Even just basic logic should tell people this makes no sense. If a snake needed to lie down next to prey to see "can I eat this?", they'd never survive in the wild as species. If you wake up and find your snake lying next to you, frankly, you're in no more danger of it eating you than you are if you find your dog lying next to you. I mean, you probably still want to get it back in its enclosure, but you're not in danger.
The other one I hear all the time is, animals only grow to the size of the enclosure and then they stop growing. Keep up the good work, your videos are awesome!
Oh yeah, that myth is awful. Even for the animals it's kinda true for, like goldfish, that's *not healthy*, that's a creature with severe, probably painful deformities due to poor care, and it's inexcusable
How about talking about how "Reptiles will give you salmonella!" but no one talks about how dirty humans can give their reptiles e. coli. Safe practices go both ways.
Idk how anyone would even think that would be a positive argument even if it was true " Don't worry, with enough abuse I can stunt this animals growth :D"
When I told someone I was getting a ball python, he gave me the sizing up story. He learned a lot that day. My mom said they'll smell. They do not. Dad said they'd attract bugs, and he was correct. They love that heat, I guess.
@@TheOtomeBug lol right? I had a pair way back and that was a pretty awful smell. Out of all of my animals, the African soft furs smell the worst by far, but ferrets may have even been more pungent.
My mother told me the sizing you up myth when I got my corn snake. Who was barely a foot long at the time. She also told me to get to the hospital after she bit me...
Exactly why my mom won’t let me get a snake she said if it’s longer than me it can swallow me but she’s kinda convinced because of these vids I force her to watch
Don’t worry mate I’m in my twenties and still around half or a bit more of the people I know dislike my reptiles solely because they feel bad for the locusts I have to torture for it to eat/ think it’s nasty. Hardly any of these people are vegan or anything like that, just can’t understand it haha
We were doing research on where to get Leapord Geckos and we were at a pet store, my parents asked what the enclosure should be like they said it needed like a ten gallon and sand would be a good substrate. I leaned over to my mom and whispered "don't do that"
When I first brought one of my snakes home from a reptile expo I noticed she had stuck shed on the tip of her tail that looked really bad. I figured I should try and help her with it immediately rather than waiting, and as I was dealing with it she climbed right up onto my shoulder. She does better with handling than any other reptile I ever had, just absolutely fearless. Different reptiles, even in the same species, have different tolerances for handling. Rather than going with some kind of "one size fits all" approach, just learn to recognize when your animals are stressed or irritated and adjust accordingly.
The "sizing you up" myth is so bad I heard it in multiple languages - polish, german, czech and now english. It's always, without a failure, a "family friend" or "a distand cousin" or a "friend of a friend". The best time I heard it was when I said what sort of snake I was getting (a corn/king/milk hybrid boy) and my friend told me that "at this point he will be big enough to swallow your head whole and he will be just sitting for months slowly eating you until it swallows you whole". I... have no clue where people got this myth from to begin with, but the variations of it do tend to get incredibly stupid.
Another myth I hate is "x" doesn't climb. Like I hear this a lot for Hognoeses and Royal Pythons and mine both like to climb every so often. Sure they arent tree boas but the give it a go! Also when people say Royal pythons are like owning a pet rock. Again I take mine out for handling and he never stops moving!
I have a kenyan sand boa. Literally everything about them talks about how you never see them and that they never come out. Meanwhile I catch mine CLIMBING every other night.
@@pearldab7781 I think people have that idea because in the wild a sand boa wouldnt climb. But if we look at the wild, would we consider a sand boa up 30 cm from the ground climbing? Not really, when "climbing" species are found several metres above ground. But in captivity people take that to mean that they never leave ground level for some illogical reason. So in captivity 30cm is considered climbing, but in the wild that would just be overcoming and obstacle... like a huge tree root or whatever. If that makes sense? Lol
4 of my 8 ball pythons climb, my hognose climbs, the boa adores climbing and one of my corn snakes is a massive climber alot of those snakes... usally dont climb but more then half of them adore climbing lol
My blue tongue is the same way. Everything says the don't climb. My girl looooves climbing up her plants. So much so I added (gentle) slopes to her tank so she can look from up high.
I'm glad you feel this way about enclosures. I always felt like I COULD live in a cardboard box, but I like my house a lot more. To that end, my last two leopard geckos lived in a 45 breeder (male and female) together forever and it was great.
When people start telling me the sizing you up story as if I've never heard it before I like to spoil it by finishing it for them. They always seem so disappointed when I say it's not true.
at "enclosure too big" I literally turned behind me to look at my beardie (cuz the enclosure is beind me) and asked her "is the enclosure too big yoda?" and she looked at me like "i'm trying to bask mooooom". It's a 190 gallon tank, and she loves it lol
Glad to hear about the 10gal comments and yes, I would enjoy a video about enclosure size misconceptions. Even for my 2-4” Mourning Geckos, 12x12x18 feels small to me because there’s so many of them. I can’t imagine recommending a 10gal for a Beardie.
I’ve never owned a snake but from videos I’ve seen and my brother’s bearded dragon I think they feel something just not in the same way. Atleast I will always choose to believe that😭
"Are you going to take away my birthday?"; I don't think I've ever heard my flatmate laugh so hard because of a reptile video I was watching. It would be good to cover myths about reptiles being stupid and/or it being necessary to feed live rodents (apart from in some exceptional circumstances) if you did a Part 2. Also, where did your really cool Doom Metal stylie intro music go? (Edit: Formating)
“That snake has to be poisonous” is what I get tired of hearing. Mind you i own colubrids, boas, and pythons. Surprisingly enough none are poisonous. (It’s like the term venomous doesn’t exist)
There are poisonous snakes. I don’t know how many there are, the only one that I know is the Tiger Keelback. It is both venomous AND poisonous. It gets the poison from the toads it eats.
