Top 5 Cool Weather Cold Tolerant Reptiles

[@Abbanellie]

I love how for fish people, the hard part about axolotls is that they only take live food, and for reptile people it's the water parameters

[@Critt20]

They will take the pellets or bloodworms if you assist them. They are very bad at finding things.

[@foxxgirl0715]

Toads only take live food and they get addicted to mealworms really easily (currently having this issue with mine)

[@Mercedes_may]

Lol yea water perameters are easy but humidity for reptiles is so hard 😂

[@fellotia3778]

@Krew Miles you were right, no one gives a shit.

[@austinholtz349]

Yeah I was huge fish person it’s always funny to listen to reptile people about how hard aquariums are.

[@tikayle9130]

I don't think the turtle butt-breathing video is even a question...

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

hahahaha ok you got it!!

[@cava002]

I came searching for this comment, and wasn't dissapointed

[@davidwarner6147]

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[@codymassey9110]

Fak snakes

[@Repti-verse]

I think that Chinese Cave Geckos should have gotten onto the list. So freaking cool.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

agreed they would totally fit

[@wlfenfern8756]

Garden of Eden Exotics hellyeah!! Happy with my two species ^^

[@Spike_365]

Agreeeee

[@ninchennino4451]

Wow, I just looked them up and they look so cool! I have no clue why I never heard of these guys before.

[@joeyspijkers9867]

They are amazing. I've got Goniurosaurus luii (1.4.4 and more eggs incubating) and G. araneus (0.1).

[@melanie7601]

You should make merch that says “Stop trying to bite my ear” 😂

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I should!

[@JA45too]

I would be sold 😂

[@LucassLizards]

I actually thought that garters would have been on the list. In Tennessee we see them out roaming as cold as 40 degrees Fahrenheit

[@wyattrippy5939]

I've seen them, corns, and waters

[@brookejohansen1681]

I agree! Up in Massachusetts they’re out and about until it’s legit winter. Like below freezing for a while.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they fit for sure

[@ManWithTheCow]

Water snakes too

[@norarussell7920]

Yes, but in captivity they need 75-85 F tanks and a hot basking spot.

[@lilacbee5399]

This guy deserves so many more subscribers. 10M at the very least. Shares the best information, is funny, and honestly fixes 2020. GET THIS GUY 10M.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

you are so kind, thank you so much!

[@squishface89]

But I’m only worth one 😞

[@kakkernakker]

@@WickensWickedReptiles YOU inspired me to get a crestie together with fish for toughts i LOVE them

[@killrblue]

@@squishface89 you need quality videos that are entertaining..

[@alexanderh8129]

@@killrblue i think they were joking but if they werent then yeah

[@sjw4life546]

Hey diamond, whose that guy with the glasses who thinks he's the star of YOUR channel?

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Diamond really is the star of the show

[@breakfastdonut5594]

Diamond star is that a Jojo reference

[@bubblerose292]

I was wondering that too

[@wrenpen]

never heard of the mandarin rat snake before, think i have a new dream snake

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are amazing

[@jeffkeithly6659]

Different, but similar. Manchurian Water Snake / Russian Rat Snake / Elaphe schrenckii. Can be found on Morph Market "other rat" Does have need for 80 basking (perhaps?) and could be brumated for 3 to 5 months each winter. Similar to the Fox Snake.

[@madisongerhard9959]

can we all just say that the bearded dragon falling asleep on his shoulder ADORABLE

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

he's a good man that Diamond

[@davidwesley2525]

@@WickensWickedReptiles Diamond enjoys relaxing on a warm shoulder. 🤩🤩🤩❤❤❤👍👍👍

[@phorestpsy216]

lmao, your reaction when the dogs were barking is indeed a mood. Mine happened to start going at the same moment, i super felt that.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I love them but man, if a leaf blows by, they go off

[@Lady_Ryl]

I would love to see a Rubber Boa care guide, unless you've already done one and I just haven't found it yet.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Coming soon!

[@DaKayH]

I live in the cold northwest. It's starting to get cold. I've always used electric oil heaters in my room. There are warm and cold spots in my 12 X 12 ft room. this year I have reptile tanks on 3 walls and fish tanks on the other. My room is more warmly rounded this year. I have heat emitters and heat mats in or around all of them.

