Storytime with our Alligator Rex!

In the 1970's, alligators were kept as pets surprisingly often. This gem of a book from 1973 explains how to "care for" alligators... And the advice is so terrible it's almost funny. We HAD to read through it with you to not only laugh over the inaccuracy of the advice, but also to show just how far we've come in terms of caring for reptiles in captivity! And, of course, Rex (our alligator) helps us out!
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[@heliagrey]

Emily, you need to write a kids book: Don’t Keep An Alligator as a Pet (starring a cartoon Rex)

[@heliagrey]

Also: I’m an author, so if you want some help doing this, would be happy to help navigate those waters. ;) You’d actually be able to sell it quite easily, due to your platform. Maybe use some of the sales for conservation efforts. It’s a fun idea.

[@auburn_g_art]

Such a cool idea

[@bekahufen7816]

I'm a childrens book illistartor. Let me know if you want someone to illustrate "Don't Keep an Alligator as a Pet".

[@maddisonyoung7613]

That's a awesome idea xx

[@maddisonyoung7613]

I'm a book worm and actually would love to read it

[@izzy1221]

How to care for your alligator (2019) written by Snake Discovery is just one page with DON’T written on it.

[@CometMothman]

*very perfect!*

[@snakeanimations5295]

Lol, it’s not even one page.

[@jekkey5754]

DONT? take care of your alligator?...

[@Nerd_777]

Jessica Meii Don’t have an alligator

[@jekkey5754]

Red Cochran yeah.. I know but like it’s on how to take care of your alligator and if u DONT that means don’t take care of it in my point of view

[@goliathprime]

I hope this video helps explain why Rex's old owner took care of her the way he did. I'm old enough to have killed a few of my reptiles following the "expert advice" we had back in the day. Books like this one were everywhere and pet shops would recommend them. There was no one else to ask. No meet ups. Libraries had the same exact information. So you got a pet and did everything the book said to care for them, and they still got sick and died. Even the vets had no idea what to do, no one was trained or knew how to care for these animals. It still pains me that a few of my pets died horribly by my hands, and it hurts knowing so many more must have suffered and died throughout the years from this nonsense. But at least we did learn eventually. At least we gain more empathy for animals as the years have gone on. You all are so lucky to have access to good information. I know it seems like something to take for granted, but don't. KZbin is amazing for learning, as is SnakeDiscovery. You dang kids these days and your accurate information and enthusiastic herping community.

[@rachelhallie7483]

I'm so sorry to hear this. I grew up with the internet available (I'm 24), and while it has complicated life in a lot of ways, comments like this make me so thankful to have it. Even when I unexpectedly adopted a kitten (my roommate found him starving and scared on the street, and he stole my heart fast) the internet was such a Godsend. Hell, even experts on DOGS will tell you how much more we have learned about them in the last 10-15 years, and we literally *made* dogs. I can't imagine how bad things were for reptiles. I especially love a comment Emily made in a different video..."you don't rescue an animal from the wild. You TAKE an animal from the wild."

[@fatdogz5777]

goliathprime I am so sorry bad information made you feel that grief. I also feel bad for you past pets. I hope now you take care of your pets. Where they are cleaned, loved, allowed sunlight, food and nutrients.

[@bbikermama]

Common sense.. reconstruct the animals natural environment..

[@ivanbanuelos1387]

Don't blame yourself on their deaths. It wasn't your fault, and I'm sure that you tried everything to make them happy.

[@charlotte-ve9tb]

I know, and sadly this still happens today. Soo many people will impulse buy animals, like hamsters. All the hamster cages in the pet store are too small and don't fit the bare minimum.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

SnakeDiscovery: *reads an inaccurate book about taking care of alligators from the 70s* Rex: *PTSD flashbacks*

[@futre9805]

ert 994 ...look it up

[@completlynormalhypernova666]

@@mystical3.14 post traumatic stress disorder

[@kaitlynmills4615]

Petition for “Storytime with Rex” to become a permanent series on this channel lol

[@maddisonyoung7613]

Agreed

[@eviebritton8623]

Agreed ×2

[@bijoohere568]

Agreed x3

[@explicitboyo6157]

Story time with any of her pets For example story time with Cheyenne can be stories about birds

[@theycalluscrybabies9159]

Agreed x4

[@dattinger91]

I love how she closes her eyes when Emily pets her head. She looks so happy.