When it comes to the "don't handle" myth, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND doing a physical on all pets you get. If you don't know how to do a basic physical on an animal, please, please research it before buying the pet. It is very important to know what to look for as far as illnesses goes in your pets when they arrive at your home, either from buying them at a store or online. Even animals that rarely carry diseases could be carrying some kind of mite or infection that could spread to you or your other pets. This is another reason why quarantine is very important. However, if you don't do a physical on your pet when you get it, you may not notice an illness in which they may need special treatment or longer quarantine time for- or worse, you could end up with a dead pet if you don't give them a physical and refuse to touch them for a week. That myth is just really, really negligent and should be thrown in the garbage. I gave my spadefoot toads physicals when I got them. I've also been weighing them before and after feedings to make sure they are on a healthy weight gain path for spring breeding! :D Did you think I was going to leave a comment without mentioning spadefoot toads? You're so wrong. ;)
I'd love to see a video about searching for the best breeder or place to buy your reptile! maybe talking about how you should know when a breeder is trustable or not and what questions you should ask them! that kinda stuff. I'm planning on getting a Abronia graminea sometime in thenext few months and have been searching for breeders, still haven't found any place i feel comfortable buying from
I got my first reptile, a corn snake, in April and the no touchy myth had me full losing my mind. I was worried she escaped but I was too scared to check on her 😂 i gave in and checked on her eventually... big surprise... she's fine.
Two things are crazy here. First and foremost, that a 6 foot iguana can go in a 1 1/2 foot tank, and second that they recommend iguanas in the first place!
Don't trust the chain pet store people. They are mostly young kids looking for work, and through no fault of their own, don't know jack. They are taught what corporate tells them, and they parrot it back. They feel REALLY bad when the find out how wrong they were. (There are some exceptions, and the good ones either make major changes in their stores, or get out.) Do your own research, your animal will be happier for it.
Diamond go zoomies! 😂 I would totally go for a myths part two these were great! I usually give my animals a few hours to acclimate before I do short handling sessions, sue me lol
About snake venom you must have never seen the "snake milking show" , the person milking the snake drinks some of the venom since it really does need to be injected in most cases to cause any harm. From personal experience eastern diamondback rattlesnake venom doesn't cause any problems when it gets in the eye. Mind you it did get my attention! Then again I had one friend get spit in the eye by a Chinese cobra, which aren't supposed to be able to spit. He was unpacking a shipment and admiring what a nice snake it was and the snake managed to hiss loudly and get some venom in his eye causing a great deal of discomfort. Then someone else managed to get some canebrake rattlesnake venom in his nose that caused one of the worst nose bleeds he ever had. Just remember snake venom varies geographically for example some of our FL canebrakes are known to have a more neurotoxic venom than other populations. I think the biggest myth about reptiles is that they aren't intelligent. I still remember taking a Burmese python to the vet. It sat on the exam table not moving as vet techs came and went. As soon as the vet entered the room the snake wanted to take off like bat out of hell. It clearly remembered who that guy in the white lab coat was!
I got a veiled chameleon, and everything I watch says leave them alone, minimal handling, they only tolerate you, etc. Yet I can't open the cage to spray or feed or adjust anything without him trotting down to get on my arm turn bright green and climb up my arm and hangout. He's gotta be the most social antisocial animal I've ever met
Wickens! Girlfriend and I watch you basically every day together and love you and all your babies! We think you should name your new Blue Tongue Dratini, just to keep with the Pokémon trend! 😍 Much love, be safe, and looking forward to your next video!
Could you do a video on controversial husbandry? Like: do you need to use loose substrate, or rack systems vs enclosures, and lighting and heating at night. Would love to hear your thoughts.
I don’t know if you ever reply to comments, but I’ve never loved and hated someone on RUclips so much! Your content is great! But I’m so slow with making videos and I’ve had to scratch like 16 off my list of videos to do because they’d basically be copies of yours😂 You’re great man! Thanks for doing what you do.
Snake myth I hear all the time: "Snakes a slimy!" (or scaly animals feel slimy to the touch) Name for the bluey: If you wanna keep to your pokemon names 'Lickitung' is perfect :P 'Sausage' if you just want to be silly!
I was at the fish store and these people bought fish and they didn't even have an aquarium they thought they could just keep the fish in the bags until they figured it out it blew my mind lol
A myth that makes me furious is that ball pythons are basically pet rocks and can or even need to be housed in tiny enclosures. My ball python lives in a 142-gallon enclosure and still demands to be let out to explore every single night. She'll literally sit in the front of the enclosure and stare at me until I free her. She's also really smart and learns and remembers things quickly.
That last one man, I explain to people all the time that animals in general are much more easy going than you'd think. Like a tiger isn't that likely to attack you so long as you don't act like prey. Most animal attacks are just results of people invading their personal space. The only real exceptions are true ambush cats like pumas and mountain lions.
The Mexican black kingsnake is my favourite example of a snake who would never bother "sizing you up", and planning means to eat you If something has the slightest chance of being food, they'll try and eat it immediately. Even if its completely inedible, or it's far too big; they just "try and eat now, figure out if it's actually food later" They are by far my favourite species.
