Challenging my TREE MONITORS | WHACK-A-ROACH, SPIN THE BOTTLE + more!

Watch as I create and test challenges for my Blue Tree Monitors to solve! Providing challenges like these for my reptiles stimulates the animals to exhibit a number of interesting behaviors. Animal enrichment is an important element to the ethical and successful keeping of animals in captivity. I encourage all animal keepers to implement enrichment strategies appropriate to the species they are keeping.
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All of the enrichment toys/projects shown in this video were supervised closely to ensure the safety of the animals at all times. Not all enrichment methods/projects are appropriate or safe to all species and the ones shown in this video are no exception.
I am an experienced animal keeper both privately and professionally - This makes me comfortable with the design, construction and choice of appropriate materials/toys/equipment when providing enrichment to my animals.
If you are interested in trying some of the enrichment projects showcased here proceed with caution and use your best judgement to determine if it is safe and appropriate for your animals!
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[@SpectrumVivaria]

Disclaimer: All of the enrichment toys/projects shown in this video were supervised closely to ensure the safety of the animals at all times. Not all enrichment methods/projects are appropriate or safe to all species and the ones shown in this video are no exception. I am an experienced animal keeper both privately and professionally - This makes me comfortable with the design, construction and choice of appropriate materials/toys/equipment when providing enrichment to my animals. If you are interested in trying some of the enrichment projects showcased here proceed with caution and use your best judgement to determine if it is safe and appropriate for your animals!

[@businessraptor134]

Great point!Never leave pets unattended with hanging string! It's extremely dangerous and a minute is all it takes for them to be gone. You should be interacting with your pets, they are sentient and will associate the fun with you being present too!

[@Reptiliatus]

BRILLIANT! Looking forward to trying these with Sabzi! 🦎

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Thanks Dayyan! It will be fun to see you scale down some of these ideas for the younger Sabzi 😬

[@scorch225]

Gotta try this for my tree monitors!

[@lanewaldon6450]

Talk about mental stimulation and enrichment for your scale babies this is a great idea I think more people should consider doin for their pet monitor lizards

[@ShadySheev]

I first saw them using their hands to angle for food years ago in a video. Still creeps me out a bit and reminds me of the velociraptor opening doors in Jurassic Park ;-)

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Clever girl....

[@FatherBlue]

Ohhhhhh yeaaahh! You are the man! Your the only real channel that focuses on blue trees! I have 5 myself and a pair of greens and you make me want to make videos for them!! Keep it going dude!!

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Haha thanks! I have a lot of focus on them right now but I will be expanding the channel with more animals, builds etc in the future :) . Always going to have a spot for prasinus complex though - They are amazing.

[@mollylucas5885]

Wow this is the best, very entertaining, brilliant

[@tribex11]

This is brilliant both as entertainment for us and its soo good to see animals getting really great enrichment 👏

[@eliotdaoust3765]

Omg one of the coolest video i've seen all year! You clearly take verry good care of you beloved monitors and its incredibly fascinating to see them work their way throught the puzzels!!

[@theorangeninja6486]

oh my god watching them stick their little hands into the whack a roach was so goddamn cute

[@Tyler84314]

Hey where did you go it’s been a little bit I hope you are doing well wherever you are

[@SpectrumVivaria]

I'm surprised anyone remembers my channel 😅. I appreciate the well wishes, I have a lot planned for early 2023 for this channel, hopefully worth the wait 🙂

[@Joshcreeks]

Cool! Never seen a video like this.

[@Strandyeen]

This video has me wishing I had monitors/large reptiles of my own, just to try this! Cools ideas, a nice way to give them some extra mental stimulation, and interesting to watch ^^

[@SpectrumVivaria]

You can implement similar enrichment set ups just scale it down for smaller animals and be sure that the lizards can't hurt themselves from it (always supervise their use as well!)

[@S_t_even]

@@SpectrumVivaria Yeah looks like that one monitor nearly hung himself on the egg ball apparatus, cool video and ideas though!

[@ratbones620]

I love this! I wish more people did mental stimulation for their reptiles.

[@wood-wheel-wizard]

More of these please!

[@AwoooOga3503]

4:09 NOOOOOOOOOOO

[@venomdragon2436]

hey, this is completely random but I was wondering where you got the XPS foam that you used when you built your enclosure.

[@jirikomestik3692]

It is not look safe, he could stuck head inside ball and choke himself.

[@jasminek7657]

I love this! You go above and beyond to make sure that he is thriving and it’s so great to see that it is possible to keep reptiles at home without jeopardising their happiness or wellbeing 💞 I wish more pet owners did the same

[@AaronStuckey-g3z]

Bro I love your videos. Somebody family showed everything. How to make one I am starting a busincustom tanks. For all animals. You are the only one I saw so far. That has a good return. Keep up the good work, but I'm the same one always learning, thank you.

