The BEST and WORST Reptile YouTubers and Their Impact On The Reptile Hobby!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Who is YOUR Favorite KZbinr?

[@oliGK]

You and Snake Discovery

[@abacus6034]

you ofc! (and Clinter's Reptiles)

[@ciclossickasssideshow]

Clint, Snake Discovery, NERD.

[@GoldfishisWild]

You and snake discovery

[@QueerAndHere]

Snake Discovery, I wander between WWR and Clint, but never miss Emily and Eds videos

[@SnakeDiscovery]

You're making me tear up 😭 Thanks so much for the kind words!! I miss us all hanging out together at the Build-off as it was such a fun time! You are also just as genuine on camera as in-person. ❤

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

The build-off was one of the coolest days ever! thanks for being awesome Emily and Ed!

[@AllCanadianReptileGirl]

Hi Emily! You've been such an inspiration for me and a huge part in why I started my channel. Thank you!!

[@heliopaws]

snake discovery was the first channel i found that got me into this hobby and i appreciate you recommending other youtubers with similar quality and passion!

[@buckees4971]

You guys are awesome! Hope this year goes well for you guys!

[@oun6661]

@SnakeDiscovery is an awesome team. I hope to visit their zoo one day!

[@theedgyteenager9383]

Every time I see Snake Discovery in a thumbnail of a vid like this, I get so scared that they're getting called out for something horrendous, yet every time it's nothing but positive things to say and I love their channel and the work they do just a little more. When I first started getting interested in the reptile community, I followed some not so great KZbinrs at first that didn't treat their animals with the care and respect they deserve. Knowing that Snake Discovery, a channel I've followed since the beginning of my reptile interest days, still has a stellar reputation and has always been forward and honest about their mistakes and faults is so special to me.

[@redfailhawk]

THIS!! So much, this. I'm always worried, and for no reason, and that's just so pure and happy. I've never met Emily or Ed but gosh, I'll defend them in a heartbeat. They're super awesome and very well versed in their care knowledge. While I DO wish some of their animals had bigger enclosures that aren't zoo animals, the fact that their animals live otherwise one hundred percent spoiled lives makes me smile. Here's to their baby season and the joys it is going to bring!

[@nscan2]

I love Snake discovery and Emily and Ed are so upfront and honest. They celebrate their successes but will also tell you how something went wrong rather than hide it. They are just so genuine.

[@pixie706]

Like the content but loathe her high squealing voice . there's no need to scream and i hope snakes are deaf

[@theedgyteenager9383]

@@pixie706 well that was just rude. Personally I find her voice pleasant but we all have our opinions. Have a good day :)

[@LeafBoiGeckoGT]

I personally like watching her videos

[@wisdomteethsoup]

I love how Snake discovery handles Rex and discussions of alligators, discouraging anyone from even thinking of wanting one while being extremely educational and discouraging hatred of alligators. They also recently got a rattlesnake and I appreciated the way they explained why they did, what precautions they take and the training they did to ensure everyone's safety

[@shibibi1]

the art of discouraging ownership of an animal without villainising it is so hard and they definitely nailed it!

[@abbyk9025]

And I love the little things in the channel- the puns, their funny subtitles, Emily and Ed's relationship 🥰 Ohio girl here dreaming of visiting the store slash zoo.

[@nerysghemor5781]

@@shibibi1 Yep. It’s not that the animal is bad; it’s that the level of training and resources needed to maintain the animal is way beyond most people and needs to be left to professionals.

[@somethinginthepines]

While generally yes, the video on the alligator in the pet store was very bad. Alligators, even stunted ones, are still capable of dislocating or ripping off your arm or killing something like a small dog (of which there are many dogs in a pet store). It wasnt safe for the reptile and it wasnt safe for the people, and it was negligent to make a video like that.

[@nerysghemor5781]

@@somethinginthepines Not a reptile keeper, so pardon this question...but how easily provoked is an alligator?

[@anonymoose116]

If fighting dogs and roosters is illegal, fighting reptiles should be the same. Animal cruelty is animal cruelty, regardless of what that animal is.

[@simnoe3848]

What you said has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of this video. This video is about the actual KZbinrs and how good or bad they are. Not the animals they own. So your comment has no place here.

[@commit_aarson]

@@simnoe3848 Did you even watch the video? Pretty sure anonymoose is referencing The Reptile Channel and the way they produce "fight" content for views and paints reptiles in a negative light.

[@BradBock-o5b]

​@@commit_aarson not fighting reptiles he doesn't like them cause they feed live

[@sarahberry4427]

@@commit_aarson 18:15 this one i believe?

[@spicysalad3013]

off topic but I love your name

[@AllCanadianReptileGirl]

Thanks Adam! I'm humbled to be included with these great creators (well, the blue and yellow ones anyway. The red ones are the worst). Thanks for sharing the good and the not so good in our hobby so that we can work to make it better!!

[@abacus6034]

OMG its ACRG!

[@animelover462]

I hope to see you in Snake Discovery’s build off next year! Love your stuff!

[@WickedWildlife]

You certainly belong in that group Reptile Girl! Great content 😊

[@AllCanadianReptileGirl]

@@WickedWildlife Thank you!

[@AllCanadianReptileGirl]

@@animelover462 thank you! It would be really cool to do a build off down there... actually 'up there' is more accurate. They're a couple hundred miles north from me.

[@maidobala]

I was terrified of reptiles, specially snakes until I saw Emily from Snake Discovery baby talking hognoses and just being so excited and happy...and now I want to keep snakes

[@teijaflink2226]

I still have problems with their food but there are some snakes that eat more eggs and insects.

[@victoriasminizoo]

Sameeee

[@a_diamond]

Yeah, Emily is cool. I watch her channel for the same reason. It helps :)

[@sukai121]

Omg I’m so happy!

[@wcuemylife895]

Bro same

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Thank you very much, very kind!!!!!! Keep up your great content! Kev

[@superdragon3060]

Hi

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

Absolute LEGEND! ☆

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Thanks for all you do Kevin!

[@nedasher116]

Loving your venomous room

[@biapinder]

You guys are awesome and very professional!

[@messiawsum]

Clints Reptiles is, by far, my favorite channel. He just seems like such a genuinely nice, good guy. I love the way he looks at all animals with the same amazement in his eyes. He loves what he does.

[@vas_526]

Yeah he’s the best! 🙏

[@TheZooNinjaS]

Love that dude

[@jeffryburns2206]

He's the Bob Ross of reptiles

[@valerialucia337]

agreee

[@DocBree13]

Yes! :)

[@AntheanCeilliers]

I went to Snake Discovery and met Ed and Emily way before I started watching their KZbin and you're completely right -- they are exactly the same on camera as off, just as sweet and smart and engaged. Ed even stayed beyond the end of the birthday party to help clean.

[@wolfofwisdom360]

Lucky! I’ve never met them, and really wish I can someday

[@smolmuffin]

Snake Discovery and Goherping are actually the two channels that got me more interested in owning reptiles or at least appreciating them more. I dont have the resources for any at the moment, but I do have hermit crabs and would love to get vampire crabs someday as well.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

both great channels

[@wearethefollowed]

Same

[@mangovodka3970]

I recommend AntsCanada if you don't watch him already! He's got a video on vampire crabs and I always find his videos entertaining and he's so kind to even the smallest creatures

[@dannyphantom121]

My first grade teacher had a hermit crab as class pet.

[@aliablackwell8311]

I think the funny part is that GoHerping does the box stunts simply because people's reactions are funny. He's poking at people to point out a damaging response to something completely harmless. The people getting upset make themselves the punchline.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

exactly!

