Bioactive Enclosure For A Tegu!
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- Jessi shows off a newly built bioactive enclosure for Pearl the Colombian black and white tegu lizard. Includes adorable lizard, plants, soil, and tiny clean up crew.
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Great video!
I just wanted to make a correction about the lizard’s scientific name; the one you showed at the beginning (Physignathus cocincinus) corresponds to the Chinese water dragon.
The scientific name I found for my country’s black and white ColOmbian Tegu is “Tupinambis teguixin”.
Ah you're right! Our mistake, sorry I didn't catch that!
It's the Argentine tegu, Columbian tegus are the gold tegu, not the black and white
An egg with PTSD There are two variations of black and whites, Colombians and Argentines.
@@eggwithptsd1832 It can get a little confusing with colombians as there are 4 species of (T. cuzcoensis; T. cryptus; T. teguixin; T. zuliensis) The term black and white can be tricky as some do label their colombian as colombian B&W. She looks like a T. Zuliensis, same as mine. Also colombian scales are different then Argentine.
An egg with PTSD Columbia s come in many colours just as the arginetines
I love that Jessi is labeled as "human." Looks good, fellow human.
1:27 Titus the Tortoise: MY NEW HOME! You shouldn't have you silly human! Now get rid of the lizard and I will make myself comfy~!
He's a tortoise
@@turdl38 Corrected.
That look great! Just one tip, you could create a drainage layer with hydro balls and mesh there should be lots of tutorials but apart from that it looks amazing!! I love how much love, care and attention you give her!
3:30 snake boop at the top of the screen
CraftReaper5 Omg how do you noticed that? 😆
The enclosure looks fantastic Jessi
One of my New Years resolutions is to more as many of our reptiles as possible into bioactive setups
I love bio active enclosures and I am soooo happy you decided to go bio active! The best for our beloved animals in our care!
I love the spatula technique :) just goes to show how to treat animals lovingly and keep them around while considering their natural (and sometimes predatory) drives
You are amazing Jessi, I've watched all your videos and this is the first time i'm commenting but I wanted to tell you that watching your obvious love for these animals restores my faith in humanity. Thank you :)
I love bioactive enclosures. As a person who loves both plants and animals, I think they're a great way to add a little nature into your life as well as your pets! I've been working on a couple myself for my geckos, and picked up a couple good tips just from watching this video!
It looks awesome and I bet Pearl loves it!
How do people dislike your videos? Very educational, and very friendly. Couldn’t ask for anything better
Pearl looks like she is happy ..she has such a neat place to live too! Thanks Jessi!
I love the idea of bioactive enclosures, with my river turtle I would keep Cray fish to help clean up as well as feeder fish, I tried to grow some plants but Mac just kept eating them lol
I love this video! I live in southwestern Brazil, and we have a HUGE wild Teiú that visits the yard to eat fruits, I loved learning more about the species
Wow, Titus' shell looks much better than when you brought him in. How is his health?
He's doing great! Loves to eat and especially loves shell massages. He's come such a long way from where he was health wise a few years ago.
That's awesome to hear!
Pearl is sooo cute!!!
Great video and awesome set up! Tegus are a dream pet of mine, I love them so much :)
Pearl - LOL! perfect name for her! I love these bioactive setups. We strived to have balanced aquariums and this idea is pretty much the same.
So in addition to the moisture you add by misting, do the live plants add to that humidity by respiration? Or do they simply help retain the moisture in the environment? Pearl definitely looks like she's enjoying the new digs. (pun intended!)
Yay! Thanks for sharing!
Great enclosure!
It looks so cool!
Pearl looks great, and happy.
The bioactive information you gave is good.
2 complaints:
1) Although the term Black and White Colombian Tegu is a proper common name, it is misleading. Breeders came up with it to confuse the difference between Argentine Black and White Tegus, and Colombian Tegus that had been called Golden Tegus and Black Tegus. It would be better if you used the the less confusing terminology.
2) That enclosure does not look to be at all big enough for a Tegu. It is recommended that they get an enclosure with a footprint of at least 18 square feet.
Thank you for the work that you do.
I'd like to see a video on what your protocol is for power outages. It must take so much energy to keep everyone at the right temperature, and a lot of that to keep everyone's food fresh!
This is wonderful!
That enclosure is awesome and Pearl seems to really like it. Thanks for such an interesting video. =O )
I Love This !!
