Can You Keep Reptiles Outside in the UK? - Celtic Reptile & Amphibian Reptile Collection Tour Pt. 1
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- Part one of a complete tour of Celtic Reptile & Amphibian!
Today, I show you around the amphibian & reptile collection at Harvey's premises. In the second part of this video, we will visit Tom's property to take a look at the other herps belonging to the company.
00:00 - Introduction
01:52 - Wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) & western green lizards (Lacerta bilineata)
02:40 - Pool frogs (Pelophylax lessonae)
02:52 - Moor frogs (Rana arvalis)
03:03 - More info on pool frogs
03:48 - European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis)
04:40 - Yellow bellied toads (Bombina variegata)
05:31 - More info on moor frogs
06:38 - The "Invisible Ark" concept
08:35 - European green toads (Bufotes viridis)
08:56 - Natterjack toads (Epidalea calamita)
09:59 - Disease as a threat to outdoor herps
11:17 - Benefits of outdoor keeping
13:19 - Common lizards (Zootoca vivipara)
13:55 - Sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)
14:25 - More info on Common lizards
14:43 - Slow worms (Anguis fragilis)
15:04 - UV for fossorial and crepuscular species
15:55 - Thoughts on cohabitation
16:28 - More info on slow worms
17:47 - Aesculapian snakes (Zamensis longissimus)
21:05 - Barred grass snakes (Natrix helvetica)
22:34 - Limitations of outdoor keeping
23:39 - Construction of quarantine enclosure
24:56 - Baby common lizards
25:29 - More info on western green lizards
26:43 - European green tree frog tadpoles (Hyla arborea)
27:44 - Pollen and hidden benefits of outdoor keeping
29:28 - Betic midwife toad tadpoles (Alytes dickhilleni)
29:53 - Occelated skinks (Chalcides ocellatus)
30:56 - Historical significance of outdoor keeping
31:52 - Fin
Celtic Reptile & Amphibian, an enterprise started and managed by Harvey and Tom, is all about conserving European herptiles through captive breeding; it is a sensible and productive purpose for amphibian and reptile keeping. As you will soon gather, "breeding" does not necessarily mean "simplistic": another aim of the company is to promote proper welfare within herpetoculture by replicating the wild, something that is best done by keeping our animals outdoors. Then, Celtic Reptile & Amphibian is a project after my own heart, and I am elated to be able to share this video with you all!
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It was great to see you Joe!
And yourselves!
I've only just found your channel so please forgive this comment on an old video.
When I was a boy I lived and grew up through the late 1950's, 60's and 70's in a very rural and remote part of Norfolk on the edge of an extensive marshland close to the sea, with coastal heathland and an extensive common with ancient woodland, ponds and grassland and a river which led from the Broads to the sea. There were natterjacks, viviparous lizards, slow worms, grass snakes, adders, frogs, toads and all three species of newt. From around 1980 the heathland was cleared, levelled and is now a golf resort with holiday lodges and a second holiday park stuffed with caravans. In the 60's and 70's the banks which held back the sea from the marsh were burrowed into by coypu and were poorly repaired which damaged the marsh although subsequent work restored the banks and the marsh has regenerated over the last couple of decades. I spent a lot of time going around with the coypu man trapping the bloody things. The common land is now very expensive housing which few ordinary people like shopworkers, farm labourers or me can afford. The whole area has gone really, except part of the marsh and I find it incredibly sad. I haven't seen a swallowtail butterfly for over thirty years, a slow worm for at least twenty years or an adder for about the same length of time. I still see the occasional grass snake but most of the amphibians have gone, as have the vast clouds of lapwings and other birds. I haven't seen a newt since the early 1980's. I would love to see these species re-introduced but I find myself asking where? Is there a network of linked up people and habitats prepared to accept these animals? I know that there is a move towards rewilding but where I live all the land just seems to have been swallowed up by the above mentioned developments and industrial estates on former small field farmland. I apologise for the length of this comment.
A highly informative video and what a fantastic, conservation oriented initiative. I live in Sweden and have seen slow worms, common lizards and grass snakes all within a few hundred metres of my doorstep, though not for a while :). It never ceases to amaze me that cold blooded animals can survive at this latitude. Absolutely brilliant work chaps. Well done!
Thank you very much! That’s awesome - we only get common frogs round where I live. It would be wonderful for other native species to return to the area!
A great video. The knowledge from this young man is incredible. I could listen to him for hours. I am excited about this idea to keep reptiles outside.
Thank you
you guys are doing a fantastic job, so proud we have young guys like you to protect and preserve our reptiles.Thank you for your effort.
Ahhh I’m so excited to watch this! Just waiting for my lecture to finish lol
Fantastic video keep it up looking forward to part 2
Wow. This is just brilliant. Wtg guys! Modern youth, ftw
I love this video!!! Great job and this type of keeping is so important.
Harvey and Tom have some wonderful outdoor enclosures, it must be said!
This channel is phenomenal. So undersubscribed. You should be very proud, Joe 😎
Thank you. I'm creating habitats in my garden etc to ensure I encourage all creatures. Lots of info. Thanks.
