SNAKE ENCLOSURES - TERRESTRIAL SNAKES - HEATING + HUMIDITY ( PART 1)
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Kevin and Donny! Thank you so so much for this new series of educational videos! Seriously awesome! I run a small local rescue and breeding business. I am FOREVER looking for good resources to educate and help people wanting to properly keep reptiles. These videos are the answer to my prayers! Clear, concise and actually useful information for people in the hobby. Living in a high mountain desert like Utah, with constantly fluctuating temps and horrible humidity, is not ideal for anything besides California kings and cornsnakes LOL. I can't even tell you how big of a deal you talking about the ambient temp in the room changing is! All of this is pure gold! You literally addressed about 70% of the mistakes that creates the rescue cases I get. I love you both so much for your work on this series! 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍💜💜💜
Nice to see my name in the comments sometimes. Thanks dude.
@@NewEnglandReptile Lol no problem Donny, you deserve credit for all your hard work getting this channel the credit and attention it deserves! However, fun fact: not all reptile breeders/ hobbyists are "Dudes". Some of us are Chicks Lol. Keep up the good work! 👍😉
Absolutely loving these “back to basics” videos. Really educational and informative. Keep up the fantastic work guys x
How to keep the cool side in the 80s to 85? I live in Washington so it's cold here
Great content! Thank you for addressing the issue of the difference between a thermostat and rheostat and describing that difference. It's something that is often confusing for beginner hobbyists. Well done.
Great video, way back when (20 years ago) i used my mother's old heating pad without the cloth cover on the bottom of the cage with a 🌡 when the nearest reptile supply store was to many hours away to drive, thankfully most of us know how to better care for a snake now days
You sound like me 😂😂 something I’d do
These helper videos are great. LORD, we're sick of the other BS people had been dumping, and so appreciative for your informative, educational work here.
I'm glad you enjoyed
Trying to get my version of things before we get lost in the sea of jibberish.
I love these new videos keeps them coming
I love Kevin's care videos. They are so educational.
Agreed
Keep the videos coming bro! These videos are gold!!!
Please make a video similar to this that is about a full grown adult salvator setup especially with how you clean the water and light setup/timing. Love your videos
I really appreciate the fire hazard discussion and how to avoid fire hazards I'm sure a lot of it's obvious but dealing with hate sources like this really freaks me out
Again great stuff!!! Could you use the products that you showed us to actually set up the enclosure (maybe for a ball python or other common pet reptile) to show us how to set the probes and other devices? Maybe a time lapse.
Haaaaaa that's an idea!!!!!!
I could also really use this information. I'm really confused on where to set the temperature probe for the heat light 🤔
@@salvatore6539 you put it right under the light at the bottom, the same level as the snake will be
@@leese27canadian thank you. I figured it out, but I appreciate your help
Excellent info for beginners, novices and experts alike. I think we get set in our ways, get tunnel vision and forget about some of these factors.
I bought and read both your books about 5 times . I’ve learned so much from watching your videos and reading your books
Wonderful, thank you!
Outstanding vid! I'm starting my baby male normal Reticulated Python in a 20 gallon long locking Zilla tank. In 1 year I'll move him to an 8 foot long by 3 foot wide animal plastics cage. Reticulated Pythons are the coolest pythons to keep as pets in my personal opinion.
Fantastic video content Kevin with great educational content and really so helpful for people that may have snakes but really don't know all the basics because they don't have enough experience to know these things and how to set things up to benefit each reptile !! Excellent advice on covering those screen or wire mesh tops with clear plastic !!! Big difference in maintaining the humidity also I've found move the water dish a little bit closer to the heat source so the heat can evaporate some of the water and covered with the plastic the evaporating water from the heat turns into humidity inside the enclosure but definitely never place belly heat under a water dish.
Wait...I go further in the next videos....but you are spot on!
I personally love the knowledge you share with everyone including my family
WonderfuL!
