I HATCHED 4 NEW BABY MINI DRAGONS + HOW TO SETUP 6 CROCODILE SKINK TERRARIUMS! LEAP HABITATS
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Babies everywhere! In today's Project Mini Dragon episode, I'll be introducing you all to several new baby red-eyed crocodile skinks (Tribolonotus gracilis) as well as how to set up 6 beautiful naturalistic terrariums for the skinks! Stay tuned until the end of the video for a BIG SURPRISE regarding my white-eyed crocodile skinks (Tribolonotus novaeguineae)! Hope you enjoy it!
Special thanks to Leap Habitats for sponsoring today's video and for sending me 6 Leap Habitat enclosures with a rack unit for my animals! For more information visit: leaphabitats.com/ or @LeapHabitats !
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Happy to see they are all thriving in your tender care. Hope to see updates soon on how they're doing in the new enclosures. I've gotta say that something is deeply satisfying seeing you assemble and decorate those enclosures.
Thank you so much! I’m confident they’ll do well! These enclosures have been so great so far!
I wud love ur set up so I cud put different dart frogs in them .....I love ur videos and the new set ups you did good !!!! God Bless u
Awesome! I’ve seen some really cool dart frog builds in Leap setups! Thanks for the love! 🙏🏼
This is amazing. Your level of care is insane. I one day wish to have one of your skinks in my family.
Thanks so much bro! You are doing amazing work too! Maybe someday we can swap bloodlines! I’d love one of yours too! Thanks for the love and support man!
That sounds like a splendid idea. Who knows maybe one day we could work on a video together too. You have really good energy my brother.
@@Reptiliatus Vvvvvvvvv
Awesome video 🎉
Thank you!
😊
Baby crocs!!! Gotta love it! Great work on all the enclosures, and setting them up. Excellent!
Thank you very much! 🙏🏼
This has been great fun. Not only your infecting enthusiasm, but also enjoying your success with the whole Crock endever. Quite the treat for those of us who have watched your work...
And as far as the shorts go...I love them! Like drive-by shots of Reptiliatus World.
Thank you so much! I’m moved to have such kind supporters and viewers such as yourself! I’m so excited to have had the opportunity to film this whole series on working with this genus and I can’t wait to share more of my experiences with you all! Thanks for the feedback on RUclips shorts! I’ll definitely try to keep up with them then! ☺️👍🏼
@@Reptiliatus ...but no need to do more than ONE every couple of days... Right?
You do have a life!
@@beverlyjensen443 thank you for being so considerate! After reviewing the poll results on my RUclips community page, I decided I’ll post 2 a week going forward as requested by popular demand 😊
that's it! I need baby dragons! Wicked video!
About time 😉🐲! Thanks a million buddy!
Always love the updates, sad to see the water areas go though
Thanks so much! Honestly, I’ve been experimenting back and forth and this works very well + it’s much easier to maintain. I think it’s a necessary compromise. If I only had one pair of crocodile skinks I’d probably do a huge Paludarium but that’s not the case so I think it’s important to mix ease of care + efficiency while trying to still have beautiful, naturalistic vivrais that helps the animals feel secure and at home!
Those look SICK. I love the lights and their associated clips.
Don't you think those cages could use some pothos though?
I was wondering about that myself. The water bowls seem exposed. But I trust Dion. : )
Thank you my friend! Def very sleek! I’m pretty happy with it! Hahaha always room for more pothos 😉! All jokes aside, I’m confident the wood hides will suffice and the plants will grow in and provide more cover in no time!
@@marieparsons3507 thanks for sharing your concern Marie! Fortunately each enclosure has 2 + wood hides for the animals + the plants won’t take long to grow in and provide plenty of cover! Think back to how little pothos there was in each enclosure originally. ☺️👍🏼
congrats man, theyre adorable
Thank you!
Awesome video! I have a little project going myself and excited to share they laid an egg 2 weeks ago!!!
Thanks for inspiring us and keeping us in the loop! Congrats on your success so far! Keep in touch!
