Reacting to Subscriber Tanks - Part 6.1

[@kerseykrewzoo]

Hey Elle and Den! Love the video. I always get such great ideas for interesting things I can do with my own reptile enclosures. I also wanted to mention that Asher of Asher’s Reptiles and Amphibians is an up-and-coming KZbinr that I’m subscribed to and I’ve been trying to help him grow his channel. KZbin keeps turning off his comments due to lack of an adult in the videos but he’s got beautiful animals and is working on content like crazy so anyone wanting to show him some love and support, please go subscribe and check out his content. ☺️ Also, I have subscribed to Brad’s Bioactive Builds now because of this video and his tank submission. What a beautiful enclosure for that ackie! Looking forward to checking out his videos and getting even more inspiration for my own reptile homes. Can’t wait for part 6.2! 🤣 (P.S: Den’s comment about the stump growing made me snort with laughter. I love the way y’all interact together. It’s sweet and funny at the same time and that’s definitely a good thing. 🤘🏻) ETA: I almost forgot! Billy’s enclosure for Hiccup (my rescue beardie is also named Hiccup. He came with the name.) is amazing! There’s a guy on Facebook that makes those hide/platform combos in different styles and he even makes some for snakes! If you don’t mind me sharing the link for it, let me know and I’ll pop it into a reply to this comment so other people can check them out!

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you so much for watching! I pinned your comment to share the channel information. 😁 And please share that link! I'll be on the lookout to make sure it doesn't go to the spam comment folder. 😊

[@ashersamphibiansandreptiles]

Darlene! Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoy my content and thank you so much for supporting my channel!

[@billy3532]

Thank you so much for reviewing Hiccup's tank! I laughed but also died inside when you guys said it would be perfect for a children's room. 25 year old dude here who has a soft spot for How To Train Your Dragon 😂🥰

[@AwoooOga3503]

I also love HTTYD ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kismitj]

i Love what you've done with that tank! and hiccup is adorable :3

[@loriw2661]

Your tank is so original!! Or rather…HICCUP’S tank is so original!!! I love tanks that don’t look like everyone else’s. Well done!

[@ellesreptiles]

Haha I promise it was in the best possible way. Loved your tank so much that it made the thumbnail 😁

[@billy3532]

@@ellesreptiles ahaha thank you, appreciate you guys and your content! :)

[@cyndireed9164]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE how you give suggestions and explain why the changes are needed and didn’t bash the people. If more people educated instead of degraded people there would be more reptiles kept in healthier conditions.

[@ellesreptiles]

That is the hope 💜

[@MikinaVo]

I love how you are explaining everything in the nicest way possible. Even when someone was cohabbing you weren’t rude to them. That’s literally awesome, it’s rare to encounter nice people like you guys❤❤

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

Wow, it's so cool to see my builds on your channel! The joy we all share is making the lives of our reptiles better by offering enrichment. You 2 always have great videos. Thanx for subscribing to my channel. 🤘🦎💯. P.S I also like the idea you had of doing channel reviews!

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Love your channel

[@bradsbioactivebuilds]

@@LukeMcGuireoides thank you 🤘💯🦎🐢🐸🐍

[@wonderfulcolubrids]

Thank you both for your input. I will definitely add more foliage and substrate. Its nice to know that my corn snakes are in a good cage environment.

[@annabethsfarmadventures8610]

Great video! It is interesting to see people’s tanks form all over the world! Have a blessed week ❤

[@ellesreptiles]

Yea it is! And there's just so many good ideas in those tanks 🥰

[@ainsleyhilliard8886]

That one bearded dragons tank was really sad and so unhealthy if you get a bearded dragon please do your research ❤

[@LordNexus92]

Thanks for reviewing Artemis' enclosure. I'm glad you liked it. I'm planning on converting to a bioactive soon and definitely adding more sticks. She definitely loves to climb. It is also homemade. Australia doesn't have many decent options for larger enclosures (I haven't found any commercially available enclosures big enough for her species). I would definitely recommend getting a carpet python if you're looking to get one. Artemis is an absolute sweetheart, never bitten anyone (even as a baby) and is great at being handled. There are a bunch of different subspecies though and they all have unique requirements (I think there is something like 6-9 different subspecies). There aren't many morphs with them but there natural colours are all pretty amazing. As for the models they are Lego haha. The mechs are Ninjago and I don't know if you can see it but there is a Lego tall neck there as well (horizon zero dawn)

