REPTILE ROOM TOUR SPRING 2021

[@whydidthechickencrossthero428]

I hope your channel blows up. I see so many reptile/pet KZbinrs, who care inadequatedly for their animals. Your enclosures are great, really offering space, climbing opportunities, natural hideouts... But you know that yourself, I guess. :D

[@JTBReptiles]

Thank you very much!

[@gretacadeienjoytolife6981]

I have a corn snake too❤ Hugs from Italy ☺

[@gabrielgrace8533]

The green lizards are amazing!!

[@PeacheIIe]

This is random but your voice is really nice to listen to! And the way you talk to the reptiles is so cute

[@JTBReptiles]

Haha thank you!

[@Amit-xq2bt]

Nice 👍

[@cadirgemont5900]

Really like this set up , I go for a rule by thumb if I can with smaller animals especially that the animal is capable of going from one side to the other of the enclosure without being seen. I think this also helps a animal with confidence and building a "relationship" with it. See to many decor set ups that look like the surface of mars with say a little skink in the corner terrified.

[@JTBReptiles]

That's exactly the rule of thumb that I apply! A shy animal shouldn't be forced to be on display. Giving the animals that power of choice is the single most important factor in allowing them to become bold.

[@Wygruce]

Even though I don't keep reptiles I love your videos.

[@JTBReptiles]

Thank you!

[@catherinebrabin4032]

Very nice!!

[@LoriTorrini]

Red is such a great snake. He’s always a good sport about being in your videos. I stay up all night so I love nocturnal species, too bad we have an ocean between us. Everything’s looking great though.

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks, Lori! Yeah Red is a great little chap, never afraid and always curious! Him and the leopard geckos are easily the most tactile of my reptiles - I bet if you were to work with leopard geckos they’d prove easy to train.

[@theprelovedpixie1255]

Aww I adore Cresties. I'd take him but I have a feeling you are miles away from where I live.

[@JTBReptiles]

Where abouts? He's not tame by any stretch I must warn you; tries to mate with your hands! 😳

[@theprelovedpixie1255]

@@JTBReptiles I'm down in Hastings on the South Coast. I have a Gargoyle Gecko so well used to the care etc.

[@JTBReptiles]

Ah I’m up North. If you’re really interested, though, we could discuss using a courier? Maybe give me a message on Facebook or Instagram 🙂

[@theprelovedpixie1255]

@@JTBReptiles will do :)

[@stefanostokatlidis4861]

Excellent enclosures and excellent animal care. I didn’t have the chance to watch most of the videos until now. But I just have a question, why are you hibernating the animals for so long? Leopard geckos for example are semi tropical. If they hibernate at all, they do slow down for a few weeks. Even in the place I live, in Greece, which is mostly considered non-tropical, most reptiles don’t hibernate straight for many months in low elevations.

[@starbyray7828]

Hi JTB I really enjoy watching your videos. Those baby Day Geckos are SO cute. Actually all baby reptiles are cute :0). I would love to keep a pair of them. I have Leopard Geckos. An adult pair and eight of their young. I also have a male and a female Crestie. They are usually up and about around 9pm when their lights go off (all my Geckos get up and are out and about at 9pm). I see my Cresties every evening. I am also a bit of a night owl so I can see them till 2a.m. They often come out and sit and watch ME! lol. I am always surprised when keepers say they do not see their Cresties. Raised mine since they were tiny and they have always been the same. My Female is visible all day as she likes to sleep on the side glass wrapped in a Dracanea leaf which she pulls round herself like a blanket, a behavior she has had since being a hatchling.

[@JTBReptiles]

I’m always in bed by 10 - perhaps you see why I don’t see my crestie much! My leopard geckos, though, are very curious and come out to see me even in the daytime, and they usually sleep out in the open, too. I’ll remember to contact you when the day geckos are ready to go if you’re still interested at the time 🙂

[@starbyray7828]

@@JTBReptiles My Leos are my favourites. Having them from hatchlings is rewarding. The adults were both pre-owned and took a while to settle and to "train". The babies I cold "train" from the start. They compete for my attention. In fact two have worked out if they get up just before lights out they will get my undivided attention. Each has a different personality too. Yes please keep me on your list. Stay safe and well :0)

[@JTBReptiles]

They are very clever little things, surely one of the cleverest creatures I’ve kept!

[@starbyray7828]

​@@JTBReptiles Agreed, very clever and crafty. (I sit next to the vivs so I am always there to supervise and observe). I like to interact with them as much as THEY want.

[@JTBReptiles]

That’s how it should be!

[@speedymadr6]

Enclosures all looking great 👍. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts about running the tungsten bulbs without a dimming stat, just a cut off if it gets too warm. I’ve always thought that the lamps benefits are diminished by turning it down via a stat. My sons crestie is normally awake and looking for food by 7pm so lucky we get to see him a lot and he’s a good handler. Hopefully as the days get longer we will see him out still. Must be hard to say goodbye to an animal you’ve raised for all these years. Hope you find him a good new home.

