Your NEW REPTILE, Don't make BAD MISTAKES! Part 5. Let’s break some of it all down!
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Great video. I’ve only been keeping ball pythons for about a year, but I fell into the trap of “tubs aren’t good enough for my animal”. After fighting humidity and feeding issues I got a 5 tub rack and put my hatchlings into 6 qt tubs. Not a single one has refused food since or had a stuck shed! LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS PEOPLE!
I have a 2018 female Blood Python from NERD. I researched the conditions she would need before buying her. Kevin's videos and information on interaction and understanding my snake were wonderful. Camilla, my Matrix, is a beautiful snake companion who never refuses her rodent. If your snake is unhappy, he or she may not have the right conditions and be uncomfortable. I still have a lot to learn and Kevin is a great teacher.
You are hands down the best reptile channel on youtube. I plan on ordering from you strictly because of the way I see you treat your animals and the respect and knowledge you have.
another amazing series of videos. ive been keeping reptiles for nearly 25 years and still learn something from every video you do. thank you Kevin for putting the time into doing all these videos, i really look forward to every one.
Thank you.... I was hoping not to be too snide but maybe just a weee bit. Maybe perhaps, some people need to work on their set-ups to get best results! Thanks!
VERY important video, Kevin. People don't remember that the animal they got came from a very specific setup that is very different from what most pet stores recommend. To ignore where the animal came from, regardless of whether you agree with that way of keeping or not, is a disservice to the animal.
_"This snake is defective!"_
No, genius. Your husbandry is. Swallow your pride and sort it out.
When I got my first snake she wouldn't eat at first. My first question was basically "what should I do to get her eating?" She was very nervous at first (which was most likely why she wouldn't eat), but now she's a great eater, unless she's in shed, she will eat.
My god Kevin. Its really a shame you have to explain this. But I totally get it. Thats what happens when you get so good at what you do.
I like to spend a lot of time learning about animals. I have no particular expertise with snakes. But I think in general animals don't like to eat when they have just been moved to a new home. They are trying to figure out a new environment.
As far as housing goes. I believe there is more than one correct way to house most animals. Keeping snakes in plastic bins is one correct way. But if I had one I would have a more...... Decorative enclosure, kind of like what you would see at a zoo. I think part of the appeal of having a reptile is because it becomes part of the decoration of your home. Of course, I wouldn't sacrifice the well being of the animal. I would provide it with places to hide so it feels safe.
I just got one of your Ball Pythons this week and I am using your videos for references!! I always did my homework, but I have him in a dark enclosure and leaving him alone other then just doing a spot check in the morning and evening. Will try to feed in a week. But I am happy with my pretty boy!!
Hahaha "Collect yourself." I love it,most of us know u are the man in this shit. Those complainers are tourists to the trade. Your very informative and where I come from people know of u from a long ass time ago. You've pioneered a lot of this. Cheers
Hi Kevin I love watching all of your videos. You talk about how to care for their snake, and about feeding them. All of your animals are beautiful, and so friendly. I liked that video on all of your beautiful morphs. There color and patterns were so awesome. Cindy
It can be tricky to create a nice enclosure for display that is right for the animals well being. Tubs and racks genuinely make it much easier to dial in parameters.
In many cases the elaborate display is driven by the owners desire for a nice asthetic than the animals well being.
Awesome series. Very informative! Love your channel.
“Keeping reptiles means you HAVE to have an open mind.”
^This. So much this. This goes for ALL types of animal husbandry, but especially exotics. You never stop learning… no matter how long or how well you’ve been keeping them. There is always new data, and we can always improve our care. 👍
My BP is 10 months old and 551g, he feeds on a 60g rat every week. He doesn't refuse feeds unless "in the blue" but I'm worried he's not as "thick" as these ones. Am I doing something wrong or am I just worrying as a first time snake mom?
