton about them, so this was incredibly useful! Definitely charmed by the ball python, they look like wonderful pets for a reptile guy.
Can you make some content on diy caging? What materials, finishes and sizes work best for animals that will outgrow affordable plastic tubs? Your retic, monitor and arboreal caging looks homemade.