[@cshimi]

rip goherping and emerald scales

[@techne360]

Not to mention he made it SO clear that they're empty boxes 😭🤣

[@milksnake-milkshake4415]

the problem is he said some (homophobic?) or some other bad stuff

[@Leosloth2011]

@@milksnake-milkshake4415yeah he is a horrible guy definitely doesnt deserve animals with his treatment

[@samanthaashley9175]

Not a reptile channel, but AntsCanada is really cool! I was so fascinated by his ant-keeping that I even considered it myself as someone that doesn’t even like bugs. It made me think of it when you mentioned the Tarantula channel!

[@anonymuscat1933]

I agree! Really cool to find someone else who watches them.

[@kaitok5304]

He’s a terrible influence on the ant keeping community It’s fun to watch but don’t take advice from him as he is really bad at keeping ants. He exploits new ant keepers for money with the high prices on his website and for views on his channel

[@bigsam8597]

He does keep some reptiles

[@elodee3]

Yeah!! I love AntsCanada! If you like cinematic invertebrate content theyre a must watch! I recommend this channel to people all the time.

[@theswimmingfox]

My 8 year old found Ants Canada and got me hooked! We could watch the videos for houuurrrssss just to watch the suspense, drama, plot, setup, and amazing little invertebrates' lives.

[@ScoopedKiwis]

I was on edge waiting to hear Snake Discovery (way too used to people I enjoy being awful), so happy to hear that’s not the case with them! They are one of the main things that got me so interested into snake ownership and just reptiles in general, and the way they are super educational about reptiles to any newcomer is awe-inspiring to say the least. Again, I’m so happy to know that I can sleep easy about how Snake Discovery is off-camera ^^

[@AntheanCeilliers]

As a Minnesotan who went to Snake Discovery before seeing their KZbin, I can confirm they are AMAZING. Sweet, patient (I attended a kid's birthday and Ed stayed after to help clean up), enthusiastic, and exactly how they are on camera (except a bit less shy).

[@Reptile_Gecko]

They've definitely gotten better with the facility, since their housing situation in their house was pretty bad, some spaces even smaller than BHB setups, like with the hognoses or the green tree pythons/emerald tree boas (forget which) having a bland setup with just 2-3 PVC pipes, but thankfully they are actually striving to change and improve, compared to others who just keep trying to fit as many in as possible.

[@andream9470]

​@@Reptile_Geckothey did get a little too crowded in that house but you have to remember that their store plans absolutely went off track when the pandemic hit and they'd likely already done a good deal of breeding in anticipation of having it open.

[@Reptiliatus]

Another great community building video! I love that you do these because you shine a light on a lot smaller channels that deserve recognition for the incredible work they are doing while also warning your audience who to stay away from and not give engagement to! I’m humbled to be included in your list with all these amazing individuals (minus the bad ones)! Also man, those were the hairiest tokay geckos I’ve ever tried to tame! Hopefully I’ll get them calmed next time Pipa Squad goes to Costa Rica 😉🥥🌴🇨🇷!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

The sun rises on the southeast coast of Reptiliatus' reptile room!

[@Reptiliatus]

@@WickensWickedReptiles 😂☀️🏡🦎🐍🐢🕷🦂

[@IntrepidExotics]

This was the first I had heard of your channel, will definitely check it out :-) I tend to trust Adam's judgement on most things! Lol.

[@Reptiliatus]

@@IntrepidExotics thanks a million! Hope you enjoy it!

[@dominobuchanan-vargas7601]

thank you for what you are doing for spiders with your blueberry it makes me really happy seeing comments on your tiktoks saying that blueberry is helping them with their arachnophobia spiders deserve so much better 💕

[@HunterHouck]

Thank you, Adam! It was great to meet you in Minnesota. What a fun day! It means a lot to be included alongside these other KZbinrs. 😁

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thanks for being an awesome influence on the community!

[@sagehaze5432]

RIP BRIAN!! He taught me so many things about reptiles. 😭

[@H3arts40pal]

Bruh he was a horrible person! Everyone knows that

[@sagehaze5432]

@@H3arts40pal I just got into snakes and other various reptiles, so I didn’t know who to watch. I love how judgemental you’re being towards me though for commenting about one thing lmaooo

[@H3arts40pal]

@@sagehaze5432 shut up

[@jorgemacias9639]

@@H3arts40palI’ve never heard of anything he did can you name some things?

[@II-VERGG-II]

​@@H3arts40palso ur braindead. You might aswell stfu ur like 10

[@thatguy_5240]

One thing I like a lot about Chandlers Wildlife is his energy. Has a hint of Steve Irwin with his adoration and respect of the animals he keeps, and his confidence around them and handling them. Snake Discovery is just wholesome as hell and I love it.

[@oxoxkiss]

He sounds like Chris Pratt to me.

[@oxoxkiss]

He sounds like Chris Pratt to me.

[@alexswords8547]

A family member lives in the property across from him and it’s wild to hear the stories about all the neighbors freaking out due to the species he keeps outdoors. Understandable, but he seems to be very responsible about it so I wish him the best!

[@snakegoddess4696]

He gets his energy from cocaine.

[@baileyhodges0]

@@snakegoddess4696 then again, who doesn't?

[@liamevans9815]

YES! Snake Discovery is absolutely amazing, I never miss a video. Just a young, friendly couple who have made their combined dream come true and that's just amazing to me. They're very kid friendly too which, even though I have no kids, I think is an amazing thing. Emily teaches in such a way that is easy to follow without being patronising and the dynamic between Ed and Emily is often hilarious, especially with the little captions when they're interacting with their animals.

[@malevolentsnow9867]

I watched Snake Discovery grow from just an at home hobby to their zoo… Pretty magical experience to see their dream come true lol. They seem like such good people.

[@case3474]

I agree with absolutely everything you've said here

[@zoemezzino3972]

I love them too, but their husbandry is somewhat questionable tbh

[@Keya3596]

Ed and Emily are one of the most un-problematic couples on KZbin and I love them so much!

[@zoemezzino3972]

they seem like wonderful people but i do with their husbandry was a bit better

[@Mothobius]

@@zoemezzino3972 saying it like you got something better huh

[@PrettyIsabetta]

I'm so glad you had Clint's Reptiles in the mix! His enthusiasm and obvious love for the animals he talks about is contagious and it's backed up with his doctorate-level knowledge. I was never interested in reptiles before I stumbled across his channel, now I think they're fascinating! Then, when I found out that his educational reptile room is in my state? That was the cherry on top! 😄

[@ellesreptiles]

Hey it's me! Thanks for shout out! 😊 Your videos are always awesome.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

hey thanks for watching Elle!

[@MH-tk3uo]

I miss GoHerping's unboxing videos. You can tell he really cares about the animals and also adds humor into it. (A lot of the videos where he cuts into the boxes with the chain saws and other things are edited if you couldn't tell)

[@honeypatty8458]

Me too

[@Waybelowaverage494]

I love Alex he’s great

[@soknightsam]

This is the comment I came looking for

[@peekaboo4013]

He recently uploaded one or two unboxings

[@Sonicsis]

Or whenever he tossed the boxes you can hear they’re empty

[@HannaBenana]

If it hadn't been for the pandemic KZbin hole I fell into with Snake Discovery I wouldn't have been knowledgeable enough to recognize when an acquaintance was neglecting a snake. Too small enclosure, no heat source, improper water dish, ect. Needless to say, I now have a rescue snake, haha. Not something I ever thought I would be comfortable keeping, but I love them, and I'm happy I was able to improve their life. I think the snake definitely owes Ed and Emily a lot for making reptiles so much more approachable for people who have only kept the fluffy ones.

[@mochashep8685]

Forgive me if this isnt the most educated question, but wasnt Bryan an advocate/ breeder for the Spider morph in ball pythons? Aren't those babies known for neurological issues like "wobble"? Ive heard of some of his questionable husbandry regarding his big snakes. But hey I genuinely hope it's not the case as he seems like a passionate guy regarding reptile keeping

[@stephenhurley6793]

champagne, spot nose, woma, hidden gene woma, blackhead... Sable, chocolate... The list goes on.. Never heard of any of them?