[@sabrinahill9256]

I know right

[@nubidubi23]

no , she's just trying to not get fingers in her eyes

[@humanoid7495]

*pokes eyes* I know and bet no one will care about dis comment

[@terrytheboxwithlimbs]

My bearded dragon does this too, it’s adorable

[@erikbergstrom258]

it's the opposite

[@Kennedy_Struggles]

Out of date reptile book: oh you can take care of an alligator really easily , they barely need anything Out of date bird book: if your bird is by a draft it will DIE

[@ametsunami4070]

Wait They’re not gonna die if a window is open?! I’VE BEEN LIED TOO

[@brigidtheirish]

Sounds like some of the stuff I've heard people say about rabbits. You'd think these animals were made of ancient fine china.

[@syntheticsaturn]

@@brigidtheirishnot to reply to a 2 year old comment but all the vet techs i've talked to are always incredibly uncomfortable carrying rabbits because of how often they thrash around and paralyze themselves. they've seen it happen and they treat them accordingly lol

[@brigidtheirish]

@@syntheticsaturn If they're doing the kind of thrashing my first cat would do at the vet, I believe it. Thing is, people take it *way* too far. Picking up *any* animal that's thrashing around in a panic is a bad idea because of the potential harm that can be done to both the animal and the person.

[@jenniferdurham4749]

When I was about 4 years old (early 70s), a woman in our apartment complex kept a baby alligator in a large fishbowl on her coffee table. She would let us come over to see it. Weird times.

[@Silyce_of_marz]

@Natalie Ruelas that’s not funny

[@aubreyackermann8432]

That book looks like a failed research paper by a middle school student

[@octogirlie]

lol

[@SnakeDiscovery]

😂😂

[@mattr2238]

Lol it does

[@CometMothman]

*it probably is though*

[@snakeanimations5295]

Probably just procrastinating and just whipped up something and then realized it was a bad idea and then suddenly everyone is having pet alligators (LOL even text to speech doesn’t recognize the phrase pet alligators! )

[@maddisonyoung7613]

Emily:*pets rexs head* Rex: ooooh dah scratches ❤😂

[@samanthaball4342]

When they were talking about hypnotising Rex your comment was running through my head 👍

[@Ma75841]

Rex is cute

[@kiwi5359]

Them scrathies

[@maddisonyoung7613]

Thx for the likes guys

[@sandramorrison99]

Does she like scratches? IDK

[@netherdominater9960]

Imagine an alternate universe where Rex was properly cared for but still needed to be re homed and alternate Emily just has this 10 foot long version of Rex

[@triggerfish9967]

Emily just casually reading a book while having a freaking alligator lay across her lap like its storytime before bed.

[@woofwoofmolly]

"44 seconds ago" Last time I was this early, we thought Rex was a boy

[@Ann-jc9lq]

BeagleNay lol

[@em.be.]

lol same

[@ashleybouchet6745]

Haha same!

[@VanNessy97]

"Oh, hello Rex!" "What? You're a female?" "Did I stutter?"

[@teewillow3711]

GIRL.

[@Br3ttM]

They probably *wanted* the alligators to stay stunted, so they could be kept in the house.

[@kiwi5359]

Sincerely me

[@missgalaxia14]

That would make sense, since Emily did say that Rex was taken from the Everglades in the 80s, the book was probably still in circulation during that time and Rex's previous owner must've read this book or similar ones.

[@snakeanimations5295]

Good point.

[@clumsy_zebra_97]

@@kiwi5359 like i kinda understand where you're coming from... But why in the unholy hell would you *want* to have an alligator with severe health problems making their day-to-day life much harder?

[@cyndrillis1605]

@@clumsy_zebra_97 Because odds are they didn't really care that much about the alligator, or they didn't notice the health problems, they just wanted to have an alligator. That's my guess, at least

[@BadassHater1]

"The alligator is good-natured and easily cared for" Riiiiiiiiiiiight..... and also these magic beans can cure cancer.

[@Misbugaboo971]

HAYE

[@jennifermoses6923]

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[@gr8cescale]

@@jennifermoses6923 so true bestie

[@keketski5430]

@@jennifermoses6923 i feel that on a spiritual level

[@that_equestrian5613]

The book: you can just put them in a tank with water and a rock and jar with a heater. Me: yeah, until they get older! Me two minutes later: wait, they won't get bigger because they have no space to grow and no ubv light!