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks. Yeah it is quite hard to say goodbye, but in all honesty I’d be clinging on for the sake of past sentimentality, not because I actually enjoy keeping him anymore 😕

[@speedymadr6]

@@JTBReptiles Then the right decision :-)

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks for the support!

[@NeilBHINRGBOY]

What an amazing room & set up

[@JTBReptiles]

Thank you!

[@pamhouweling7141]

Hello from Ontario Canada. Just read your interview. Great job of it. I look forward to your videos and appreciate the work you put into them.

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks very much!

[@Querenciatv]

That's comfy! I love your decoration. 😮

[@jurassicparkreptiles1816]

The enclosures look so amazing

[@monsterkajiu1912]

Welcome back joe!!!

[@JTBReptiles]

Cheers!

[@lizard1533]

Love your channel, its great to see how far you've progressed. That lined day gecko/dart frog viv is pretty cool and the Lacertids lizards are fun also! Beautiful vivs!

[@JTBReptiles]

Thank you very much!

[@razzledazzlereptiles7636]

Great Video all your Setups are amazingly crazy cool

[@JTBReptiles]

Thank you 😁

[@tortoisetarzan]

You should try and put some “dusk moss” on the lined day geckos background. It would look great in my opinion or try ficus pumila. Still looks amazing tho! And I love re-watching your videos!

[@JTBReptiles]

Have a closer look 😉 The sphagnum moss is growing out on the background, and I have some Marcgravia in there, too. Give it a few months and it’ll have covered the background! I have considered putting Ficus quercifolia cuttings in there from the other viv, but that stuff grows like a weed and I don’t want it to swamp the Marcgravia... Thanks for the suggestions, though! 😊

[@nataliaprado2337]

Congrats on the babies. Hope you're having a good semester at school. Great video

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks 🙂 Doing uni from home this term and it’s dragging a bit, but being able to see my animals is nice!

[@Gothicgirl1122x]

Great video first time watching ur video

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@kodavulpedrius6712]

Everything is looking so good! The green lizards viv has changed quite a bit, haha. Aso, did u remove the Azalea from the viv? I cant really ID the plants in there from just watching the vid haha.

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks! Yeah it has grown in a LOT! I decided not to remove the azalea; the lizards are naturally found with them, so I couldn’t see the risk being that high. As it happens, just the other day I saw the female accidentally ingest a leaf and nothing came of it. I’ll be mentioning it in a future video 🙂

[@kodavulpedrius6712]

@@JTBReptiles Oooh, thats awesome. Im glad, coz an Azalea is a nice addition in a viv, especially when they flower. Cant wait for future vids!

[@JTBReptiles]

It’s actually budding right now, in a month or so it should be covered in big orange flowers! Cheers 😁

[@creaturedean7652]

I really appreciate your videos, dude. I'm new to the hobby and I find myself watching and re-watching your stuff! I've joined the Reptile Lighting Group as well. Just wanted to say thanks for everything you do. 🙂

[@oliduwhite9388]

All of these enclosures look amazing, they’re so lucky to have you. Just two questions, do you hibernate ( or what ever else it is called ) your crested gecko and day geckos. And can you do a hibernating guide for all your other reptiles like you did with your bearded dragon.

[@JTBReptiles]

Thank you! No, I don’t hibernate the tropical geckos: they can’t do it; it’s not natural to them. I only hibernate my temperate species. This is why the tropical geckos are in the house rather than an unheated outbuilding 🙂 I will do hibernation videos for everything at some point, but I need to get round to it! Will probably be next winter now.

[@oliduwhite9388]

Ok thanks, I didn’t think you could or should hibernate crested or day geckos but just wanted to check.

[@3012ftp]

Great video! Loved it :)

[@JTBReptiles]

Thank you!

[@ashleighbaker496]

Great video! I would suggest, however, to give your bearded dragon more greens. He seems a little underfed

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks! But the question is, does he? Look at images of wild dragons, images of most captive dragons, and then look at mine. Mine is slimmer than most captives but still bigger than most wild ones. Being overweight generally has more health risks than being thin, so I’d rather him be thinner than the opposite.

[@tortoisetarzan]

I completely agree with what you said about crested geckos. I’m looking into selling mine too. I was going to sell mine in December but I decided not to and instead I upgraded her enclosure to see if she’d be more interesting to keep. After two months I’ve decided they aren’t my type of species that I want to keep either, so I am looking into selling her to someone who I can actually trust. Great video also!

[@JTBReptiles]

Yeah, just not my thing - not active or interactive enough! Thanks for watching!

[@oliduwhite9388]

I have a crested gecko and personally this is what I like, but I can understand where your coming from an it is good your getting rid of a pet your not enjoying, than keeping a pet your finding boring. Hope you find a good, responsible, new owner !

[@JTBReptiles]

@@oliduwhite9388 Thanks, glad you understand! Selling him isn't a decision I've made lightly; the last thing I want to do is give the impression that it's OK to get new reptiles and dump them as soon as you're bored!

[@oliduwhite9388]

@@JTBReptiles np and I couldn’t agree more.