[@whocares269]

He's a terrible keeper and a horrid example of a reptile husbandry. Spider morph advocate, one of his big snakes had its jaw eaten by infection and all he did was ignore and film it, he breeds smaller reptiles and forgets about them until they starve to death. The more you look, the worse it gets with Brian. His care of all of his reptiles is sub par at best and purposefully neglectful at worst. This guy likes him for the nostalgia, he was one of the first reptile keeping influencers but anyone introduced to the hobby within the last half decade at least knows to stay away from his problematic "care".

[@finleywiddrington6599]

There isn’t enough time in the world to discus why Brian is an awful reptile keeper. Now I will say his keeping has got better over the past few years still not amazing but better however 1. His old videos promoting bad husbandry are still up to influence his mainly young or uninformed audience that don’t know what is right or wrong and I think he is very irresponsible with his influence especially when it is the largest reptile channel. 2. He still shows really bad behaviours to this day that present him and in turn the whole reptile community as many people think everyone is like him as impulsive, go in blind etc when acquiring new animals which again is dangerous to a very impressionable audience. As much as I don’t like him he has fought hard for the reptile community and our rights and he has helped introduce people to the wonderful world of reptiles and has changed many peoples negative views towards reptiles so he’s not the devil but he is by far not the best reptile KZbinr on the platform

[@kittyspetss]

He also had a female snake that had its dead baby stuck inside of it for over weeks I think:) he’s not good in my opinion there’s a lot of stuff he did wrong

[@finleywiddrington6599]

@@kittyspetss not weeks about a YEAR. He didn’t notice until the snake had the next year’s clutch. He’s an awful keeper

[@lemonlizard1]

I highly disagree with your Brian barczyk. He purchases from bad sellers, and endorses terrible things. As you said, he does fight for reptile rights, but the spider ball python being banned is a good thing. He is fighting for it because he sells it. It is great that you were inspired by him, but that shouldn't change how he doesn't have great morals (in my opinion)

[@funnygaming2672]

The majority of spider do NOT wobble and are 100% healthy! plus wobble is more common in champagne ! only a bad breeder don't cull extreme case of wobble .Nothing should be banned .

[@lemonlizard1]

​@@funnygaming2672 I would love to see where you got that information from. Every single spider ball python will have a certain degree of wobble. Just because wobble is more common in the champagne morph, doesn't excuse the terribleness of it. The most important part to what you're saying, is that if you will need to cull an animal, why would you put into this world in the first place? I recommend watching GoHerpings reaction video, as it hits on most of my points. Search up "GoHerping Spider Ball Python Brian"

[@pebblemint1750]

@@funnygaming2672 It’s like breeding a blind dog because it’s fun to watch them run into things

[@dethofasalesmanhoneyboi5577]

@@lemonlizard1 goherping is cynical as fuck but hey if you’re in the the market for a 500 dollar rehabbed ball he got sent for free do it up homie glad he’s doing the rehabilitation for neglected herps but he’s literally doing as a for profit venture which usually are nonprofits and he’s the one that literally threw a live baby crested in the trash but that as with others doesn’t make them monsters no one perfect other than you and god apparently #lifegoals

[@dethofasalesmanhoneyboi5577]

Meanwhile there’s dog breeders that drown puppies for as little an imperfection as a crooked tooth go shit on akc shit for a min a jack of all trades is a master of none but better than a master of one spread your wings and fly 😂

[@nogames8982]

I think Emily and Ed did a great job of bringing in wonderful KZbin personalities for their enclosure build off contest. Every single one of those people have great channels.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

totally agree!

[@hannas.6177]

Agreed, I subscribed to all of them

[@lottepepplinkhuizen9220]

I know right, I can't believe people hate them

[@nogames8982]

@@lottepepplinkhuizen9220 I have heard zero bad reviews about them. But whenever you have a business you're gonna piss somebody off somewhere along the line. And I'm sure there are a lot of people who are jealous of them also.

[@lottepepplinkhuizen9220]

@@nogames8982 I've heard a lot of hate about how they do things on multiple platforms

[@JuMiKu]

Hating the people from Snake Discovery is like hating a puppy. It reflects on you not them.

[@laurenpetro2901]

I got to go to the Snake Discovery facility back in October and meet Emily and Ed. Adam is absolutely right about them. They were the same, sweet personalities that they show in their videos. You can tell how much they love what they do

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are amazing people

[@starspangledspotter]

Brian. Oh brian, He's a terrible keeper and a horrid example of a reptile husbandry. Spider morph advocate, one of his big snakes had its jaw eaten by infection and all he did was ignore and film it, he breeds smaller reptiles and forgets about them until they starve to death. The more you look, the worse it gets with Brian. His care of all of his reptiles is sub par at best and purposefully neglectful at worst. This guy likes him for the nostalgia, he was one of the first reptile keeping influencers but anyone introduced to the hobby within the last half decade at least knows to stay away from his problematic "care".

[@ellamiller6889]

yeah i agree

[@Chunky-turtle69]

You sound like the biggest hater he does alot for the hobby and you may not like him but you should respect him he's doing more than you are so stay humble

[@9seo1]

@@Chunky-turtle69 His reptile care is borderline animal abuse. He advocates for the breeding of spider morphs (too much money for him to stop breeding them). He's not a good example for someone in the community. He makes me sick.

[@christheghostwriter]

Which Brian are you talking about? He mentions at least two different Brians in the video

[@christheghostwriter]

@@Chunky-turtle69 pro tip: adults shouldn't say things like "you sound like the biggest hater," because it makes you sound like the biggest idiot

[@roseanngeib5550]

I was sooo happy you had such a great opinion on snake discovery. Em is the reason I can even look at snakes on KZbin. Before then I would freak out if I even saw a second of footage of a snakes. They are such wonderful people and it really makes my heart smile to know they are genuinely that good.

[@bigbunnyleabee]

wait. didnt brian let his snake die from a mouth infection and when fans pointed it out he ignored them. after she died he got an identical one and tried to invalidate peoples claims.and didnt he start doing better because all the critisism from conserned people became too much> and didn he make thumbnails that did nothing but futher damage the snake reputation. didnt his wife even say he does nothing but kill his reptiles only to replace and redo the same things

[@linneah8211]

Yea and the way he breeds give me puppy mill vibes

[@Macachee]

I’m no fan of Brian, I don’t think I’ve seen a single one of his videos so I know nothing about the other stuff, but how do you know he got an “identical” snake and the other one died? How would you be able to tell it wasn’t just the same snake who got better?

[@TheBonzobonzo]

Yes to all those things, kinds invalidates this whole list and this whole channel really :/

[@das-too-bad-ig]

I just don't understand why you would give credit to someone solely because they have a big platform and advocate against regulations. What regulations? Can you be more specific? To me that kind of is a red flag but it depends entirely on what you're talking about. Is it breeding certain morphs? Is it wild caught vs captive bred? What specifically is it? Because while some things I could understand would be beneficial to the reptile keeping community, is it beneficial to that species as a whole to continue certain practices? There's a line between this being something for YOU and it being something you do because you love animals and want to give them the proper care. I'm just confused how that is viewed as a win if it's supposed to be about the animals themselves. But I have no idea because there were no specifics given!