[@thepinapple8829]

They'd be dead

[@carolbrooks21]

@@thepinapple8829 yep

[@ArjunR5010]

New book title: How to Torture Your Baby Alligator

[@-aaa-1232]

Alligator: what the he--

[@ArjunR5010]

@@-aaa-1232 lol

[@snakeanimations5295]

oh heck no.

[@crow8906]

I agree

[@bigboy-mn9en]

Yep

[@Dubu_Mandu]

"We need to get her in a much smaller enclosure" Rex: wait what?

[@jader4935]

Rex: ptsd triggers

[@kaitiehayes2631]

Ed : Rex you are not alligatoring right Rex : how dare you dad Ed : again rex not alligatoring right Rex: I will eat you up and oof you if you say that again 😡

[@rattyeely]

*See's a picture of someone with a 60 beehive hairdo* "that just screams 80s"

[@ironrose6]

"A friend gave us a book called 'Enjoy Your Alligator'." Emily, no!!! It's a cookbook!!

[@tuvelat7302]

"To serve Humans"

[@leighmartin9187]

I guess it didn't say "how" to enjoy your aligator

[@keepcalmyouexist358]

One of my earliest memories is going to the exotic petshop with my parents to buy toys for our parrots (a real treat to me due to the colourful store and the many animals inside) and getting distracted by the aquariums at the adjoining room. I walked inside a very dark room and there was a not-so-small baby cayman in a fish tank. It had no rocks or anything, just a few inches of slimy water, enough to leave its eyes and nostrils out in the air. The tank had the same length with the cayman, leaving the poor thing literally immobile in its glassy prison. It gave me *nightmares* to imagine it spending its entire life like this, just staring into space, and it could even be the root to my claustrophobia to horizontally enclosed spaces now that I think of it. Needless to say that my mum found me, bundled my shaking self away, telling them they were assholes, or something more appropriate to a small child's ears. We never went back. That was in the late 90's (yes, Rex is older than me too) and that poor fellow was obviously destined as a pet. Tragic. At least we've come a long way.

[@karyannfontaine8757]

How sad and cruel. Poor cayman and how sad for you. You had empathy for the poor animal.

[@reedwetzel1324]

I remember the same thing back in the 90s. What amazes me is people still wanting them as pets. A local exotic pet store has a baby as a display animal and people post all the time asking if they will carry any to sell. Which they said they wont. I guess people do not realize how big they get.

[@lucasboulanger5568]

@ayla and jamesEboo! psst don't give your age on the internet it's a bad idea.

[@Aashviiii]

KeepCalm YouExist did you buy it

[@Aashviiii]

Lucas Boulanger like A really bad idea

[@xhappymochix6029]

“Don’t keep an alligator as a pet” Has alligator Mad lad

[@justinthomas4134]

mad las atchualy

[@averyc3482]

JackieO0613 #same

[@xhappymochix6029]

Banana Bread I know. I’ve been watching her for years, I was just 1. Making a joke 2. Saying she’s badass for keeping one

[@ameliaparkinson8578]

JackieO0613 wow so cool

[@aleksanderczajka6072]

I think that if You are motivated enough to do research, spend enough money and take care for the crocodilians properly You would ignore the warning anyway and focus on how to solve the problems it brings. And if You are not motivated enough then it is better to hear it's a very bad idea and simply not have one. So I would tell the same to anyone.

[@theworksofquilliamshakespeare]

I went to a pet shop once and there was a 6 year old caiman in a massive tank. That shows how much people have learnt about reptiles

[@jtoland2333]

She's so pretty, and I love how she smiles when you rub her head. And that book was from the 60s. Beehives were not from the 80s, except for the B52s.

[@Iamunoriginal2]

When you hire people for your learning center, you should use this alligator care guide as a test to see how many inaccuracies they spot. If they do not get a perfect score, you know they shouldn't be hired.

[@ashleynoll6082]

Definitely!

[@karyannfontaine8757]

That would make a fantastic feature!

[@Whydidntyousayhiback]

R y a n yeah, but knowing alligator facts and not knowing some doesn’t make them bad people to hire. Sure, they should know something about alligators, but if they don’t get a perfect score, it doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t make a good employee. If they are willing to learn about alligators, I’d say that’s a good sign that the person probably would also want to learn more about caring for reptiles and such. I agree that tests may be a good way to separate good form bad but this method I think has some major flaws

[@Iamunoriginal2]

@@Whydidntyousayhiback what it seems like from what this video showcased of the guide, the information is so comically out of date that you should know reptiles should not have that treatment.