Man, good thing I don't dive too deep into the comments section to see all the crap people give you. Love the list and the video. And I agree. Normally I can't wait a week to handle my new reptiles anyway. I let them settle for like 36-48 hours, then I go in and check on em and handle them. Usually they're pretty fine with it. Right now I just have 1 snake i got in June that is still flighty with me. But like you said. Just 5 mins a day to try and work with them.
amazing video only thing i think was over looked is you can put a baby boa into too large of a tank/housing and have it not eat. My 1.5 foot boa did do extremly well in a 6'x4'x2' vertical tree branch zoo like enclosure but i have had the breeder warn that might be an issue.
Hey! I have a random question! I am about to start breeding some of my leopard geckos. I have all of the equipment and have done a lot of research but for the life of me I can’t figure out what kind of morph I want to breed to my males. I have a male RAPTOR and a male snow eclipse that I would like to breed but I want to buy a female that will make a cool combo and I can’t decide. What morph would you breed to a RAPTOR or snow eclipse?
The first myth is the one's that's been haunting me. I'm planning on buying a baby ball python, but I want to start it out in a 4'x2'x2' because I don't want to be purchasing multiple cages. Plus, nature doesn't have borders, and with enough hides, the hatchling should be happy to explore the big enclosure, right?
Any tips for rescue reptiles? I just rescued a baby sand boa today and I'm not sure how to go about feeding him. For size reference hes barely big enough for pinkies
@@WickensWickedReptiles I do know the basics I've just never handled a baby, I'm used to adults where I feed live mice to. I got him from a friend's friend who impulsively bought him, with no knowledge of what he actually needs(like a water dish or tank lid)
When I got my first Leopard gecko Yoshi, she was just under two years old, stuck in a 10 gallon tank, fed a bunch of crickets once a month with improper heating, expired calcium powder, no vitamins, never been held save for when she needed to be picked up to clean the tank. First day I got her, I picked up a brand new 20 gallon tank, screen, 100 watt heat lamp, heat pad, new calcium, hides, mealworms, water dish, all new everything. Took her off her sand substrate. Started holding her every day even when she kept biting me. After a few weeks she started to grow, stopped biting me, became sweet as pie. Ended up having to drop about 400 on vet bills due to her fragile nature from malnourishment but she's doing amazing now almost two years later. Got her on dubias. Dropped crickets entirely (crickets are assholes, kept biting her and each other. Plus they just randomly fucking die cause they suck at life so I stopped getting em.) Got her on vitamins. Take her and her adopted sister Belle out constantly (they're in separate 20 gallon tanks, don't worry. I don't co-hab save for my garters.) Point is, Petco a lot of the time is utterly useless. Never use them as a source of information like her original caretakers did. Always do a vast amount of research. Don't buy these animals if you're not willing to put the effort and money in to make them happy.
I would definitely love to see a video about a " top 5/10 reptiles that people think can live in a 10 gallon tank " video! I have always heard that you can keep male hognoses and male kenyan sand boas in a 10 gallon their whole life and would love to hear your opinion on that!
I really appreciate your thoughts on handling. After tons of research I finally decided to get my first lizard (I've cared for them at jobs before but never had my own) and decided on a gargoyle gecko. The one I have is still a juvenile and I did give it time to acclimate, I think about a week actually just bc I kept hearing DO NOT TOUCH. But I was hearing up to a month of no handling...and I mean, it doesn't need to be my best friend right away but I would like it to be comfortable being picked up so I can move it to clean the tank without that being a completely unfamiliar experience. So I used common sense. I only handle inside the tank for now, very gently, and for small periods. If it starts hiding or trying to get away I let it go. And it's been fine. Eating, drinking, pooping. Comfortable in the tank, rarely hides. Bounces between my hands for a bit and then runs off when it's done.
I've shut down the sizeing (spelling?) thing quite a few times! But I heard the weirdest thing just the other week: snakes are noisy. Like, what? Yeah, my Burm hisses sometimes when he doesn't get his way but other than that there's absolutely no sounds from my snakes!
Me being pretty dang good at caring for reptiles especially large lizards hears someone say that I should keep a venomous reptile yeets myself out of existence
The only leopard gecko I kept in a 10g is a rescued one with bad MDB who can barely walk. She literally army crawled when she did move and couldn't lift her body up. She never left her hide and I had to put her food and water dish right in front of her. It's been over a year, she has recovered well, and is in a 20g now that she can stand up and move better. She can be seen out and about on occasion.
I fell asleep with my ball python one time and woke up 3 seconds after and went into a panic looking for it found it in 1.5 seconds as it was slithering into the couch cushion😂🤣😂🤣
2 things. 1, I once accidentally fell asleep with my snake in my bed and she woke be up by tickling my toes. Fav snake memory. 2, I waited 2 days to start pairing with my crested gecko and was super systematic. He was totally comfortable with me in a week. I started hand feeding him day 5 and now he’s extremely comfortable around me. He gets a little nervous around new people but never flares with me and stays very calm. And I handled him day 4.....
Question: I have no reptile expos nearby and the closest place is pets smart which is keeping 4 bearded dragons in an 8 by 8 by 8 I am not sure if these babies have metabolic bone disease, I also looked on Creigs list and I am scared to buy one bc what if one of them of mbd how can you tell?
Please do a follow up video with the next 5 biggest myths! I have 3 Boas that are all over 6' long that sleep in bed with me. A lot of people think that I am crazy or that my snakes are going to eat me while I'm sleeping and I am constantly explaining this same thing to them as well as telling them that I am too large for any of them to eat.