Thanks so much! Wonderful news! Congrats on your egg there!
Is that mold under and around the cork bark like where the egg was ? Just wondering
It’s actually torn up aquarium floss from the substrate barrier. I was hesitant to let them have it/leave it out of fear they’d get tangled in it but I’ve noticed they use it to nestle eggs into as seen in this video so I let them do their thing!
@@Reptiliatus awesome!! Congrats on the babies btw !!
I just love these cute little Skinks they must be so happy in the natural beautiful enclosure you have made for them. Nice little family with mommy,daddy and sweet babies. Thank you for sharing these cutest little animals. ❤️🥰 I always look for your new videos.
Thank you so much! I’m so appreciative of your support, viewership and kind words! New video this week should be fun! Lots of frogs 🐸!
Congrats on the success! I've been looking into these enclosures myself, and your setups look awesome! Ans i thought i saw a third baby in the second enclosure, or maybe just the tail of the mom?
Thank you so much! I’ve been really happy with the so far! Especially if you have a rack full of them. That’s the best thing. I may go have a look again just in case but I’m almost positive that was the mom! You aren’t the only person who asked! Good eye and thanks for bringing it to my attention!
WOW congratulations!!! These are stunning! I live in Ontario Canada. I'm pretty sure you too are Canadian, eh? Would you ever sell a crocodile skink?
As for your question of the day, I would need 2 racks to answer the question fully. The 1st rack would be to rehouse the 6 bearded dragons that I already own. You see, I'm a disabled person and enclosures like that would make my life so much easier! The second rack, I would buy a crocodile skink from you, a gargoyle gecko ive been eyeing at my local reptile store, as well as adopt and foster more bearded dragons from my local reptile rescue! I have a knack with special needs beardies and have helped them out in the past. They are also getting pretty crowded, so, I would love to help them out.
Does the company that you talked about make enclosures big enough for adult beardies? I do warn you, one of my beardies is part German Giant and is 18 inches from snout to tail!
Thanks and praise!
For the question of the day: If I had one of those enclosures I’d probably put a crested or a leopard gecko in there and possibly a corn snake I don’t really know what environments corn snakes like.
Awesome!
Definitely I would keep some leopard geckos. Leopards are what got me into reptiles and I love them so much. My question is where do you find all that wood? Do you go scavenge for it or any ideas?
Great choice! Yes! I live close to a massive forest with TONS of dead wood/drift wood everywhere. I don’t go in there collecting too often because these pieces provide habitat/shelter and food, etc to wild animals but I’ll collect some nice pieces here and there when I have projects like this!
Here's a question you can answer if you want in a video or wherever or not answer...
How did you come up with the name Reptiliatus?
Happy to answer! As a child I was obsessed with crested geckos. Their latin name is Correlophus ciliatus. The idea was to combine the world “Reptile” with something latin “Reptil-iatus”. Hope that makes sense!
What kind of misting system do you use. I've got a half-moon bioactive paludarium tank setup currently & I'm looking to add an auto misting system for maintaining my humidity while I'm away. I normally use a spray bottle.
As mentioned in the video, I use a mistking. Leap sells their own misting system (you can learn more about it on their RUclips channel @leap but it’s not quite powerful enough to power a whole rack. I imagine they’ll eventually offer a model that can!
Awesome new setup for the project! Thank you for sharing all the babies! I know it's hard to catch them, and can stress them.
QOTD: I'm torn on what I'd do with a rack of Leap enclosures. If they were bigger ones, I'd totally consider breeding black breasted leaf turtles. Smaller ones? Maybe just a collection of geckos for funsies.
Thanks for watching/following along! Yes, for most of those babies it was their first time ever being handled by me! I don’t do it much at all of course.
Great ideas! Thanks! 🐢🦎
I love my leap habitat, I only have one right now but I hope to get more next year. My Gargoyle Gecko is in it and she uses all of the space provided. I love that I can screw the cork to the sides and really build up the backgrounds.
Love to hear that! I’m really happy with all of mine so far as well! Yes! The way you can just mod them is super cool!