[@Whydidntyousayhiback]

R y a n yes, I understand, but Emily also said that there was other bits of information that they didn’t share, the just shared the comically incorrect ones. Plus, snakes are a lot more common as pets and there’s not only information about them designed to educate owners, there’s also other bits and pieces in textbooks. Alligators a bit more rare I’d say. I’d think it’d me mostly about habitat (in the wild), ancestry and other things that don’t really specialize in trying to educate owners. This pamphlet tried and failed horrendously, but it was designed in a way to attempt to prepare people in taking on an alligator as a pet. Also, just because they don’t know something about alligators doesn’t mean they won’t be good educators. I’d believe Emily and Ed would go further in training and deciding right then and there would be too early. Sure they should get a good score but not perfect, and alligators probably have some unique behavior than other reptiles. But you do have a point, the information is so bad in the book, that anyone qualified should have at least some idea that this is wrong.

[@carrieseymour5197]

I think for "lazy and tame" read "won't have the strength or energy to fight you" if you follow those instructions.

[@Superbug-tf8zy]

if a boar can kill someone, an alligator can too, unless you follow that book

[@-moon-266]

Superbug 3003 I’d love to see someone die to a BABY alligator 😂

[@axehead45]

@@-moon-266 weeeellllll people have died from ducks and geese

[@-moon-266]

@@axehead45 Fair point, fair point. But a BABY alligator. A BABY.

[@axehead45]

@@-moon-266 fair enough

[@buringplumbranches]

"You can hypnotize your alligator by rubbing their belly" Rex: Try me!

[@O.B.E.A.S.T.T.]

@@AsclepiusorAcekhaos the fact you still did it wrong *try me*

[@miahevangelinamorales714]

"Rex you're supposed to be clean!" Rex: " Oh I try so hard but it just so happens I need to poop at times.."

[@thepinkflamingostrikesagai7319]

I LOVE how When Emily started to talk about the enclosure set up. Which trigger Rexie 's PTSD and she try to make a run for it.

[@maddisonyoung7613]

I spotted that moment too ❤❤😂

[@maddisonyoung7613]

Emily:*talks about enclosures* Rex:oh sweet chicken run Also Rex:hang on why can't I run away Emily*holds Rex till she calms down* x

[@yummybuddhahead]

Yesterday was Science Night for my school. I'm new around the area, so I asked if there would be snakes, and they said "...usually." So I was super excited, naturally. When I got there, I asked this lady where the reptiles were and she said there were none! So I wandered around a bit and walked into the cafeteria where they were keeping the animals. They let me hold a tarantula, but I was still disappointed. After petting a chicken, I turned around and literally screeched, "BEARDED DRAGON!!!!" They let me hold him and he was huge! His belly was so soft... but sadly there were no snakes.

[@-moon-266]

Luckyyyyyyyy! My school district bans all animals at Science Fairs (what I assume to be similar to your “Science Night”, since they have after-school viewings), but at first I was told that yes, I could bring an animal and do a project on them. So I go really excited and then right after I decided on a cool idea for a project, I found out that they didn’t allow animals. Glad you like bearded dragons too though :)

[@b0red0mness]

Hey! I recognise that book! My school library had, if not the alligator one (this is NZ - I can't think of any reason why we'd have had the alligator one), several other books in the range, and this was in the early 2000s! He wrote dozens of the things and they were all, from what I remember, equally terrible. By the same author, "All About Aquariums" was apparently first published in 1956 if you want to imagine how much worse his pet care instructions probably were then :D

[@imperialwalker]

You should set up a camera looking at Rex’s enclosure and livestream it

[@velmadinkly1093]

Holy mushrooms

[@hannahdewert]

Say something about Covid 19 and itll come true! 😉

[@Kaiserreich2.0]

If Steve Irwin saw this he would laugh his head off

[@professordruid4495]

John Crimmins if Steve Irwin saw this, he would be pissed.

