Are poisonous frogs a concern at the camp? Cain toads and such? If so how do you keep the animals from eating them? You mentioned the frogs coming out in the rain so Im curious. Love the vid per usual! Love from AZ!
Hey Kenan I think you should pump out the pond when you get alot of water and let the grass and soil filter it. This will dilute those toxins and make the pond safer I think you did this before
God, I miss Fred so much... I adored that sweet man. 💓 Kenan, when are you gonna get back filming with Chandler? He's pretty down these days, with losing his own king of the camp...
Hi Kenan You sure had a lot of rain. All of your plants look very nice. Slinky sure enjoyed that catfish. Lady Dale, and Snaggletooth's pond is really high. They are so gentle eating the croc chow. I look forward to the construction, and getting more beautiful plants. Cindy
Completely agree with you, that wet sandals and wet wellies 🥴😂🥴 feels so wrong 🤣 with seeing the effects of the rain your future projects will be perfect 🤗🤗
One of your best vids! Was so good to see the gators. This one gave a great close up to really appreciate snaggy’s size. I’d watch them eat and swim every day! The camp is sooo green after the rain just beautiful 🤩 🐟🐊🦎🌴🍃🌧️❤
I miss seeing these guys everywhere when I lived in Florida! Florida has the best wildlife (native and invasive)! I’m in NC now and it can be similar but the one gater we have is highly highly protected in the state park where he lives wildly. You can only see him if he lets you while you’re kayaking the swamp otherwise he stays away from the walking paths. It’s amazing that he did so well this past winter. Such adaptable animals, proven by their lineage! Thanks for the video Kenan!
Love it ! Yesterday I finally watched Dale and Snaggletooth wrestle that hog in their two tiny puddles and today, here they are in one deep Fred's Lagoon ! Watching the Kamp is such a fascinating education in your ecology because the seasons in Florida are so different from anything I have experienced. In the DRY they dig deeper to reach the "water table" making small, attractive watering holes which attract their prey. Now we have the WET season and I am learning about the invasive Walking Catfish. Love it !
Love to hear that Sally. It's good to be reminded that most people don't have any experience with our weather patterns and seasons here in South Florida.
I loved seeing Snaggletooth and Lady Dale in their filled pond. They sure did enjoy their pellets, but I have a feeling slinky enjoyed his fish more.😊❤
@@KampKenanhey 😅now, I lived in Miami Florida in 2007,and it heat as Sauna there I don't know you Floridians can do it. I moved to Pensacola Florida in 2008,then I had to battle the Hurricane 🌀🌪️ flooding the house and causing mudslides and Huge Sink hole 🕳️.. neither one of those cities were any fun 😢
You have come a long way with the foxes 🦊 hand feeding them shows they trust you. Definitely less jumpy. Poppy was all about that corn 🌽 He cracks me up when he wants pets. Every animal is doing so well and its easy to tell even from videos how well taken care of they all are. The emus have grown crazy fast. The baby is almost as big as her parents. 💪🏻👍🏻🐊
You know you could build a bit of a natural irrigation, either with a drain pool or into the big pond or something. Might be cool and give a natural water source to places you need it, or even a bit if running water through parts of the kamp. Could be cool, tho maybe expensive deoending on how you wanted to do it (concrete channels could add up) Just a thought, look forward to the koi reflection pond and im glad the animals are doin good!!
All you're doing with trimming the barbs is protecting slinky and helping to get rid of an invasive. As unfortunante as it is invasives are becoming more and more of an issue all across the country, more than just our country obviously, but the US is really struggling with biodiversity in different areas due to it. Atleast this way slinky gets a meal instead of just loss of life for the fish
I just love Dale and Snaggy... They are so chill lol. I totally feel your water and sandal thing! So weirdly annoying and I feel like I'm gonna slip n fall lol. Place is looking great and I can't wait to see the reflection pond! U gonna put a king king in there since you've gotta Godzilla? U can have king kong vs Godzilla lol😂
I hope you can figure out a natural waste disposal system for the ponds. Hope you and Ed were thinking about something along those lines for the future.
It’s amazing how quickly things can turnaround. We’re having a bit of a dry spell here on the Island. Supposed to have some thunder next few days, so that could change. Always great seeing what’s going on down there. Closer and closer to my return to Florida as well. I can retire next June, but want to be fiscally stable so may wait a few more years. I’m probably going back to Orlando, it’s what I’m most familiar with. There are some surrounding communities that are on the table too.
Rainy season must be a relief for everyone at the kamp. Slinky was happy with the food offering and of course snag & dale lunch and a dance at meal times just another day of adventure at the oasis 🤙🏼💯
With all the water on your land and landscaping planned, have you ever considered dragonfly habitats? Plants that flourish in a marshy environment, plus the natural mosquito control with dragonflies (native species) are off the charts.
Fred's Lagoon is pretty cool!! I would love to own alligators and crocs!! But I live in the same city as Breaking Bad. Hope everything is going well Kenan. It's always good to see you. Stay safe and have a nice day!!
