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as a keeper of "a few" snakes......i always tell my friends that want to get a snake "never plan on going cheap. " If you are already trying to go cheap just getting your reptile set up in a home, you are failing that reptile. Give them the best you can right from the start and you will find you have less maintenance and upgrading to do later on. Spend a lot at first to spend less over time. They rely on you for their livelihood and health. Give them what they deserve
This x 1,000,000. Reptiles and pets in general are a luxury. I am not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination and I hate to sound like a snob, but if someone is concerned with the upfront cost of an animal and what it takes to provide for them long-term, they should not have one to begin with.
Given most of these are not genuinely beginner reptiles (as you noted), I'd be interested in someday seeing a version of this list where it's five reptiles that are beginner friendly in care requirements but for whatever reason (low birthrate leading to small supply perhaps) are still more expensive than average.
Armadillo girdled (not just armadillo) lizard should be quite beginner friendly. But it cost thousands of $ for one and you should buy few cause they're social. And main problem is, that you have to find one on some auction or idk where. Maybe on big expo. It's illegal to wc & export them from RPA so they're very, very rare when smb sells them.
Blue tongue skinks should be on that list for sure, just the animal itself is gonna be a few hundred dollars and then there's the enclosure which doesn't have to be as large as it normally would be with such a large lizard but it's still gonna be at least 4X2X2 and if you have an Indonesian species you're either gonna pay a premium because captive bred are fairly tricky to come by so you'll most certainly need to find a vet that can properly examine your lizard. You'll want a variety of feeders, a UVB source and an absorbent bedding that will retain moisture for humidity while making sure it's deep enough to burrow. Most lizards that aren't a leopard gecko are gonna be kind of expensive.
I put the sulcata at number 1, because even if you have the perfect weather, you need the acreage. Real estate costs a bloody fortune. You also have to dig deep, reinforced fences, and make them out of one foot thick concrete. They are real Houdinis! I've heard stories of full grown sulcatas burrowing under the fence line, under the nearby freeway, and popping back up hundreds of feet away. They will also burrow under your home and ruin your foundation. That's not cheap, either. It doesn't help no matter how many nice cool shelters you give them in the summer, they are going to dig, just for the pure fun of it.
Chinese Water Dragos, in my experience, are intelligent so they will need some kind of stimulation. They definitely need an enclosure much bigger than anyone would think. They're also very easy to tame. Mine were like putting a rhino Iguana in a green iguana suit and then shipping them to SoutnEast Asia. My wife is Thai and I called them Thai Dragons.
I always heard they were very tamable. And I love water using species,. And their full size can be somewhat impressive, even though they don't get as large as most iguanas. The sheer space issue is why I never went for them. For that space I'd rather house a modest sized monitor. Ackies or something. I'm always happy when Adam points out the importance of giving these animals the space they deserve, and stimulation. In the 90s people weren't really discussing these issues and it was about how many can I keep in the smallest possible spaces, so that my collection can increase. Also there were some women into it but the hobby was, and probably still is, male dominated. So hearing a woman concerned about being humane was laughed at. "They're reptiles! Not dogs!:" You get the idea.
I bought a baby Uromastyx thinking that the lizard would be my biggest cost. I was waaaaaay off. It has been almost 10 months since I bought my little guy and I am still spending money on perfecting his enclosure to this day.
I've worked with uros for around a decade and the biggest takeaway I've gotten over time is to keep it simple. Seeds make a good bedding and pose no threat to them but they love to dig and bask on rock surfaces so it's imperative that all furniture is touching the floor of the enclosure. There's a lot I didn't know that I wish I had when I started keeping.