These "customers" are exactly as you say... ignorant. I love reptiles and snakes sooo much but, I know that I'm not capable of giving the animal optimal care to thrive base on my extensive research and thru RUclipsrs like you and BHB. So, I don't have one because above all, it's about the animal first.
I just got my first ball 4 days ago, and after he thawed out from being shipped , he turned into a snake that I thought was going to live in perpetual strike mode. And it has been a little intimidating (actually alot). I did all the research...watched all the videos but never saw anything addressing a VERY defensive snake. So I took a different approach and listened to everything you have ever said in regards to the intelligence of these animals and the respect they should be given. So I talk to him everyday, he gets a half hour of soft nature music a day, he gets his space, he likes his tub set up and the last two days I was able to pet him a little him without him tensing up, and that is only the first four days. I will not pick him up until he is ready...he'll let me know when. He is two months old, and I adore him, so thank you for getting us through the first four days...the rest will come easy. His first feeding will be Thursday so that is what brought me here.
We need Kevin to narrate the next BBC animal documentary
Kevin King just imagine that!!!!!!
I’ve had a few of your animals! Every one of them is an insane eater! I have a long list of future animals I want from NERD! I’m typing with a NERD retic on my lap as we speak. 💚
I generally find more often. I am rescuing animals from bad habitats and not feeding consistent. And in 2 to 5 days get good feed response and eating on schedule minus shed phase ever since.
Sometimes it has to do with the animal being in a new home, a new environment, a new enclosure, new smells, it can be very overwhelming for any snake.
So the first thing a snake will want is not food, it’s security.
Here’s a bit humor of what a snake may be thinking, enjoy…
“WFT just happened?! I was in my long box, the giant who normally feeds me picks me up, places me in a round thing & then in the dark where I could spend all day in. Then suddenly there is this bright light & giants surrounding me, took me out of my comfortable round thing and places me in the this long, wide thing that looks nothing like my home! It’s a jungle & the giants look in at me from the sides of the jungle, where when I try to crawl through I bumped into it and it’s so scary! Oh look a log, a dark tunnel! Yes, there is a hiding place! *crawls into tunnel* It’s warmer in here than in the round thing !”
I hope you enjoy the tidbit of humor, please remember snakes, like all creatures (including humans) need time to adjust in their new home.
Peace
I have never had a snake but say I got one from you .. I'd ask when the last feeding was and what you feed it . Then the rest is up to me to research that snake and get the proper housing for it. Glad you are teaching people . Keep it up ❤️
How long before the reptile might be comfortable enough to put into a tank? Or would you recommend just keeping them in a tub permanently? I just started getting a 10 gallon tank set up so I can eventually buy a baby ball python but I didnt realize that it might not be the ideal setup for it.
I have learned so much from your videos, they’ve help me to understand so much
I think you guys are amazing and I have learn so much from your videos that have helped me so much
An a few snakes that where in this exact situation they buy a snake put it in a huge tank stressing it out then go way won’t it eat ???? I fill you pain
I feel like this is mostly just Kevin venting.
Edit: All of this video is Kevin venting.
That’s crazy I practiced husbandry for my bci for 2 months be4 getting her. I have her in a 4 by 2 by 2 foot enclosure as a juvie lots of cover and she eats and sheds great so far and I handle her a lot.
Some new snake keepers also try to feed theyre snakes like when they first arrive or 3 days after, they need time to adjust to the new environment and explore the enclosure and yea i dont like when people just put ball pythons in a huge glass tank with a basking light cause you cant control the temp of it like you can a heat mat.