[@sophiemacdonald7367]

yea...he loved animals he would be rather angry at this

[@astrinymris9953]

@@sophiemacdonald7367 I dunno, the one episode I saw of his show had him with a snake which was trying to flee from an elephant stampede. Steve Irwin was cutting off the poor snake's every possible escape route, saying things like "Nope, you're not getting through here". When he'd finally snagged the frantic snake, Steve Irwin had the unmitigated gall to turn grinning to the camera and proclaim, "Aggressive, isn't he?" I said, "No, the snake's not the one who's being aggressive here!" and stopped watching. I never watched any of his shows after that. Just sayin'.

[@Cleptrio]

Astrin Ymris Wasn’t the purpose of that to catch the wild snake? He was filming a program where he showed animals and educated people about them, and that sometimes required him to keep them in one place. He was filming a show, and he let it go after they got the footage. He could be a bit too personal with some of the animals he was around (especially wild ones), but he never hurt them, and he was far from abusive. His zoo, then and now, contains absolutely beautiful enclosures, and he was world renowned for his conservation and rehabilitation programs. It’s not like he hurt a snake by keeping it from running away, he filmed it getting testy and then let it go. The risks he took put him at danger at times, but he was great to the animals he was around.

[@motherofdogs7980]

Imagine if PETA saw Steve reacting to this...

[@heyitsmet333]

I've always wanted a pet alligator. The whole time we vacationed to Florida I just wanted to go see an alligator. I finally got to go to the gator park & I held one. It was magical. Don't worry, I'm not going to go out & get a pet alligator, I have pet chickens. I dont think the two would get along 🤣🤣

[@eviebritton8623]

Maybe the chickens wouldn't eat the alligator though lol😂😁😂

[@heyitsmet333]

Well I bet the alligator would be just fine, it'd be my chickens that have a rough time. Me too considering my chicks are my pets & all mean alot to me. I've raised all 12 from babies ❤

[@lexthedork4040]

Same! But I'd only take one if it was disorder or deformed or something and couldn't safely live in the wild. I want to take care of animals like that, plus have plenty of pets just for cuddling! I really want a snake but it's been hard enough convincing my parents to let me get another cat.

[@norika2965]

I have to know for those who have chickens. Do u eat them ?

[@heyitsmet333]

@@norika2965 I'll tell you what I tell others who ask me that question. I ask them if they have kids. Usually I get a "yes" reply back. Then I ask "Do you eat them?" I know some people do raise chickens to eat, but personally i do not. They are my babies. I do eat the eggs they lay though & also give them away to people at my church 😊

[@the1thatkills00mc7]

Before I seen the end I thought-- hey I bet rexes old owner read this book!

[@Workof]

Everytime I see something like this I think of how we are gonna laugh at 2020s pet care in 30 years

[@ChelseaDewey]

Same. Literally same.

[@keketski5430]

Lol prolly

[@JustinY.]

I don't have any lizards, yet I still keep watching these videos!

[@vin6665]

Justin Y. Hi Again Justin..

[@deadaccount5238]

The youtube commenter that can almost be found everywhere..... 1. Justin Y. 2. Just Some Guy With A Mustache 3. *Myself*

[@kiwitm2469]

Oh hey, how's life treating you?

[@felixt808]

Justin I love your video taste, seriously,,,

[@hydras5947]

Peter Parker Recycle Bin and Bigfoot

[@hannahcarvell1051]

7:33 Ed: “Rex doesn’t look amused by this book...” Rex: *joker smile*

[@rumbarrels1183]

My great grandad used to work at the docks in Liverpool back in the 1950s and ended up with a ton of crazy exotic pets that people had shipped and never picked up, one of which being an American alligator, he kept it in a shed in his garden with a bathtub of water which, while not great husbandry by any standards, was far better than what it was used to at the holding area in the docks, living in a tiny cage and being fed other animals who hadn’t survived their shipping. It’s nice to see how far we’ve come in a relatively short space of time in our understanding and care of animals, keep up the good work!

[@grenwood6551]

I'm hoping UK not NS unless he had a massive woodstove in that shed for winter. UK winter would be more tolerable with shelter while January in NS Canada they would be a in a cartoon ice cube.