[@bigbunnyleabee]

@@Macachee the eaten up lip was no longer there and this snake was perfectly healthy sunshine died and he just got another albino retic

[@kassandrayoung3405]

Snake discovery was the first reptile channel I ever watched when I had my old ball python (rehomed her bc I didn’t have the income at the time and she deserved the best) and I can honestly say that Emily and Ed seem like the most genuine people in the entire world, we are all so blessed that they share their lives w us 😊

[@Maynardthetool]

Bryan B is not a good keeper or role model. While yes he advocates he’s not the face that we want advocating when he breeds animals with severe health issues just for profit with no care for their health.

[@freemcbilly3617]

Wobble in ball pythons is not a "sever health issue." I disagree with breeding morphs with wobble, but I still think Brian is good for the hobby overall.

[@PACMANnot]

@@freemcbilly3617 Brian regularly kills his animals, houses them improperly, bred the spider morph that have known neurological issue that can range from undetectable to severe and the *only reason* he stopped breeding a similar gene in geckos is because geckos have a separate gene that produces similar patterns wothout the neurological disorders. He puts aesthetics over the welfare of the animals more often than he advocates for hobbyists. It's theroised that he replaced one of his albino retics 'cause he killed the original (I haven't kept up with that issue as I just don't like the guy). Brian should never be looked up to and I wouldn't trust any husbandry tips that come out of his mouth.

[@paulranin7815]

He is great and intertaning

[@Maddie59473]

@@freemcbilly3617 a snake biting itself when trying to eat is pretty bad. A snake being unable to find which way is up is pretty bad.

[@colebrown3481]

Snake discovery is our favorite. My children love Ed and Emily (they actually call it the Emily show 😂) and that’s what caused my children to not be scared of our garter snakes finally. I screenshot all the good shows you shared so I could put them in my notes to check out for my children. Heading to a reptile show tonight at our local library, so excited for that.

[@melonz9806]

I agree with all except for Brian, I've watched many other KZbin thoughts about him and although the community would not be the same if he didn't start his channel I still believe his actions should be held accountable, I know he was a big inspiration for you but turning a blind eye to the treatment of his reptiles is not ok, he still hasn't changed his ways, he has only been keeping more secret to please viewers, maybe you should do a deep dive into his channel and make a video on your opinion on how he treats his reptiles? It's perfectly fine to look up to someone but it's also ok to admit they aren't what you thought they were, great video though

[@grownman1017]

What do you mean when you say "how he treats his reptiles" please, elaborate

[@saltytears4711]

As someone who lives in Michigan and has actually BEEN to Brian's zoo. I can confirm.

[@Tooniematronic]

Thank you for this! He claims to be for reptiles, and wants to make people see them in a positive light, and then posts a video about a big scary snake bite 🙄 and not to mention, his obvious breeding spider BPs for money rather than holding off on them for the sake of the animal.

[@grownman1017]

@@Tooniematronic You obviously know absolutely nothing. EVERYONE in the reptile community breeds the spider gene. Perhaps all you newbies should do research prior to coming on here spewing this bullshit.

[@saltytears4711]

@@grownman1017 you clearly know absolutely nothing. I'm part of the reptile community in Michigan and I know every. Single. Reputable. BP breeder. And not ONE of them would ever breed a spider ball. The only idiots who do, are people like you, wanna be breeders, who buy animals with poor genes and buy some supplies off Amazon and then call yourself a breeder. Gtfo. Do you not understand the issue with spider balls? Wtf is wrong with you.

[@caseysilva6919]

I wish I had the talent like Tanner. His builds are just so inspiring. When I wanted to learn more about the hobby as my knowledge was outdated, is when I came across your channel. Your channel is exceptionally positive, and with the continuous watching got me in touch with All Canadian Reptile Girl and Reptiliatus. So not just more knowledge, but actually great people to know with hopes to meet you all one day.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Tanner is such a great talent!

[@saaros]

i'm very glad a LOT of the comments is talking about Brian because, what a kick off for this video... i don't think i need to add as to why Brian isn't a good channel, just because he was a great impact in the growth of the youtube reptile community, doesn't mean everything about his very well documented malpractice should be ignored under the nostalgia rose tinted lenses.

[@veronicawhite6833]

He should be arrested for animal cruelty and neglect

[@bathroomshoes]

the way he treats them is so aggravating

[@simpled5755]

Have you actually seen his husbandry?

[@HeyItsZee_]

His husbandry is poor and his Zoo has tiny enclosures. The fact the dlith is housed like this is why I unsubscribed

[@Yote_Yammers]

Dude bred spider morph BPs for so long.. Even being like "hey look at this one that hatched, it's upside down and might die but cool imma make more of em 👍"

[@katherynedarrah4245]

I think I know why snake discovery is so amazingly loved. They tell you about snakes and make them unscary

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

bingo

[@krystlestevens1056]

I love that they don’t play the “know it all” card. When they are talking about animals they’ll say things like, “I just learned from _____ that this creature _____” I love that they offer up as much info as possible and they give credit to the sources of their knowledge. They are always looking to educate themselves further and help educate viewers.

[@dannyphantom121]

Snakes were never scary to begin with.

[@mr.cuddlessentme9702]

I absolutely love snake discovery and am actually planning a trip out to their new store! Anyway i can to support them and all these people who are putting a good name to our cold blooded companions ❤️

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

theya re wicked!

[@Elias_sims]

I hope you have fun there! I’m going soon as I live in a near by area!!

[@mpk6664]

Taking a trip to their zoo is a bucket list item for me. It's an 11 hour drive to and from for me. That's not bad, but it takes planning 😂

[@brianbalfe515]

I live 10 minutes away from them go there all the time such an amazing place and absolutely great people

[@alicecain4851]

@@brianbalfe515 totally jealous! Although it may be a good thing for me. I'd adopt all of the animals from Adoption Island! Have fun visiting them!

[@ResaChiic]

I haven’t watched enough of Brian’s videos, but I can say that every video of his that I started watching, I’ve had to click out because I don’t like his attitude/how he treats the animal, and I’m not sure I like the enclosure setups. The racks are quite bland/small.

[@pixazelz]

you are right I watched him a long time ago and he favored views over animal well being . recently he got only one baby capybara when they should at least be in pair because he said the breeder said it was fine...

[@cloudywithachanceoffruit7831]

I love your videos a lot, and I generally agree with a lot of the things you say, but I whole-heartedly disagree on Brain being 'good' for the community. He constantly posts fear-mongering videos (usually about being bitten, an animal escaping ect) and his stance on spider ball pythons is disgusting. Breeders should be looking to better the breed of the animal they take on, but it's been confirmed that you will never breed the 'wobble' out of spiders, and due to the 'wobbles' most of these snakes have a lower-quality of life. They are suffering, and yet people like Brian put profits and looks over the well-being of their animals. This is coming from a person who works for a dog breeder. We had a girl who kept producing pups with eye issues. We bred her twice; the second time we tried a different sire in hopes that it was the male we were using, but when her second litter came out with eye issues, do you know what we did? We gave her away to a new home and made sure she wouldn't be breed again. Because as a breeder, that is what you do. If you know that breeding two animals together could result in health complications that are 100% attached to the animal you are breeding, YOU DON'T BREED IT. It's that simple. His care of his reptiles also leaves something to be desired. Generally most of his reptiles are kept in wayyyyyy too small of enclosures for the breed (god, just look at his poor larger snakes) and the enclosures he has are barren and completely devoid of any enrichment. Just a hide, water bowl and that's it. His zoo enclosures are amazing, but he has hundreds of breeding reptiles kept in poor and neglectful conditions. Racks can be amazing, take for example Snake Discoveries racks. They are full of enrichment, are nice and large, and are just good quality environments for the animals. Just looking at the two side-by-side is disheartening, because it becomes so clear how lacking Brains enclosures are. I understand that he is a big inspiration for you, but it honestly seems that your admiration for him is clouding your judgement.