[@lillymearkley1939]

Him: They don’t like there room hot, they don’t like using to much electric Me: Using 18 outlets and having a constant room temperature of 75

[@moss8074]

Him: Number one is gonna be a total shock it's OLAY BODY IMPROVES SKIN 3× BETTER THEN THE LEADING BODY WASH. OLAY BODY. Me: yes very big shocker.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

hahaha

[@firewalk27]

Okay but rubber boas have no right being as cute as they are.

[@MrFelblood]

They are. I've had a chance to see/hold a wild one. That snake was the tamest snake i've ever held, He was just chilling in my hand anchored on my pinky. And when they are young they really do look like a toy snake. Story behind it was that a friends child brought one home from a camping trip, and she called me up saying hey can you come and get this snake (she's terrified of them) I heard the story of how it came to be in her house and on my way over i was on the phone with the local reptile rehaber/DFW, both told me that if it looked ok then to pick a good spot and send it back out in nature, told them i was thinking about the park/wild life area right behind the apartment complex i live in and they said it's a perfect place, because they are found there . let the little guy go closer to the river. I couldn't go to the place that it was taken from over 3 hr drive up into the mountains to a private camp ground.

[@skyhighaviatoryt380]

I've been waiting for this video for so long. Thank you Adam!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@wlfenfern8756]

I lové my cave geckos bc no need of heat pad! So im getting more of these lil dudes ;)

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are such cool lizards

[@slademartin2631]

Haven’t even watched it yet but I know there’s gonna by a axolotl 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🙃

[@slademartin2631]

And I don’t care if it’s not a reptiles 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@slademartin2631]

(Ps) like his video

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

nailed it

[@slademartin2631]

Thanks 😊

[@missgrimm5574]

Except there illegal in most places. I want one and I can't have one where I'm at 😭

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Hey cool topic, u always bring interesting stuff, ty 😊😊

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

You are so welcome

[@emmettrose5960]

This was a great video! We had a recent scare when the house thermostat (not the enclosure thermostats!) broke and we had to use our emergency, slightly higher watt bulbs to protect the Mournings. Keeping more cold-tolerant reptiles would have made the whole ordeal less scary, but at least for now, everything’s warm again and the girls are doing fine.

[@hotjamaesthetics6533]

Painted was my first pet and I had mine till last year. Love em!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

That is awesome!

[@piperatoms5926]

Always a flippin good day when you post a new video!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

You're the best!

[@DaniDiva0303]

I love how distracted you can get sometimes! That would totally be me if I was doing a video. Also I think Diamond is going to get your ear one of these days when you least expect it. Xoxo

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I think so too!

[@TheBaBaTV]

Being in Canada, it always amazes me how reptiles In Canada survive ! Like lizards/snakes, seeing warm climates in the states like Texas where reptiles thrive, I never understood how these reptiles even exist in Canada !

[@ryanwilson5936]

I’m in central Michigan and I think this every time I see turtle nests. Like, brrrrrrr guys lol.

[@bcreationz8618]

Rubber Boa!!! My fav snake in the world bar none. I live in Idaho so of course I own 2 of them lol. Glad to see they are getting some recognition. Don't forget they NEVER bite and seem to love to be held. They should be in every snake owners collection.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are so amazing

[@halloweenthe13th89]

Do top five reptile channels! (P.S., your in my top five favorite animal channels)

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thanks for the idea!

[@sarabeans6913]

I agree this would be neat

[@wvtchinghr]

I live in Florida, and the only non mammal I own so far is an axolotl cause my dad keeps our house at like 62 degrees Fahrenheit all the time so the water is normally at about 65-70 (I keep her tank next to a window with the sides covered, the sun helps the plants grow and help keeps her tank at the right temp without needing a heater or a chiller), and she does great! Wouldn't recommend axolotls as a first time pet tho, like he said you have to know what you're doing as far as water levels and when I was 13 almost 14 I had no idea what I was doing. It was super stressful for the first like 6 months lmao, but I got everything sorted out eventually.

[@shalanzisman4919]

I think it would be really cool to hear about how these turtles survive negative nine degrees,, as well as brumation how that works in the wild that cold.

[@mriann7734]

Aww, I have a juvenile mandarin, they're super chill

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

right!