@@WickensWickedReptiles I hope this link works. If it doesn't, let me know and I will share a link to the pictures I have of my snakes on Facebook. This link is of my 7' boa snuggling with me right after I had surgery in July. If I moved to give him room he would push right back in up against my face and laid with me like that most of the night. This was also one week after I got him for my roommate as a thank you gift because he had been wanting him for 2 months and nobody would buy him because he would bite. My roommate decided that Thor was too much snake for him and he officially became mine the day that I had surgery. linksharing.samsungcloud.com/eXacwUjmypmU
I've got a good issue that I am commonly asked, "the difference between bulbs, how long do vapor release bulbs last" Also another good topic is the Cane Toad, how bad they are for environment etc. Maybe do a poisonous Native/Non Native amphibians?
Yeah I thought the too big thing was true but I recently upgraded my beardie to a 120 gallon and she absolutely loves it. She’s still young and doesn’t need all the space yet but I wanted to get her set up in a permanent home as soon as possible and I’m glad I did
been begging my parents for a ball python for a while, and every time i bring it up they talk about their friend from college who slept with her ball python and was "sizing her up to eat her." going to send them this, thanks adam.
I started my leopard gecko in a 40 gallon and was scolded for it because they 'do best' in a 20 gallon. Fast forward to after her quarantine was up, I decided the 40 gallon was too small for her and now she has a 120 gallon on the way. The idea of keeping her in anything smaller than her quarantine hurts me, she uses absolutely all of the space and I'm excited to build her a larger and more natural environment for her.
What about junior or babes reptiles? I’ve heard that you would have to let them grow into the enclosure but would it be OK to get a junior leopard gecko and start with 10 gallon Versus a 20 gallon. Same for even a crested gecko or even a ball python.
And what I mean by that is I’m looking to adopt a crested gecko I am starting with a smaller tank and eventually moving into the larger adult size tank but would it be OK to start off with the adult size tank in the first place that way I don’t have to upgrade down the road
“They’re sizing you up so they can eat you”
* diamond runs away *
*Its so cringy even the lizard ran away*
hahahha
Yeah seriously
My friend said this to me and I was so annoyed because he wouldnt listen to me when I said it won't size you up to eat you
Even just basic logic should tell people this makes no sense. If a snake needed to lie down next to prey to see "can I eat this?", they'd never survive in the wild as species. If you wake up and find your snake lying next to you, frankly, you're in no more danger of it eating you than you are if you find your dog lying next to you. I mean, you probably still want to get it back in its enclosure, but you're not in danger.
Yeah I'm sure my crested gecko is just waiting for the right time 😂
The other one I hear all the time is, animals only grow to the size of the enclosure and then they stop growing. Keep up the good work, your videos are awesome!
Oh yeah, that myth is awful. Even for the animals it's kinda true for, like goldfish, that's *not healthy*, that's a creature with severe, probably painful deformities due to poor care, and it's inexcusable
such a crazy one
Unfortunately that is kinda true. I want to save an alligator from a small enclosure so I can have a small alligator lol
Lawrence Petrillose Now *that’s* awful
@@cospaws8810 I want my kids to have dwarfism so they can stay in a wood box for the rest of their life
How about talking about how "Reptiles will give you salmonella!" but no one talks about how dirty humans can give their reptiles e. coli. Safe practices go both ways.
agreed
"They only grow to the size of their enclosure"
Idk how anyone would even think that would be a positive argument even if it was true
" Don't worry, with enough abuse I can stunt this animals growth :D"
So a wild lizard/snake would grow to the size of earth
@@KristenRobertskris10lr lol
I guess that’s how Jörmungandr was made
@@KristenRobertskris10lr yesh >:D
When I told someone I was getting a ball python, he gave me the sizing up story. He learned a lot that day. My mom said they'll smell. They do not. Dad said they'd attract bugs, and he was correct. They love that heat, I guess.
When anyone says they smell I give them one of my ferrets......now those smell.
@@TheOtomeBug lol right? I had a pair way back and that was a pretty awful smell. Out of all of my animals, the African soft furs smell the worst by far, but ferrets may have even been more pungent.
My mother told me the sizing you up myth when I got my corn snake. Who was barely a foot long at the time. She also told me to get to the hospital after she bit me...
HAHAHA
Oh no, teensie weensie teeths! Better go to the ER!
Ahh, teeth that are said to cause minor pain, better go to the ER instead of just washing the wound.
OMG !!! 😨😨😨 CORN SNAKES HAVE GIANT FANGS AND ARE SO POISONOUSSSSSS 🤯🤯😱🤯😱🤯😱😱🥺😨😭😰😭😰😱😥😱😓😤😞😖😞😦😥😲🙁😲😟🧐 ( if u didnt tell i am sarcastic )
I just love " It sizes you up" Trying to explain reptile stuff to someone who never had any and they argue with you... Keep up the good work!
Exactly why my mom won’t let me get a snake she said if it’s longer than me it can swallow me but she’s kinda convinced because of these vids I force her to watch
Definitely do a video on reptiles that can't actually live in a 10 gallon for their entire life!
will do
That’s just most reptiles
@@ethancooper1560 not even kind of
@@ethancooper1560 sorry read that wrong lol my bad
Agreed
someone in my class said: they're bad pets because they eat live insects
This just in: every animal on planet Earth is now required to eat plants or pellets. Good luck!
the only issue there is they tough to get, but that person still real dumb
Don’t worry mate I’m in my twenties and still around half or a bit more of the people I know dislike my reptiles solely because they feel bad for the locusts I have to torture for it to eat/ think it’s nasty. Hardly any of these people are vegan or anything like that, just can’t understand it haha
Screw that guy I wonder if he knew that bugs eat other bugs to
Oh also he said this in a pre ap algebra 2 class, also he has AP World history with me so, hes is vary biGe BraiN
“It’ll turn into a super hero and breath fire at you”
That’s so thing my sister would say😂
hahaha it might
We were doing research on where to get Leapord Geckos and we were at a pet store, my parents asked what the enclosure should be like they said it needed like a ten gallon and sand would be a good substrate. I leaned over to my mom and whispered "don't do that"
I just want to tell everyone in the freaking world not to get reptile advice from chain pet stores. Do NOT do it
When I first brought one of my snakes home from a reptile expo I noticed she had stuck shed on the tip of her tail that looked really bad. I figured I should try and help her with it immediately rather than waiting, and as I was dealing with it she climbed right up onto my shoulder. She does better with handling than any other reptile I ever had, just absolutely fearless.
