DIY Reptile Hide || DIY Natural Leopard Gecko Hide || DIY Vivarium Decor

[@kimberlygardner8392]

My name is Kimberly Gardner and I love your videos, this is exactly how I made my rock sculptures in my bearded dragon enclosure for the first time, I'm sure I'll get better the second time around and I always watch your videos to the end very educational and learn a lot from you. Thank you

[@rockysranch4405]

Sweet video nothing better when the thing you use are free and you have to go looking makes it that all more special keep the. Coming Richard 🐍🐍🐍

[@Me-ei8yd]

I watched to the end :) thank you. Love crafting.

[@Thirteenthheartbeat]

I am a proud mama to a scale baby and I love your videos and they have given me such inspiration to start making his tank even more epic! Thank you!!

[@1daywithkay117]

Love this! Thanks

[@michelehallwood9257]

So thats what happened to my toothbrush!.. 👊🙈

[@jalektor9670]

That is an awesome DIY hide. I'll defo considering doing a similar hide when I get a leopard Gecko

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

They truly love them. Especially with the inferred heat projection by mega ray. It absorbs the best inferred rays and really helps the animal

[@ewolffe8355]

Love the natural hides - can't wait to see how the whole enclosure turns out!

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Thanks for watching

[@mcyclemom2000]

Could you please do a video and review of the deep heat projector?

[@stzzyseb]

I WATCHED IT TILL THE END AND IM SO JEALOUS!!! I’m getting my leopard gecko Gustavo tomorrow and I’m sure in the near future when I get a bigger screen enclosure I’m sure I will try this method out. Thanks so much!!

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Good luck

[@belindamoles9192]

Hi Richard, hope you are keeping well. Yes I watched it until the end and can't wait to see it when you've finished it completely x

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Thanks a million :) it's going to look great when it's done

[@mehalla451]

Great idea with the slate. Thanks for the tutorial!!

[@vivsmith88]

Looking fab can't wait to see the finished viv 👍

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Going to be stunning

[@barbhelle5481]

I love it Richard. Great job!!

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Cheers barb

[@mixxca626gaming5]

I can't wait to get back to the states and get my own leopard gecko you and goherping have inspired me to start up my own little vivarium for it

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Good luck there great

[@starbyray7828]

I don't know if you will see this comment as this is an older video but I like to create interesting bioactive setups for my reptiles. One thing I do often is to pull artificial plants apart and glue them into places that look natural and provide extra cover in my arid environments (I prefer live plants but have not been very successful with them in my arids.

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

I use succulent plants. Grasses and aloe plants with my arid setups

[@starbyray7828]

@@NORTHERNEXOTICS I had some success with dwarf Sanseveria (mother-in-laws tongue) but suddenly they all perished. My Leos trample all over other succulents so they also perish. I also notice the humidity remains too high with live plants. I have not tried grasses. I was against fake plants but due to lack of success I have invested in a growing collection of good quality fake plants and I have to say they do look very good and my Leos can trample and climb on these without any damage (and they do lol). Also adds a pleasant dash of colour to please my eye ;0)

[@rockysranch4405]

And till he end every time mate dont you worry

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Amazing. Thank you

[@leoweller15]

I'll definetely try this instead of the resin! (if I can get my dad to help me)

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Good luck

[@leoweller15]

@@NORTHERNEXOTICS he didn't agree to help me 😭

[@krimson89]

Very nice, I can see this is going to turn out looking awesome.

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Hopefully

[@courtneysscaleslegs9569]

It looks amazing, this is something I'd love to do but slate isn't really common in my area and there aren't any woods nearby 😒 I watched until the end and can't wait to see the finished product

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Cheers Courtney . I really appreciate it

[@kanyenorth5711]

cheers mate.watched till the end

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Cheer lenny

[@hanzomrclean2931]

Watched it to the end

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Amazing thank you

[@monsterkajiu1912]

first one here!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Thanks a million

[@jackscott8931]

Wow, that's fantastic. I'd really love to make somthing natural like that in my little gals viv. I may have to have a drive down to mid wales one day and collect some things as you have. I've been looking for an excuse to drive over there anyways across those amazing driving roads.. Before I do tho I need to rebuild my cars carb :x

[@scottgoodall9616]

Are the notches in the bottom glass runner in the cool end for the water running off the glass 🤔

[@katieschett]

Love this video - very inspiring!! My gecko loves it completely DARK for some reason. I like your idea of using dirt between the rocks, but how in the world do you get it to stick into the larger crevices without eventually falling out?

[@edmcveigh466]

Ed, watched the whole thang!

[@hanzomrclean2931]

I love your videos I’m even trying to start breeding super worms because of ur video

[@jessescreepy-crawlies7374]

Good videos! - I just watched your cricket breeding video and now this DIY hide ( which is really nice BTW ), just subscribed and ill be checking out more videos- keep up the good work, look forward to the next videos

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Amazing thank you kindly

[@johnjamesclark2667]

Am going to upgrade my gecko at some point to make it bigger but yeah gave me so.e go Ida's

[@caitlinburke5184]

Exactly the type of video I was looking for. I went wild foraging on the river bank the other day and picked up some nice shale of limestone, some nice flat pieces and such but I dont think it would hold the glue being a calcium dusty type rock

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Good luck

[@caitlinburke5184]

Thanks! Any ideas for securing it? I wanted to avoid spray foam or the like, natural as possible. I was thinking growing moss onto it with a buttermilk propagation method and the moss might help to hold the structure together.

[@AlwaysFaxkenCashinHandMate]

44cm... remind me 43cm 👏

[@Emmzx0x]

🤣🤣🤣

[@projecticrn5647]

I am an ender man :)

[@hales6547]

I got a 50 gallon tank I've got 2 different ones. I want to build a naturalistic and soon to be bioactive Lil leopard gecko mansion. He's back in a 20 gal TEMPORARILY so I can get his tank all did up and I put him with his bioactive substrate as a test run. I'm watching all different types of stuff and gonna make an expanding foam background. I'm not sure what is light but sturdy enough that I can stick the background onto and then silicone it to the back of my tank. Any suggestions from anyone? I've got some ply wood I can cut down. I could get a big thing of polyesterene slab to glue to the back but not sure if it's too light.

[@gamervet7793]

doesnt slate rock have coal or shale in it??is it safe to use?

[@hales6547]

Where do you find slate? I want to get a lot so I can have OPTIONS.

[@Smiffstaar]

Hi dude, love the videos! I'm from the uk as well, its nice to see a youtube channel on reptiles based in the uk. Do you have a way to contact you privately rather than just through youtube comments?

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

I sometimes check Instagram messages. @northernexoticsuk

[@mcyclemom2000]

Do you have a story on why you named your gecko Millie?

[@monsterkajiu1912]

What's the dimensions of that 4 foot long vivarium, That you're going use for your leopard geckos? (And are you going use plant grow leds for the succulents and with the eco t5 zone unit uvi lamp?)

[@louieb2563]

I just found your channel it’s great do you have millipedes if so what sort of enclosure do you recommend ?

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

I have just one millipede . It's in a big glass tank . Fully bioactive

[@gabrieltriplett8981]

Can you do a video on how you set up your Savannah’s cage?

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

I can. Thank you I'll get on with that soon

[@gabrieltriplett8981]

NORTHERN EXOTICS great video btw love the channel

[@Bagonails1]

Really enjoy your channel, and another great video!

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Aww thanks a million

[@khaotic2518]

i hope they’re separated..