As someone who has 12 panthers and a now ancient meller's this is mostly true. For a panther, without any automated systems and of a common locale (some less common locales of panther require a few extra things), expect to drop at least $1000 bare minimum in initial setup alone. Mind, many of those are one time or several months in between replacement expenses. Plants alone are a huge expense because plastic/fake plants are far more of a risk of impaction then in other reptiles. Then you're looking at food costs and supplements. They need a large variety to be healthy. From common crickets and hornworms, to moths, various larvae like soldier flies, flies of various types and then they need multiple types of supplements (calcium, calcium w/ d3, multivitamin, for sure and pollen is also a common optional extra to thrive.) I cycle through about 8 different feeders that I use regularly and a few others as treats. Try finding a petstore that has that much variety. On top of that you have to be careful of the plants you use because if the feeders nibble on them.... also if they break the stems climbing many plants are safe to walk on but the sap stuff that cones out when broken can be toxic or even caustic to chameleons. I take my baby chams up to 6mo to the vet every month to make sure they are healthy and growing correctly as those first 6mo are the foundation of health for the rest of their lives. Then I do vet checks every 6mo and yes it does get expensive. I've only had to have medical intervention twice though and both very minor (excepting my meller's as he's now 13yrs old and has bi-monthly exams. As I want to ensure he has quality of life and I know he won't make the end of the year). The problem with chams is they hide illness really well and by the time they let you see there's a problem it's often rather bad. The other thing not mentioned is chams are smart. Not monitor smart but they are definitely intelligent beyond what you'd expect. They can be taught several tricks (my more socialable one can shake, high five, fistbump, stick his tongue out on que, and do jesus lizard), a few if mine can solve those slider dog puzzles, they can problem solve to an extent, and they can learn. One of my youngest and more intelligent then average has figured out how to undo the little swivel locks on the mesh enclosures so I had to move him to glass.
I love what you've said here! My passion/love is with the veiled chameleons. I took a few years of a break since my last males that I had, Tropical and Forest, and just recently finally decided to purchase the baby at our local pet store when I heard the employees "care instructions" to a potential buyer. Even when they went to grab him, they stressed him too much and he turned black, so I made them wait for him to calm down, and then I got him out slowly.. I love bioactive setups, and make my own for all of our reptiles here, and what I like the most about your informative post is the sap from "safe" plants. You hit the nail on the head with that one! I grow my own decor plants that I KNOW that the sap will not hurt them. I have an entire room in my basement that is dedicated only to truly safe plants for my reptiles enclosures as well as for their food sources. My roach colonies and meal worms colonies are also fed very specifically too. I want them eating well because I know that my reptiles will eat well from that
Savannah monitors. Growing up in the 80s as a pet store junkie I saw babies everywhere and they were always marketed as a beginner pet. I once had a wild caught sub adult that was crazy! That was a bad decision. As we know now, they realistically need their own room with a steady diet of insects, not dog food or rodents. The reptile hobby has come a long way. :)
It's very important to get the right diet from the start too. I have one I rescued. Previous owner fed raw meat and rodents. She is very obese. I seriously changed her diet, but she's not dropping the weight very easily. I anticipate that her lifespan will be shortened because of the impact of the improper diet, despite the fact that she's on a proper diet now. She wasn't handled, or was improperly handled. She growled at me when I first got her, and whipped her tail if anyone walked by her enclosure. She is taming down for me and I can now touch her, but that took a LONG time to reach that point. I wouldn't reccomend them as beginners at all.
Love this list, but beardies definitely deserve an honorable mention. They're as common as leopard geckos. A normal is as cheap as $30-40 and the morphs that are coming out these days are insanely expensive. Just like the other herbivores on this list, the veggies will put you outta house and home. But now you also have bugs like dubias or BSFL to add to the list. They need basking lights, UVB lights, and they also need changing periodically. And if you were mis-informed in the beginning on those requirements then you could also have vet bills in your future because repti-carpet will rip their nails off and they can get infected from the bacteria in there. And they can get MBD. So... yeah. Plus the space they need for their enclosure.
Yeah that I didn't understand until my kids got one. Now I have a roach colony and still have to buy supplemental roaches because the roach colony isn't established enough yet.