Different reptiles, even in the same species, have different tolerances for handling. Rather than going with some kind of "one size fits all" approach, just learn to recognize when your animals are stressed or irritated and adjust accordingly.
The "sizing you up" myth is so bad I heard it in multiple languages - polish, german, czech and now english. It's always, without a failure, a "family friend" or "a distand cousin" or a "friend of a friend". The best time I heard it was when I said what sort of snake I was getting (a corn/king/milk hybrid boy) and my friend told me that "at this point he will be big enough to swallow your head whole and he will be just sitting for months slowly eating you until it swallows you whole". I... have no clue where people got this myth from to begin with, but the variations of it do tend to get incredibly stupid.
Another myth I hate is "x" doesn't climb. Like I hear this a lot for Hognoeses and Royal Pythons and mine both like to climb every so often. Sure they arent tree boas but the give it a go! Also when people say Royal pythons are like owning a pet rock. Again I take mine out for handling and he never stops moving!
I have a kenyan sand boa. Literally everything about them talks about how you never see them and that they never come out. Meanwhile I catch mine CLIMBING every other night.
@@pearldab7781 I think people have that idea because in the wild a sand boa wouldnt climb. But if we look at the wild, would we consider a sand boa up 30 cm from the ground climbing? Not really, when "climbing" species are found several metres above ground. But in captivity people take that to mean that they never leave ground level for some illogical reason. So in captivity 30cm is considered climbing, but in the wild that would just be overcoming and obstacle... like a huge tree root or whatever. If that makes sense? Lol
good point
4 of my 8 ball pythons climb, my hognose climbs, the boa adores climbing and one of my corn snakes is a massive climber alot of those snakes... usally dont climb but more then half of them adore climbing lol
My blue tongue is the same way. Everything says the don't climb. My girl looooves climbing up her plants. So much so I added (gentle) slopes to her tank so she can look from up high.
I'm glad you feel this way about enclosures. I always felt like I COULD live in a cardboard box, but I like my house a lot more. To that end, my last two leopard geckos lived in a 45 breeder (male and female) together forever and it was great.
very cool
When people start telling me the sizing you up story as if I've never heard it before I like to spoil it by finishing it for them. They always seem so disappointed when I say it's not true.
at "enclosure too big" I literally turned behind me to look at my beardie (cuz the enclosure is beind me) and asked her "is the enclosure too big yoda?" and she looked at me like "i'm trying to bask mooooom". It's a 190 gallon tank, and she loves it lol
As a Critical Role fan, "Jester," for the blue tongued skink name!
good name
Im literally catching up on campaign 2 thats so strange hahaha. I agree with you though, jesters a really good name.
Yess!
Another fan yes!!!
I love Jester....it's a cool name. Adam????? how does 'Jester' grab ya
Glad to hear about the 10gal comments and yes, I would enjoy a video about enclosure size misconceptions. Even for my 2-4” Mourning Geckos, 12x12x18 feels small to me because there’s so many of them. I can’t imagine recommending a 10gal for a Beardie.
check out last week's vid :)
" A Snake can never love you" " A Reptile can never regonzie you as it owner like a dog/cat can"
My leopard gecko stays on me when he I try to bring him by someone else he crawls away from them and towards me
I’ve never owned a snake but from videos I’ve seen and my brother’s bearded dragon I think they feel something just not in the same way. Atleast I will always choose to believe that😭
"Are you going to take away my birthday?"; I don't think I've ever heard my flatmate laugh so hard because of a reptile video I was watching. It would be good to cover myths about reptiles being stupid and/or it being necessary to feed live rodents (apart from in some exceptional circumstances) if you did a Part 2. Also, where did your really cool Doom Metal stylie intro music go? (Edit: Formating)
“They only soak if they have mites”....that scared the ____ out of me my first 2 snakes. Then I was like “Ohhh” 😂
hahhaa
Clint said you can drink venom, but it’s a terrible way to find out you have an ulcer.
“That snake has to be poisonous” is what I get tired of hearing. Mind you i own colubrids, boas, and pythons. Surprisingly enough none are poisonous. (It’s like the term venomous doesn’t exist)
There are poisonous snakes. I don’t know how many there are, the only one that I know is the Tiger Keelback. It is both venomous AND poisonous. It gets the poison from the toads it eats.
When it comes to the "don't handle" myth, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND doing a physical on all pets you get. If you don't know how to do a basic physical on an animal, please, please research it before buying the pet. It is very important to know what to look for as far as illnesses goes in your pets when they arrive at your home, either from buying them at a store or online. Even animals that rarely carry diseases could be carrying some kind of mite or infection that could spread to you or your other pets. This is another reason why quarantine is very important. However, if you don't do a physical on your pet when you get it, you may not notice an illness in which they may need special treatment or longer quarantine time for- or worse, you could end up with a dead pet if you don't give them a physical and refuse to touch them for a week.