Pretty Pearl 😍
Still miss my Black Tegu from the '70s
Ivan James oh wow you had one way back then, that’s when they first got to the U.S
If/When I get a tegu I would definitely put it within a bioactive tank. Having someone else besides me cleaning up the feces of this animal would be a huge bonus..... and also the tegu would thrive more :)
Go Pearl! Giiiii Jessi, nice!
For anyone that does want a water circulation system in a bio-active enclosure, they aren't that difficult, but you need a deep floor. First, you will need to get a pump designed to be submerged and tubing (I suggest looking at at parts for PC water cooling). Once you have that picked out, get a segment of PVC pipe that can fit upright in your enclosure but still allow the pump to be lifted out for maintenance and replacement. Drill 1/8th" holes in rings around the pipe up to about 2 inches over the top of the pump when laying on a flat surface. Place the pipe and pump into the enclosure and start filling with gravel. The gravel can be shallower as you get away from the pump housing, but you should make sure to comes above the holes you drilled when near the pipe. Next I would set your pump's tubing to where you want the water coming out. On top of the gravel, you can lay out some sort of screening material to make a higher volume aquifer, but it isn't entirely necessary. Next, you will add in sand. This layer only needs to be about an inch deep but keep in mind that it will work it's way down into the gravel if you haven't used a screen, so account for about a 50% loss. This layer is what filters the water of organic material. On top of that, put your substrate of choice and build the enclosure just as Jessi did in this video. make sure you have something for the water to run down, like a rock wall or a series of pools. A steep, loud waterfall is going to stress the animal as well as over saturate the sub straight around where it is splashing.
Once this is all built, start adding water until you see it completely covering the pump, then turn the pump on and keep adding water until it is will covered again, while running.
Other additions could be adding an exterior reservoir and charcoal filter for the water to pass through before reentering the enclosure. This will help with excess water soluble waste that the plants can't use up. As well as a secondary pump housing and pump to run a timed mister (about 10 seconds of mist every 6-9 hours).
Rock on for promoting bioactive enclosures
My favourite lizard
I'm glad you are feeling better
You were sick in the last video I saw.
This is the best
where do you get your bird cages?
I love the idea of a bioactive enclosure! I have a tiger salamander and was wondering if it would be appropriate to make him one? I was worried since you need plants and they love to burrow?
Gotta love a girl who knows how to wet her isopods!
I would love to create a bio active enclosure to create an enriching environment for my reptiles. I’ve struggled to find the right light for plants, what would you recommend?
I love your videos ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
i love animal 😍😍
Will you give us an update in a few months? Would be nice to see the enclosure in its prime :)
This looks wonderful! My tegus even obliterate fake plants and bury and hides that I put in there, so no bioactive for them unfortunately!
Have you ever encountered an Amphiuma or Hell Bender?
It is a great enclosure but it's only going to last a couple months. The tegu full grown is as long as the enclusure
We finally know what that green blur from the opening credits is!
We'll be doing this for our Asian vine snakes.
You sound like you are feeling a whole lot better Jessi. I’m awfully glad you’re over that dreadful ailment!
Thank you! It was a particularly stubborn virus to kick, but I survived and live on to continue my adventure :)
Hi i love your vids
can you tell me what type of enclosure Pearl has and where to get one? my tegu is not quite as big as she is yet
How do you know if the isopods have died off?
How necessary is a drainage layer? I have seen a few set ups now that for go one and then there are the people that insist the drainage layer is essential to prevent excessive rot...
I use a drainage layer in a lot of my bioactive setups. I chose not to in this one because Pearl likes to burrow and she's quite strong so she'd most likely just destroy a false bottom. Also the lip of the enclosure wasn't very high so I wanted to utilize as much of the depth as possible. As long as I don't oversaturate with water, the soil won't get boggy. I also focus the misting to one side and the other side is drier so Pearl can choose where she feels more comfortable. The springtails (detritivors) will clean up any mold growth from dead plants.
Very cool! I would recommend looking into a false bottom to create some water flow and avoid mold growth. Including some springtails will also help to prevent this.
Thanks! You can see the springtails crawling around in the handfuls of soil I hold up, they do an excellent job of cleaning up any mold.
Hello, what kind of top soil did you use? do you remember what brand?
I have a red tegu and when I slide the door open he starts huffing and puffing and if I stick my hand near him he whips
Question, does bioactive mean, you never ever have to clean out the whole enclosure?
How do you get the isopods?
You should have filmes the making of the cage😊😢😢
when i got my cockatiel he was white and grey but his face feathers are turning yellow should i be worried
what do you feed her?
