Why I'm downsizing my reptile collection 

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Is that a milk snake on the thumbnail?

@@haroldcallahan4887 corn

I’ll only become a patreon if my name gets to be in a video even though it kinda means nothing

I have been diagnosed with deppression and he does seem to have the symptoms I had at my worst point, and symptoms my sister in law had with her mood swings before getting on medication. Not trying to diagnose anyone, just trying to help.

i dunno if you should diagnose people, but this is true, when i had depression i felt this

Everyone goes through hard times stop labeling people with disorders you asshole

Replying to give this comment a bump, it's important stuff

Diagnosing is a little different that what this comment says. The commenter even add “even if thats a factor for you” so they are not at all saying Alex indefinitely has anything. Plus the commenter was very positive in bringing this up as a whole

I think part of that has to do with the neighbours. I really hope once they have stuff sorted out that they will rekindle their passion

I completely agree, you should always do what's best for you.

@@Rynn21 He would probably need a pet or two that was fairly permanent to maintain his status but I don't think it's a huge problem. My friend is using her chickens and ducks for meat and eggs, and is planning a small business based on them. The animals rotate, but if you maintain a few small requirements, mostly the plant life and one of the required species at all times you seem to be good. I would definitely look into the local areas exact requirements though as they may vary by state/county.

Livestock like birds r a different story since majority of people have them for eggs. It doesnt matter if you sell eggs and chicks. People also own the males for better egg production . it encourages the females to lay . so not everybody is breeding them. But ware I am from a lot of people sell them online. Farmers markers. Acutal stores . give them to random people . they r very much legal in a ton of places. The cities all take a vote about to be allowed to own chickens or not so it goes by the majority of people. If your area says you can have live stock then there is 0 problem with it. Some people have 24+ ducks chickens ect and they sell there eggs and make about 2k a month off of eggs. Also a lot of the differences is chickens and stuff r usually outside and not inside your average house with a bunch more. I can see why people would be like bro this guy keeps getting animals sent to his house ect and can have concerns about there well being. As for people who have chickens and such tend to have there needed space ect . I just think maybe the area he is in isnt used to animals being around. I have lived in california. Montana. Kentucky. And boy we all had animals and nobody bats an eye .

I don't think legality is the issue, problem was the neighbours were pretty much pestering him away. You can do everything 100% legal and still want/need to leave because neighbours are being shits.

are you talking about the national wildlife federation's program that certifies your yard as a wildlife habitat? the requirements are more about harboring native species of plants and animals, what pets you own makes no difference.

i should tell the city this the next time they give me a fine for my garden being overgrown

lol rare footage of go herping eating shit

@@moldycreamcheese2317 *NOW THAT'S ALOTTA DAMAGE!!!!*

J U I C Y

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Would you consider networking out and having some ES reptiles go to different people to care for? Some people could volunteer to do it (ie. myself) and then if people take a bunch on you can maybe “pay them” just for care costs and send them whatever they need to ship them out. You could have people in a couple different states which could cut down on shipping distance too and people could do more pick ups to avoid shipping all together

@@manitobanaturenews9842 ????

@@maddie-rf9xw I wouldn't trust that at all because people can ghost you and take everything you sent at the same time since they are states away. Hes in a good spot where he is at.

@@maddie-rf9xw We attempted that with 3 or 4 people, but the logistics became very difficult and resulted in quality control issues. However I think it's possible if I had some locals who I could physically visit and look over, almost like a supervisor or something. we'll see

@goherping I want a false camelian wdyt should i get it?

@@shinyrayco2486 try to think about if you want it and if you're prepared for it, it's all on you

@@mememikasa9092 thx!