That myth is just really, really negligent and should be thrown in the garbage.
I gave my spadefoot toads physicals when I got them. I've also been weighing them before and after feedings to make sure they are on a healthy weight gain path for spring breeding! :D
Did you think I was going to leave a comment without mentioning spadefoot toads? You're so wrong. ;)
I'd love to see a video about searching for the best breeder or place to buy your reptile!
maybe talking about how you should know when a breeder is trustable or not and what questions you should ask them! that kinda stuff.
I'm planning on getting a Abronia graminea sometime in thenext few months and have been searching for breeders, still haven't found any place i feel comfortable buying from
I got my first reptile, a corn snake, in April and the no touchy myth had me full losing my mind. I was worried she escaped but I was too scared to check on her 😂 i gave in and checked on her eventually... big surprise... she's fine.
nice!
That last 1 always cracks me up...people have told me that so many times...i literally lol everytime
same, I now just roll my eyes SO hard at them, make sure they see it, roll them again, repeat
I was at a pet store and an employee told me I could put a iguana in a ten gallon, like what why I am getting a 40 gallon for my leo
WHAT
Two things are crazy here. First and foremost, that a 6 foot iguana can go in a 1 1/2 foot tank, and second that they recommend iguanas in the first place!
Don't trust the chain pet store people. They are mostly young kids looking for work, and through no fault of their own, don't know jack. They are taught what corporate tells them, and they parrot it back. They feel REALLY bad when the find out how wrong they were. (There are some exceptions, and the good ones either make major changes in their stores, or get out.) Do your own research, your animal will be happier for it.
Diamond go zoomies! 😂
I would totally go for a myths part two these were great!
I usually give my animals a few hours to acclimate before I do short handling sessions, sue me lol
Great idea!!
Do a part two of myths! These are hilarious
“Snakes grow to the size of their enclosure”
About snake venom you must have never seen the "snake milking show" , the person milking the snake drinks some of the venom since it really does need to be injected in most cases to cause any harm. From personal experience eastern diamondback rattlesnake venom doesn't cause any problems when it gets in the eye. Mind you it did get my attention! Then again I had one friend get spit in the eye by a Chinese cobra, which aren't supposed to be able to spit. He was unpacking a shipment and admiring what a nice snake it was and the snake managed to hiss loudly and get some venom in his eye causing a great deal of discomfort. Then someone else managed to get some canebrake rattlesnake venom in his nose that caused one of the worst nose bleeds he ever had. Just remember snake venom varies geographically for example some of our FL canebrakes are known to have a more neurotoxic venom than other populations.
I think the biggest myth about reptiles is that they aren't intelligent. I still remember taking a Burmese python to the vet. It sat on the exam table not moving as vet techs came and went. As soon as the vet entered the room the snake wanted to take off like bat out of hell. It clearly remembered who that guy in the white lab coat was!
Personally I had never heard of the sizing up myth till this video...i was shocked to find out its real and people really believe such garbage.
insane right
My grandma has tried to tell it to me lol I’m like no it’ll be fine
Congrats on 40k Adam!
🎉
Name suggestions:
Indigo, Slurp, Lickitung (you already have pikachu), maddog
I got a veiled chameleon, and everything I watch says leave them alone, minimal handling, they only tolerate you, etc. Yet I can't open the cage to spray or feed or adjust anything without him trotting down to get on my arm turn bright green and climb up my arm and hangout.
He's gotta be the most social antisocial animal I've ever met
Can you please make a video on the best reptiles that can have a low humidity
Ya I need to know a good starter lizard that has low humidity other then leopard geckos Cause i already have one
When my bearded dragon doesn’t use their space
lazy daisy
Wickens Wicked Reptiles they really are 😂
Wickens! Girlfriend and I watch you basically every day together and love you and all your babies! We think you should name your new Blue Tongue Dratini, just to keep with the Pokémon trend! 😍 Much love, be safe, and looking forward to your next video!
You're the best!
Wickens Wicked Reptiles Keep on, keep in’ on!
@@WickensWickedReptiles no, you're breathtaking!
I support this name. Lol
When are you going to make the Pet Smart video ? and I’m pretty sure the intro song I heard in one of Brian Barczyk vids.
Could you do a video on controversial husbandry? Like: do you need to use loose substrate, or rack systems vs enclosures, and lighting and heating at night. Would love to hear your thoughts.
great idea
that's a really good idea
My beardie has a whole tv cabinet turned into an enclosure and he loves it
That’s an awesome idea
Awesome video Adam!! Those were some ridiculous myths to bust lol. Hope y'all have a great weekend and see ya in the next video man 🙂!!
Thanks! You too!
I don’t know if you ever reply to comments, but I’ve never loved and hated someone on RUclips so much! Your content is great! But I’m so slow with making videos and I’ve had to scratch like 16 off my list of videos to do because they’d basically be copies of yours😂 You’re great man! Thanks for doing what you do.
hahhaa, well he thanks for watching
Snake myth I hear all the time: "Snakes a slimy!" (or scaly animals feel slimy to the touch)
Name for the bluey: If you wanna keep to your pokemon names 'Lickitung' is perfect :P 'Sausage' if you just want to be silly!