I wouldn’t be surprised if an aviary similar to Blake’s isn’t built around the new pond. A multi-species enclosure housing exotic plants (orchids, cycads, bromeliads), reptiles, birds, fish, (even butterflies) would be great as would an above ground pool built with a viewing window for the large aquatic turtles… admission; $20, seniors & children; $12, RU-vid channel members; free with complimentary cocktail. 😂
In England at the moment we’re still on temps of 13 degrees Celsius. It’s freezing even by our normal standards. Would love just a little Florida ☀️ and ☔️
Hi Kenan, I've been thinking about what happened with the Orlidia's a few weeks ago, which also has made me think about how the big pond isn't in anyway filtered. Ed is coming soon to build this new small pond, what about asking him about building a filtration system for the big turtle pond as I know logistically and cost wise it would be super difficult to drain the big pond and catch and house all the turtles and fish in it, but have a similar filter system to what the rec pond has only capable of taking fluctuations in water level and still being able to function properly. That way the ponds would function as they seasonally do each year, and if needed you could add water to them both through irrigation layed into the bridge/burm, that would be able to be controlled separately and manually by just turning a tap on and off. If that pond was filtered and had clear water, the toxins would go down greatly which would be less stress on the turtles in the pond. The water would stay cooler because there wouldn't be the suspended particulate in the water that traps the heat in. Something you could do that would be for the turtles would be to create a swamp as part of the filter that the turtles who prefer that kind of water could move into all on their own. It could still be stocked with fish. All it would take is dredging the pond to make a smaller swamp pond, or even easier, to get a load of clay based dirt and build a subwall, or burm, that would divide the swamp pond from the clear and filtered pond. The swamp pond could be the run off from the filter, which would still keep the water quality good. Then all of the turtles in the big pond could choose which quality of water they want to live in merely by walking out of one pond and into the other pond. That would also create a large basking area and a walking bridge across the pond, another way for you to monitor everyone in both ponds more easily? You could use the island in the middle as part of the separation, that way you could walk to the island to check on things there such as possible turtle nests on the island, and then be able to dig up the nests with ease, incubate the eggs and have more baby turtles for sale or conservation each year. I hope that all makes sense. It was a thought I had the day you posted the video about the Orlidia's floating, but I hadn't thought it through until now and hearing about you making more ponds. I miss the daily videos. Cheers Kenan, Matt - Toronto, Canada
The new pond will look cool, but if you need to get machinery or the rocks from your rock pile, it'll be a pita. I thought you were going to put more cages next to Lulu's cage?
The new pond will no doubt be able draw water from the well if necessary in the dry season. The dock idea overlooking the pond is nice. Build a BBQ pit and get a Sunday brunch going… 🤔
Absolutely love both of them! Love how they interact together and how you have them so engaged with you now. So damn cute how she pushes him away with her snout and he just takes it. Such a great duo! So glad you finally got some rain ! As did we here in Maryland . Things were starting to get too dry!
Fred's lagoon is looking sick. I personally think the idea of having Crocs/gators is cool, but I wouldn't trust myself to take care of them. Maybe a dwarf Caiman😅
Your large turtle pond ought to have its own separate well, like bama bass has. That way the water level can be controlled better to prevent illness. I know it is expensive.
And mosquitos too, time to get out the citronella. The oils in plants like marigolds, chrysanthemum, geranium, etc repel bugs naturally. I’m sure Tom Holt knows about them, he’s a dedicated gardener and very knowledgeable.
In Az this has only happened once to my habitat and it was devastating and very unexpected. I have spent tons of hours and dollars to make sure I can try to prevent it happening again. Florida is so different and can only wish I could have a pond and all that vegetation ♥️
Don't call the kamp old... it's gorgeous now with the rain. Everything will start to bloom and grow... ❤ it is so beautiful. And yes although snaggy and Dale are the animals I like the less... sorry... they are to big and scary to have un your backyard. I still live them. I wouldn't hurt them. I don't hurt any animal. They are so impressive... I prefer the slinks and margy.. and all the tortoises... big and small and the turtles and than you have the small crics and than you have snaggy and Dale. I think it's because they aren't that pettable. Even slinks is loving his pets... I don't know how to explain.. but I hope you understand what I mean. I would love to swim together with slinks, but I wouldn't wanna swim with those 2... 😂 I would love to pet darwin... even lucifer... but not Dale and snaggy 😂... lets say i adore them from a distance and ot always scares me a bit when you go into their enclosure... I don't have that with the other animals... not even the crocmonitors... the little layman neither because they are small... although perhaps even dangerous as their big brother and sister. I don't know why. They are looking so beautiful now they have tons of water... they look so clean. I hope you understand what I mean... say hello to all the animals from me. And thank you for sharing everything with us. I live the kamp. I must say that your kamp never let's me down. It's been years that I follow you and I do t get tired of it. Normally after a while I get enough of a channel. I seen it all. Bit with your kamp I am so attached that I don't want to miss a thing. Thank you for everything you do for those animals. If I was an animal I sure want to live at your place. Big enclosures and good food and able to live as close as you do in the wild. Big hugs from belgium where the dangerous animal is a wolf if you are and the brother of Germany and some foxes that I only see lying dead at the roads 😢... the biggest lizard to find here is a legless lizard or a viper that is 1 foot tall... never saw one in the wild though. And... a small lizard that I found a few times in my backyard that is a few inches... 😂. Spiders are called big when they are almost an inch. 😂. So let me say that it is wonderful to see the native animals in your garden and the non native animals in your backyard... oef long text... sorry. I wish my English was better so I don't need all those words to explain myself... Love you and your family... ❤
Considering that all that rain inundated the area, shouldn't an investment of a better drainage system be invested in? Like piping under the ground to absorb the excess water and a place to deposit it so it can be used in the dry season?