@@shinyrayco2486 Hello 😊 False Chameleons are cool pets to have - if you want to get one, make sure to do lots of research first as it doesn't hurt to know what is good and what is not good for the animal and even if you just spend 5 minutes watching a video about the animal that you want from a channel like this for example, try to learn some things so that you will know the basics of how to care for them. I made a huge mistake, I got my first pet last year and it was a Giant African Land Snail, his name is Yogi and I massively underestimated their care requirements and this resulted in Yogi going in and out of hibernation which is not good for snails in captivity as it means that their set up is not correct and its not healthy for them. Of course, we do not want the animals that we keep to struggle and I did lots of research before I got this animal. Even then, we still ran into some problems and eventually just last week, Yogi was returned to his breeder along with his brother snail called Parsnip that I got about a week after I got Yogi as I learnt that snails are social animals and that they like to have company. Both of them weren't doing too well, even though I spent hours and hours researching and chatting with people that are really knowledgeable when it comes to caring for snails. I know you want to get a reptile and snails are a totally different animal to reptiles but please do lots of research and if you do run into problems, don't hesitate to go onto reptile forums and see if you can find a solution to your problems. The only reason that my boys were returned to the breeder is because there is more info on how to kill snails online rather than info on how to care for them as they are considered to be pests. My snails have their own personalities and I will miss them deeply forever as I will never get them back. Though I have not found a solution to whatever it was that was causing their enclosure to be too cold and too dry amongst other things, now that I have experienced this issue, hopefully I can experiment with set ups and then if I do get another animal like a snail for example, then I can do things properly without issues. My point is that even if you do so much research, things can go wrong. I do not agree with the other person's reply to your comment as I think that it is not down to you to figure things out. If you run into problems and you are unsure of what to do, contact a reptile specialist or try reptile forums. As I said, there is more info on how to kill snails as they are considered to be pests and so when I searched for advice to try and resolve my issues before I returned them to the breeder, there was hardly any helpful info and I didn't want them to be struggling in the conditions that they were in, even though I tried and tried to get things right for them. In your case, reptiles aren't really considered as pests so there will be lots more info out there if you do find that you need advice if you run into problems. Sorry for ranting but this video from Alex just reminded me of my snails and when he mentioned how he sometimes felt that he wanted to give up with his hobby altogether, I can relate to that because I also wanted to give up so many times because I felt like I was failing even though I tried and tried to get things right. At the end of the day, don't blame yourself for everything if things don't work out with your animals like you expect like I have done and if you do get one then have fun and enjoy taking care of them. I hope they bring you joy and that you will learn lots about caring for that animal and that they will be a nice pet for you ❤ Take care and stay safe too!

@@CS-td1nn Thank you so very much on going into detail about that i was just considering it i don’t think my parents would like a dog and a lizard but yeah i was just mildly concidering it and thank you if i get a pet i will use this actually I’m screenshots go this rn and sending it to a friend who is getting a pet soon lots of thanks

their lives are miserable enough in that neighborhood anyways

@@GoHerping lol

I’d be interested in getting the full story about what happened with the neighbors at some point if you’re willing. I’ve had bad neighbors in the past and it’s feels good to not only complain about what I’ve dealt with but surprisingly i enjoy hearing other people’s negative experiences too.

what happened with animal controllll

@@laurajm3694 agreed!!

Honestly I would watch an hour long video of Alex just talking about anything 😂 he's awesome

Literally same here... I have no reptiles/amphibians and no plans to probably ever if I’m being honest, I just find him funny and chill

THIS.

Okay but why does this actually sound entertaining? Like Alex just brings his camera and narrates about the various cool rocks he finds along the way.

@@imgonnakate because it's literally Alex 🤣😂

appreciate it! you make good points

I sure hope she goes to someone who will take great care of her, she deserves a good life.

PLEASE NOT ROSIE

Alex did say she was one of his favourite personal reptiles in his video so I'm crossing all my fingers and toes 🤞

Felt this! Rescue is soooo rewarding, but there's a reason people in animal rescue work have some of the highest rated of depression, and, sadly, suicide. You literally are presented with some of the worst of humanity on a daily basis: the mistreatment of defenseless living creatures that can't advocate for themselves. I rescued senior dogs for years but am currently on a hiatus because I'm no help to them if I'm not taking care of myself first. Like they say in onboard flight spiels: put on your own oxygen mask before you try and save others or you'll all end up suffocating.

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@@GoHerping i am trying to get my mom to let me spend money on you patreon

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If you're worried about the noise then just silent youtube notifications

@@phained I’m not worried about it, I got excited when I saw the notification

@@GoHerping even in comment form I can just hear the unenthusiastic tone in your voice

@@embermoon4536 yay

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He probably had to cut out some wacky moments

@@moldycreamcheese2317 and wacky is what I want to see

Judging by all the profanity used in that video, an uncensored version would probably get demonotized.

@@bigsam8597 that's true,but I mean,still

@Kayleigh Tallent oh yeah, what the heck? 😆

Epic wholesome

Commenting for a boost bc Alex needs to see this

I never understood why neighbours care so much

I'm curious to know what the feud is about? Its usually like a fence or grass to long something ridiculous like that

Your lucky your neighbor ain't a nutcase, the neighbor in my backyard set the back of our yard on fire.

Y’alls neighbors are weird my neighbors mind their own business

I don’t get why they think they need to tell others how to live their lives.

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