[@tortoisetarzan]

@@oliduwhite9388 thank you man! I appreciate it!

[@Stephen-jw8ci]

I love your enclosures, what do you use to waterproof the insides?

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks 🙂 I made a video about waterproofing here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZe9gKaYntGrhKM

[@Stephen-jw8ci]

@@JTBReptiles awesome, i’m currently in the process of making a 52x36x22inch paludarium with a waterfall and waterproofing the wood has been my main topic of thought for weeks

[@JTBReptiles]

@@Stephen-jw8ci Oh wow, you're making it out of wood? Sounds like quite a project! You should have a look at how people build plywood aquaria, it should give you some ideas.

[@Stephen-jw8ci]

@@JTBReptiles i’ve done a good bit of research, but everyone seems to have a different method so i’m trying to figure out which is the best when compared to price

[@ReptileJen]

Hi Loved seeing an update! The enclosures all look like they are doing well :) What size of mouse do you feed your corn snake and how often? I use large mice for my adult female so I was just wondering as this mouse looked tiny in comparison and I was wondering if that was because he brumated? Red looks very healthy so no judgement - I'm just really interested :)

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks 🙂 It was a rat pup. I feed him all sorts of things of all sorts of sizes - adult mice, pinkies, rats of various sizes, quail eggs, chicks, and so on. There’s nothing like a good bit of variety. You’re right, I chose to give him a smaller feed this time because it was his first of the year, but again I do give smaller feeds anyway just for the variety of it.

[@ReptileJen]

@@JTBReptiles Thank you for your reply. I usually feed my corn large mice, but she swaps to medium in the summer (her decision not mine lol). I haven't heard about feeding quail eggs to a snake before, I'll need to look into that! Think she might enjoy a bit of variety :) Red definitely seems spoiled for choice :p

[@JTBReptiles]

Have a look at my video “How to Feed a Snake”, I talk about it there in more detail 🙂

[@ReptileJen]

@@JTBReptiles Amazing - that you :)

[@StriggCommentary]

Did you build these terrariums yourself? Or did you bought them

[@JTBReptiles]

I set them all up myself (the videos are all on my channel) but the actual enclosures themselves I bought. I get my wooden ones from ReptiLife and my glass ones from Custom Aquaria.

[@alainacoffee3977]

The poison dart frogs aren't a danger to the day geckos?

[@JTBReptiles]

No, the frogs won’t eat the geckos and the frogs don’t develop any toxicity in captivity. It is believed that the toxicity is derived from the insects they eat in nature: the frogs don’t synthesise poisons themselves.

[@alainacoffee3977]

@@JTBReptiles oh wow, that's so cool

[@music_producer_vladtava]

Cool

[@WoodysReptiles]

nice to see a new video im 100 intrested in 1/2 day geckos when for sale

[@JTBReptiles]

Awesome, will put you on the list! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@illustriousmayor2478]

Hello JTB this video really inspired me to up my cage setup game. Are you going to keep the leopard geckos? They are nocturnal as well. I am trying to sell my crested gecko too atm.

[@JTBReptiles]

Thanks, good to hear! The leopard geckos are very much here to stay, I really like them. Unlike my crested gecko, the leos will wake up and come out when you enter the room, looking to see what you’re up to. They also sleep in the open and learn quite quickly - they’ll voluntarily climb on my hands to be let out and get all excited when they hear food coming. In short, despite being crepuscular, they’re very interactive, hence why I enjoy keeping them.

[@blakemartin2481]

Ho Joe, is it necessary to disinfect leaf litter before adding it as 'clutter' in a cage?

[@JTBReptiles]

I would, yes. A bit of boiling water poured over the leaves should do the trick 🙂

[@stanggang4610]

What’s the name of the bush’s you have growing in there?

[@JTBReptiles]

Azalea

[@andrewgillick4484]

I thought you had to feed leopard geckos every other day or am I missing something?

[@JTBReptiles]

Little hatchlings, yes, but my adults I only feed once a week, often less than this. They really do not need any more than that!

[@mrkrabs5729]

What about bearded dragons?

[@oliduwhite9388]

@@mrkrabs5729 he has done a video on bearded dragon diets where he mentions how much to feed them. I think it is called bearded dragon feeding guide.

[@mrkrabs5729]

@@oliduwhite9388 thanks

[@JTBReptiles]

Yep, I do have such a video 😊

[@mrkrabs5729]

How big is your main “reptile wall”

[@jckproductions4988]

we meet again

[@mrkrabs5729]

I’m gonna need a bodyguard

[@jckproductions4988]

@@mrkrabs5729 absolutely you'll have the whole reptile community hunting you down soon

[@mrkrabs5729]

*-shocked pikachu face-*

[@JTBReptiles]

It’s 10’ long and 4’4” tall 👍

[@Specogecko]

A bit late, but dart frogs can drown, they are terrible swimmers, also they don’t spawn in open water like most frogs. They spawn in tiny little puddles or in small pools such as those in bromeliads

[@diwangkara9248]

Hi buddy

[@JTBReptiles]

Hullo!

[@mrkrabs5729]

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