@@Reptiliatus I've been considering some getting some Red Eyes myself and seeing yours in Leap Habitats definitely makes me go this is a strong possibility for the future.
I've been raising up a few pairs of garters,four pairs . I think those would be so nice for a pair . 2x2 is about perfect and the height is nice they like to climb and purch up on branches or cork. I've had them in a big community tank but it's about time to get them in separate enclosure for breeding . It is nice to have a clean looking setup so it looks nice in the room . I enjoy watching your videos because of the good information and the excellent care you take of all your animals. Love the green tree monitors so amazing! I couldn't get one so I got some emerald tree skinks . Like all your videos keep it up.
Overrun with croc skinks sounds like a great problem to have!
Absolutely 🐲✨!
My fave animals are the black breasted turtles, and red eye skinks! Someday I will have one.
I would have to say I would get back into keeping Uroplatus phantasticus as well as Dendrobates species of Darts.
Awesome options!
If I had the backer's rack, it would be filled with snakes. Some garters, kings, boas.
Cool choices!
The leap enclosures look amazing but are they safe when the fogger is on since it looks like they are mostly made out of cardboard?
Thanks! It’s not cardboard, it’s weather resistant (uvb, water, etc) corrugated plastic! 😎👌🏼
I think that you did a great job on the enclosures ! But you always do a great job!🦎🐉🦖This is probably a silly question but what is the purpose of putting the spring tails in the habitat ? I've seen other people do the same thing . I just never knew what they are used for.🙂🙃
They mainly eat mold, which is particularly of concern in a humid environment. This is slightly different than isopods which eat organic matter (decaying leaves, wood and animal feces).
@@bobbiec2829 Awesome thank you for answering my question !
at the 7:00 min mark when you lift the cork wood there was a third lizard that ran away at the top of the screen. It might have been one of the parents but i think there were 3 babies under there. maybe worth going back and checking
Thank you so much for sharing your concern! Upon further experience I am fairly certain that was the mothers tail! Thanks for watching! ☺️🙏🏼
Love your video's man, your enthusiasm is contagious haha! And love these skinks! Planning on picking up a pair of these up in a few months. I plan on starting a few breeding projects next spring. I'm going to breed some aquarium fish and hopefully my crested gecko! Might also try my hand at breeding these skinks, who knows.
Thank you very much for your support! I wish you every success and enjoyment with your projects!
@@Reptiliatus Thank you!
And what a great video. I’m so happy I follow you brother on RUclips.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your support!
Qotd: I'd probably keep helmeted iguanas, they're just soo cool! And gray banded king snakes
They are incredible animals! I had the pleasure of finding some in the wild!
@@Reptiliatus awesome!!!!
If I had a rack of leap habitats like that I would probably put dart frogs like oophaga pumilio.
Cool! 🐸
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Your level of care and love is unmatched in my opinion everything you have is always looking amazing
i bought a couple of those and they leak a bunch its a cool enclosure but didn’t like that it leaks
Hmmm you could def try writing their support to see about it but how much water are they holding? They should be able to hold water at least up to the barrier height! Thanks for sharing!
I would definitely do cresties and maybe a tokay or 2!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Hey I just had an idea for a filtration system that would hold up and not require much attention and I’m not saying it’s a super practical idea because it will take up a good amount of space but something I might consider for myself Someday if I ever get some of these beautiful skinks! so my ideas was a circulating sump tank with a sponge filter and substrate ps Congratulations on your success. I love your content. Thank you.
Hi Brian! Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment! Perhaps I’m not in vision ing it the same way as you but I feel like that might be a little complicated for all these tanks + I have to slide them around a lot to reach all of them which isn’t practical… Thank you so much for your support!
Dayyan! I haven’t been able to watch your videos in so long. I binged them last week as I was getting ready for a mini referral.
I’m so proud of how far your channel has come!