[@rumbarrels1183]

@@grenwood6551 UK, though he'd still keep a small furnace going through the winter. It was probably by no means meeting the heat requirements to keep the alligator in perfect condition, but far better than the alternative for the alligator (named Yankee)

[@ThatBoiCade]

The zoo near me in England does house alligators and turtles together, but they do make sure that the turtles are large enough so that the fully grown alligators can't/won't eat them, and when/if the turtles do mate they remove the eggs immediately, same with the alligator eggs, to ensure maximum safety, and because their enclosures we're pretty much the same anyways, they decided that housing together will be better, and they do have a seperate space for babies of both kinds

[@sweeety969]

I love how the book suddenly stops without going into older alligators. My headcanon is that the author’s pet alligator busted out of their fishbowl and went after them for revenge. They’re probably still running from it. Also notice it kept saying he and him? I guess female alligators didn’t exist in the 70s.

[@battlebear437]

That was just how things were written...everything was more generically he and him (later on becoming he/she, etc). This booklet was probably written well before the 80s...I noticed it doesn’t say when it was first published.

[@OrcinusDrake]

@@battlebear437 Indeed. Even now if I were writing an article like that I might start with a "he (or she)" then continue using the masculine pronoun generically with the subtext that I mean whatever is applicable.

[@normalhuman9878]

Pft females don’t exist

[@annetteleggett9854]

Based on the hairstyle, I’d say it was from mid to late 60’s

[@marykennedy4126]

As a stylist, i would agree with you. I bet this edition if this book was 1970-something, but the pics look like it might have originally been published in the mid 60s

[@battlebear437]

The picture they showed of the lady walking her alligator certainly looked like the late 50s - early 60s clothingwise...imo

[@joanliriolagamon3658]

1973

[@battlebear437]

yuki chan that’s when the book was published, not necessarily when the pictures where taken

[@ssjineon7032]

Emily: pets rex Rex: happy face! ☺

[@joniii_]

That small quack (?) at 6:11, when she sprints for the food is soo cuute

[@realkushman]

Have you ever considered that maybe Rex’s mouth isn’t deformed and she’s just been smiling ever since you got her 😂

[@lk_2696]

Can i be that one person in the comments that doesn't get the joke and starts going off about "how you're wrong and don't watch the channel"?

[@user-kd2dj9sd6t]

@@lk_2696 no dont fight her/him

[@athanburnett6125]

@@lk_2696 it's a joke

[@flatroadkill]

🥺 awwww lmao

[@lk_2696]

Athan Burnett i know I was making a joke about the people in the comments who have no idea what they’re talking about and don’t get any jokes people make

[@gigidodson]

Much love to Rex. She is adorable. Im so glad you rescued her. She deserves a nice life in retirement. Xo

[@BeckyNosferatu]

Man, Emily, Ed, I ALWAYS had so many questions about pet gators! Thanks to that book, I am _totally_ equipped now to get a pet caimen, I'll put it right next to my collection of tin-foil hats and beer pong table!

[@jandy1850]

Teacher: What does the cow say? Kid: Moo. Teacher: What does the alligator say? Kid: MOO. Me: Forget what the fox says, we need to know what does the alligator say!

[@SeleverRyan]

alligator: why u kids calling me fat?

[@axehead45]

Alligator: “grunt” or “bellow”

[@christianacrane6924]

Can we get an hour of just Rex being adorable?

[@GamesAndShips]

For real tho I would watch a live stream of just Rex doin Rexy things.

[@badgyaltingz]

Yesss please!!! I love this!

[@kittyrabbit5654]

"Do yourself a favor, don't get an alligator" THAT RHYMES! LOL

[@rhiannahilger3044]

No it dosent

[@duelatweehauken8156]

I remember that series of books of "pet care" from the 1970's-and then came the urban legend that people released their "pets" into the New York City sewer system where they mutated to giant size

[@grenwood6551]

Yes the giant albino gators in the NYC sewers lol I remember!

[@badgyaltingz]

I love it when Rex makes an appearance she's such a diva and I'm a huge fan! Such a cutie patootie, thanks for giving her a better life. you can just tell how much she appreciates everything you guys do for her and letting her have a fulfilling life and age gracefully.

[@louisebanks6085]

"alligators should not be kept as pets, let's read it together with our pet alligator" lol and yes I know the story but it was still an amusing opening

[@captainjaitlynthegamer5506]

I am sick but I was dying laughing. That book omg yeah why is Rex not in a tiny tank.

[@captainjaitlynthegamer5506]

SnowyFox2112 well show them the video and they will know too.