Underrated channel! This guys a genius when it comes to socializing reptiles!! Only thing I would change is that you start working with niloticus!
Haaaa haaaaa! Thank you!!!!!
Crazy we were saying they’re underrated bro
Im sure there are plenty of other videos on CZcams but I'd be interested to hear your opinion on how often to change substrate or specific substrates for different species (currently I keep all my snakes on Cypress mulch) and what methods or product you use to clean the enclosures.
I'm currently keeping: A False Water Cobra, a Coastal Carpet Python, a Dumerils Boa, an Albino Honduran Milk Snake, a Piebald Ball Python, an AZ Mountain Kingsnake, and a Savannah Monitor.
I will address this in future videos...how often..... to change the substrate and such.... more vids to this series!
I've always liked your videos, but I thought the recent video on how to deal with mites was on a new level. The way you communicate the information is excellent, it honestly reminds me of the delivery given by many of the better university professors I've been fortunate enough to study with.
That is most AWESOME to hear!!!!!!!!! :)
Great video. For my almost 5 year old female ball python I have 2 temperature probes set up in her terrarium with 1 in the heated end and 1 in the cooling end and both are connected to thermostats with 2 separate under tank heating mats. I found that when I kept the hot side at 90F she stopped eating and spent almost all of he time submerged in her water bowl on the cooler side at 80F. When I dropped the temperature on the hot side down to 86.5F she started eating again. I use the 2 under tank heat mats because it can get very cold here in Vancouver, BC and if I turn my furnace up her humidity level drops drastically within an hour. I also am using cypress mulch for her because it held the humidity level higher than the aspen bedding did. I found that the aspen bedding promoted mold growth so I had to clear it out every 2 weeks but the cypress mulch is good for 2 months without breaking down or any mold issues.
Great job very thorough. Always learning
Excellent points regarding the securing of dome heaters, the coverage of the screen top to suit the humidity for the species being kept, and the use of heating in general. Too many CZcams videos show the same setup whether it is a boa/python or a temperate colubrid, and that is unfortunate.
Kevin can you perhaps do a video on the pros and cons of a bioactive enclosure for a kingsnake or any snake
Kevin, thank you so much for your videos! My daughter Lillian and I have 2 ball pythons and several times we have had questions and could look up a video of yours to help us out! You are awesome and we appreciate you so much! Much love from us to you! ❤
you made me smile thank you!!!!!!!!
Love your vids, thanks for sharing your knowledge, Kevin! And great job getting NERD in the spotlight, Donny!
Really appreciate your videos! Learn so much from these, love how easy to understand Kevin makes his explanations as well.
I see Kevin as the godfather of reptile keeping on husbandry education and the best way to keep a reptile and to keep it healthy.... And I need to buy a copy of your book..
Really helpful video! Thanks!
Good video becoming the best reptile channel out
thank you!
Thanks Kevin! My snakes seem like they are happier since I have made some changes because of you. Sincerely, thank you.
Love it!!!!
I love it! You did explain a lot of things that were unclear to me!
If you keep snakes, this is all information you need to know. It is not ALL of the information you need to know, but you should definitely know all of this! So glad you're putting out more videos, Kevin. An intelligent, articulate, and knowledgeable person, such as yourself, is a spokesman for the hobby. ( whether he enjoys it or not!) But he is a damn good one in my opinion!
Haaaa you make me blush...thank you!!!! :) Wonderful!
I’ve learned so much from your videos, I’ve rescued as many as 8 reptiles thus far and I never thought I would be a reptiles gal but I really am. I feel like I can’t stop, I just want to take them all In.Im so stoked for the expo coming up!
Awesome video. Gonna get the kid to watch this.
PERFECT!!!!
Great Vids fellas.
Keep them Comming
Its nice seeing you guys gain social media traction getting out your knowledge to the world!