Always love hearing people calmly disproving these silly myths
:)
The censorship on Samuel L. Jackson though 🤣
hahahaha
Yes, please do another 5 reptile myth list!!🐍🐍
Glad u did this video and like we talked about before i definitely think you should do a part 2
I might
I loved this video! I love all your videos! Your humor is the best!♡♡♡
I was at the fish store and these people bought fish and they didn't even have an aquarium they thought they could just keep the fish in the bags until they figured it out it blew my mind lol
😲 Nooo, Wow! I can't comprehend people. 🤯
Dr. FekSnek this episode had me ROLLIN
SNEETS
If your northern bts is a girl, name her Terri. It's steve irwin's wife's name.
I got in a fight over pickles with this man
RESPECT THE PICKLES
Northern blue tongue : charmeleon
Gosh the content are getting better and better. Love it❤️
A myth that makes me furious is that ball pythons are basically pet rocks and can or even need to be housed in tiny enclosures. My ball python lives in a 142-gallon enclosure and still demands to be let out to explore every single night. She'll literally sit in the front of the enclosure and stare at me until I free her. She's also really smart and learns and remembers things quickly.
That is one handsome beardie. I love how she climbed up your shoulder and just clings to your chest or arm
Have you done a video on top 5 tips for attending a reptile expo and/or picking out a new reptiles at a reptile expo?
That last one man, I explain to people all the time that animals in general are much more easy going than you'd think. Like a tiger isn't that likely to attack you so long as you don't act like prey. Most animal attacks are just results of people invading their personal space. The only real exceptions are true ambush cats like pumas and mountain lions.
Great video! I would be interested in an episode that covers what CAN safely fit in a 10 gallon enclosure. Thanks for all your hard work!!
I just made a video like that last week. Check it out
Great video!! Your the actual reason I got my first ball python!!! 😁 2 in the collection so far, more to go!
Congratulations! What’s your BP’s name?
Emmett Rose her name is ButterCup 2 month old hatchling
The three dislikes are people who thought ball pythons were sizing people up to eat them😂
The Mexican black kingsnake is my favourite example of a snake who would never bother "sizing you up", and planning means to eat you
If something has the slightest chance of being food, they'll try and eat it immediately. Even if its completely inedible, or it's far too big; they just "try and eat now, figure out if it's actually food later"
They are by far my favourite species.
Please make a "Top 5 reptiles that don't smell bad"👍🏻👍🏻 I want to get into the hobby but don't want my room to smell bad.
Man, good thing I don't dive too deep into the comments section to see all the crap people give you.
Love the list and the video. And I agree. Normally I can't wait a week to handle my new reptiles anyway. I let them settle for like 36-48 hours, then I go in and check on em and handle them. Usually they're pretty fine with it. Right now I just have 1 snake i got in June that is still flighty with me. But like you said. Just 5 mins a day to try and work with them.
Well said!
amazing video only thing i think was over looked is you can put a baby boa into too large of a tank/housing and have it not eat. My 1.5 foot boa did do extremly well in a 6'x4'x2' vertical tree branch zoo like enclosure but i have had the breeder warn that might be an issue.
Hey! I have a random question! I am about to start breeding some of my leopard geckos. I have all of the equipment and have done a lot of research but for the life of me I can’t figure out what kind of morph I want to breed to my males. I have a male RAPTOR and a male snow eclipse that I would like to breed but I want to buy a female that will make a cool combo and I can’t decide. What morph would you breed to a RAPTOR or snow eclipse?
The first myth is the one's that's been haunting me. I'm planning on buying a baby ball python, but I want to start it out in a 4'x2'x2' because I don't want to be purchasing multiple cages. Plus, nature doesn't have borders, and with enough hides, the hatchling should be happy to explore the big enclosure, right?
yes for sure
Any tips for rescue reptiles? I just rescued a baby sand boa today and I'm not sure how to go about feeding him. For size reference hes barely big enough for pinkies
you "rescued" an animal you don't know about?
@@WickensWickedReptiles
I do know the basics I've just never handled a baby, I'm used to adults where I feed live mice to. I got him from a friend's friend who impulsively bought him, with no knowledge of what he actually needs(like a water dish or tank lid)
Apparently a green iguana is the 5th best reptile to handle according to mom.com
HAHAHAA
When I got my first Leopard gecko Yoshi, she was just under two years old, stuck in a 10 gallon tank, fed a bunch of crickets once a month with improper heating, expired calcium powder, no vitamins, never been held save for when she needed to be picked up to clean the tank. First day I got her, I picked up a brand new 20 gallon tank, screen, 100 watt heat lamp, heat pad, new calcium, hides, mealworms, water dish, all new everything. Took her off her sand substrate. Started holding her every day even when she kept biting me. After a few weeks she started to grow, stopped biting me, became sweet as pie. Ended up having to drop about 400 on vet bills due to her fragile nature from malnourishment but she's doing amazing now almost two years later. Got her on dubias. Dropped crickets entirely (crickets are assholes, kept biting her and each other. Plus they just randomly fucking die cause they suck at life so I stopped getting em.) Got her on vitamins. Take her and her adopted sister Belle out constantly (they're in separate 20 gallon tanks, don't worry. I don't co-hab save for my garters.) Point is, Petco a lot of the time is utterly useless. Never use them as a source of information like her original caretakers did. Always do a vast amount of research. Don't buy these animals if you're not willing to put the effort and money in to make them happy.
Thanks the thumbnail for this is going to give me nightmares
I would definitely love to see a video about a " top 5/10 reptiles that people think can live in a 10 gallon tank " video! I have always heard that you can keep male hognoses and male kenyan sand boas in a 10 gallon their whole life and would love to hear your opinion on that!