[@loispadgett6306]

So much fun seeing all this enclosures. Thank you for showing them to us. GOD BLESS 🐍💖🦎💖🐸💖

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you for always watching them! 💜

[@ErikNonIdle]

I have to say, Den (Sp? I haven't seen it written down) is getting very natural in front of the camera! You guys always have great chemistry, but this video was particularly natural, I found. Great enclosures, of course, and I can't wait for Pt. 6.2!

[@ellesreptiles]

Haha yea he is! Just had to get him in front of the camera more 🥰

[@ErikNonIdle]

@@ellesreptiles That's what I figured. Love having him be part of the show :)

[@SetariM]

I recently found your channel Elle, after my dad sent me some of your bearded dragon care videos. Really helped me with my new baby beardie (Apophis is his name) and he's happier than ever outside of that petsmart container they had him in :( Thank you so much for providing informational and fun videos about reptile care. I'm not too comfortable to send in a picture of his tank just yet, but... soon. Soon.

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you so much for watching the videos, I'm glad they've helped. And I'm sure we'll still be doing these sorts of videos when (and if) you ever feel comfortable sending yours in. But I completely understand, we always try to be positive and educational, but I wouldn't feel comfortable sending pictures in for other people to review either 😅

[@user-cq8rj7kv6g]

My bearded dragon is almost 6 months old, and today from watching your videos and doing research I realized he has not been getting proper care. When at the pet store when we first got him they told us to feed him 4-6 crickets a day and a few greens every once and awhile and that's all he needed. Today I realized he has been starving and should eat much more than that. Also his tank has been 70 degrees F on the warmest side which is FAR to cold, and he needs to be like 100-110 degrees on the warm side. He won't eat any greens, so we are going to start giving him daily salads and feed him lots of crickets because he's been starved, and after he's fully nourished we will follow your guide on how to get him to eat greens, but we don't want to do it yet cause he needs to be well fed before we don't feed him for a few days. We ordered him a stronger heat lamp, and are trying to lower the humidity a little because that's at 55%, which is to much. I'm in the road to taking better care of my first beardie, and I'm just glad I chose the bigger, healthier one at the pet store, otherwise he might not have made it through my horrible neglectful care. I promise I'm doing my best to fix it as fast as possible, and he's doing okay, he doesn't seem to unhealthy, but I definitely noticed hes not as big as he should be at 6 months. He's supposed to be 11-18 inches now, and he's only 7in. We assume it's because of his diet and bad lighting so I'm going to fix it as soon as possible. Wish me luck!! Also wanted to thank you for showing me better ways to care for my dragon, and convincing me to do more research because I was not caring for him properly. His name's Roy, wish him luck on his road to recovery!! Thank you sm!!

[@ellesreptiles]

We all make mistakes, but the most important thing is just learning from them and doing the best we can for our animals. It seems like you're immediately doing that after you realized there was a problem. I applaud you for that, and I wish you and Roy the best of luck 💜💜💜

[@user-cq8rj7kv6g]

@@ellesreptiles thank you so much!! I think he'll be perfectly fine and live the rest of his life happy and healthy once we fix him up.

[@loriw2661]

I had to stop at 9:00 to comment. Thank you for reviewing the Beardie’s and giving much needed feedback. I hope they take your advice. I have a suggestion for the previous enclosures…to add backgrounds and cover the sides. Reptiles don’t like all four sides of a glass tank being exposed. Even if you just cut black poster board and tape it to the outside, that’ll work and be better than nothing. Just my two cents🦎❤️🦎

[@ellesreptiles]

That's a wonderful and very practical suggestion. I didn't even think to point that out. Thanks! 💜

[@joshjacobs3780]

Your channel has helped me so much I’ve been watching a while and just recently got a leopard gecko. Thank you for all your advice your videos really helped me.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Hey, Brad's Bioactive Builds. I love his channel.

