Transcript Intro [Music] good mornings welcome and welcome back to the channel I’m Elle and this is Alex reptiles this week we are talking all about ball python Heating and lighting this is super super important proper Heating and Lighting in your ball pythons take can completely change their appetite it can mean your ball … Read More
Transcript hey everyone as you may or may not remember a little while ago we inherited a beautiful cage from originally built by custom cages but it was given to us by someone local who just didn’t need it anymore so she gave it to us and we built it this is it it’s in … Read More
Transcript good man these guys I trust with my life yeah we’re gonna brainstorm some ideas about what we’re going to do in the future see in a minute what’s going on everyone hanging out with Amy kite here from Good Old bush wildlife and the hours are ticking down how many days left on … Read More
Transcript Have your construction hat on! It’s always important to wear your hard hat putting together Levi’s new home, We moved it on the patio and needed even ground this clamp was a lifesaver once assembled. We moved it to our desired location, what do you think of your new outdoor summer home? We made … Read More
Transcript did you guys ever play with like Erector Sets when you were a kid this is kind of like a giant erector set um you ever heard the saying also that like boys don’t ever stop playing with toys their toys just get more expensive this kind of fits in that bracket so this … Read More
Intro hello you want to go to your new home it’s going to be pretty cool oh i’m out of breath because my animals are on the third floor [Music] hey guys welcome back to my channel i am here with another cage build in my custom cages wall if you didn’t see the video … Read More
Intro i like brightness all the way back here [Music] good morning artillerians welcome and welcome back to the channel i’m elle and this is sales reptiles as many of you know we built a reptile room that full video is going to come very soon i just want to make sure that everything is … Read More
0:00:00.2 Speaker 1: What’s going on, guys? Welcome back to yet another episode. We are almost done building this amazing cage that I got from customcages.com. This has been one of the hardest builds I’ve ever had to do, but man, was it worth it. So we’re gonna rewind a little bit so you guys … Read More
[music] 0:01:04.3 Speaker 1: Let’s do a little bonus with Nancy the Knight Anole. Here you go, pretty girl. There you go. Good girl. That’s my buddy. There ya go. Oh, a twofer. Get’em. Let my big boy Bossk get his fill, and then I’ll get Tiamat and Lucky. His little head injury from Tiamat earlier seems to be healing up fine. That’s why I got them separated. Good boy. Hang on, hang on, pretty girl. Going nuts down there. 0:02:39.1 Speaker 1: Can’t harp on enough, the versatility of these Custom Cages hybrid enclosures. Divider was a lifesaver. Bossk, he dropped them both! There ya go, buddy. Alright, a couple more, and then we go to Tiamat. Good boy, alright. Let’s get Tiamat real quick. Come here, pretty girl. Oh. Oh, you’re a beast. I don’t wanna take a picture of poop. 0:03:26.6 S1: Okay, hey, hey, hey. Now you’re just gonna go right into the dish. Come on, gotta save some for Lucky. Get the paper towel outta the way. Save some for Lucky. Can I get ya, there ya go. Alright, good girl. Liberally sprinkled some Repashy Calcium Plus. Make sure they’ve got plenty of vitamins and D3 since they’re indoors, even though I got full spectrum lighting for them. Okay, two more and then we gotta get Lucky. Here you go. Alright, take a break. If there’s any left, you can have some after I feed Lucky. There you go. 0:04:47.0 S1: Hi, Miss Lucky. I constantly get asked questions about feeding protein to iguanas, the ctenosaurs are definitely more omnivorous than the green iguanas are, but there’s plenty of videos out there of even green iguanas taking protein, if the opportunity presents itself. Cyclura, I know people who’ve fed rhino iguanas rodents and stuff, and I think as long as it’s a treat, you know, not a substitute for their normal herbivorous diet, it’s perfectly okay. Good girl. Oh! Make sure I don’t drop this dish on the ground. Oh! Just holding the GoPro in my hands, so a little shaky, sorry. 0:06:07.1 S1: Good girl. Can’t wait for the spring and summer to get here so I can get these guys back outside where they belong. Another one, are you slowing down? I know Tiamat wants some more. Okay. She’s a pretty girl, yes she is. Do a couple more for the big boy. There you go, buddy. There you go. Bossk didn’t eat any of his Mazuri yesterday, so I was a little worried about that. So I definitely wanted to make sure he got… Hi, buddy. My buddy, yeah, yes you are, hifive. Big boy. And my buddy. He’s such a good buddy, look at this guy. Look at this boy. Got a little bit of… Some shedding issues there. Good boy. Alright, big guy. Super mealworm Sunday for the Honduran spinytailed iguanas. Say goodbye, big man. … Read More