Oh my gawd 😱 I've never seen "lizards" like this😍they are so stunning,their skins and their scales details,such gorgeous animals ❤️😍I loved them so cute😊hello from Brasil
I watch a lot of shorts nowadays, I enjoy yours immensely but if it’s too much I’m happy to just have videos
There sure isn’t the pothos coverage in the new setups, you said there’s enough hiding areas though. but I bet the front opening will help with the prey instincts of being caught from above
QOTD: I think a dart frog rack would be fun, or different tree frog species. I adore amphibians.
Such a huge difference between Sunny and Sappys temperament and the others, you can tell you’ve worked with them a while
Thank you! The rest will need lots of work and who knows! They may never come round which is also okay!
Yay more croc skinks
Wahoo 🐲!
i love their brand !! and your skinks look amazing 😊 if i had the same chance as you to have that cool set up from leaf i would use it for my fire skinks 😉
Might of been a while since filming, any news on the little egg?
Not that long since filming 😅! I’ll update you all!
How exciting are all those bebes ❤️ the leap enclosures are BEAUTIFUL!!! I'll be interested to see how they hold up to a humid environment 🙂
Thank you so much Bobbie! I’m confident they will! I’m in close contact with the Leap team and seeing how their own enclosures in the leap lab have grown in is pretty exciting /inspiring!
@@Reptiliatus awesome to hear! I know you only provide the best to your animals 😊
Congratulations all your hard work is paying off. I love watching others scape an enclosure I find it so satisfying and seeing others creativity is always amazing to watch.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your continued support over the years! Doesn’t go unnoticed 🙏🏼!
8 months later how do you like the Leap setup?
Honestly, I’m still quite happy with them!
QOTD:
I would probably set up a few invertebrate colonies! I’m currently keeping isopods, dubias, and a banana slug, (hoping for a spider this Christmass 🤞) but I think it would be awesome to see them in a rack of neat, beautiful enclosures like that!
Also congrats on all these babies!!!!!! I’m sure in your care they’ll grow big and healthy just like their parents :)
Awesome! I think a few types of invertebrates could do really well in a leap habitat! I hope you get your spider (what kind?)!
Thank you so much! I’m incredibly happy about it! You are too kind! I’ll do my best!
@@Reptiliatus I think so too! And I would love to have either a Carolina wolf spider or a green bottle blue tarantula, both very different, but both very cool!
Goodluck!
This ist amazing
Thank you!
6:43 Is that male the one who had a run-in with the killer?
Yes! That’s him! He’s doing so much better, regrew his tail and is now a happy mate and father!
Those skinks seem to have adaptations for a slow life history with a low reproductive rate. Birds have one ovary too, yet they can lay one egg every day in some species. Crocodile skins are just cryptic and escape predators by that, so they don’t need fast reproduction as much.
Awesome. ^^
Thanks! 😄 Glad you enjoyed the video! What was your favourite part?
Looks great. Two mininor things. Move the lights further to the vavk as the back part of the enclosures are dark. Also, it's unfortunate they did not send you lower enclosures as it seems to be a waste of space since the skinks are ground dwelling. Other then that looks awesome! Any idea when the young will be available?
Thanks for the heads up! I actually have 5.0 uvb fixtures that’ll help illuminate the back portions of the walls soon. I’m just doing one row for now to make sure the temperatures stay safe and don’t get too hot for now since led + t5 can generate decent heat and crocodile skinks don’t like too much of that! Yea, that’s why I added some small palms to the taller two habitats. Hoping they’ll grow in more and fill the height a bit over time! For now, the babies won’t be available, sorry. I’ll consider selling some in a few months or when they are hardier and a bit larger in size.
I will definitely be nice to have captive breed ones available in Canada!
Amazing (as always). If I had the Leap bookshelf I’d do at least 2 dart frog enclosures, a crested gecko or two and man you’ve got me grooving on these Crocodile skinks!!! Absolutely enamored by them!
Great content as always!
I think with the bakers rack system it makes it really nice and snug! I'm trying to build up a Leachie group and this would help with airflow, humidity and keeping my hat from destroying the mesh tops! Looks great man.
