Buying Reptile Supplies At Dollar Tree
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Good Morning, Reptilians! To sort of go along with that last "money saving tips" video, let's go the the dollar store! There's lots of supplies and decorations to find there. 😊
0:00 Intro
0:47 Hanging Globes
1:17 Calcium Dishes/Small Feeder Dishes
1:53 Climbing Ledges
2:23 Spray Bottles
2:56 Water Dishes
3:35 Hides
4:15 Plants
4:43 Glass Feeder Bowls
5:28 Moist Hides
6:18 Non Adhesive Shelf Liner
6:41 Cleaning Supplies
7:14 Outro
7:39 Sponsor - iheartgeckos.com
8:17 Shoutouts
8:36 Bloopers
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The Dollar store items are awesome for quarantine tank decor. If you happen to have any kind of issues, such as mites, you can just toss out the items and the financial loss is much lower and/or they are often easier to clean than reptile products (due to the smoother surfaces).
Love this!
I don’t even own reptiles but I love videos like this where ppl take completely random things and flip them into things for their animals, love your channel!
Thank you so much ♥️
One of my favorite most used dollar tree items is a pet food scoop. So perfect for scooping large amounts of loose substrate.
Yes! I use the food scoop when replacing the substrate
Just want to mention, we have that little tiny broom and dustpan, and it's perfect for substrate changes! The dustpan is great for scooping the old substrate out because of the flat, rigid front, and then you can sweep up the rest at the end 👌
That's awesome! Love that idea 😊
That’s what I use for cleaning my guinea pigs cages out. Don’t know why I didn’t think to use it for the reptiles as well. I think I’ll get another for reptile enclosure cleaning and keep the one I have for the guinea pigs and mice.
'Necessity is the mother of invention'... It's cool to see items re-purposed to enhance the quality of life for our babies and not spend a ton of cash to do it. Thanks for the awesome ideas! Happy Sunday!
♥️ have a wonderful week!
I absolutely love DT flowers for my reptiles. My female Beardie uses them as a bed and rubs on them to help with shedding. I had just a small bouquet in there but she loved them so much I made one entire wall of her enclosure with them. I zip tied hem to a piece of one of the wire cube shelves and then used command strips to hold it up. She loves it so much. I use the flowers for my fire skinks too. I also buy the bins for cool end hides, the thinner plastic bins melt if they are too close to basking lights. I have a wood burner that I had bought for a single project a few years ago. I had no idea what else to use it for. Now I use it to cut hides and other plastic items I plan on using for my animals. I also buy the fleece baby blankets for almost all of my animals. My skinks are the only ones that don't have at least one of those blankets. I have bought the clear marbles and dragon tears for my fire skinks water dish. It gives them a bigger water surface to crawl in but keep it shallow enough that they can't drown in it. It's 100% a pain to clean bc they drag substrate in it. But it's worth the hassle of knowing the water isn't too deep for them. I know there is other things I have bought for future upgrades. They are hanging out in a tote. I just can't remember what they are. I have a bad habit of going to DT and just wondering the aisles looking for ideas. I may need a DT anonymous program bc I do it for more than just my reptiles. I've only been in the reptile community for almost a year. But my DT crafting addiction has been going on for several years.
Yep I have a globe and I will buy more!!
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Thanks 😅😂
Dollar Tree has the best pet supplies
My 2 beardeds (housed sep ofc) and chinese water dragon love dollar tree leaves and flowers to hide in, sit on, and sleep in. Just make sure they don't try to eat them, mine rarely do but have tried on rare occasion, ofc cuz they look real....they love them we stick them in windowsill to make a nice perch for my dragons to take turns in WI down they love lookin out the window so we set Like an extension of the window cell what we call a nature table perch where we laid down a smaller tank on it side so if the dragon wants to come out of the window they don't just fall to the floor they have the nature table perch
Good morning Elle! I’m so excited to watch this! I hope your having a fantastic Sunday!
Good morning and thank you! I hope you have a wonderful Sunday as well ♥️
Have bought plastic things from Dollar store for my reptiles but I did not check out the wedding or glass department next time will check those sections out. Thank you can't wait to see what you find at the Dollar General. Have a great day and see you next Sunday.
GOD BLESS 🦎💖🐍💖🐢💖🕷💖
I haven't been to a dollar general in such a long time, I'm looking forward to it.