Sooooooo true!! I bought my first baby beardie about two weeks ago and I’ve made so many cricket trips 🤦🏼♀️ so I bought a small cricket house. Well it only holds 24 so within a few days I went back and got a large one. I wasn’t thinking I’d have to raise insects too but I’ve gotta figure out something. I don’t have a pet store very close and babies eat a lot of crickets🤪. I’ve spent waaaaaaaaay more than I thought I would already. Haha. Enclosure, all the goodies that u can fix up their enclosure with, feeding dishes, stumps, rocks…… I’m just glad my husbands being cool about all I’m spending on this little lizard 😆
I haven’t had a huge issue with this. Their staple foods are generally cheap, it’s that beginning phase though where you have to figure out what they like. Not to mention times where they just decide to not eat something anymore. The rescue I got my boy from told me that my boy’s favorite veggie was spaghetti squash, but in there 2-3 years I’ve had him, he’s never taken it.
@@staceyroberts3468 ive seen people cutting buckets in half and making hides! i know reptile hides can be EXTREMELY expensive depending on the size of your reptile. try looking at some of the diy hides people make it has saved me so much money. 😭
Back in the 90’s my dad and I went to a reptile store to get me a pet and they recommended a Chinese water dragon. They gave us awful care advice. I was only 7 and my dad didn’t have the internet he had to just trust the guy at the store. We did everything wrong and the little dragon only lasted a few days. I get so mad when I think about it. We did everything he told us to do but seeing how you care for them now I know they had no clue what they were talking about. Definitely not a beginner reptile!!!
My dream as a reptile keeper is to one day get a rescue iguana and/or sulcata tortoise. These are animals that I love, but also completely acknowledge that there are tons that need good homes so it licks out for me if I am ever in a great situation to do so. I try to rescue most of my reptiles. Only my amphibians are not because it’s very uncommon to see any in any rescues near by.
My son wanted the Chinese Water Dragon as a preteen. The pet shop said we needed a 20 gallon aquarium . I never gave into this. Boy am I thankful! This was in the nineties.
My iguana lived in my room with no cage since she was litterbox trained. No one told my teenage self about humidity 😖 but this was way back when "romaine lettuce with some calcium powder" was considered proper food for them. No that's not what she ate! After speaking to people at a reptile expo, her food variety got much much better. She lived for 13 years though so, I guess it wasn't too bad.
@@WickensWickedReptiles Kittens, puppies, parakeets. It's all the same. My veterinarian told me that "There's no such thing as a 'free' pet." That's some serious truth there. Even my backyard caught millipedes and snails get to eat part of my salads. I had to buy a larger jar for them, get the calcium, etc.
In the 90s my aunt kept her iguana as a dog...😂 it roamed around the house and if need be she would skip meals to feed him. When he died, she took it harder than her husband's passing and it was almost 7 ft long!!
Don’t forget that Green Iguanas can potentially give you stitches. If you live in the US like me, you’ll pay for a medical bill assuming you don’t have insurance.
I think you picked a great one for #1 You are always totally spot on with your lists. As a kid I always dreamed of having an Iguana until I got one and it was so much work and grew like Jack from the bean stalk. Not for beginners.
Hey I'm looking to get into reptiles and was wondering if you could do a video on bioactive enclosures, the benefits from them, the key setup requirements and the maintenance required. I plan to do research on it myself as well but would like to see your take on the dos and do nots. especially with lizards or snakes.
I would also like to see www’s take on bio active setups. I have all 4 of my habitats bio active according to the pamphlet from zoo meds bio balls, and it is amazing. No odor at all, no dead crickets, no fruit flies from fallen food, the isopods and springtails eat everything, and leave super fertile soil as waste. I haven’t seen a gecko or frog dropping, unless they get it on the glass, the clean up crews eat everything. I have bioballs, mesh, reptisoil mixed with sub-stratum, then leaf litter, natural hides like cork rounds and mopani wood, vines up for tree frogs and cresties, and desert shrubs and arid type deco for the leopard gecko. You would never know I have anything, there is only a scent of a forest after rain, no malodorous eminences from any bio active setup I have at all!
I actually didn't know about hog island boas! I've always been interested in boas but the possibility of something over 10ft is a little much for me. I'm nowhere near in the right place for another reptile right now but thats a new species to learn about and consider when im in a more stable place and able to take on a new reptile.