0:00:00.0 Speaker 1: Alright. So starting this video off with this. This is a Calabar Burrowing Python. This is his little face, this is his little eye right there. 0:00:13.7 Speaker 2: They’re weird looking themselves. 0:00:16.1 Speaker 1: This animal which was brought to me as a rescue, literally just dropped off right now. This is the very tiny enclosure that he’s been living in. And you can see how shallow the substrate is. This should be a lot deeper. I’ve never owned one of these kinds of snakes, so I have been doing a bit of my research since we’ve been emailing, but as you can see, he is giant for this tiny enclosure, which isn’t even an enclosure. I’m not even sure how we would do a basking area and an ambient temperature area in here. As far as I know, these little guys like to climb a bit as well, so we’ll get him all set up with a new enclosure, and let’s go ahead and get started. And then once I do that, I’m gonna be leaving him alone for a while, but poor little guy, this enclosure is just so small, and then that water dish is also not big enough for this little guy. So imagine that being in there and then this little guy has had basically no space to do anything. So we need to name him. He’s very cute. 0:01:20.5 Speaker 2: Take a picture. It would last longer. 0:01:22.1 S1: I almost wanna keep his name as Calabar because if you had seen Halloween Town, that guy’s name is Calabar, and I freaking love that movie. Hi little baby. Hi. Sorry for the noise. Nick is actually up there carving out a waterfall or making… I also wanted to notate, I don’t have an extra hand to really show you. Maybe I can do this. I just wanna notate about how dry this is. And from what I’ve been reading, they should have no standing water, but this should be heavily misted at least once a day and it should remain somewhat moist. So this little guy has had no substrate to burrow in and he’s burrowing… So we are gonna get a building. We are going to go ahead and I’ve done some rearranging on my reptile wall, so we’re gonna go ahead and put… I also picked a name. Drum roll please. 0:02:11.6 S1: Okay, so it’s funny, the very first comment was the name Kevin on the picture, the very first one. And I asked Nick I said, “What should we name this little guy? I’m probably gonna rehome him, I usually don’t keep my rescues. If I need to, I do, but he needs a name anyway. So I asked Nick, I said, “What should we name this little guy?” And he goes, “Kevin.” And I was like, “Ha ha, funny, funny.” And he’s like, “What?” And I’m like, “That was literally the first comment, suggestion, name suggestion on the picture, it was Kevin.” And I was like, “Okay, Kevin it is.” So I really like Cinnamon too. You guys had some really cute names in there. So his name is Kevin, and Kevin is going to go ahead and go in this enclosure right here. 0:02:56.5 S1: I had one hell of a time finding almost any information on a Calabar Burrowing Python. So I found one PDF article of some information, and that’s what I’m going off of because there is virtually no information online about them. I can’t even find a book on the species. So if you have kept these or know information to be true, please leave in the comments ’cause I would love to hear. As far as I know, we need to make the substrate much deeper than it is, they are a burrowing snake, it makes them feel secure, they’ll spend the most of their life and time underneath the substrate or in a hide. They’re elusive, they’re shy. And from what I’ve read, most people don’t handle them very much, but they are very friendly and just kind of coy. So, so far, that’s exactly how Kevin is. He’s super sweet. I hung out with him, he actually seemed to really enjoy being out, he was exploring and didn’t seem freaked out at all, he didn’t ball up, it was really interesting, he just was exploring and having a good time. 0:04:01.4 S1: I wanna show you the mixture of soil that I’m doing for him, I think I might need to make some more. What we have here is Coco fiber, and the darker stuff is organic soil, and then over here is Mason resand. Someone on Instagram who does very well with her reptile suggested that I do a mixture of organic soil and the Mason resand because it’s able to hold tunnels. So this is the mixture that I’m doing for Kevin. And this is already really moist, this isn’t… But what he’s currently in, is not moist at all, like it needs to be much moisture for this kind of snake. So I’m gonna mix this up and then… I might need to make some more, but we will… I’m breaking up all the big pieces, and then we’ll put this in there. It’s getting all under my brand new manicure, lovely. Things we do for our animals. Am I right or am I right? 0:05:08.9 S1: The soil looks just really cool. This is a cage from custom cages, and as you can see, there are vents right here and over here in the back. The whole top up here is a grate. So there’s plenty of ventilation. And so what I’m going to do is actually cover one of the… Cover both of these … Read More
0:00:00.1: Nice, gorgeous, big female right there. I think this was the perfect animal to put inside of here. Hello, Maya girl. [music] 0:00:26.1: What is going on, everybody? Welcome back to another video here at Blake’s Exotic Animal Ranch. Today, I am going to introduce the brand new animal here on the ranch, but … Read More
0:00:17.5: What is going on everybody? Welcome back to another video here at Blake’s exotic animals. If you guys have not seen part one right here of the custom cage build that we’re doing here in the back of the ranch, make sure you guys go check it out right now. But what we’re doing … Read More