[@kaylascott8234]

My bearded dragon tank was so wrong till i found your channel thank you for sharing this helped me so much

[@ellesreptiles]

I'm so glad I could help! I hope your beardie is doing well! 🥰

[@Avocetexotics]

I always love these videos. They always give me ideas on how to improve my own tanks!

[@ellesreptiles]

Same! People have such cool ideas! 🥰

[@davidphillips2798]

Good morning Elle, have an amazing Sunday! I always enjoy the tank and silly reptile videos you do!! Looking forward to next Sunday already!!

[@ellesreptiles]

Awww thank you so much. I hope you have an amazing Sunday and amazing week as well! 😁

[@davidphillips2798]

@@ellesreptiles you're welcome and thank you Ma'am!! 😊😁

[@nicolasrodriguez3373]

Hey I love your videos. I recently purchased my first ball python and got alot of my information on how to properly care for him from alot of your videos as well as some other KZbinrs. There's one thing I can't find anywhere and that is, is there a specific spot in my enclosure that I should place my thermometer/hygrometers. I noticed the ones I have on the back of the enclosure always read a lower humidity level then the one sitting on top of the substrate. Which obviously makes sense. Im just not sure which hygrometer would be giving me the most accurate reading. If that makes sense lol.

[@ellesreptiles]

It's best to have one on both ends of the tank. Your warm side is probably going to have a lower humidity than the cool side, but that's perfectly normal/ok! When you're trying to adjust the humidity in the tank, you really just want an average, because it is going to be different everywhere. (It's actually good for the humidity to be different everywhere, that way the ball python can hang out where ever is the most comfortable 😊)

[@nicolasrodriguez3373]

Thank you so much it was driving me crazy looking at all the hygrometers and not knowing what to do lol. Is there a specific way to clean or sanitize zoo med cork bark? I purchased a few pieces and one of them after a week or 2 looks like it has some type mold on it i can be wrong but there aren't any videos online on how to clean if it's necessary.

[@kevinleboeuf5169]

A portion of my favorite morning of the week is here! Good morning guys! Like this type of video. Have a great week!

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you 💜 I hope you have a wonderful week as well 😁

[@melissadanielle629]

Great videos guys !

[@anthonybrianquinn6911]

Love your videos Elle!!!!!! Lol I didn't know you were doing one of these videos🥰 You put one of my animal enclosures in your video once🥰😇😇

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you so much! And awesome! I love seeing all the tanks. 😊

[@Albertjefferysagb]

Great vid guys 😊

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you! 😊

[@SebastianGrzella]

I love snake discovery 😍 and you

[@dustinbennett5346]

Awesome Channel

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you so much 💜

[@KT-kn9vd]

Beautiful enclosures. I’m so freakin jealous lol…. Quick question 🙋🏾‍♂️ where do you get your backgrounds for your enclosures? I know you’ve discussed this before I just can’t remember which video. Oh & do they have all different sizes like for 8 footers?

[@SetariM]

Amazon.

[@ellesreptiles]

I've gotten them from all different places. Amazon, Custom Reptile Habitats, Custom Cages, Walmart

[@KT-kn9vd]

@@ellesreptiles Nice! I’m on it. Thanks Elle

[@KT-kn9vd]

@@ellesreptiles I think your hubby answered before you did 🤣🤣

[@KT-kn9vd]

@@ellesreptiles I think your hubby answered before you did 🤣🤣

[@forrestcrabbe]

Y'all have a badass day 🤘🍻🤘

[@never_happened]

If y'all are going to the NARBC Tinley in March I will see you there!!

[@ellesreptiles]

Possibly! 😊 I'm not sure yet

[@never_happened]

Ok hope to see you! I am hoping on getting my first hognose snake!!!

[@rubenavila1087]

Will there be another video like this Where I can submit my geckos tank?