I’d enjoy a video of the top 5 animals that surprised you after you got them. Like if you expected an animal to be really active but you found that they hide a lot , eat more than you expected, etc. I’m curious because I was expecting my BP to be very lazy because that’s all I read on the internet but since owning her, she really does use her cage and come out to explore quite a bit!
We sell Water Dragons at my shop. Their low price is dictated by an even lower wholesale price. That being said, my employees and myself always tell folks straight up about those exact large environmental requirements and size parameters etc. That tends to solve that conern right away. We rip the financial bandaid off immediately and hold nothing back from potential customers. Sure we lose a lot of sales, but the animals end up going to folks fully aware and prepared for the end game. It's worth it in the long run and best for the animals.
It's the only ethical way to do it. I've found that whatever you think you've lost in money when you are doing the right thing, the universe gives back to you 10 fold when you least expect it.
as a few other folks and your thumbnail points out with a Northland green gecko that you never brought up, I would like to see a list of true beginner species, that the ANIMAL itself is the price of a used car and the setup being elaborate or simplistic. Rare stuff, Gidgee skinks, central netted dragons, vietnamese black breasted leaf turtles, earless monitors, etc.
I thought this video was about actual beginner reptiles that just had an expensive cost to them but were otherwise easy to care for, like Blue Tongued Skinks. It was confusing seeing Chameleons and then hearing "is one of the most beautiful beginner level reptiles. And the reason they're not beginner reptiles is..." Perhaps put "beginner" in quotes in the title, or add a note somewhere that these aren't easy animals to care for since it's not directly addressed in the video and just implied with each animal?
Red eared sliders (and other sliders and cooters). Will reach 10+ inches in carapace length, will need 100 gallon aquarium (minimum) as an adult (a fenced in outdoor preferably a pond), a filtration system rated for 3x the size of the enclosure you’re keeping them in (100gallon tank = 300 gallon tank rated filter), and weekly or biweekly water changes. Plus they live for decades. And that’s on top of the usual reptile costs of UV and heating elements. That’s $5 turtle is going to costs you thousands of dollars over its lifetime.
As a green igunana owner I can confirm they need alot of space . They aslo take a tone of work ( I'm talking years to tame down. ) totally worth it though . If you want a igunana that's half the size and alot easier to tame and handle, I highly recommend the pecta or spiny tailed iguana family.
Wow i love this content and i juust joined the channel. Myself i have a leopard gecko which i assume is pregnaent and wanting mourning geckos myself. So i want to ask if you could do a mourning gecko care guide IF you are not busy, It is fine if not and i enjoy your content. Keep up the good work!
Panther chameleons are amazing, but definitely not beginner friendly. I had one for about a year, and it was doing great for a while, and then things went downhill fast. It lost the ability to shoot its tongue out and was getting weaker and skinnier. I took it to a vet that specialized in reptiles, and he told me that it was most likely MBD from vitamin D3 deficiency. He was actually friends with Allen Repashy and brought me onto those line of products. Of all the research I did regarding caring for it, none of it ever mentioned anything about supplementing vitamin D3. The care guides and videos would always say it gets enough of it through basking in a UVB source, but that's not always the case. I ultimately lost him because his MBD made him too weak to eat or drink.
I have to say my Leopard tortoises are the most expensive, and yes they ruined my grass too. They are not anywhere near the size of a sulcata, but the whole bring them in during the colder months is a pain. Thankfully I do have space in the garage for their winter housing. It still is a lot to make sure that area is warm enough.
feel like this is the case for many reptiles and amphibians. a lot of them seem cheap on the surface but once u add everything up and remember maintenance it adds up a lot. i feel way too many people dont realize this and decide to get some they cant afford long term
Just got my first Leopard gecko. Request for an updated care guide. I already my homework about the animal, but watching my favorite reptile RU-vidr talk about my animal is entertaining and cool. Also, I'm bald as well.
Green Iguanas!!!! We have our 1-1/2 year old in a 5x6x7 but will end up with a large portion of our tropical greenhouse as he gets to adulthood, hopefully the plants grow faster than he can eat lol
Totally agree iguanas are like sulcata they start out small to lure you in then end up enormous. I live them but get all of mine from rescues as they are frequently discarded
I rarely see Americans mention them but the Australian eastern water dragon might be a cheaper alternative. They look similar to bearded dragons but they're much larger. They make great pets with the right enclosure and care.