Haaaaa I don't know if we are getting very far but we are trying........ Education may just be too boring and i need to get bit and cry or something....
I love how you just spread your knowledge and love for snakes, i have learned so much. I just bought a HGW Enchi Ball python and I'm happy I found your videos, I have learned so much, although I'm still not confident in my husbandry:/ I will keep watching and keep learning so I can be the best I can be haha
Nice video. Do more videos on your monitor. Your channel has help me a lot 👍 love your channel friend.
We will, you hopefully have seen our older monitor videos I hope!!! We are working on lots of vids.... hang tight.
I wish you cooda SHOWN the EXACT things you were talking about!
The light stand- & flood light thingy-
What clips? UGH- I had a STROKE, so, i dont KNOW what some things are
Loving the new videos Kevin 👍🏻
Great presentation! It goes into way more precise detail than any other video I've seen on husbandry.
My Pythons will not leave their thermometers alone to the point of breaking one🐍Thank you Kevin🙏🏻💕
Indeed some are exactly like that!
Brilliant as always, but I always been told any tape is typically a no no in snake enclosures since it could cause injuries to the animal? Off to bed working the Graveyard shift is a bit strange in the sense everyone else is starting their day and I am just ending mine but whatever's clever right? Thank you ever so much for sharing and best wishes always. P.S. Hope Snarfles is doing fabulous ❤🐍❤
Great video! Thank you for making it bite size and not too overwhelming. Do you sell these items? Do you sell a beginners tank with the items you recommend all together? Do you have a place you recommend purchases from? Or are you an Amazon affiliate? You don't list a website for making purchases so I am unsure. I am interested in getting a snake as young as I can. What time of year are the babies available for purchase usually? Sorry for so many questions but I like how you explain everything. Many other youtubers that deal with snake hold you in high regard. This leads me to feel your company is one I can trust to get things from. Please keep up the great work! The more of these videos I watch and re-watch the more confident I become in knowing I can properly care for my first snake. I look forward to the next installment of the tank set up!
yes we sell them locally but wait for all 3 vids so you can get it all done right!
Great video man
Great video thank you for sharing ♥️
Wanted to know if my Ball Python has tiny little dull looking spots on his scales and he also got his tail caught on the sticky glue that is on the humidity and temperature gauges that I have stuck two monitor the temperatures and now has glue on the tip of his tail
Wonderful information, thank you!
I support you 100% so I hope everyone on CZcams is very happy with you and every other breathers choices of changes
Good vid. Thank you. Kevin always educational and entertaining at the same time. Also enjoy seeing the people that work for you in the videos.
Straight forward, thank you.
Well done and well said🤘
Thank you!
Always love these videos! My question is when it comes to ambient temperature in the cage and then surface temperature, over your heat mat for instance. You mentioned achieving the proper temps in the cage, but with your Tstat probe on the actual heat mat, being surface temperature, what is something you would set it at?
90 -95 for tropical 86 - 90 non tropical. On the area where the snake rest.....
Awesome video! Keep them coming!
I WILL CHRIS HARDWICK
By the way saw your savage ball python egg eating video! 10/10 threwup almost! - Donny
Thank you, it was very helpful.
Ok some pretty good information thanks Kevin 👍👍
I love listening to you I understand you better Thanks
thank you!
Great video, will there be an arboreal edition ?
YES there will be..... hence me saying arboreal as I plan to do our tree snakes too! Just trying to get things very clear to define their care.
Love the video. I currently have my female Butterspotnose in a 36x18x12 exo terra terrarium. Will that hold her through to an adult or will I need to go bigger eventually?
That should work no problem! Thank you!