[@joshuavanburen743]

Or or its his opinion and if he thinks he’s good tgen he’s good

[@Jordan-dc1tc]

One thing that bothers me most about Brian is that he pulls his snakes out of the cut egg way before they are ready, he litraly pulls the snake out of the egg when he cuts it

[@cloudywithachanceoffruit7831]

@@joshuavanburen743 and I'm allowed to have mine; and I think Brain is not a good representative for the community. Judging by others comments, I'm not alone in that, either. Also that's a poor argument. Did you even bother to read what I said? You didn't even bother to refute any of my claims.

[@cloudywithachanceoffruit7831]

@@Jordan-dc1tc For real. He really does things that most would be crucified and chased from the reptile community for and yet people just ignore it cause he's popular??

[@baileyhodges0]

@@Jordan-dc1tc omg I'm so annoyed when I see that. It pisses me off cuz, and correct me if I'm wrong, egg cutting is just to see what morph and if it's healthy, right?

[@abigailr.9601]

Snake Discovery is the first reptile-related channel I watched and remains my favorite KZbin channel today! I actually don’t watch more than one or two other reptile channels, so I really appreciate you spreading awareness and info about other channels!

[@calewarner06]

Dude, you forgot wickens wicked reptiles... Adam is amazing, from video editing to the care and love for his animals, all animals that is talk about a dude that can make you smile and laugh hey really does his research such a great place to go for education. My favorites are Chandler's wildlife, without him I would have never conquered my fears and found out about you and snake Discovery and Clint's reptiles all of you positive reptile KZbinrs are great

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Adam smells of pickles and cleaning products

[@calewarner06]

@@WickensWickedReptiles and Steve pee 😆

[@eddominates]

awww lol

[@Viscid149]

@@WickensWickedReptiles wait…He’s mister Clean?

[@rachaelwill426]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopo

[@Messed-up-logic]

I think the dog, knows what’s up. Lmao Brian’s animals are known for dying really young. A lot of his bigger snakes show signs of upper respiratory infections. There was leaked video of his wife telling him the animals are just gonna die be in a couple weeks. I honestly don’t think he’s trying to be malicious. I just think he is ignorant to what he is doing. There are so many cause of people getting snakes he bread with kinks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqHaooiQbtdkgZI

[@JackOfAllTrades0404]

Link to the video??

[@Messed-up-logic]

@@JackOfAllTrades0404 I’ll see if I can find it

[@Messed-up-logic]

@@JackOfAllTrades0404 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqHaooiQbtdkgZI

[@JackOfAllTrades0404]

@@Messed-up-logic I actually found it! it’s mentioned in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqHaooiQbtdkgZI

[@Shastasnow]

You don’t know anything of breeding. I have bred normals with kinks. Not all babies are born healthy and they sometimes just die young. That is why reptiles lay so many eggs. Even humans can have unhealthy babies that also die but we have great health care to keep them around longer than they would otherwise. He is not a bad guy. Yes Brian gets anxiety and has depression but he is not a monster for it. He is growing and gets better over time.

[@rhyspieces7099]

I’m so happy Tanner (SerpaDesign) is included here. He got me in to wanting to make bioactive enclosures after i started watching him for his aquarium designs, and his video on his jumping spider is so cute. And i recently get in to watching Snake Discovery and they’re so amazing! All the love!

[@karendpeterson970]

His channel is a whole addiction!!❤

[@Emzotic]

You’ve always got an open invitation to come and check out my animal room, and fill it with packing peanuts for the ferrets!

[@Jexxa.]

I've never heard anyone in the community actually like Brian lmao. His husbandry is awful, and I've seen the way he treats some of his animals in videos and it wasn't okay, at least what I saw wasn't. He also promoted the spider morph which is widely known for not being an okay morph by any means, for many reasons. Definitely disagree with him being green/blue instead of red.

[@normalhuman9878]

I remember seeing a video from NERD defending the spider morph that caused me to stop watching. It was the first time I had ever even heard of the spider morph and the neurological issues associated with it. They way they downplayed knowingly breeding snakes with genetic defects really didn’t sit right with me

[@rrome.]

for real, I saw him showing a 100 dollar bearded dragon setup (WHICH WAS HORRIBLE FOR A BEARDED DRAGON), and he was promoting it! then, I was a 100 dollar leopard gecko Setup?! it was so bad for the poor leopard gecko :(

[@simpled5755]

Baseless claim

[@antony1397]

I like how they actually had information to back up their claim, meanwhile you write two words as if that invalidates their data. Dogshit. @@simpled5755

[@drentify]

Nah, Brian is a boss. If you can accept that he’s a zoo owner and not a hobbyist like the other KZbinrs here, then you can get past it. He’s a businessman, and treats his animals far better than your local pet shop or even your local hobbyist breeder. Whilst still maintaining the love and care for the animals. Yes he produces defects, such as his scaleless snakes, but have you seen the dog and cat trade? 😂😂 I love Brian and really don’t care much for the negative opinion on him here cause come on, he’s a good guy.

[@NeptunetheChameleon]

Shoutout to all the speciality reptile channels - it’s not easy to make content and grow a channel around 1 or 2 species but it’s so great to have them as a resource for people wanting to dive in and learn everything they can about that species.

[@YachtRockFiend]

The fact that Barczyk is number one on this list is truly upsetting. This is a guy who neglected an animal to the point where it's mouth was rotting off, then, when viewers noticed, he switched that animal out for a similar-looking one and claimed there was nothing wrong. That is just one example of his husbandry. I'm saddened that he is allowed to keep animals.

[@jamesmansfield9276]

For realll I was like WTF

[@veronicawhite6833]

I agree with you. He's a snake discovery wannabe. He is one of the most famous but not a good keeper.

[@Geckowishes]

Agreed. I literally unsubscribed because of that. Brian is all about money. He does not have proper enclosures, keeps geckos in racks and is truly an awful part of this community.

[@JMoore68]

Agreed, Barczyk is not good for the hobby. He, Nolan and Tyler are hot garbage.

[@pemanilnoob]

I don’t understand why people like him at all Like there are people who just seem to not know he’s not a good guy, when that’s like surface level knowledge!!

[@Ranjid008]

I dont keep reptiles, im not going to but i still watch every single video Ed and Emily put out. Its fun, informative and its overall the best vibe you could wish for. They deserve the spotlight they get and i hope they never change :)

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are great!

[@zacharyalfano9846]

Huh

[@gsreptiles5606]

Adam, thank you so much the kind words, and for supporting my channel. I really appreciate it! Gary

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

love the channel Gary!

[@gsreptiles5606]

@@WickensWickedReptiles Thank you!!

[@dragopistachio]

Made this as a reply to my own comment but I thought I'd post it on it's own as well, anyways, these are the reasons you shouldn't suport Brian 1. Breeds/defends spider ball pythons and spreads misinformation on them. He had also used the VERY ableist point that "you wouldn't put down a disabled person" in response to pll saying that he breeds suffering animals just bc he gets paid for it. 2. Completely ignored his snakes mouth rot even when people were actively telling him about it. He then later replaced this snake as it died from the infection. Once called out for this he made a video crying on camera saying he was geting "bullied". 3.CONSTANTLY bothers and harasses his animals for content. For example he had sprayed his retic with a hose after just eating, the reason for this was absolutely nothing. Also bothers his animals 24/7 and often acts dramatic on camera whenever issues occur which obviously stresses the animals 4. Creates clickbaity thumbnails which perpetuate the idea that reptiles are huge evil killing machines. 5. And lastly the most obvious one, hes a mill breeder. His animals are kept in awful conditions with cages disgustingly small. These have 0 enrichment and literally consists of a hide and dish. His wife even stated that his new animals were gonna be dead in a week

[@nikoaa6290]

HEAVY ON NUMBER 5!!!!! not seeing enough people talking about this. His animals have noooo enrichment. It's sad

[@cloudywithachanceoffruit7831]

Preach!! Idk why people still support Brian, he is horrid.