[@pierrefitch]

What live plants you got in there and what Substrate you using for green tree monitor

[@wesleyvandeweerd2625]

Very cool to see them puzzle and Great video quality

[@GallonMilkProductions]

This is nothing short of fantastic and I will totally use these for future trees. Monitors especially being so smart really need this. I didn't know how they used their long limbs to reach in for food! Animals are just always teaching us, man!

[@McQariX]

Are there cockroaches in that bottle?

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Yes! Dubia

[@maxhall3147]

Why did you stop uploading

[@pippi4279]

We love your videos and we would like to see more! Please upload soon!

[@lostfound8112]

seriously wow...im saving these ideas when i get my monitor in few months...thanks for sharing thumbs up!

[@McQariX]

What lizards do you have it or what kind of species is it, please?

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Varanus macraei

[@McQariX]

@@SpectrumVivaria Thank you.

[@Zjombie]

My next lizard is a green tree for sure. I love them! I wanna build my own enclosure as well. Man they are so awesome. Good stuff dude

[@Stwinky]

Wow! These lizards are crazy smart! I can’t imagine giving any of my leopard geckos those 😂

[@DayDay092]

Where did you buy your blue tree monitors? That’s been my dream animal

[@jessescales4982]

So freakin cool! Makes me wish I had monitors. I have some extremely food motivated snakes though, might try to figure out how to adapt those ideas.

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Dude! This is so good!

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Thanks mate! Appreciate ya

[@Andy-kv5is]

Nice

[@mattslev]

Great job giving your monitors enrichment and a nice setup.

[@thaanos7144]

Where do you gett ooneeeeeeee i been looking everywhereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@markharris8997]

This is a great idea , will definitely give it ago with montior .

[@Skid0413]

Where did u get your enclosure from?

[@SpectrumVivaria]

I made it, check out the first video on my channel and you can see how I did it :) 😀

[@Skid0413]

Will do man. Thanks 🙏🏽

[@Heavymetalswimmer]

This is AWESOME

[@McQariX]

And do you cuddle with them or bite?

[@BRIGHTJUS]

What kinda reptiles are these guys

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Blue Tree Monitors, Varanus macraei

[@BRIGHTJUS]

How you get these guys must of been hard

[@musthafaiqbalaziz7407]

Can i scren shot?

[@bernadetteramos1940]

Keep em stimulated 👏🏽

[@ryderreptile]

Awesome!!!

[@madmakerreptile8294]

Great ideas! Nicely done!

[@Asquad]

What type of light bulps you use? And how much?

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Combination of HID and halogen lamps, more info in my video on my channel "reptile vivarium build breakdown". Timestamps are there to find what you are looking for.

[@McQariX]

they are beautiful

[@happybee7725]

Not sure the “whack a roach” is a good idea. If allowed to go at it long enough the monitor might end up with sore face from sticking its snout into those holes. I suppose its not being left in there long enough to become a problem? Itsa beauty of a tree monitor and the enclosure looks awesome

[@GallonMilkProductions]

That's a valid concern, but I think how they naturally interact in the wild they would be doing these behaviors chasing insects and they clearly have adaptations towards it like their limbs, so I think they're a bit better.

[@happybee7725]

@@GallonMilkProductions the only reason i thought of it is because i bought a front sliding glass vivarium that have a wee small circular hole in the glass. It was way to small for the snake to escape through so i didnt think anything of it then a few times I brought the snake out i noticed it had these marks around the snout. It looked like it was on the verge of breaking the skin but i couldnt work out what it was then it dawned on me. The snake had been pushing its snout through hole in the glass and it was pushing the glass really hard and it was causing this sore ring around the snout. A wee bit o plastic tape over the holes on both sides solved it immediately.

[@McQariX]

Do you need a permit for it or can it be obtained normally?

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Well that depends entirely on where you are located and the laws and regulations for that place. Can't help you there

[@garrickanderson5204]

Can't wait to one day have a tree monitor. I just love watching them figure stuff out!

[@redrum666die]

really cool idea, I'm going to try this with my Chinese water dragon.

[@venomdragon2436]

I was also curious about what screws you used to put together the framework.

[@trixythechameleon236]

Hey Great Video! Could you please make a video about lighting?By that I mean what lights do you use and what the Temperatures should be like.

[@trixythechameleon236]

OK never mind just watched your other video and got the things I wanted to know

[@Plants-and-Ts]

Why’d you stop posting?

[@SpectrumVivaria]

Why I stopped posting is not important - But what is important is that I will be making a comeback in a big way in the near future....stay tuned!

[@ValFinale]

this stresses your lizard

[@SpectrumVivaria]

I disagree, if you want to reply with a timestamp where you think my animals are stressed in the video than we can discuss that. The animals are not forced to do anything they don't want to by engaging with these forms of behavioural enrichment.

[@ValFinale]

@@SpectrumVivaria I just think that them trying to get to something and not being able to stresses them

[@erickperez8770]

What do you think happens in the wild? Food is served to them on a platter? The whole point is to recreate a natural environment for their natural behaviors to come out. Its like saying playing fetch with a goldem retriever stresses it out.. its literally what its built for, retreaving things 💀​@ValFinale