I await to hear what Kevin has to say when it comes to larger more elaborate enclosures vs racking systems. I remember years ago it was best to keep snakes in glass aquariums and to feed them in separate tub or aquarium. Then it switched to tubs I racking systems and it's ok to feed in their enclosure. No matter what anybody says when it comes to ball pythons I believe they are better off in tubs in racking systems. I only say this because when i made the big switch to tubs I noticed they 1. Ate more often 2. They shed better 3. Digested food better 4. Easier to maintain heat and humidity 5. Way better results with breeding 6. Over all seemed less stressed and happier. Also there is a matter of cost somebody has to pay for the cost of big fancy enclosures and expansion of facilities. You cant keep the same amount of snakes in the same space I your using larger enclosures which means you expand or keep less animals. The consumer will have to absorb all these extra cost to the point where instead of paying 30-60 for a normal ball python your paying 60-125.00 for a normal ball python. Or you don't expand and keep me animals your not gonna keep normals or pastels or any cheaper Ball python your gonna keep and breed the 500-600++++ snakes that a normal hobbyist can't afford. Same goes with the bigger snakes the retics instead of having like a tiger or golden child or whatever your gonna keep and breed the cows and moo cows the 3000-6000++ snakes and on and on no matter what the consumet pays the price.
I've been trying to pester Kevin into doing this video for a month. I'm trying
@@NewEnglandReptile well even if I have to wait for Brian's town hall meeting in may or June. Hr says Kevin will be part of it so I'll patiently await. I think I know what his opinion is but then again I thought knew Brian's too and he politely smacked us all in the face yesterday with his vlog.
Excellent video. But don't use tape inside the enclosure, if it gets stuck on the snake you will have a hard time peeling it off the scales.
That bad temp gradient is the problem I'm trying to solve before I can get a reptile - how to keep a healthy ambient tank temp in a room that drops to 60f at night (and isn't much better in daytime ugh) while also not being too harsh a drop from the hot spot temp.
Thanks Kevin awesome information and overall content I just found your channel about a week ago I've been enjoying since thanks.
I use the same thermostat and absolutely love it.
Kev. We get you up to 100,000 subs real quick. You know your shit. Bet you hit 1,000,000 within two years bro. Get with kenan. Get with brain and be one of the voices in every one's ears. You deserve to be heard.
I hope ZooMed is sponsoring this.
Good point, they make some great products!
I'd really love to see a video on your actual caging and the actual stuff that you use.
Love these videos Kevin!! Thank you for sharing. Keep up the great and amazing work.
66 views and only 15 likes, come on ppl it takes 1 second !!!!!! fantastic video x
My biggest fan !!!!!!!
ok I subbed, if your looking for suggestions frozen vs. live and how to switch your animals to frozen would be great if not already done. I own a 4 yr. old BCI Boa who is my side kick.
Snakes are so much
Smarter than ppl give them credit for. Give them a decent amount of option and they will tell you what they want & like, to a certain point anyway. Of course we have to use our brains & knowledge of the animal to give options in rage of known needs. My boa loves low side of enclosure. Moves between ranges constantly but normally ends up hanging out on coolest point 75-80 depending on time of year. Built him a huge water bowl, thinking maybe he would like to soak but Iv never caught him actually in it. My BP’s are in racks & my BCI is in a huge 3 level China cabinet convert. Building a better rat rack system is the project we are redoing g now to make more efficient. I envy you guys that have made it your full time job, even tho I no that must be a handful. Would much rather spend my day with my animals VS running a wastewater plant 😂! Good stuff guys!
Can you do a video on telling the difference between male and female monitors because I have no Idea about mine.
merci pour la video super
Can u do managing arborial snakes
Soon
What are you're most updated versions on your books? Where can I see a list and latest editions ? Thanks
the ultimate Ball Python 740 pages.
I have a red tail boa, a blood Python, and just grabbed a tree Python. How much humidity does my blood python need? And how will I know if I have them too much
I'm going to purchase your ball python books Kevin. Good care vid! I'm purchasing a male Reticulated Python. I want to order a cow Reticulated Python from you next year! I've wanted a cow Reticulated Python for three years. I may indeed purchase one from y'all at NERD next summer.