[@riakun]

I love watching Tyler Nolan and Chandler! They’re the two that got me into the reptile part of KZbin. Been watching both of them for a few years now. Thanks for making this list, and I’ll definitely be watching your stuff in the future as well!

[@tazmeaney2000]

I’ve got to say you’re pretty spot on with all of these, Chandler is a friend of mine that I’ve hung out with a couple of times and he’s just as genuine off camera as he is on camera, he’s always informing and caring about his animals and how they’re doing, love your videos! Keep up the awesome work

[@lemonshark4961]

He seems like he would be a fun dude to party with

[@tazmeaney2000]

@@lemonshark4961 trust me you have no idea 😂

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

seems like a cool dude!

[@ExarchGaming]

Chandler is amazing, he avoids drama like the plague, and even when he's involved in it, he rarely brings it up, minus what the city was trying to do to him... I cannot believe they were holding secret meetings to try and get his permits taken away, but FWL came in for that clutch save and said to pretty much get over it.)

[@pittlers]

Yessss! I watched this to make sure Snake Discovery was getting props. They are amazing. They are so devoted to herp rescue where we are from. I met Emily when she came out to teach us vet tech students the basics about working with herps. I appreciated it so much as someone who wanted to work with exotics (and now does!). They are really so knowledgeable and so committed to helping all herps. Shout-out to Snake Discovery and the MN Herpetological Society!!!

[@StaySomniaaa]

Snake Discovery is the channel that got me into reptiles! I don't have any myself, but I seriously love Ed & Emily! One of these days I'm going to go to their zoo.

[@laceyl5296]

They got me into reptiles to now I have a bearded dragon

[@rebeccasanabria7071]

Same except I have 3 snakes and breeding plans!🤪🤗

[@pandora2456]

Same! And now I have baby ball python 🐍💞

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

I live in Minnesota and I want to someday visit their zoo

[@wishfool2367]

Snake discovery made me feel like I could buy and care for a snake. And your channel taught me how to make sure I had the right enclousure, as well as helped me decide on a species. I have a little artic hognose named 'Bean'. He's doing fantastic due to channels like yours! Thank you :)

[@lexlovesvintage]

I'm so glad there's more positive channels than negative ones :) fortunately I've not had the displeasure of having the disgusting ones you mentioned about come across my feed. I'm kinda in disbelief that that's even a thing. Sad. Thanks for the great video!!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thanks for watching!

[@GeekyMitch]

Love Clint. He just so clearly absolutely LOVES what he's doing that it's impossible NOT to like the dude. NERD is also phenomenal, and I can appreciate that Kevin doesn't run away when someone takes a shot at him. Their takedown of The Reptile Channel was epic, disgusting, and taught me stuff I would have really never imagined. And of course Snake Discovery - much like Clint, their enthusiasm is absolutely contageous and makes me want to learn and keep more in my collection. As a dedicated ball python guy, it looks like I'm going to be adding a couple of leos, and a couple of cresties as well. And a hog, if one ever comes up for adoption (animal rescue guy here, I don't buy animals)

[@charlottesmom]

Yes, yes and yes!!! Clint is my absolute favorite, I learn so much and they guy is so respectful of all the critters.

[@messiawsum]

I absolutely adore Clint.

[@gold119]

Who would have thought when we watched this a year ago that Brian Barczyk would no longer be with us but sadly he passed away today. So happy to see he got the first green card, a legend we'll all miss!

[@WeBeThrivin]

Watching this after seeing the announcement of Brian’s passing really hits hard, we really had a great one

[@tarantulakat]

how much did Richard pay you to wear that shirt 🧐

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

He sent me "miracle beard growth cream", worth it. Stevie hates you, she knocked the mic cord out for 7ish cards,,, yours was one.

[@Reptiliatus]

😂

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

Kenan got his other lizard back today! His neighbor found an "iguana" in their yard and called him and it ended up being Bobby robino

[@inannaliban]

I have never been a fan of snakes, but am now a huge fan of Snake Discovery. I still have no desire to have or to hold one, but I can fully understand their role as a pet, and the genetics of hognoses is fascninating.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I love to hear that!

[@kaitlin5264]

Tip for potty training puppies: I recommend grabbing the dog/picking them up, and immediately taking them outside (without putting them down until they’re where they SHOULD be peeing). They normally stop peeing when you pick them up, and will normally continue peeing once you put them back down. If you allow them to pee too often in the house without intercepting them, it will take a lot longer for the dog to get the message of where they’re allowed to go to the bathroom. Also, using a product like Angry Orange pet stain and odor eliminator breaks down the smells fully. Cleaning with something like this will help prevent the dog from smelling where it previously peed (in the house), as they tend to continue using the bathroom in the same general area because they smell it there. Many normal cleaners won’t be able to remove the smell entirely otherwise. (Oh and always immediately reward good behavior with a treat [like if they went to the bathroom in the right place]!) It’s almost impossible to over-do it on treats for puppies-treats help the most for reinforcing any good behaviors you see!

[@dsds0411]

That’s great advice, but the puppy had obviously already peed on the floor during the video.

[@JupiterJamie]

Great advice!

[@elly512]

Completely agree! It creates the association of peeing=outside. Once they’ve figured that out, then you can move on to teaching them to ask to go out when they need it.

[@KaidosAKAWhiteDragon]

My mom's method is to put the puppy on the pee pad and say "potty" firmly until they do it. Most of the time, it works BTW, I have puppy fever but I already have a kitten so I'm probably not gonna get one I want a large to medium-sized dog though and I prefer male dogs

[@G.e.m.m.a.]

Agree great tips 👍. Also basis things when you have a puppy ( so cute 😍 ) that pees a lot make sure to be consequent to put him out when he wakes up ,has eaten,was on you're arm snuggled in for some time,after playtime those are the times the puppy just forgets he has to pee and accidents happen. It worked for my puppy . And lots of treats en kisses and reward of course like said above 😂

[@CasseeCat]

Thank you for mentioning NERD. I honestly don’t know why they don’t have more subscribers. I have never seen someone as incredible and empathetic as Kevin is towards animals. They need more eyes on them for sure!

[@susanelezebeth]

A lot of people don't like donny

[@NewEnglandReptile]

Thank you very much!!!!! Appreciated! Kevin

[@chuckthebrindlepittie6820]

@@susanelezebeth yep.

[@abennett3991]

Pov: you watched him literally praise an animal abuser in the first few minutes of the video and now don’t care about any of his other opinions.

[@pixazelz]

same :( rip

[@dreddf4235]

Which one?

[@jamesmansfield9276]

Yup this discredits anything else this man will ever say for me

[@skittlemilks1614]

@dreddf4235 Brian

[@pemanilnoob]

Yeah… :(

[@NineteenEighty8]

brian is by far one of the worst, so much malpractice going on it's unreal... he doesn't care about the animals, he cares about making money off of them. lets kids hold your animals and take picture with them is stupid also.

[@JessicasAnimalFriends]

Ayyy who doesn’t love 2 hour care guides? 😂 thanks so much!

[@Bekz715]

Those 2 hour care guides help me kill 2 hours at work. What else am I going to do when all my work is complete and I'm all alone? Lol.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

My leopard geckos all thank you!

[@amandastakeonit7402]

I would totally follow you but, leopard geckos aren't my thing and I don't have anything that can use a similar environment/husbandry. Yet, I follow Garret now and I won't be getting a dwarf or super dwarf retic, but I DO love snakes...IDK. You got my vote on the enclosure build. I liked your personality for what that's worth :)

[@JessicasAnimalFriends]

@@amandastakeonit7402 I post content about other kinds of reptiles too :)

[@Bekz715]

@@amandastakeonit7402 She has all kinds of animals. Yes, the majority of them are leo's, but her videos don't solely focus on them. I'm not that into leo's either, but absolutely love her channel. I still watch the leo videos though, bc they are cute. I just don't prefer them. I had found her channel when I got my beardie. Now bc of her, I have a fire skink as well. I saw Roku and fell in love with the species.