Superb. Educational and inspirational thank you
Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
I can't believe how excited I am by this video. I'll be trying to check out their website or channel.
Special video! I am inspired and happy to see people using the hobby to the benefit the natural world. I am inspired and would love to begin something similar, thank you I think this collection is very cleverly thought through.
I agree entirely!
Excellent video once again
Thanks mate!
Just found this vid and your channel, great stuff and top work by celtic reptile and amphibian there :) subbed
Thank you!
Awesome video. I would love to get in on this! I still get tons of frogs and newts in the pond we have had for 30 years, and I really can't imagine this house without that pond in the garden.
Also, love that you guys put so much emphasis on retaining a strong gene pool. I have mentioned to a few others that we (or more so the animals) could benefit massively if there were some kind of license needed for reptile breeding, something that would require a course to be taken and for people to be educated on these matters. While there are many breeders who are unbelievably dedicated to maintaining true bloodlines, strong gene pools etc, I can't help feeling they are far, far outnumbers by the average breeder who will throw any two snakes with a cloaca together and see what happens. I really hate the whole 'morphs' topic because it does turn these amazing animals into decorative items more than anything else. So tying in to what you guys were saying, if we could get something in place that required fairly strict measures to be able to breed, and ensure there are substantial penalties for those that breed irresponsibly (e.g. fines and refusing their right to keep animals). I mean it would still happen just like everything else that is made illegal/outlawed, but it would surely happen much less, as well as raising awareness of the issue. with regards to the course, and educating people, it could certainly make them appreciate the animals and environment more. Change always starts with education. What do you think of the whole idea?
The problem always cycles round to how hard it would make it for the people doing it properly to continue. If only a limited number of people were breeding, the cost of the animals would go up as demand would quickly exceed supply by a larger amount than it does already. Then, more people would be put off keeping reptiles and amphibians, so there would be less people buying products designed for them. Herp companies would have to raise prices to stay afloat and would probably have to slow down developing new technologies - of course, this does not impact outdoor keeping much, but think of the implications it’d have for indoor keeping. I think the ultimate effect would be to make the whole business even more expensive and even more niche. Now that lots of the damage has already been done to wild populations by capture for the pet trade, conservation like Harvey and Tom are doing is highly essential; I don’t think that we could risk even less people being interested or attached to reptiles and amphibians because such things as reintroduction would not be as widely supported.
I think we need to do SOMETHING, I just don’t know what that something is...
Love ittt
On the organic farm next to a wetland reserve in east Anglia that I grew up on we had hundreds of natterjacks migrate across the farm away from the rspb reserve and into our ponds and ditches hahaha every year, sometimes more sometimes less. We also had an extremely rare crane of some kind that just chilled at the top of the farm, the miles of hedgerows, rides and lack of sprays that we implemented just increased wildlife as the farm grew, the reserve next door pretty much worked at inoculating the farm with plenty of amphibians and reptiles and birds. I honestly think the farm eventually had more life in the rides than the reserve. It's changed hands a few times since then so now it's back to monocultures.
Amazing video!
I‘d really love to have an outdoor setup to house some reptiles or amphibians that are native here in austria, but sadly there are next to no breeders of native species and I‘d be worried that our cats might stress the animals out.
Have been breeding fish and invertebrates outside for years and it’s just unexpected how much of a difference it can make for some animals.
Love what your doing and would love to help with reintroducing the population down in Somerset. How can i get hold of natterjack toads legally and bred them myself. Many thanks
I agree, I do not like morphs at all, it is refreshing to see that I am not the only one. Have you tried keeping adders as they are very hard to keep in captivity. Great work.
Thanks for watching 🙂 No, I don’t think any of us have kept adders yet!
Amazing setup lad I’ve been breeding and releasing common lizards here in Cornwall for 10 years now I’ve released over 200 baby’s my oldest breeding pair is 5 years old who are now retired I have 14 breeding pairs all are kept outside years ago I use to breed ball pythons bearded dragons crested geckos leopard geckos whites tree frogs monkey tree frogs poison dart frogs but I gave it all up to work with the common lizards my passion for them is great
You should get in contact with Harvey and Tom, I think they’d like to know more about this!
Really interesting work. Could greenhouses be used to accommodate more temperature sensitive reptiles in the cooler months? Nice to see such enthusiasm from the three of you.
Yes absolutely, greenhouses help create a more Mediterranean climate throughout summer and help make the winters more tolerable for some of the more temperature sensitive herps.
They definitely can, but for anyone that sees this make sure you either provide UV or make sure UV can penetrate the greenhouse as unfortunately at times it can let sun through, but not the necessary rays.
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Been interested in lizards in Britain since stumbling home at 5 in the morning and seeing little black lizards walking up the road i thought I was hallucinating until I caught one
Wow, sounds like quite a sight! I’ve never seen wild reptiles in this country - only common frogs and a single common toad, freshly morphed. Apparently when we were on holiday in Wales when I was very young there were common toads everywhere, marching up the roads in amplexus, but I can’t remember it, sadly.