[@ellesreptiles]

Definitely! I'm not sure when the next one will be, but we don't plan to stop doing these types of videos 😊

[@Syddddddddd12345]

Hi Elle! Loves these videos as usual! my ball python was in blue, and then two days later I checked on him and he wasn’t. I took everything out of the cage and found no shed… also I will be changing my name to worth while reptiles :) (I wanna start a channel)

[@ellesreptiles]

Awesome about the channel! And yep! That's completely normal. 😊Usually they'll go back to looking like their regular selves right before they actually shed. This is usually when I know to bump the humidity up in the tank, because they'll be shedding in the next day or 2.

[@Syddddddddd12345]

@@ellesreptiles thank you so much! I was really worried 😅

[@luwildy]

Man I was going to submit mine but right before I did I just started thinking of all the thing I could do to make it better so maybe if you do another I will submit. I am actually pretty proud of my ball python tank

[@ellesreptiles]

We'll definitely continue to do this series into the future 💜

[@MiaIYanez]

Can you update your Amazon cart if you need to? I wonder if there are changes that need to be made.

[@ellesreptiles]

You mean my store page? If so, I definitely need to update that. 😅 kind of forgot it existed

[@Rj_0]

All your videos are great

[@ellesreptiles]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@amykins1815]

I would love to send you mine. I have a Juvinial female bearded dragon. I change out her climbing spaces I'm starting to fell she is out growing her climbing spots.

[@ellesreptiles]

We'll definitely be doing more of these in the future! 😊

[@Legend-rv6sm]

My Beardie always has stress lines on his tummy they just get get darker is that normal?

[@yourfavoriteRussian]

My bearded dragon died today and I do t know what happened :( . He was fine one hour and I come back a little later to feed him dinner and he is dead. He hasn’t moved one bit since last night and his eyes are purple and his mouth is a little open. Ik it is brumation Season but I really think he is head.😔

[@ellesreptiles]

Oh no! I'm so sorry for your loss 💔💔💔

[@yourfavoriteRussian]

@@ellesreptiles it’s okay. He was so young too. I think he was sick when we got him tho because he didn’t show much interest in food and he wasn’t putting on any weight :( . Can’t trust those Chain Pet stores 😔

[@JevariusDixon11]

Can u please tell me wat kinda tile to get for my leopard gecko this eco earth is not working for me@elle’s reptiles

[@ellesreptiles]

Any kind of ceramic or slate tile. You just want to make sure that it's textured, so they're not sliding around everywhere 💜

[@puppet_arti3t190]

Where do I show you my tanks. 😊

[@ellesreptiles]

When I'm getting ready to record these kinds of videos, I'll post to the community tab here and on Instagram, asking for pictures. Then you can send them to the email address listed or send them through instagram. 🥰

[@puppet_arti3t190]

@@ellesreptiles oh ok tysm

[@ashersamphibiansandreptiles]

FBTs are awesome!! If you need any next year, give me an email! Glad you liked it! The big rock is a water fall! My don’t call yet 😂 sadly

[@ellesreptiles]

I'll definitely keep that in mind! Thank you! 🥰

[@learningformyreptiles1195]

Hello Elle, I have been trying to get ahold of you, I sent you messages on Instagram, I would like to have you on a psychological study video, I am friends with Bill Stewart

[@ellesreptiles]

Hi! Sorry about that, I try to respond to instagram messages, but I often just don't have time to get to them 😅 I'll see if I can find it now!

[@learningformyreptiles1195]

@@ellesreptiles i just sent a hello

[@leam89]

Sorry my last comment was rude so I deleted it. I'd love to see you buy a UVB meter and test out different UVB bulbs. That would make for a good video.

[@ellesreptiles]

That's ok! 😊 I have a couple videos where I include clips of using my SolarMeter, and I've been meaning to make a whole video about it, but I honestly just keep forgetting to do it. 😅 but you're right that it would make a great video! Maybe I'll record some clips today so I'll actually remember.

[@leam89]

@@ellesreptiles sounds great. I tried searching for a UVB video on your channel and not much came up just beardie lighting. My apologies again I was in a bad mood when I wrote my first comment. Your channel is excellent and keep up the great work.