Have a wonderful week! ♥️
Good morning Elle, hope you have q fabulous Sunday!!! Never thought of household items being used for reptile care!! That's ingenious!!
Good morning! Yea, some of these things I would never have thought to use, but learned about through the comments 🥰
I hope you have a wonderful Sunday as well!
@@ellesreptiles can't wait to see what you have in store for next Sunday lol!!!
Awesome video! I love videos like this! Thanks for sharing! Have a blessed Sunday ✝️
Thank you! ♥️ Have a wonderful Sunday
I'm sooooooo gonna use these when I get a small pet. Than you very VERY much!!! 😎👍❤️
You're very welcome 😊
If your dollar store has a gardening type section, they sell the “fairy garden” accessories like tiny staircases, bridges, little houses and other things that can be used functionally or decoratively in enclosures. I have a tiny staircase in my mourning gecko enclosure and I plan on adhering a food dish at the top for them since they prefer to eat up off the ground. Also, my dollar tree has “nautical” rope that could be used for arboreal reptiles to climb on. I’m getting a few for my bahaman anoles and one or two for my royal python.
I didn’t think about using the soap dishes as ledges. I’m going to have to check the stores around here and get some. Thank you for the great tips and ideas! ☺️
Yes! My dollar tree has that sometimes, but they didn't have any this time. Those would be so amazing in reptile tanks - especially mourning geckos. I bet your tank is so cool 😍
@@ellesreptiles Aww tysm! I’m trying to get it set up for them. Just had to completely take everything out and clean it well because of mold. My ac has been out for 3 months and it’s getting pretty hot in here and these geckos like it damp and a bit humid so it’s the perfect breeding ground for mold. I bought a floor air conditioner (landlord hasn’t fixed the central heat/air unit) but it was still getting in the high 80s to low 90s so I’ve been stressing and struggling with that. 🤦🏻♀️
All great ideas. I actually hoarded a bunch of the suction cup holds, because once they were all gone, and I decided when they came back, I'd get extras for the future,. So I kept buying them and "putting them in a safe place". Once I found all my hoards, I had much too many. I put a few outside my windows with bird seeds. Quick easy bird feeders that are easy to clean. They also make a great place to keep seedlings, but you ,must be careful when you water, unless you water inside the enclosure and need a little dampness anyway.
Great video, dollar store is def our go to for foliage. Idk if it's new but they actually have a pretty big selection of tropical fake plants at the one near us.
Thanks for sharing, when I started getting into ball pythons I used some of these tips. I still use the dogs bowls to keep humidity in my quarantine tubs and I also used some of the bowls and bins as hides, they work great.
Using them to keep up humidity is a really good idea!
Thanks for letting us know were to get cheap things that work for our reptiles tanks supplies to
You're very welcome!
A good rule of thumb for buying anything plastic from dollar stores is to only buy plastic items if they're from big brand names, else they will probably be toxic. Always check the labels for C E markings else you probably don't want your animals licking them.
Unfortunately, the CE mark isn't mandatory in the US (or any marking 😅), so items seem to only really have those if they're also sold in European countries (where it is required). So basically like you mentioned - big brands.
But items having that is definitely a huge green flag 😊 Or the UL marking is also another good indicator.
And definitely don't put anything iffy under any kind of heat 😅
You can also use dog poop bags to scoop out waste. There's literally a bagged snake poo in a trash can near me and I cannot smell it.
I also use the dowel sticks for climbing in the craft section
Awesome Video Elle I bought a squared plastic container from the dollar store and use it as a water dish for my painted Wood Turtle Shelly to use it as a bath tub she loves it and only thing I don't like that she does is when she goes number 2 on it
Great video
I've been waiting for a video like this 🤠
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Thank you very informative. I have 3 beardie tanks n these ideas are very cost effective. Thank you again n I love your videos!!!
Thank you for watching the videos 🥰
The best to my knowledge we don’t have a dollar tree where I’m from but we do have a Dollar General and other dollar stores so I’m gonna have to take trip one of these days thanks a lot el
I need to also do this video for Dollar General 🤔 and maybe thrift stores too.