Like you have to understand and have patience with them because they literally just got ripped from the place theyve known since they were born and traveled a long way to be put in somewhere totally different, i wouldnt wanna eat either! Literally it just takes time just let the snake chill out for a couple weeks and adjust then it will most likely eat.
personally i always ask the preeder or pet shop of the animal how there kept and what the ideal housing situation would be and what they recommend
I'm loving your videos and learning so much every video you put up I'm also wanting to buy my first snake, I could go out now and buy one but I feel like I dont know enough to buy one yet and i feel like this is what people who wants to purchase animals are doing wrong they are not doing enough research or even have enough passion for animals before actually thinking if they really want to own a animal as animals take a huge responsibility. This is why I'm making sure I gain enough information and research before I do purchase my first snake, I've even gone as far as going to my local reptile stores and asking to handle there snakes so I can get a little experience on that side of stuff aswell and I have probably done there head in with the amount of questions I've asked as all I want is the very best for the snake I choose to purchase when I decide I feel like I'm ready
Keep up the hard work Kevin and team you are definitely a inspiration to alot of people including myself and I'm all the way in United kingdom
I’ve always had a rule that I do not bother a new animal for at least 5 days I only put water in the tank and make sure the animals environment is correct. Never have had an issue with feeding unless the new animal was already off food prior to me getting the animal. (All of these scenarios were because the female wanted to find a mate so it was not eating until I paired her then she pounded food.
That snake you pulled out at 5:45 was gorgeous!
Great video on a great topic to many people blame the breeders and alot of people don't do the research before hand and blame the breeder i got a snake from a breeder that was a problem feeder he told me all of this before ihand but she feed for me in the first week and is a great feeder so it can be a 2 way street but people need to talk more and ask more
First of all trying to feed a snake two days after it arrives could its self be the problem. I like to let my snake get into the new space and remain untouched or bothered for at least a week before attempting to feed. If a snake comes looking that good in size there is no damn way I would think the snake not feeding has anything to do with the breeder I got them from. They were clearly getting fed just fine before they came to me. Smh it is a damn shame this has to even be explained....
I do however put my blood on a soil like substrate but that's a choice of giving a more naturalistic enclosure that doesnt mean I dont think it could thrive juuust fine on a paper set up like that.
Kevin this video is amazing!
I want to tell you thank you very much for teaching us about a reptile yes it is getting crazy governments getting crazy and the people are cheap appreciate what you are teaching us I feel like you can't learn enough 60 years old and I'm learning about reptiles and I think they're excellent animals something different what about the more you learn about anything so thank you very much
hey i listen to your "dribble" and take notes as far as im concerned your the most qualified keeper/breeder around so when i watch one of your videos and see somthing that i can be doing better or was doing wrong i can correct the issue love the videos you post and i really dig all the good information and quality content i will never know "enough" information about reptiles so thank you!!! keep them coming!!!
They do realize snakes along with other reptiles can go weeks without eating right? 😂 You have very beautiful snakes. I enjoy the videos. Ive learned alot by watching them.
Well thank you for posting even this trivial info for thoughs of us try to figure out if we do want said type of animal we appreciate the information
Great information
No doubt bro, Kevin your the Mad Scientist!! Love your work, keep it coming
Yeah... This is pretty normal for most animals going to new homes. It takes them a while to chill out and eat. Sometimes they won't go to the bathroom right away. You just have to be patient. They have no clue what's going on. They're being taken from somewhere they've known their entire life until the point you bring them home. If someone did that to me. I probably wouldn't eat either or poop either.
What is the beeping in the background? I can’t help but notice lol sounds like a herpstat lol
i got a burmese python from a petstore when i got it a waited a week before trying to feed it when i get a retic from yall will do the same you cant expect something to eat when you change it whole world it go from all the smell it know to all new smells or nose and everything it unrealistic some people to to quick to blame the breeder or seller
I was suprised to see when the ball pythons substrate looks like CHICKEN PELLETS i just cant think why and whats the benefits cus im interested.*NO HATE im just curious about it.
What is that beeping noise in your video I'm just curious
Jonathan Frenzel thermostats
So if the customer has a bigger enclosure then what the snake is use too, how would they go about getting the animal adjusted?