I really appreciate your thoughts on handling. After tons of research I finally decided to get my first lizard (I've cared for them at jobs before but never had my own) and decided on a gargoyle gecko. The one I have is still a juvenile and I did give it time to acclimate, I think about a week actually just bc I kept hearing DO NOT TOUCH. But I was hearing up to a month of no handling...and I mean, it doesn't need to be my best friend right away but I would like it to be comfortable being picked up so I can move it to clean the tank without that being a completely unfamiliar experience. So I used common sense. I only handle inside the tank for now, very gently, and for small periods. If it starts hiding or trying to get away I let it go. And it's been fine. Eating, drinking, pooping. Comfortable in the tank, rarely hides. Bounces between my hands for a bit and then runs off when it's done.
I've shut down the sizeing (spelling?) thing quite a few times! But I heard the weirdest thing just the other week: snakes are noisy. Like, what? Yeah, my Burm hisses sometimes when he doesn't get his way but other than that there's absolutely no sounds from my snakes!
Me being pretty dang good at caring for reptiles especially large lizards hears someone say that I should keep a venomous reptile yeets myself out of existence
The only leopard gecko I kept in a 10g is a rescued one with bad MDB who can barely walk. She literally army crawled when she did move and couldn't lift her body up. She never left her hide and I had to put her food and water dish right in front of her. It's been over a year, she has recovered well, and is in a 20g now that she can stand up and move better. She can be seen out and about on occasion.
Love the video! also name her... Safire! ( like sapphire) or that lol!
I fell asleep with my ball python one time and woke up 3 seconds after and went into a panic looking for it found it in 1.5 seconds as it was slithering into the couch cushion😂🤣😂🤣
I know I already left these names in the last vid for the new BTS but:
Slinky
Cyan
Delta
For names for the little guy/girl
2 things. 1, I once accidentally fell asleep with my snake in my bed and she woke be up by tickling my toes. Fav snake memory. 2, I waited 2 days to start pairing with my crested gecko and was super systematic. He was totally comfortable with me in a week. I started hand feeding him day 5 and now he’s extremely comfortable around me. He gets a little nervous around new people but never flares with me and stays very calm. And I handled him day 4.....
Question: I have no reptile expos nearby and the closest place is pets smart which is keeping 4 bearded dragons in an 8 by 8 by 8 I am not sure if these babies have metabolic bone disease, I also looked on Creigs list and I am scared to buy one bc what if one of them of mbd how can you tell?
Sid, Galatea, Memphis, Circe, Jupiter, Cybele are a few names I love. I always have a giant list of names but i usually end up going by feel lol!
Love ur vids man keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
lol my new western hognose ate the second day i got it
Lucky! Mine is on a hunger strike.
lucky!
Same! And has never refused a meal even in shed, and even eats while on my hand :D
@@michaelcolbourn6719 ha wow! she did skip a meal the other day because she was in shed tho :/
I couldn't imagine having my leopard gecko in anything less than 20 gallons, he uses every square inch of the tank lol
agreed
The snake snuggling up to steal your precocious heat energy
Already 41k subs in 1 year. You have a good future my friend
Could you make a video on handling plated lizards? Or how they get used to handling? Nice vid btw :)
Please do a follow up video with the next 5 biggest myths!
I have 3 Boas that are all over 6' long that sleep in bed with me. A lot of people think that I am crazy or that my snakes are going to eat me while I'm sleeping and I am constantly explaining this same thing to them as well as telling them that I am too large for any of them to eat.
cool cool, seems snuggly
@@WickensWickedReptiles I hope this link works. If it doesn't, let me know and I will share a link to the pictures I have of my snakes on Facebook. This link is of my 7' boa snuggling with me right after I had surgery in July. If I moved to give him room he would push right back in up against my face and laid with me like that most of the night. This was also one week after I got him for my roommate as a thank you gift because he had been wanting him for 2 months and nobody would buy him because he would bite. My roommate decided that Thor was too much snake for him and he officially became mine the day that I had surgery.
linksharing.samsungcloud.com/eXacwUjmypmU
I've got a good issue that I am commonly asked, "the difference between bulbs, how long do vapor release bulbs last"
Also another good topic is the Cane Toad, how bad they are for environment etc. Maybe do a poisonous Native/Non Native amphibians?
Where do you get your PVC enclosures?
At the link in the video description:) use code WWR at checkout for free door handles
Yeah I thought the too big thing was true but I recently upgraded my beardie to a 120 gallon and she absolutely loves it. She’s still young and doesn’t need all the space yet but I wanted to get her set up in a permanent home as soon as possible and I’m glad I did
I figured that since you have a lot of Pokémon names for your reptiles, Lickitung was a good fit for the theme!
great name
been begging my parents for a ball python for a while, and every time i bring it up they talk about their friend from college who slept with her ball python and was "sizing her up to eat her." going to send them this, thanks adam.
hahahahah! show them this for sure
I started my leopard gecko in a 40 gallon and was scolded for it because they 'do best' in a 20 gallon. Fast forward to after her quarantine was up, I decided the 40 gallon was too small for her and now she has a 120 gallon on the way. The idea of keeping her in anything smaller than her quarantine hurts me, she uses absolutely all of the space and I'm excited to build her a larger and more natural environment for her.
very cool!
hey Adam, would you consider doing a video on Solomon Island Ground Boas?
sure
What about junior or babes reptiles? I’ve heard that you would have to let them grow into the enclosure but would it be OK to get a junior leopard gecko and start with 10 gallon Versus a 20 gallon. Same for even a crested gecko or even a ball python.
And what I mean by that is I’m looking to adopt a crested gecko I am starting with a smaller tank and eventually moving into the larger adult size tank but would it be OK to start off with the adult size tank in the first place that way I don’t have to upgrade down the road