Do you heat your greenhouse setup in winter uk
those wall lizards are all over my garden (im in new york). Some of them have brilliant colors, there are a couple that have a lot of blue on them.
I have seen some in Benalmádena with bits of blue of them: beautiful things, they are! You are lucky to have them in your garden, although they are not native in this country.
Isn't it too coldfor lizards to survive in new York
@@nomorenews for most lizards yes, but I believe these ones hibernate over the winter. I think I started seeing then in the first week of June this year. Their natural habitat goes as far north as Switzerland, and it gets pretty cold there too.
@@rooseveltbrentwood9654 do they come inside the houses or only live outdoors?
@@nomorenews usually outdoors, i’ve found the baby ones inside a couple of times during the summer. I usually catch them with a dustpan and put them back in the garden, although i did find a dead dried up one in a drawer one time.
I wish I could buy some herptiles from these guys
Cool tour dude. Personally, I'm not a big fan of captive bred "morph animals" but wild one intrigue me. I find the wild types to be purest and closest to nature. Alot of morphs cripple the poor creatures as well.
Aye, I must say that I do prefer wild type animals in most cases!
@@JTBReptiles I forgot to add, regardding the pollen ting, I believe one of the plants in the new viv is an Azaelea. Please if this is the case, be very careful, I know that Rhododendron/Azaelea pollen is toxic and can cause hallucinations as well. I think the rest of the plant is toxic as well. I know the animal you intend to keep is insectivorous (I think its purely an insectivore?) but lets say you add crickets and they munch on it and the animal eats it, it could be dangerous. Ill see if I find an article.
plantaddicts.com/are-azaleas-poisonous/
That’s a good shout, thank you. The lizards are actually omnivorous (they will take fruits and I have seen videos of them eating pollen) so I will have to be very careful. I will look into this further and remove the plant if necessary.
Cool, cool. Just thought Id let you know. Im a bit of a gardener (well a major one, lol) and for some reason I remembered Azaeleas werent good for you. I know that if you eat the honey made from their nectar, it makes one go 'mad' and people even have allergies specific to THEIR pollen. Hope all goes well, other than that.
Its good shit :)
Hahaha thanks Pete!
How old are all of you? I have to ask! Very intelligent and Articulate! Thank you for the work your doing!
Thank you very much! We’re all 17-18 🙂
Holy shit. You guys are even younger than I thought. The youth today gives me hope. You guys have got it together much more than we did in my day. I was born in 80. So much has changed since then though.
Hi I live in UK London and just got offered a boomslang for 80$ do you know if its legal to own as a rear fang venomous?
Curious to see your thoughts on natural vs. safe.
Coming from the small pet community the mentality is totally different and even temporarily taking animals outside is seen as an unnecessary risk.
I thought lots of people kept rabbits and guinea pigs outside?
If the animals are in proper enclosures they can’t escape from (and predators can’t break in to), I don’t see the problem. Of course if the climate is inappropriate, then don’t do it, but this applies to reptiles as well.
@@JTBReptilesdefinitely keeping the likes of guinea pigs, rabbits and similar can be quite common for small Mammals it really just depends on the animals and ofc the climate, some do end up needing to add in a few extra shots in the vet bills, but for the bonus of natural UV rays and in some cases free food like grass, plus easier access to space, many would consider it worth it. I've even see some people get into free ranging rabbits and guinea pigs, but that's a bit more risky though still possible in the right place.
I didn’t know there were any Northern Clade Pool frogs from the former British gene pool left! I thought it was only the Scandinavian population remaining
Yes they can, Check out Dave Sharpe
Two years ago I bred a plain morph common lizard to a green morph and some how got two melenistic morphs form it
Interesting, I have not heard much of morphs in common lizards
Invasive species probably (going off of what I'm seeing) like wall lizards that thrive. I want to have outdoor enclosure someday but I have australian species unfortunately.
Are you the guys on itv news ?
Harvey and Tom were on itv last night, yep!
I love how Brits pronounce tortoise, and porpoise for that matter lol
natterjack toads eh rare eh ive caught hundreds of those in the netherlands i think if its not its a toad that looks exactly like it ive litrally had i believe about 110 of em in a sack at one point that i released into a giant tub of mos and mud becouse my neighbor asked me to back then he stil has alot of descendants of em in there now
Wow, really?! They’re really rare here, although most herps are, sadly!
@@JTBReptiles early summer i always have to watch out in the evenings that i dont step on em when i walk near water or trough the nature trails its always funny when one of the new pups tries to bite one only to pull a face like he yust licked a turd but yeah plenty frogs toads salamanders and to a lesser degree but stil seen often enough snakes
Sounds wonderful, I will have to visit the Netherlands at some point in my future!
@@JTBReptiles would be great to see you make a video about the herps in the netherlands
Grass snakes are basically the european knockoff of garter snakes!!
Quite!
Why are u wearing gloves
they should be careful about birds