Very true! Awesome! Thank you!
I would love to adopt a skink one day. I've been following this project from the beginning, and it has been so amazing! ❤️ keep doing you, Dion!
Thank you so much! I appreciate your support! 🙏🏼
So the 40gal breeder for mated pair seems like the right size. All of your enclosures seem insanely small! Yikes
this was SO COOL to watch! thank you for the AWESOME video :D
quick question tho, do u treat/clean your own bark i(f you collect it yourself)? as would love to use bark i've found outside myself, but have always worried about pests/bacteria/fungi...etc...
Wait!.......
You can lay Eggs ??😮
I hope not! 👀
Hi, what an amazing video, only one question, tribolonotus gracilis and tribolonotus novaeguineae can reproduce them? For example, a male tribolonotus gracilis and a female tribolonotus novaeguineae, could have a baby? And if it is possible, what specie would be the baby?
Waow... amazing 😍 I have a 2/3 years old female in a 120x80x60 terrarium since almost 1 year (I believe it's a female because she doesn't have anything on her back feet). I'd love to find a male for her and get some babys later on 😍
Nice video! 🥰 Can you help me? I've got a male 1,5 years old crocodile skink who isn't eating about 2,5 weeks. The temperature in the enclosure is 22 Celsius and the humidity is 78%. I allways try feed them every day, but he not eat. But he don't looks ill, he is swimming and climbing. What can I do? He is with me since April, and he was a good eater. Thank you! 🙂
I just bought a Captive bred white eye croc skink today and love all these videos! I have a female juvenile in a 40 breeder with a cork round waterfall and water feature with tons of plants. Couple of greys tree frogs cohabing atm not sure if it’s a good idea or not, the reptile store said it would be fine (the frogs will not bother the skunk but not sure about vice versa) The skink loves hanging out inside the cork round water fall. Hoping to find a male for her at some point (more for company, I don’t care to breed them although it would be cool). Anyways any tips would be great I don’t know much about them. Water feature has bunch of pathos but no filter, just a pump and water heater (77 degrees Fahrenheit). Also a small grow light for the plants and mist 1-2 times daily by hand. Spring tails, powder blues and oranges, earth worms and meal worm/super worms for CUC.
Omg!
So cool! 🐲
You’re a huge inspiration for me planning on getting one! I’m trying to set up a paludarium for one, what would you recommend as the max depth? Also do you think they benefit as a pair or by themselves for someone not getting them specifically to breed? Thanks In advance!
Love it! Are the leap enclosures the 22x17x18 or the 22x17x24? I’ve been looking into them and this is the push I need to purchase one!
These animals are absolutely gorgeous and I really wish I could have one myself now 😂😂 do these guys need any lights like uvb and heat lamps? Only as I've not seen them on their original tubs. If I had those enclosures you've got I don't know what I'd put in them, but I'm sure they'd be cool 😂😂
Never been into lizars and skinks of any kind. But then i came across a picture of a the Red eyed crocodile skink, oh i NEED one. Watched your videos to see if they where for me. Next reptil fair i found One little rascal. Not many breeders here in sweden.
Found another at the next fair 3 months later.
So i thank you for the good information and help in how to care for my 2 dragons.
Keep up the good work
Why r u worried that the croc skinks parents won't take care of the egg once you move all of them into a new enclosure...? will they eat it?? or what is it about moving into a new enclosure that jeopardizes the current "flow" of their lifestyle; hence, neglecting the egg (their baby) like it isn't theirs..?? plz explain broski, thx!
Question, I know you have not much plantvariation in your tanks, but.... I notice in my paludarium some plants get eaten (and they are red-eye-only, the damage done to the leaves is too large for the crickets). Of course I also have pothos, they do not eat that. Softer leaves will disappear (I forget the name, but it's sold a nibbling-plant for rabbits and hamsters overhere.)
Do other people you know share this experience? Are they omnivorous?
(they are up to their earcanals in crickets most of the week and I have seen them eating those, so it's not hunger...)