[@snakeanimations5295]

Lol

[@2yearoldeastercandy935]

My aunt had a caiman for a long long time. I always thought it was to coolest thing, until I learned that a 10x10 space wasn’t suitable for those types of creatures. I never saw it outside of its pond, but it was small, probably stunted like Rex. But he’s resting now in the vast wilderness in the sky.

[@christinenanaguy1143]

Correction, 60's style hair doo!🤓the 70's had long hippy hair! Been there done that, never will I ever get an alligator, crocodile or camen! 🐊🦎🐍

[@dineshkumar-ry4cy]

This is an 13 minute long "ambout end this man's whole career MEME"

[@xxkawaii_leahxxyt9393]

I love how sarcastic they're being. P.S. Tell Huff and Puff I said hi! (she's my favorite!)

[@Zanduh911]

I love Rex when she opens her mouth and waits for food

[@kerianpearson9796]

Seeing those old pics of Rex, just drove home how much the proper husbandry she receives with Emily and Ben has healed her. She looks much more like a happy healthy, regular gator now, instead of a sickly cartoon.

[@eddvcr598]

Emily: “Oh look! You can house them with turtles!” Chloe: “Yiss”

[@bookworm3756]

Some strong Ravenclaw energy in this video

[@shannonmowatt746]

Oh god, this episode was brilliant! Yes, please have more story time with Rex! Seriously, when I was a kid in the early 70s, I used to beg my mother to let me go to the pet section in the Newberry's store. Where they did have tanks of baby alligators. They also had red eared sliders, and all sorts of inappropriate animals for pets. I LOVED the baby alligators. Luckily my mother was smart enough to say no to that. "Because they'd get too big." Though I'm sure part of it was that she had no clue how to keep and care for alligators. From the information in the book I imagine that most of them that went home with kids sadly didn't survive for very long. I remember the tanks there. They had regular 20-40 gallon fish tanks just crammed with 10+ animals per tank. I'm sure they were not very healthy living like that. You'll be happy to know that Newberry's pet department was closed down due to animals (not just alligators) being kept in deplorable conditions. Eventually the store closed down entirely and the company went bankrupt.

[@mlmazur2007]

Wow she has come such an amazing way. I had no idea what her backstory was. Thank you for helping her out of that situation

[@sabrynphillips7641]

“You gonna do that with Rex?” “Nope”. Good choice😂😂 It’s crazy to me how much care for exotic animals has changed over the years! I really hope no one is actually following these instructions anymore.

[@No-fj4de]

Your the reason why I started likeing reptiles

[@jammedgaminghq6048]

Me too

[@rosieburrito]

This book needs to be renamed “ How to kill your pet alligator “

[@-aaa-1232]

Yes

[@guitarbrian1976]

YES!

[@deadshotisthebestever9881]

So riiiiiiiiight

[@Sampio-dz6rz]

I really love your merch I wear the "I'm rexy and I know it " hoodie every weekend

[@queermilkshake9990]

Rexy baby is like a scaled cat 😂 she's still looking beautiful 💕 Love you Emily, Ed, Rex, Cheyenne and all the other reptiles

[@jenniferriche5006]

Thanks Emily, now I know that I have to buy a 2ft tank, a rock, and fill with an inch water for my new pet alligator. Without even renting the book. And after I can shove food down its throat and hypnotize it!

[@grenwood6551]

Make sure to use the pink rubber eraser on your number two pencil to shove that food in your new baby

[@stormstudios8226]

Don't forget the jar heater!

[@keketski5430]

Make sure its body is a v

[@pet_dadofficialchannel]

LOL

[@mayijinyikosa7276]

This is one of the most helpful channels I've ever watched, its really helped me know the tuff choices for my reptiles

[@koi404]

Omg! When you pet her head and she closed her eyes, That was So CUTE!!!

[@defaultkid99]

Rex is so pleased to be able to see something other than her room.

[@aleksanderczajka6072]

I got shivers when I saw this force feeding. Just... At least put a finger on him not to slip! How was that a thing?

[@CarolineForest]

wonder how many alligators choked and died from that advice...

[@missgalaxia14]

The funnel snake in the back is so cute!!

[@iimuffinsaur]

Rex looks so content whenever Emily pets her.

[@Manda_Kat]

*looking at the other books in the series* monkey, ocelot, margay... °_°

[@geraldinelewis8314]

I'm curious about the Ocelot one.

[@mattr2238]

You can buy one easily, sort of. You can get ocelot x domestic cat hybrids. They're called Bengal cats for some reason.