Where did u get that cage
Hi Jessi! I am a new viewer (I’m definitely subscribed) and I have a question that’s for you! I have noticed in many of your videos that you only have one fingernail painted (typically your pointer finger) and I was wondering why? Is it to help the animals? Would love to know! By the way, I love the show and I wish I lived closer.
I feel like it had something to do with the animals and I know she explained it in a video somewhere but for the life of me I can't remember which video.
I was bitten by a mink and his canine went completely through my nail! For a long time my nail was very discolored and for a time I was actually missing part of it, which was pretty distracting. So I put on a fake nail and painted it :)
Can I have him ?!🦎😂
This is a somewhat weird question, but is her growth stunted? I know she’s a rescue, but I also know that tegus do grow to be HUGE very quickly.
I Was Litterally today wathcing videos about bioactive enclousures
I was bioactive once, before the accident
That’s a beautiful set up, what Brand is the enclosure that Pearl is in???
It's from Animal Plastics 🦎
AnimalWonders Montana thank you 🙏
surprise turtle!
Please say me why my parrot close one eye and other is open? My parrot species is blue Kramer.
Omg ure the same person in sci show kids!
How much did it cost
Shoot... If pearl likes to hunt fingers I'd be way more scared
I wanna know how you came across scrambled eggs and bananas?
I thought pine was dangerous to reptiles? Is the bark safe?
The danger is in some wood oils (cedar is the worst) that cause irritation to their respiratory systems. The pine bark I put in is quite old, has no sap, and poses no danger of causing irritation.
Honestly looks good but kinda small in my opinion tagus grow very fast and get very large that is not going to last long looking at a 4 or 5 foot girl in a year or two
Did I just hear pine bark ?
Do Colombian tegus eat fruits ???
tegus need way deeper substrate they need 12 inches minumum
Wish I can hold my "baby tegu" More like teenager lol he is too mean he even jumps at me lol hope he sees I'm his friend lol
How old is your tegu
Are you a biologist?
Are you going to respond to the recent death of Ripley the toucan? Maybe take the opportunity to talk more about how conservation manifests itself in museums and zoos? Idk. Just a thought
We're all so sad about the passing of Ripley. She brought joy to so many 💔
What's the difference between Argentine tegu and Columbian tegu
I’m 11th! Hi I love your videos!
Garnet, Amethyst and..... *HISS HISS HISS*
I look like Pearl on Mondays
“You want to mist”
*proceeds to spray fire hose into enclosure
Do a “zoo” tour
Looks like an Argentine tegu to me...
What happend to goose in the intro???
It’s tiny
Tegu's will eat those wood chips and get impacted accordingly, check forums, tons of people have had it happen to them, some even died.
Impaction is only a problem if your enclosure isn't set up properly. She's a professional.
What do you mean by "set up properly"? They just eat wood chips, even if you feed them outside of the enclosure, they still eat wood chips in bedding. No matter how it is set up. @@imperialdrone6261
@@rdizzy1 the problem isn't the wood chips it's the health of the reptile. If the health of the reptile is good they can digest and pass whatever they eat. Reptiles in the wild eat dirt and rocks and all kinds of things they wouldnt be able to pass if you kept them basic. With the proper temp humidity and diet they will not only survive in a bioactive enclosure they will thrive.
Tegu's cannot pass wood chips even if they are the healthiest on earth. They can't digest wood. My step dad raised plenty of them, they were all extremely healthy, and still had impaction issues prior to making sure there were no wood chips (it wasn't a pure wood chip bedding, it was a dark soil mix that contained small wood pieces/chips in it, much like this bedding seems to be). Once he switched to a bedding with absolutely no wood chips mixed in, no impaction issues whatsoever.
There are hundreds of posts of this happening to people, specifically with woodchips and Tegu's, I'm 100% sure all of these people do not all have unhealthy Tegu's, they just are attracted to eating pieces of wood/wood chips in soil/bio bedding is all, and them being healthy does not magically give them the ability to pass or digest pieces of wood. @@imperialdrone6261
Pearl has been housed on mixed substrate for over 10 years. This is just the newest set up we've made for her. While some tegus might repetedly ingest chunks of their substrate in excess it's important to remember that doesn't mean all of them will. Pearl will occassionally get some of her substrate stuck on her food items, but since it's all natural materials and she has access to a nice hot basking area she's able to properly digest what she eats.
Does she Borrow or dig out the plants? Because I have a demon over here who throws house parties while I’m asleep
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Are you a reptile? Cause you monitor lizards!
Really educational. I only have one comment, to me that encloser seems kind of small for a tegu 😞
That enclosure is way too cluttered
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