@@ellesreptiles Don’t forget a arts and craft store that’s where I got some branches for my snakes
@@saveriopanaccione996 Arts & Crafts stores, definitely! You're giving me all the good ideas 🥰
@@ellesreptiles glad I can help
Wasn’t aware of the fake plants…thank you ma’am
You're very welcome! 😊
live plants are a great one! They don't always have them, but occasionally you might find a few succulents
Yes! I've always seen little herb planting kits there, they didn't have them this time, but they had them last summer 😊
love your videos Elle! Thanks so much btw how are u wearing long sleeves lol
Hahaha I'm not sure. It just happened to be cold that day, but it DEFINITELY isn't cold now 🥲
My fav 😊 thank you! You have made my stress with a new baby, much less! I am subscribed ❤
Hi Elle!! I hope I can make my future ball pythons life as awesome as Sterlings and Sylvannas!
Awww 🥺♥️ that's so sweet. You definitely can!
Love this video!! I am the Dollar Tree Queen, lol 😂 No really, my daughter always messed with me b/c I would spend $100 @ the Dollar Tree & she’s like… how?! 🤣 Now the price went up to $1.25, plus they have $5 items… 😩 still not a bad price though 🤑 Anyway, this is a great video!! 🙌🏼 When I 1st got my beardie I actually used the shelf liner. I also bought the big tupper wear bowl to give her bath soaks in b/c she was so small. I’ve bought a couple of the leaves, also the 4 different colored succulents that are magnetic, but haven’t put them in her tank yet. Oh & those lil clothes line colored pins on a string, just for some decoration. I’ve also bought doll furniture & skateboards, just for photo shoots. She also has a lil stuffed frog in her enclosure that she’s had since she was a baby & a squishy cactus. She has 4 stuffed dinosaurs in her play pen for when she’s out & having her play time. I also have the spray bottle for when I spray her veggies. You’ve given me some more good ideas b/c I may be getting a crestie soon, won one in a giveaway. 😍 Hope it’s legit 🤞🏼Anyway, thanks for the video… I’m sure it’s gonna help a lot of people! ☺️
I knew they went up to $1.25, but didn't know they had $5 items now 😳 that's disappointing haha
But it's awesome, all the things you've been able to find! I didn't think to include the little stuffed animals for bearded dragons - I definitely should have!
Congrats on winning that giveaway, and I hope you get your crestie! 🥰
Yeah girl.... they have one isle with $5 items... I bought a couple shirts, but they have pillows & a bunch of stuff. Thanks 🙂 I haven't heard anymore on the gecko, but last night I won a ball python 🙌 I'm so excited b/c I've been wanting one!! 😁 I know these people are legit b/c we have a lot of mutual friends & they are on CZcams & Instagram. Anyway, thanks for responding & hope all is good with ya!! 😊
great video 💜💜💜💜
Thank you! ♥️
Can you suggest a good/cheap place to find background wallpaper safe for a bearded dragon enclosure? Thx!!!
So funny snake discovery did something similar to this a while back but I am curious to see what you would find
Did they? I need to go find that video 🥰
@@ellesreptiles oh yea I think it was right before Covid hit probably around 2018 or 2019 they did that video they were showing other things that you can use as Heights to like a mini toolbox
Hauling woodland store to get animals
What about piece of carpet they have can we use those for something?
Do you know if their craft wood is safe for reptiles ?
Back at it with an amazing video alll over again!!! Love this because it could help with saving some money! I'm so oooo close to having enough money to get all my stuff including the beardie itself?l ❤️❤️❤️I saw a rlly fat one that had a bit too many meal worms at the pet store, amazing tamed animals with employees that know what their doing and show affection to the animals! Super pricey tho but I'm getting another one at anoher pet store that has okayish tamed animals but look healthy! Please may you tell me how I can convince my dad for this animal, I have a few ideas of saying how cheap some things can be and how good pets they are and willing to pay with all my money and they are pet sitters for them since we travel not all the time but quite a bit, do u have any other ideas?
That's amazing that you've saved the money yourself! And that you've found a place that sells healthy animals. As far as convincing your dad, I made a video about that:
Convincing Your Parents To Let You Have A Reptile
czcams.com/video/m96i2q7hX0Q/video.html
So I have a question and this is from a video of your for a year ago but I was wondering because I have a juvenile bearded dragon and the video im watching is the sign laungage. But I’m wondering if it’s okay that she lays on my chest because you said that she should be a certain way on my arm but is chest fine because she normally falls asleep
Laying on your chest is totally fine! 😊 just make sure she doesn't jump off of course ♥️