[@redleg1376]

The California Red Sided Garter Snake is the prettiest non-hot Colubrid. Fight me.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

hey you're not wrong, they are gorg

[@rachelkunz611]

There is a canal near me where there are tons of painted turtles. I have seen them basking in the sun, stacked up on top of each other. And I've seen then swimming in partially frozen water. I'm sure they were just crossing to a warmer place. But seeing them in water that cold was crazy.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are such cool animals

[@dragonair222]

Thai bamboo rat snakes should have made the list, I have the O.p. coxi subspecies (prettiest of them all imo) but they all look stunning and are relatively easy to keep. But at least you mentioned mandarin rat snake, definitely one of my future need-to-get snakes. :D

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Good call!

[@GamesAndShips]

How do you find their temperament for handling? I really want one, they are beautiful, but I handle every snake I own and really like doing so, I don't want to get a snake I would be stressing too much by handling semi-regularly (2-3 times a week for most of my snakes, never too long).

[@dragonair222]

​@@GamesAndShips I got mine when he was couple months old and he was very skittish and bolty, I had to use so slow and calm movements when taking him out but once in my hands he was quite cool with it and calmly slithered around. I think it took some half a year with regular short handlings(twice a week) to tame him down, still rather goes away when taking out but at least doesn't bolt away in nanoseconds. So long story short, they have a strong fight or flight response especially as babies, but once they realize they're not getting eaten they're calm to handle.

[@adhamelmaghalawi_7320]

A video about how turtles breath through their butts? Yes. Now. This is the best idea I have ever heard I legit need this video to go on

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

haha will do it

[@colinmaez1728]

I think Abronia Graminea also deserve a shout out. A lizard that is housed in mid 70s with a hotspot of low 80s and that can still thrive with temperatures in the 60s.

[@nerodia]

There are several old world rat snakes that fit on this list and are often easier to acquire than Mandarin rat snakes. My favorite is the Japanese rat snake, but Korean, Russian and Dione's rat snakes all have similar parameters for care. They're all very active, interactive, and do great at temps between 60 and 75f with a basking spot at ~84f.

[@aurora_dawn123]

There are actually quite a bit of cold hardy reptiles. Snakes: garter snakes, milk snakes, corn snakes, some king snakes. Lizards: five-lined skinks, fence lizards. Turtles: common musk turtles, midland painted turtles (maybe western and eastern painteds), common snapping turtles, red-eared sliders, map turtles, eastern box turtles (with correct permitting and as long as it's captive born and breed), North American wood turtles. And probably many more, I'm just to lazy to look it up and go through my books.

[@TheDil68]

Ideal video for me, just finished a bioactive set up and need some ideas for cool temp reptiles! Keep up the good work man

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@tiaragems3894]

"You will not see me out in negative nine unless I'm bundled up!"...me, who is also Canadian, giggling. I'm from the prairies and negative nine is considered a nice day during the winter 🤣🤣🤣.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

yeaaaa miss me with the weather there Sask, tooooo cold

[@Brad_montane]

Living up in the mountains with 6+ months of snow coverage and power outages that sometimes last 5+ days, here’s my list- My easiest “pet” reptile when it comes to cold is my: 1- AMERICAN ALLIGATOR. If the power goes out for a few hrs or a few days and no heat can be provided- no issue. Even if her pond freezes over, she can withstand it (as long as she freezes with it/ her snout sticking out of the ice to breathe). 2- Rubber boas. Easiest care all together for any of my pets. Never any concern about temps. 3- Mountain Kingsnakes. Another species I provide no supplemental heat for. 4- Ensatina(s). (Since you’re including amphibians too). I’ve had them down into the 20s with no issues at all. 5- Alligator Lizards. Also no supplemental heat required here. Honorable mention- Garter snakes. (Not listed because I don’t have personal experience).