I don't think I would ever have the time to care for a Chinese Water Dragon and Iguana despite how beautiful they are. Most absurd animal I've even ever considered getting is a Crocodile Skink.
I don't really feel like sulcatas are that expensive to keep if you have the space. They aren't like the other reptiles on this list that need a ton of purchases. They don't need climbing space and you aren't keeping them in a fully enclosed habitat with glass. They're a lot more like a dog in how you restrict their movements. My sulcata was $50. Outside enclosure is all reused paver bricks and free pallet wood. Inside enclosure is just those interlocking foam puzzle pieces they use in gyms inside of a puppy play pen to contain him with a large industrial heat lamp used for baby chickens ($75 or so). His food is a bit expensive these days, but he will eat hay in the winter months and I grow his summer food in raised garden beds. I am in north Florida, so he can be outside about 9 months out of the year, but I have friends all the way up in Virginia and the Carolinas that do the same thing.
Fed my Panther by hand. He also drank from a spray bottle, it was cute. Misted him by hand as well. He lived in a dedicated room in a huge Shefflera tree. Never had one medical issue for the 2.5 years he lived. Loved that guy!
@@Mothobius True for a male. He was an adult when I got him so Im sure he had some years under his belt. Had some sub-cutaneous nematodes which I successfully treated. He was fat and happy for his life but time marches on
@@strangepetscmty free roam is actually cool though. There's this guy on RU-vid that has a huge free roam reptile room with anoles and skin is and stuff. There are even feeder insects that breed and maintain population and other organisms. It's like a mini ecosystem. I want to do the same someday and create a giant naturalistic ecosystem in a good sized room. He hasn't posted for a while though. You wouldn't even need to feed them if you didn't want to. Maybe if they aren't getting food easily you should but the crickets can breed and the mealworm and superworms can burrow into the soil.
As long as you're willing to scrape urates off of your floor, what's wrong with free ranging? (Assuming you are not an idiot, and that your house is reasonably pet-safe.)
Don't expect to go cheap with chameleons LOL i keep parsons....oshaunessy...and oustalets(focusing on CB oustalets) It takes some money to get conditions perfect! But its worth it!
Fun side note, I had a 7' adult male iguana launch off a ledge and bite my elbow and knock me over in my first two weeks as a Zoo Keeper. Dude was longer than I am tall and nailed me! Iguanas can be gnarly!
When I get a big snake my plan is to set up a 10x10x7 foot grow tent and go all out on setting it up I feel like at an adult size that grow tent would be a nice big enclosure to keep it happy with space to go and I could literally just walk in and chill with it
Tbh anything that needs an enclosure larger than what's regularly sold at chain pet stores is expensive and even my rat snake has costs that add up because she manages to poo on and pull apart the fake plants in her 75 gallon so I blow like $120 on fresh ones once or twice a year
Yep. Green iguana owner here.. Had our rescue for 2 years. Spent 4000 Canadian dollars on husbandry and vet bills. And we can't even go into his room without getting attacked. Emergency room trip twice so far..
Ima be honest Adam I don't feel chameleons are a beginner pet just cuz of their stress level with loud sounds an things that could stress them visually as a person who had a petstore-isaac foose
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I think people make the mistake of buying a 4 inch bearded dragon, and think it is going to be that size, because in the pet-co-smart type places they have 4 different sizes for different prices, and I’ve heard kids lie outright to parents, saying, “We’re buying the small kind!” Lmao
100% on the water dragons. Mine is in a 6hx4wx2d with a swimming pool, misters, etc. The extent of his friendliness is eating out of my hand but no picking up. He is worth it but not a beginner reptile at all imo.
Ya I’m still learning about genes etc with ball pythons lol I didn’t realize my ball pythons could make expensive babies until I looked at morph market omg crazy
Blue tongued skink Indonesian variant, ideally 3 inches of substrate with moist spots and a big variety of food, misters and the price of one depending where you are.