Thank you!
These are probably a silly questions but.... when I put a heating pad on the bottom of a glass tank ( x large exo terra) should I put something on the inside between the glass and the substrate , aspen bedding for corn Snake. And should the hide be on top of the heating pad or next to it. I do plan on having 2 hides.. and a lamp on top with lots of branches and foliage I’m hoping it will like to climb on. I did learn and appreciate that I should put the corn snake i get in a more confined place when we get it ( i was thinking that an adult would be easier to “handle’,than a young one especially for our 9 year old grandson who lives with us. Although this is my obsession he is very excited. Sorry TMI)
I have a zoomed thermostat just like that it doesn’t seem to keep it exactly as warm as the display indicates but has been working well on my gecko rack
Love your videos, they are excellent and very informative. One question ---- Where can I find those acrylic panels that you show for putting on top of the screen top to prevent loss of heat/humidity?
Great information
Kevin do more on venomous and I mean venomous stuff not re fanged like mangrove or hoggys idk if u have any hots but maybe a video on that would be cool for us hot keepers
We are talking about that too....
Awesome back to basics video! Where in a glass enclosure do you recommend putting the probe for the thermostat?
Any chance of a Volume 3 of the "snake bible" maybe included husbandry and breeding. Please??
Wait...wait...... more coming...I just did a little diddie on green anaconda breeding....
Donnies working HARD!!!!!!
Great video!
Smash That LIKE !!!
Kevin can you make a vid for new people on what to do to help a snake whit RI please
Good one.
i will keep that in mind.
You gotta keep it humid and take it to the vet just to be safe.
@@guillermoguzman8953 Thanks but im talking for the new people not me lol alot people don't know how to help on a treatment it will be good for Kevin to make a vid
Can you make a in depth video of where to buy enclosures for adult reticulated pythons (15+foot) and a perfect cage setup for the animal please. It would be very educational for everyone I feel
Is the bottom of the tank temp with a thermometer down there the temperature we aim for if we don't use a light. Mine will read 90-95 but the mulch temp on the surface will be 70.
Thank You
I got an exo-terra terrarium for my ball python, and it has circulation vents beneath the doors as well as the screen on top of the enclosure. should I tape over those vents to help keep the humidity in?
Yes you can do that if your humidity is too low...managing it so its just right is the key.
this video needs more subs
Any thoughts on Visions fiber glass enclosures?
I knocked a heat lamp on the ground when I was a kid and it instantly melted the carpet. My mother was not amused.
Good day sir!
I just had my first ball python about a month ago and I'd like to know, is it really necessary to place a heating pad or heat lamp in its enclosure (considering that we have a tropical climate here in the Philippines)??
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Hello! Sorry that i answer,,
Yes, it's very important, they need belly-heat so they can digest properly. :) If they can't, the prey will rot in their guts. But ball pythons don't need both. They're very shy snakes, so they only require heat pads!
Hope i helped. 😉
Have a nice day!
@@wormperson Thank you!
So I was at a show a couple months ago and I was talking to a few breeder. Told them about my enclosures and everything. And told them I was using both a heat pad on a thermostat and a heat bulb to create ambient temperature, and it was working great honestly. But they were saying I was flat out stupid for using a heat lamp because the snake could go up by the bulb and burn itself on the mesh top of the enclosure. So I went to only using heat tape. Well now my ambient temperature is low and my snakes always feel cold. Btw it's a ball python and a dumerils boa, 2 separate enclosures. So idk what to try now, I was thinking a heat panel for the top but the cages are pretty small
I always wondered what kind of enclosure that they are using in the video for demastration
Looks like an exo terra natural terraruim
Hey kevin would you use a heat mat or radiant heat panel for a boa
Where can I find those plastic panels that go on top of the enclosure? Couldn't find anything on Amazon.
Would the rheostat work as a replacement for the dimming stat or nah?