[@mattr2238]

@@narichan I did not know that. That makes a lot more sense now!

[@fl0werz922]

Dysnomia of ruin ocicat

[@epicfortniteboss]

Omg it’s so cute the way she closes her eyes when you pat her

[@tiffanygreen2523]

My Stepdads father worked for the irrigation district in the 70s I believe and they found several abandoned alligators in the canals . This was in California right on the Arizona border and they were definitely dumped pets.

[@aitri4987]

Rex is a wonderful artist! She specializes in paint with absolutely bootiful aromas!

[@julihath8046]

I think you should write a children's book called "Emily's Pet Alligator" and tell how sad it is that Rex can't live in the wild and how responsible people help to keep alligators in their natural habitat whenever possible.

[@HowDeeDo]

Poor Rexie, she looked traumatized by that book 😂

[@aurtix]

My dad said he had a friend that had kept an 8 foot alligator and a 9 foot crocodile in his grandma's basement feeding it rabbits. Be happy you only have 1- 4.5 for alligator.

[@vickierhard1441]

I remember seeing that book and others when I was little.

[@larifari12oder3]

My grandma used to live in London for some time during the 70s. She told me people used to buy all sorts of exotic animals at Harrods like Tigers, Lions, Crokodiles, all sorts of snakes, foxes, etc and they would take them for a walk in the city! She said there were all sorts of books like this at Harrods. But she never bought one because 1 they were really expensive, 2 she came from a farm and she assumed the information was quite shallow. But yeah exotic pets were really popular back then

[@nicolawalton3754]

Yes and zoos and wildlife shelters were overrun when the ban on dangerous exotic pets came into effect. We still have myths and legends of big cats continuing to live in the wild in parts of the UK because people were just letting them go.

[@insanechildwitch4674]

6:02 ... look at the light switches

[@vampiregamergirl8460]

Love this!! It was so nice meeting you yesterday! You really made my daughters' day.

[@alexbenavidez4500]

My heart utterly melts every time you touch her head and she closes her eyes into the petting.

[@desireespencer6364]

I enjoy a good story tell with a lap alligator 😂

[@11royals96]

Sounds like the ideal room for a mother in law to me!

[@8jerasikapark8]

You guys are great humans! Glad you educate and take such great care of all critters you have!

[@-cupcakeanimations-]

Rex literally just makes my day. She is so smiley and happy 💖💕 This channel is great, one way I can express my love for adorable reptiles! 🌟✨

[@Prosauropodslovecake]

11:03 "Enjoy your Monkey?" "Enjoy your Skunk?" What is this series even?

[@lasigna0212]

I have a book (my edition was printed in June 1973) that explains how to keep a monkey (including chimps) in a very detailed way. It's actually a very good guide (It's called "The handbook of the young pet owner" in Italian), that explains how to keep a lot of other pets too (like squirrels, butterflies, and all sorts of birds), but for the reptiles it only talks about turtles, because they say that your parents may not allow you to keep snakes or iguanas😂. It also includes a very good guide in setting up aquariums.

[@debc8702]

Prosauropodslovecake XD

[@indodinoyoutube]

Any books on how to raise a dinosaur? 😂

[@SnakeDiscovery]

It's the "Enjoy your terrible exotic pet that should have stayed in the wild" series, didn't you know? 😂

[@lasigna0212]

@@indodinoyoutube Well, birds are dinosaurs.

[@flowerina2177]

Poor alligator 🐊 good thing you took Rex in he has great home now.

[@IrieRogue]

I'm very happy that you entered Rex's life. Thank God you found her before her condition grew worse!

[@ShadeyLadey]

Rex is so stinkin cute. Her deformities, though sad, only increase the cuteness Also she is so laid back for a gator. It's really amazing.

[@amongus366]

Emily I just want to let you know that I really like your videos and you take care of your animals so well I could never be able to do what you do so well so you are amazing!

[@leviathxns]

Rex looks so much better than she did when you got her! Her face has seemed to grow a little outward and settle, it doesnt look as painful as it did before

[@quandalev1nce660]

I guess Rex's first owner read this book and followed the instructions

[@jakkaljakobie8774]

Please make this a permanent feature, going over old "care guides" for reptiles. I had always heard that our knowledge of care back in the 70s and 80s was abysmal, but as someone who wasn't even born then, this is super interesting.