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

nice

[@jayleighteal4909]

The herpetarium I used to work in, in Ohio had a fox snake. It's not actually legal to have native species but someone had caught it and had got it switched over to frozen thawed and had it for awhile so it couldn't be released. The herpetarium could legally have him though. It's been awhile and he unfortunately passed shortly after I started there, they think from old age. However he was extremely sweet and chill for being a wild caught snake. He was one of my favorites there.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

fox snakes are amazing

[@kierstenstevens]

Abronia are also great cold weather reptiles. They live in the cloud forests of Mexico where it can dip into the 40s (F) at night (although I wouldn’t recommend keeping a cb in temps thay low) but I let my lower temps dip into the 60s at night and normally it gets to the mid 70s to about 80 depending on the season. They also require humidity in the 60-80% range

[@allysontl3401]

Yea, I've been doing research on abronia. I would like one in the future. I'm working out if a heat lamp is necessary, and also how to make a screen enclosure work for the substrate and setup.

[@nathanaelworcester310]

I went camping once in the mountains in California and axilotals are definitely there there super cool i went swimming in one of the lakes there and they where everywhere in there

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

that's so cool

[@nathanaelworcester310]

@@WickensWickedReptiles the water was fed directly from the snow melt on the caps probably about 100 meters away so it was super cold 🥶

[@kidd4wvu]

was that a New England beanie? lol. new to the channel trying to learn as much as possible before I dive into the reptile world. love your videos!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Go Pats go!

[@kidd4wvu]

@@WickensWickedReptiles I love it!!

[@MarkThe_Nerd]

Wickens Wicker Bag

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

new channel name!

[@dogegunner5038]

I live in Maine so this is Amazing

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

awesome!!!

[@dogegunner5038]

That rubber python was so cool great vid

[@moonhunter6743]

I didn't know you're Canadian, even after a few videos I've watched. That's too freakin' cool. I'm in Nova Scotia, and my house can get chilly before we turn on the wood furnace, so this is pretty cool for some ideas of reptiles that won't be bothered terribly in my house if I had one.

[@drtempie2903]

You are my favourite you tuber!!! I don’t own reptiles but I love your videos... keep them coming

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

You're the best!

[@Shinukuro]

Woot! Saw within 5 min of upload! Personal record 🤣

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I love it

[@importdevistator]

Very awesome video Adam, those were some really awesome animals and facts 🙂.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thanks so much

[@importdevistator]

@@WickensWickedReptiles You're very welcome, always love your videos 🙂!! Hope y'all are doing great and see ya next video 🙂!!

[@im.bad.at.usernames]

random snake story: i was one at a summer camp in nor cal, and there was this snake (i think it was a rubber boa, but im not sure) being bitten by a giant ant. the ant was just latched ton to the snakes mouth, and it took like 10 minutes to pry the ant off, but in the end the snake was alright, but we did see the snake again while walking back to camp from dinner, but anyway, that was just a weird little snake story.

[@prurientnature1796]

Abronia graminea are also kept in cooler temps, around the lower 70s. They're very cool reptiles.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

totally agree

[@basilleaff]

Can you talk about chuckwallas? Not many people know about them, but they’re very interesting!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

for sure, they have made it in a few top 5 videos

[@jaxxom87]

Wicken: These guys are found all the way up at 3k feet above sea level. Me, living at 7k feet above sea level: and this is why there are so few reptiles in the valley *sniffs*

[@petergustafson7446]

Rubber boas definitely live in quite a large range in California. We have them here in Santa Cruz but I have never caught one.

[@scrubtaco3194]

I would really love if you could do a in depth rubber boa care guide ! i can’t find any videos :( and they’re native to where i live and i’m really interested!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Coming soon!

[@kelliemariemarshall]

Am from liverpool England and in one of the city park's (sefton) thier are huge Terrapins in the ponds and six months earlier the ponds were frozen solid!

[@richleebruce]

This is a great topic. If you do not have to use electricity you save money and protect the environment. Pet stores should encourage low energy options because they do not own the power company. The pet store only makes money if the money passes through their cash register. I think they believe they are making money by selling us heaters and equipment, but that is a short-run strategy. If I do not have to pay high power bills I can spend more in the pet shop. I do not keep reptiles, I keep fish. I focus on which fish I can keep without a heater. I do have heaters and will use them for occasional emergencies. But normally I do not use heaters, filters, or lights. I figured I spent thirty dollars for 12 months. I currently have six tanks with fish, but I usually have more tanks. My fish breed and I give them away. I also give away fish food. I have a website on this. It used to be quite popular. It was the first website on the Internet to discuss keeping fish in bowls without electric equipment. Now it is not so popular but there are numerous websites that suggest blind cave tetras, the salt and pepper cory, and others that I experimented with. No one was suggesting these before me. So I have a hobby that cost me thirty dollars a year recently and it has changed the world. Here is the link. www.angelfire.com/home/fishbowl/fish.html Another benefit of my methods is higher welfare for the fish. Goldfish and bettas are not appropriate for small aquariums without equipment. Goldfish are naturally more than a foot long, and bettas are warm-water fish that need a heater. We only keep them in bowls because they are bad community aquarium fish. Many other fish are far more comfortable in bowls. They can even breed in small containers without electric equipment. I use ten or more measures to evaluate fish welfare.