[@bellaboo666]

i highly disagree about bryan, but i get why you'd like him but he has advocated for the spider morph ball pythons which is torture for those snakes and that's just one thing he does/did. Other than that, pretty solid list imo Edit (again): I get that breeding has its problems, but breeding to specifically give a snake a problem like that doesn't sit right with me. There are other reasons why I don't like Bryan, for example, when he does gimmicky things with snakes to a person who is obviously anxious (like what he did with yungblud). That could potentially harm the snake and make snakes seem even more scary to a person. If you like him, fine, but i just see problems with him that just don't sit right with me.

[@donttellthefbiimhere9426]

Exactly. I saw him on a blue card and I was like, “Oh no dear God.” His audience is like a cult sometimes too.

[@whosAeroxbury]

I haven’t watched yet, but regardless of a bad opinion or two, he’s a large reason a lot of other reptile KZbinrs even exist and he’s done a very large amount of things that positively impact the entirety of the reptile community. I don’t really watch Brian that often so I don’t know if he’s apologized or since retracted his statement on spider balls, but that was years ago and it’s likely he could’ve changed his view on them. The Brian haters are more of a cult than Brian’s fans.

[@bellaboo666]

@@whosAeroxbury that's why i said i'd get why people would like Brian, but advocating for a morph that was torturing the animal is kind of like animal abuse and isn't forgivable imo no matter how long ago it was. He also doesn't seem to be the nicest person either, i remember watching his video on reptile gardens and he was ranting about how he wasn't allowed free admission because the owner didn't like him for things he did in the past. I'm happy brian was able to bring upon so many amazing reptile youtubers but it just sucks he isn't really a good person

[@donttellthefbiimhere9426]

@@bellaboo666 As well as abusing his reptiles.

[@shepherdbrooks7609]

Yeah, the defending the breeding of spiders and other bad genes is a red flag and big no from me. We have a responsibility to these animals to breed for good quality of life above all else, not bring animals into the world that may be in deep physical or mental anguish just because they have a pretty color or pattern. It doesn't matter that their brains aren't as complex as ours, an animal that can't even properly catch its own food IS suffering and you cannot convince me otherwise. Also wanted to add that the guy had a snake (a big albino retic or burm, I think its name was Sunshine) die from mouthrot or something, then replaced her with a nearly identical one and lied to everyone about it being the same snake! I wish some people didn't defend him so much.

[@tullyDT]

Nearly all serial killers started off torturing animals so that tells me all I need to know about people who make and enjoy that type of content

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

absolutely!

[@GBULL_ADV_1982]

My favorite reptile youtuber is Snake Discovery. The amount of species that they take care of and the amount of information they are able to provide about them is wild! I have learned so much over the past few years of watching. I even learned how to take care of my little corn snake because of them! Guess i can consider myself a reptile expert now 😂

[@saltycrepes]

i love how not even 2 minutes in and we start off with a bold lie. Brian literally breeds spider balls and sells them for a profit. thats what we call trash in the hobby.

[@Kingdomall]

and advocates for horrible snake care. I think this guy is sponsored by brian ngl

[@souleater9574]

And your trash I hve spider ball pythons and no health issues and no wobble so not all spiders are trash so unless your a reptile EXPERT keep your negative opinions to your self I been keeping snakes for 20 years and have had more spider BPs with no issue but hve had a couple with wobbles there’s nothing wrong with that

[@j88wal4]

@@souleater9574 So you a liar or you own some of the first snakes of their kind? I I highly doubt your claims and I am very sure anyone who has the slightest inclination about Spiders being as every single Spider suffers from Wobble. So congrats and maybe don’t lie next time… Although maybe you didn’t notice in your twenty years of keeping?

[@user-dq6vs5ry1n]

Exactly that's why I stopped watching this channel so much because if he advocates for Brian I can't trust his opinions anymore

[@saltycrepes]

@@user-dq6vs5ry1n I got him to reply to me in another comment, but he's like " only a few dozen people that have never talked to Brian are upset." It's like he hasn't even looked at these comments. I counted 107 comments about Brian being awful, didn't even count the replies under comments lol

[@DarkPhoenixEclipse]

I can’t believe KZbin allows animals to be killed on their platform. Do better KZbin and those creators. I’m absolutely disgusted. Love to see all the love to all the rockstars in this community! 💗

[@thewaterwarrior9817]

I mean I can understand hunting content, or natural documentaries and stuff

[@danielbaldwin1524]

Ive been watching Clints reptiles for ages he is amazing. Loves his animals and has good knowledge and makes it interesting. Plus he collabs sometimes with other guys which is great. Love him

[@Charmynox]

So so glad both of my Ems (Emily and Emzotic aka Emma) got positive reviews 😊 I wanna go to the Snake Discovery Zoo soooo bad. I would probably cry if I met Ed and Emily. They've had such an influence on my interests and pet care.

[@iriyasarafini2725]

I want to add a +1 for Viper Keeper. He's an absolute font of wisdom on hot species, and is very involved in husbandry and breeding of endangered hots for zoos and research collections. Like Kevin at NERD, he's been doing it forever, and has been actively been involved in antivenom research, development and distribution too.

[@CeruleanRogue]

It's so cool that he's /finally/ getting the recognition he deserves too. Not that he seems to want it - but more people owe it to themselves to watch his channel. You learn so much about hots.

[@theawkweirdchild4675]

So sorry, I dont agree with the first one. He doesn't really treat his snakes good, they are good and comfortable in their enclosure but when he goes out and takes them out into the world he doesn't take its biology into account. He threw a boa in a cold chlorinated pool and the person in the poop was thrashing around as the boa was trying to go to the edge of the pool. I used to follow him and he stared my love for snakes but he isnt responsible in my opinion

[@IamaKaliedoscope]

I appreciate the positivity here and hyping up of other great channels. Clint's Reptiles and Snake Discovery were the first reptile channels I watched and are just such awesome channels and I love how they approach it in educational ways. I also LOVE the Tarantula Collective. That guy is so cool. His cinematography is great and he's so passionate about his animals. Also got so much inspo for my bioactive terrarium from SerpaDesign.

[@BARK910]

Brian sucks,he is so rough with his animals and he is trying to reverse the act to ban spider morphs. Not to mention the questionable enclosure size for his anaconda,atleast in my opinion it's small for it. He might not be a bad guy per se but his husbandry is not the best and I think he can improve greatly

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

please provide a better example of an anaconda enclosure in someone's personal collection...

[@BARK910]

@@WickensWickedReptilesI don't have a specific example.I think the tree in the enclosure is taking up too much space and not really giving the snake much ground area to move around and I think anacondas are largely terrestrial and aquatic so there is a low to medium chance of the tree being utilized.I also think because the substrate around the pond is constantly wet, there is more risk of harmful mold growing and breeding ground for parasites and harmful bacteria.The narrow space between the back of the enclosure and the tree is also risking a larger snake getting stuck or potentially getting injured while passing through the space. I know the snake is still growing,she might be able to fit as of current time but in a few years she could potentially struggle. I'm not suggesting Brian to get rid of his beautiful enclosures,credit where it is due,and put all his animals in barren white boxes,but I do think he could have been more mindful with the wet/damp substrate. I would hate to hear that his snake got sick. I also have a little bit of a problem with the rack systems he has(and racks in general),I know they save space especially with such a large collection but they seem imhumanely small for the full grown female ball pythons he has in there. I might be wrong so please correct me,I am not a follower of his and I am absolutely not an expert, I just don't like the thought of an animal being uncomfortable in any situation or getting hurt/sick due to very preventable causes.