Ooo where in Europe are you visiting? I'm originally from Britain (Wales) but now live in Germany and I'd happily give you tips if you're visiting either of those countries!
I own a cwd and just finished building his new viv 7 foot by 5 foot multi level with multi tier lightning and fresh water aquarium built in 😵💫 250 just for timber
My friend runs a reptile rescue, and she ended up having a pair of Sulcata tortoises surrendered to her. She’s decided to keep them, and they’re in her will to ensure that they go to a responsible home that can care for them properly
Don't really see how boas need to be on the list, they are no longer than the longest of carpet pythons and don't climb quite as much as carpet pythons (we put carpet pythons in some pretty big boxes). My list would be. 1. Achie or (as we call them) ring tail monitors, heat, UV, food and cage size. 2. Aquatic turtles, big fish tank, filters and so on. 3. Shingle backs (bob tails), King skinks and blue tongues, enclosure size. Massive skinks that need big ground enclosures.
Literally look at Florida and think that “hmm that used to be someone’s pet and that someone thought it was EASY to take care of.” I would say here in canada lettuce is more expensive the everything on this list 😂😂
Yeah I also have a mix of all kinds of European I haven't done one of the DNA test the biggest chunk is a quarter Italian cuz of my paternal Grandma his birthday I was born on
I need help!!. Sooo yesterday I Got a very underweight crestie from a breeder. She´s very underweight, about 4 grams, and she`s 6 months Old. I really don`t know what to do, she`s from an unfertilized egg, and I don`t know what enclosure size I Should keep her in, because of her small size. She`s my first ever crested gecko, and I`d appreciate every advice possible😩
I love chameleons but I don’t keep them and never would for a few reasons. Some of which you mentioned Adam. They are 100% not a beginner species. In my opinion. Not even intermediate. To keep them properly I would say is advanced+. There’s species that people consider advanced that are alot easier to keep than chameleons. Getting the humidity, temps right while still having the necessary air flow can be a very tricky balance to achieve.
Water dragon enclosures, properly done, should take up an entire wall in your home and cost quite a bit. I've been looking at prices for upgrade both gecko enclosures, and Crested Gecko's, with a 4x2x4 (or 36x18x36) enclosure, with all the material going into making the background, that could be a thousand dollar project. For a three foot water dragon-- ten thousand or more, easily. Sulcata tortoises would be neat to have, though I would have to buy a small greenhouse for the winter.
If you have a spare guest bathroom, you could easily convert the bathtub with glass shower panels. The tub makes a swimming area easy to fill and drain, and the shower hose will keep everything clean. OR, you could tell your guest to use that bathroom, and wait outside the door to hear them scream! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was younger, I worked at both PetSmart and Petco. I brought home a Chinese Water Dragon because I thought they looked really cool and I enjoyed interacting with them at the store. I should have done my research better. I spent so much time, money, and energy creating the right environment for that animal. Why I have since sworn off all aquatic reptiles. If I have to use a filter, it’ll only be for fish. I’m good with my ball pythons thanks lol I do miss having a boa though. They were fun to bring to stores. BPs don’t quite have that appeal lol they have no sense of self preservation 🙄
I need help deciding what to get for my first pet and I figured no one bettee then to ask u. I want something thats smarter but also chill and i love lizards because i feel like (pls correct me if im wrong) they are a bit more affectionate and smarter if thats the way to put it. However a huge no no for me is excessive poopin. Which is why i wanted to ask u if all types of lizards poop all the time or if its just a few of them. I want a animal i can chill with while doing my homework or watching a show and not have to worry about poop, would this be possible with lizards?
I mean, all reptiles aren’t cheap. I own a leopard gecko and she lives in a 40 gallon vivarium with Earthmix arid substrate, deep heat projector, UVB (yes, they do need it to thrive rather than just survive) and three different hides. And these are the minimum requirements. A setup like that costs £350-400 ($424-485 and things may be more expensive in the US). And I did it the cheapest way possible. UVB and substrate need to be changed about every 6 months, so that’s not cheap either.
