Simple Ways To Improve Your Reptile's Life! | Enrichment Ideas That EVERY Pet Owner Should Know!
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Enriching your reptile's life doesn't have to be hard! From reptile toys, to sound machines, to DIY snake enrichment boards, to scenting oils, and so much more! This guide will help you find ways to create the best home for your pet!
Some AMAZING Zen Friends joined us to provide you with some great enrichment ideas, that every reptile owner should try! Join us as Emzotic shares some great ways to provide geckos with a bit of exercise and how to create your very own snake jungle gym! Lori Torrini of Behaivor Education LLC, also provides great information for snake owners who wish to give their snakes some digging opportunities and time outside of their enclosure!
Do you have any great enrichment ideas you would like to share with the world? Drop a comment below, and be sure to join our Zenrichment Challenge to access some very special content!
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0:00 What is Enrichment
0:58 Sound Machines
1:33 Rearranging Your Enclosure
3:10 Snake Jungle Gym w/ Emzotic
6:18 Gecko Wheel
9:27 Scenting Oils
13:40 Reptile Toys
15:29 Snake Enrichment w/ Lori Torrini
23:14 Outro
#reptiles #enrichment #beardeddragon
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Enrichment is such an important part of keeping any pet. Never underestimate the wonders of mental and physical stimulation!
Very well said, Em! Thanks for joining and sharing your tips for the video!
I'm a snake keeper and hobby breeder and I've always tried to do something for my snakes as I quickly got off the "they don't need anything but the basics, the keeper is doing it for themselves" mentality bandwagon. There is a lot more to these animals than they have been given credit for. I felt vindicated when I stumbled upon Lori's channel and I am embracing it. I have always tried to produce not only healthy animals, but mentally and emotionally confident animals. Going into my 4th breeding year I'm making plans to really ramp up the enrichment aspect and promote it at expos along with my snakes.
Absolutely, enrichment is so so so important to happy and healthy snakes! Good luck in the new year!
I love how you incorporated all 5 senses
Lori is so great, so glad you had her on. Because of her channel I gave my snake an exercise tent and started target training, she has great snake enrichment ideas!
Oh LOVE the snake tent enrichment idea!
Thank you so much for including Lori Torrini in your enrichment videos! Learning from her has not only transformed the way I keep my animals, but has also resulted in demonstrable, consistent, positive changes in behavior in my snakes. They are more confident, outgoing, and interactive, which is definitely enjoyable for both them and me.
I just wanted to add that I do provide substrate choices for my snakes - not surprisingly, it's the terrestrial snakes and my fossorial snakes who are most interested in this. My sand boas enjoy sand/soil mixes, fine aspen chips like the Zilla snake and lizard litter, and the ground walnut shell substrate. I have also found that the sand boas all love to climb, so don't forget branches for them!
We are so happy your snakes are living an enriched life! We'll have to try providing some branches for our sand boa too!
Oh my god. Im glad im not the only one. My tegu has her own alexa. 24/7 jungle ambiance. I love it. I wish I could afford to buy a zen habitat. Maybe one day you’ll sponsor me , that would be amazing. Rawwrrr Casey. 😂
Tegus deserve it all!!
This was such fun!!!
Thank you for sharing all your amazing snake enrichment tips with us Lori! 💚
My ackie monitor went off insects for a while and to get him back on target i used fluckers can o insert insect. I would just leave them in nooks and crannies around his enclosure at night and when he woke up he would destroy them. Then I started adding live insects the same way and now hes a little velociraptor. No bug left alive even the canned ones he re kills 😂.
Wow!! Glad your Ackie Monitor is back on the good ole insect diet again!
I'm definitely going to have to try to make a modular climbing board that can grow with my baby hog island boa.
Yay! If you end up making it, share it with us on Instagram by using #zenrichmentchallenge We’d love to see it! 💚
I really like using reptile hammocks for my snakes in order to provide them with an enriched environment. I’ve seen reptile hammocks in Gotta Love Carpet Pythons and Lori Torrini’s channels, and I decided to try them out! Great choice for my snakes! Also, just repurposing cardboard boxes for enrichment out of their enclosures is a great way to save money! Great topic ladies 👍🏼
Oh yes!! Reptile hammocks work great for snakes and a ton of other reptiles! So happy you enjoyed the video 💚
This was so much fun!!! Enrichment is such a big part of animal care taking!!
Best Animal Care Manager!! 💚
I love the gecko in the hamster wheel
It is a great enclosure accessory to have! Our geckos love playing in their little wheel!
One of my favorite forms of enrichment is target training! One of my crsties is target trained and I've started introducing it to my bearded dragon and leopard geckos as well.
That is a great form of enrichment! We are so happy you sound success with it!
I don’t quite have the room for some of these, but I’ll definitely make some variations! 😊❤🐍
Yay! This is really just to help give some basic ideas anyway. So happy you're going to be providing some new enrichment for your pets!
@@zenhabitats ya! Btw I want to make my ball python a dig box, but sand is a no no so would clean rice work?
SO excited to take part in the challenge! Great video by the way - so many great ideas!😍
Thanks for joining our challenge Zen Friend!!
I totally agree with everything beside the cricket music, 1 dident sound good maby rain sounds when spraying enclosure, but what do I know ain't got any lizards either but my spiders & snakes don't hear the same way and I don't like the sound frequencies to enhance enrichment.
Lovely climbing wall really! 👌 👏
That’s okay! Not every idea works with everyone! We are super happy you found the other enrichment ideas helpful 💚
Beautiful enclosure! Custom-made?
Those are our Zen Habitats enclosures!
Enrichment ideas for bearded dragons??? Would a bigger wheel work like for the geckos????
We highly recommend puzzle feeders or bug balls, if your bearded dragon is highly food motivated! You could absolutely try a bigger wheel for your beardie, although from what we found they sort of just sit there on the wheel! 🤣
I'd be careful redoing the encloser because this can stress iguanas out to much. Make small changes
Every species is different, and every individual reptile is different! We highly recommend doing what you think is best for your pet 💚