[@themute9354]

Brian? Why in the world would he be good? He might be older, but there’s many examples of his bad husbandry. This makes me take the rest of the list with a few grains of salt.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

sure, find me another person that took his personal; collection and built enclosures like you see for his anaconda, retic, boa, etc... Nobody is perfect but also nobody gives animals enclosures like his either.

[@themute9354]

@@WickensWickedReptiles Sorry, but I simply fail to see how terrible breeding practices which cause the animals to suffer, and more examples of abuse, are trumped out by him doing a few good things. Neglect and abuse shouldn’t be excused or ignored because of.. a good enclosure? I see a decent chunk of other people in the comments who agree. Either way man, I love your content, this is something many people just have to disagree with you on. Otherwise, I enjoyed the video, no need to argue about it. Have a good day👌

[@speedymadr6]

@@WickensWickedReptiles I’m sure the 000’a of animals in the tiny drawers have the same opinion that his enclosures are wonderful. The guy is confused on the one hand he has wonderful naturalist enclosures but bhp is full of animals with nothing but a water bowl. He needs to look at how Emily and Ed use racks for some inspiration. My kids were in tears when they saw how he keeps his breeders.

[@ashleycook300]

Emily and Ed are incredibly sweet! Same with Clint!! It's good to see them get good publicity! Clint's channel is so informative, and watching the little light he gets in eyes every time he talks about any animal is so nice to see. 10/10 recommend Clint's reptile room. Em and Ed are so humble and loving! ♥ I will never forget Snake Discovery's unboxing video. They were given easily over a hundred gifts from fans and they unboxed every single one with nothing but kindness and love to say about each one. They got way more chocolate than any human could reasonably consume and they still simply laughed and smiled and thanked their viewers with nothing but love and grace.

[@user-rd3ou5ev6o]

"NERD is a great influence for this community-" My brother in Christ, they keep their retics in small fkn shoeboxes. Literal wooden boxes. They're simply profit over husbandry and treatment, and I'm insanely disappointed you looked the other way to not catch flak by people (or are simply blind).

[@toni5431]

One you missed out was Dingo Dinkelman. I love his utter enthusiasm and love for snakes of every variety. He's a South African version of Steve Irwin with how hype he gets spotting and interacting with the snakes. You can't help but get hyped along with him.

[@Baileypup-xm5kd]

It's a shame that his channel was taken down...

[@elizabethashley6850]

Totally agree about Dingo. He was literally my favorite reptile channel. I'm still so sad about his channel being taken down.

[@urfavshreklover]

snake discovery is an absolute amazing channel, they even used to stream their boas and alligator on twitch (when their boa was pregnant) and they helped educate me about different reptiles

[@astrinymris9953]

You *knew* putting a picture of Emily on your thumbnail with that title would generate clicks from Snake Discovery fans ready to go medieval on you if you said anything remotely negative about Emily and Ed. You KNEW. Well played, sir! ;-D

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

;)

[@TheWhiteGyrfalcon]

I agree Snake Discovery and Clint Reptiles are great ambassadors for their mix of education, genuine passion for herping and love of what they do

[@jinxgirl5]

Snake Discovery is one of those channels where I can't say enough awesome things about them. Emily and Ed are just the most wholesome kind of people! I really enjoy Chnadler's channel too, he's a bit like a Steve Irwin from Florida XD The way he handles his animals did make me a bit skeptical at first, but the more videos I watch the more I see how much he repects the dangers involved and that he does take safety seriously. His passion for the animals and the knowledge he shares has always been fascinating. Love how these videos can help branch people out. I found this channel through Snake Discovery, and from there I've been looking at a few others. Been thinking about getting a corn snake some day, so all new knowledge gained is good :D

[@shibibi1]

Serpa Design Is by far one of the best for bioactive enclosures. his work is so gorgeous and Snake Discovery are just the best most wholesome channel. They're so PURE!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

I think so too!

[@satiricgames2129]

Omg yes serpa is incredible

[@dolphinsgirl253]

Thanks for shouting out the Tarantula Collective. He comes across as super dedicated and a great ambassador for the hobby. And I agree his videos are next level. Two of my faves that didn’t get mentioned Dark Den and Tarantula Kat. But my opinion is based on personality/entertainment as I’m a hobby of the hobby I don’t plan on owning any reptile/exotics anytime soon.

[@lemonshark4961]

He's so dangerous I have such a long list of T's that I want to get eventually because of him😭 on the flip side I changed my avic's enclosure because of the video he did about link toes

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

Yeah I had a card for Kat too but Stevie knocked my audio cord out and 7 or 8 people had to get cut in post :(

[@dolphinsgirl253]

@@WickensWickedReptiles ha! But because Stevie’s tots adorbs we forgive him! I also appreciate you giving props to many of the female creators in the hobby. Really cool 😎

[@redfailhawk]

One channel I really like that's a bit newer than this video (or got popular after this came out) is definitely Molinaro Snake Lab. Kerry seems really genuine and I appreciate how he handles eggs and babies from what I've seen. I'm extremely picky about who I'd buy from, and he's actually one of the breeders I'm looking at most in the near future, as he has both species I'm interested in.

[@Varenyam86]

Right! Him and Green Room Pythons seem very laid back, knowledgeable men with a good heart and interest in the wellbeing of their animals.

[@fae2038]

Snake discovery is the channel that made me want a snake, and thanks to their resources and information I was able to do the right research and get a corn snake

[@oliGK]

You are such a help to me with education in the reptile hobby!

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

thank you so much!

[@blanket4763]

I met Emily from snake discovery in a random place and she was so sweet and genuinely and talked with me for like 15 minutes despite that she was clearly busy doing something else. I’m an undergrad and we talked about the importance of women in stem and it was just so nice. I definitely look up to her as an incredible science communicator

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Thanks for including Viperkeeper. I've been watching his channel for years: he was more fun before the pandemic took hold: nowadays he interacts less with his snakes for safety reasons, but things like "mamba on a stick" were fun. I have really enjoyed some of the Australian channels that feature herping in the wild, especially Ricky Mack, also The Natural Herp Keeper, and Critta Cam.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

No doubt!

[@sdqsdq6274]

OG viperkeeper

[@pastorczo13]

I love viper keeper. I believe he actually helps with anti venom as well.

[@hope_xo_xo]

If it wasn’t for snake discovery I probably wouldn’t have found my obsession with animal conservation!!! Can’t thank them enough

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are great!

[@KeatonAClark-jw6zr]

I love Clint. I live near the reptile room and he always takes time to look at the pictures from my recent herping finds and he’s the only one that gets as excited as me about it.

[@mailelouie658]

OK you have to be in Utah, I was born and raised there. I have to say that some of his “evolution” videos about categorizing humans (lampreys, I DIED laughing) it had to not go over well with the LDS Church. Can I come back home yet lol

[@ProudSlytherin5123]

I love Snake Discovery. They taught me about morphs of snakes that I didn't know existed, especially the more concerning ones like the spider morph. I also love their baby videos because they explain about the veins on the inside of the eggs when they create slits in the tops of the eggs when the babies are ready to hatch along with the color of the fluid too and whether the fluid is a good sign (it being clear) or a concerning sign (cloudy or yellowish). I learned way more about snakes on their channel than I have from reading books that only tell you about the more common morphs and breeds.

[@Bekz715]

I'm so glad you talked about Jessica's Animal Friends and Elle's Reptiles. They were the first 2 I found when researching about reptiles. I wouldn't have found your channel and several of the others you have listed without them. I absolutely love them.

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

they are both great!

[@Bekz715]

They really are! I've learned so much from them.