[@thirteenlets]

Diamond so precious 😻😻😻

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

isn't he!

[@thirteenlets]

@@WickensWickedReptiles it's my dream to have one, but it's kind of tricky to own one here in my country since most of the husbandry information available I see aren't really for countries in tropical settings.

[@jessejackrabbit7021]

Great video!! Clicked cause of that interesting... thumbnail.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Awesome! Thank you! I didn't realize what it looked like until... well now

[@Oysterwaffle]

I love this video already❤️

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

you're awesome

[@SadDogCryingQuietly]

BLACK Milks are my personal favorites.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are great!

[@kammies4]

I'm in Ohio...I see more rat snakes, but I have seen fox snakes a lot too (I live in 50 acres of woods) ❤ they seem more docile than the rat snakes I've caught (and released)

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

that's awesome

[@jameskathleen8641]

I Love this video, you should definitely make another one

[@coldbloodedgoons5069]

The nature center I work at has a eastern fox snake here in indiana. I love him. And we also have a painted turtle. We have tons of them at our wetlands. But the fox snake is a male named Todd. We have had him for yeeeeeaaaaars

[@kingsreptiles2446]

Your videos are so helpful thank you keep up the great content

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thanks, will do! you're awesome

[@myspiderungoliant]

Bull snakes are another species I’ve heard can be kept somewhat on the cooler side, with the cool side of their enclosure being kept at roughly room temperature (68-72) and the warm side low to mid 80s.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they can do cool temps for sure

[@biancap3943]

Rubber boas are one of my favorites and I hope to keep some one day. I’m from southern California and have found them as high as 7500 ft elevation under snow covered logs. It’s pretty cool to be able to find them here.

[@darkcrystal2198]

My Leachie lives at my ambient room temp. I think ambronias like colder weather too.

[@JonarusDraconius]

SOme varieties of Bluetongue Skink can manage surprisingly low temperature. I start seeing them where I live, in early spring with temperatures only just starting to getting into the low 20s celsius (So right on 70f), and in the middle of winter we can get low single digits during the day, and distinctly sub-zero at night! And next spring there they are again, acting like the ground didn't turn into an ice-cube there for 6-9+ weeks It is true that you'll want to give them a basking spot that a lot hotter (say, lower 30's celsius, low 90's fahrenheit), but it's the fact that they can handle the lows that makes them so adaptable! This is all referring to the the Victorian-phase Easterns. If you get an Alpine blotchy, then they will be able to handle even cooler!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

very interesting

[@luckysponge3973]

I love my two painted turtle hatchlings

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

painted turtles are dope

[@micmic8209]

Great video! Not so sure what to think of the thumbnail though

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Me neither haha

[@ManWithTheCow]

Me too xd stupid mind

[@nataliesreptiles]

I feel like such a bad loyal follower. Somehow I'd totally forgotten you'd gotten a rubber boa. 😅 lol. Awesome list. I know you said a kingsnake video is coming soon, what about your milksnake? Been a minute since we've seen her.

[@Spike_365]

Hey great video I really enjoyed well I enjoy all ur vids and I hope u have a amazing day

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thanks for the visit

[@ohokcool]

The ending for the vid was so botched but you still got it done hahaha good one. Love this, never knew about rubber boa, what a cute little noodle boi.

[@freethinklove]

Could you please do an in-depth rubber boa care video soon? It’s hard to find info on them.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

yes, coming soon

[@GamesAndShips]

Not a lot seems to be known about them in captivity, most of how I keep mine is from a really nice rubber boa breeder who answered my questions on FB. Which is a shame cause they are really great lil dudes.

[@wildoafi3]

Big love for the painted turtles

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

amazing!