Bo Bellacheck give it time that’s all. What I do is put the snake in it’s enclosure and don’t open the enclosure for a week other then once to change water. During that week (7 days) watch your new snake and learn how it is, watch to see how it’s comfort level changes. After that week I try to feed and have never had a problem.
They big thing is getting their feed and shed schedule from the seller it helps to keep them on the schedule they're used to. (Ppl at the reptile store said I'm the only person who has ever asked for the schedule but they were happy I did!) They have to have time to get comfortable with the change of environment. I got my last BP at 3 months old. He was in like a plastic carrying tank about 8"x6" (inside of a bigger glass display enclosure for the baby BPs) at the store....he's in a 40 Gal tank now. I put his tank right next to my bed (at first) he got a big thing of water (so I wouldnt need to bother him) I put the container he came in from the pet store in his new tank with him...kept everything how he was transported....covered the tank with a towel so everything was dark...he could peak out at the very bottom and only about a 4 inch space on one side of the tank. Put him by our bed so he could smell us see us only when he got up the nerve to. I waited 2 weeks to feed him. 1.5 yrs later this dude is 2.5 ft longer n double the width he was when I bought him lol. My lil chunky butt
Clutter it up big time. Balls of newspapers. Hides things like that
Question, so if I want to get an animal and put it in a “live” terrarium. If the animal has been raised for a year or so in a rack with paper, is that an issue?
No, but The animal needs to used to his new enclosure
Man you have some beautiful blood python morphs
You have beautiful snakes.
open mind and getting to know the person u are getting them from etc i was always asked to do when i grow up my dad always told me that u have better understanding with each other etc work together as a team hope thats ok to put out there
Love the snakes they are so pretty. As a new snake owner I would like to add one thing to this video if I May. When you get your snake as the person selling it the snake last time it ate and when you should attempt to feed. I bought mine form Wilhelm and they were very straight forward and told me to feed in 4-5 days. and I waited. And my snake took his first meal as a champ and no complaints. Asking simple question tend to get the answers you need. Still love your snakes I am currently looking at your blood pythons.
Kept in a small tub with some paper?
This is the problem Kevin people have zero experience with reptiles unlike yourself and like you said they put them in glass aquariums with a heat lamp or heat rock that their pet store tells them to get for a ball python which is wrong heat pad glass aquariums fine but they're trying to make him eat too soon and trying to feed them at 9 in the morning they're nocturnal that's why I feed Mine at Night they just don't know if they knew better they do better
It’s the same way with tuning cars. A lot of the time issues are on the customers end. Whether they install parts incorrectly or lie to the tuner about the parts that are on the vehicle, or even faulty parts or parts that aren’t as good as other parts. The first person they blame is the tuner. Then they go of Facebook and blast the tuner when the tunes for their combination is vetted and dialed in perfectly. But it’s the tuners fault somehow..
That first ball python he showed is sooooo pretty oh my god! What morph is that?
Kevin i e learned so much from you guys at Nerd...
NERD=EXCELLENCE
What are those pellets
My male hognose went off food, his parameters were correct, I tried scenting and all the tricks to no avail. I did NOT blame his breeder, I went to him and talk to him because I knew he was a well of knowledgeable much deeper than mine and turns out my dumb ass had this breeder size male in a bin next to a female hognose and this caused him to go off food. Self reflection and awareness is a very valuable tool lacking nowadays lol.
I hear your frustration
Give it time that’s all. What I do is put the snake in it’s enclosure and don’t open the enclosure for a week other then once to change water. During that week (7 days) watch your new snake and learn how it is, watch to see how it’s comfort level changes. After that week I try to feed and have never had a problem. People just have to understand this is like work. It takes time good work ethic and hard work and research to move up. Instant gratification is unrealistic. Time, knowledge, and a trust bond.