QOTD: probably rosy boas or anthill pythons because there are no or very few breeders of these animals here in Canada!
(Love the care and love you give your animals.❤)
Hello I adopted baby skinks few days ago! Are Leaf and soil important? Because I was going to raise them with only rocks and water..
man, I would have a (wider) array of terrestrial and arboreal frog species :D African bullfrogs, horned frogs, river toads, european green tree frogs, mossy frogs... maybe a few salamanders and newts, too ;)
I would probably raise dart frogs. Or maybe tokay’s depending on size on the leap enclosure.
QoD: If one was given to me I would probably go with smaller day geckos, phelsuma klemmeri and around that size. But Im afraid I dont trust these enclosures long term, extruded plastic sides and how it all goes together just doesnt scream "I will last 10+ years" to me. The use of so much plastic in the construction doesnt feel very long term sustainable neither.
If i'd had 6 leap enclosures placed like here i'd put in, 1 crestie , pair of croc skinks, mourning geckos , maybe another crestie and 2 gargoyle geckos
I HATE SHORTS! its a bulls#it way to put out content for your fans considering u now only do 1 video a week aswell
These crocodile skinks fascinate me. If I could have a Leaf set up like that I would like to choose a reptile that is currently mostly wild caught and establish a captive bred source. I am brand new and don't even have a first reptile. So I am not sure where to start so I just keep researching.
If I had a wrack of leap habitats, I’d probably raise some axanthic and lily white crested geckos bc of the thousands of dollars you can make off of their offspring
Ngl Ive been wanting crocodile skinks but have shied away from keeping them cause of the water feature and not wanting to have loud water filters running all the time. Since I like keeping my animals in my office to give me that little kick of serotonin whenever I get too stressed working. It also helped me with taming them down a lot since I spend so much time there and they're always around me 😄
For the QOTD I'd probably have tokay geckos or hognoses in the leap enclosures as those are two of my favorite types of reptiles that I own!
Congratulations on all the new babies. I have been looking into leap enclosures for my crested gecko.
Thank you so much! Awesome!
I would put tokay geckos in them. Because they're just beautiful and I guess you can say I like a challenge.
I would love to have a system like this. I had a ball python before but now our snake lives with our daughter and her boyfriend. We recently just got a leopard gecko and she's just a baby. I would love to have the leap habitat so I could get some more leopard geckos.
Would you recommend crocodile skinks for a beginner? I want to get a blue tongued skink someday but these are so pretty and interesting to look at. Although i do understand they are just kind of a watch don't touch kind of reptile
Vewers from Sweden,
If I had been able to get them, it would have been dart frogs, vampire crabs or some other small lizard..
I LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT LIZARD TYPE AND SOW SOME VERY GOOD IDEAS FOR PLANTS AND INSECTS , SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Hey by you leaving the new born babies with the parents do the parents chew up the food and feed it to their babies? Or you put small insects enough for the new born to take down by them self???
Love this so much! Can you EVER be overrun with Crocodile Skinks though?!! They’re so damn cute!!🦎❤️🦎
Haha me too! I’d def have to agree with you! It’s always a good thing! 😉🐲✨
hello, pls tell me, what kind the lamp for crocodile skink? and how waat/volt?? thank u
Amazing. I did not know that they can throw of the tail. It happend too my one as I tried to grap him. Realy sad about this.
Im confused i really thought i saw 3 babys in an enclosure where you said 2🤣
Your level of care and love is unmatched in my opinion everything you have is always looking amazing
Thank you so much! I’m far from perfect but I am every effort to refine and improve what I do for my animals!
i want to know a starter habitat for them like a budget friendly type enclosure for them
Hey Daayon! Awesome video! I’m pretty new here and wondering how do you breed them?
Very cool!
I'm Japanese and would love to have one of your boys someday!
if i had a rack full of those habitats it be most likely crocodileskinks and some crested gecko's
I would raise either snakes or crocodile skinks bc there are cool and good tempered
it looked like real life Pascual from Tangled the series 🦎