[@bigsam8597]

Can you do a video on water snakes??? They have caught my attention. From the research I've been doing, they seem to make great pets. I've been researching these guys as much as possible, but info on their care is limited.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

sure

[@sharonawaldschmidt3622]

The ones that can’t get over 80 degrees are reptiles I can’t keep, my home in winter is hard to get down to the 70s, but I live in a desert so I have the opposite issues. Even right now I am still running my AC and temps are in the 90s outside still. Anyways, I would like to get a pond turtle again, but something smaller than a RES. I love your videos it’s fun information that either tells oh that’s one I might like, and do more research or no I wouldn’t be a good fit for that one.

[@Mikemo6996]

Yesss!! Want to see how turtles survive winter!!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

will do it

[@danielschmidtke9213]

The first time I saw a fox snake in the wild (Illinois), I thought it was an escaped pet. Just showed up by my driveway. I relocated it to a nearby forest preserve.

[@bIeaq]

I'd add salamanders of the ambystoma genus (the mole salamanders) as well, just as an honorable mention. they don't a heat source and are known to breed in the winter months.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

great call!

[@joeyspijkers9867]

Axolotls are also an Ambystoma sp.

[@starbyray7828]

Hi Adam, greetings from the UK. Canada is the place my partner and I would love to live!. You got distracted and did not finish telling us how the rubber boa got named lol, would like to see more video footage of them.

[@tinyfrills-bornannoyer2981]

'But their not reptiles, their amphibians.' 😂

[@PierresWildAdventure]

Marginated tortoise is a great cold tolerant reptile. Mine has survived temperatures in the lower 40s

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

wow!!

[@Tyredest]

Apparently, it’s a lot warmer in Ontario than I thought, it’s October now and when it’s -9 I don’t even wear a coat because I think it’s warm lmao

[@TheLizardKing140]

I was building a minecraft house but this is better

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

wellll thank you!!!!!

[@alexp831]

I'm a big fan of aesculapian snakes. I keep this species. Granted they are not the most colourful species going but they, for me are subtlety attractive. They are a European species that prefer cool temps. I don't heat mine and just use a uv bulb for well uv and light. Being in the UK we have 3 naturalised populations here 2 in Wales and 1 in London. Having said this, I don't know how commonly available they are on that side of the pond.

[@HoundofOdin]

Tiger salamanders are another amphibian that is a great pet for those who want animals that do well in cooler temperatures. I really wish people liked amphibians more.

[@angelise3188]

Hahaha you could not resist the amphibians 🖤🖤🖤

[@tinaleighton6390]

I have a mandarin rat snake and a Thai bamboo rat snake. It is sometimes difficult to find a place in the house cool enough for them in the summer.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

exactly

[@Gamyeon]

Funny you should mention turtles. My parents live in the countryside and they told me they saw a bunch of painted turtles basking on a log just last week. Goodness it's almost November and they're still out there, chilling.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

crazy right

[@scottjohnson4453]

I use to catch axlotis as a kid in a creek in Colorado springs

[@ericd7361]

When I bike ride I see these turtles on logs in the canal, tons of them (I’m in NJ). Always wondered what they did when it’s between 20-35f in the winter months.

[@kirstenbowman1199]

Butt breathing turtles - YES PLEASE

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

glug glug

[@isacvalette8623]

Could you use Celsius and cm you know for your european viewers?

[@jean-lucchessher7065]

I don't get when people say you need to understand water peramiters to keep axalotles I had some in in a 2ft tank with a medium spunge filter

[@andi_sw8709]

Bro Fahrenheit is such a pain in the ass

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

yeah but most of my audience is in the USA.

[@andi_sw8709]

@@WickensWickedReptiles That’s no excuse haha we have to fight the metric system

[@ronaldmcdonald4839]

I actually now the websites you got those painted turtle prices at underground reptiles I believe they are redicolous and sell things like skunks to sloths to things like coral snakes and even I saw a rattle snake before

[@jakegentile2365]

Hey Adam are you still planning on doing a spotted python care video? I’m thinking of getting one and I’d love to see that!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Yes I am!

[@jakegentile2365]

Wickens Wicked Reptiles Awesome, looking forward to that.

[@lucasiglesias1894]

4:03 all species of scorpions Also GREAT video !!!