That's our society now nobody focuses on people's accomplishments it's all about the failures and how everybody could point the finger at you somebody don't even know anything about reptiles see somebody's post like that jumps on board yeah you should be keeping them like that they don't know nothing about it people just like to be negative nowadays it's because there's no vibration in their lives and when they see somebody else's vibration and passion for something that they're doing they realize how inconvenient and boring their lives are and how they have nothing no hobby nothing that makes them happy they go to work go home sleep eat go to work go home sleep eat you sending out Good Vibrations keep it up I love nerd
Forgive my lateness to the party lol but in all honesty, I am a one time reptile owner of a green iguana (horrible first reptile pet choice btw to anyone wondering). I am re-entering the world and have gathered that the ball python tends to be the go to large snake of choice for first time snake keepers. My worry is all of the mentions of them by being picky eaters. Is this a legitimate enough concern that should sway me more the direction of a boa? Intention with the animal would also include eventually being handled by a child which is why I have crossed Burmese and retic off my list of considerations.
Gotten 3 snakes them always healthy great place I got a Argentine boa hes most docile snake there is
Wow man.😃
Kevin can you do a ball python video....parts 1 through 10
splendidserpents haaaaa it’s coming I assure you
@@NewEnglandReptilesweet but i posted that 7 months ago..lol
Plus i know this is not kevin..
Justin and oz has the morph crown kevin needs to take it back
Haaaaa I’ve been waiting for this years hatching season. I bred them this year so have been waiting for stuff to hatch. I am just all over the place trying to do toooo much!!!! Suddenly it will be ball mania
@@NewEnglandReptile how much is kevin paying you to reply to all these comments..lol.....p.s. Looking forward to seeing ground breaking morphs i know hes got some...
I'm going with you bastards are force feeding...MONSTERS!
But in all seriousness, it's apparent that pride & ego are their downfall. Instead of even questioning their own set-up, husbandry & knowledge (or Lack thereof), they'll push blame to the breeder smh. Unreal.
Love your videos!🙃🙃🤪🥰
So when should you try to feed your new reptile?
Serenity Wilson well if it settles in smoothly maybe four days is safe. If it ignores the food right off take it out and wait several dates. Watch to see if it is acting hungry too. Sitting with its head out of a hide box or looking like it’s waiting g to ambush something are obvious signs.
New England Reptile thank you!
@@NewEnglandReptile my trantulas act the same way .they peak out wen they get hungry pet rocks most of the time .
Surely any snake that’s environment has changed, due to going to a new home won’t feel like eating straight away. Everything will be strange to it and food might not be it’s priority right away. Why are people so stupid to presume it’s you or the snake?
could it be because the snake has been conditioned to live in a tiny tank with no exercise for all his life until you buy it? sorry to point this out , only my opinion.
Yeah man snakes need to get out and hit the gym. Especially big heavy bodied borrowers like ball and short tail/blood pythons
They hate living comfortably in a secure environment
They need enrichment and walks in the sunshine and shit... because feelings
@@adamdavis1737 lol they need bar bells lol.
Agreed that it's the "customer's" fault on some degree, although the "seller" should also be helping them in initializing those "parameters" by at least mentioning the conditions those snakes were kept in previously so that they can be "eased-in" their new home.
If the new owner of a snake notices that it's really stressed out in this amazing bioactive enclosure they put it in and they don't really know why, it's natural that they would probably ask the person who they got it from for hints. Now if people are outright blaming you publicly or whatever, then your point is stronger, although if it's just worried people contacting you and asking you for advice after they bought an animal from you, then you're just a douchebag for making a video essentially mocking them and just expecting them to know everything there is from the start, especially when you're dealing with ball pythons; the most commonly recommended snake for beginners (and notorious for sometimes not eating).
I dont think will get a response as this video is really old and posted years ago but I would love to know Kevin what is the most common cause of a ball Python stopping eating for months then go back on food then after 2 small meals it stops eating again any one help me understand what I'm possibly doing wrong or what could be wrong with my sons Python