I'm not a reptile keeper, but I do find them fascinating. I really appreciate a channel that doesn't just show off a bunch of reptiles with no info. I love that you give a description and education of each one. I actually learn something new and interesting with your content and that I can enjoy and RESPECT.
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My cow reticulated python name venom, i’ve bought him from you a while back and his spots are finally growing in and man I love it. Thanks for all that you and your team do.
You're limited to what he works with (which is fine with me). I love colubrids (kings, milks, rats, hognoses and corns), but that's just not what he works with.
@@chriscosby1561 that's fake news on the carpet's. they're better eaters than a ball and being the size of a pencil would make any one nippy as a baby. guessing you don't work with carpets?
Love how you pointed out expections and reality of Burmese and Retics. Every snake has the potential to be an amazing pet when cared for right and shown respect. (Mom of 2 and a Retic)
I think the humble corn snake deserves a mention as a good starter species. They're easy to house, stay an extremely manageable size, generally tractable, come in lots of beautiful morphs, and because they are small, all the husbandry supplies can be purchased at a shop. They're also very affordable in comparison to some of the larger species of snakes, both the animals themselves as well as their food and supplies. My first snakes were corns, and I really loved them. My female was so friendly; she used to sleep in the front pocket of my sweatshirt while I watched TV. I have a boa now, but I'm glad I had such easy snakes first while learning about their care.
I love the concept and execution of this video. I think it is a fantastic idea to show the different species next to each other and give a run down on their traits, care, and size potential. I also love the emphasis on research and responsible keeping. If our hobby is to continue and be seen as reputable (by outsiders) responsible keeping is a must. I think too many purchase as an impulse buy leading to animals that are abandoned and rehomed and owners getting injured... It is sad that those seem to be the only cases that the public-at-large know of and that is how they view our hobby. I would love to see a part II of this video showing some adult animals (male and female) of each species for size comparison too. I think some people have a hard time gauging actual size based on length if it is left up to their imagination. I am so glad to see such a well-known breeder in the industry doing educational videos like this. Please keep up the good work and know that it is much appreciated!
I had an experience with a snake in childhood that left me with terrible fear. As an adult I nursed a baby carpet python and that helped. A couple of years ago I was introduced to an Olive Python. Oh she was so beautiful! Now I watch you with great interest. Thank you for all that you do.
Thank you so much!!! I already wanted a ball python but you confirmed for me that was the best choice for a 1st timer. I would love a tank set up video. One that shows basic up to the most beneficial for the snakes happiness.
New England Reptile you’re doing great Kevin, you’re definitely becoming more comfortable in front of the camera too. Are you going to be involved in Brian Barczyk’s round table discussion on snake breeding/husbandry etc? I think it’s going to be a really good experience for discussing both sides of the topic and figuring out a way forward that is beneficial for both the animals and breeders.
I love your educational videos you're so good at explaining how these reptiles think and what us as reptile owners can do to ensure quality husbandry and relationships with our pets. I think it's incredible thank you.
After two years of searching I’ve decide on my first snake and it will be a boa constrictor! I toke the nerd tour and they kindly showed me some nice animals, gave me good info and I appreciate it a lot! Now I’ve moved back to Italy and here everything that is not common it’s hard to find.. even supplies are not that easy to get. I really would love to see a boa care video from you Kevin! Honestly the part that make me more nervous is the husbandry in general, like setting up the new enclosure and manage temperatures and humidity. Everything is online but not being able to see in person how to do things makes me nervous like someone that is becoming parent for the first time!
That orange Retic is absolutely gorgeous! This was a good presentation but I wish you had said more about Carpet Pythons, as I think those make great pets. If you decide to do a follow-up part 2 to this video it would be great also if you went further into caging that you recommend for each of these species and leave the links to where the various caging options can be bought, maybe also show one of each species in its caging the way you have them set up.
Great video Kev! Very structured straight to the facts about the do's and don'ts when it comes to different species. I admire your valuable information you share because your passion shows that you want people to understand and be more aware of keeping these wonderful intelligent animals and giving them a quality captive bred life.
Another brilliant video! Thank you Kevin - just bought my first royal / ball python - a female lemon blast! Super excited to pick her up! I’d love to see a vid on how to tell you’re snake is hungry and when to change up their food to a larger rodent - lots of love to you all at NERD from the UK 😊
I had a red tail boa growing up and she was about eight feet long when I watched her bite my cousin and I’ve been afraid of snakes ever since. We raised her from a baby and I adored her!!! I’ve been watching reptile videos for a year or so and I love this channel. I hope when my sons old enough I can grow enough balls to get another!
This is exactly the type of video I wanted to see tonight! I started with ball pythons, and last year I got an Abomination Boa (I know a lot of people haven't heard of them, I figure you guys might've though). I was a little nervous to make the leap from ball to boa but he has since become my best buddy and his personality is SO amazing! Our hope is to get a female Colombian boa next, and a dwarf retic or 2. The only thing that keeps me waiting is that I haven't been able to personally interact with either of the full grown adults yet, and I want to make sure my kids, husband and I will be comfortable with the size, necessary care, enclosure size and such. I wish we lived closer to a facility like yours lol but if you know any keepers/breeders close to Buffalo NY lmk!
Very nicely done...i love the way Kevin explains things. He uses the BIG words, but he throughly explains what they mean. I love how he touches them and explains how to keep their brains working and WHY to do that. I do not have any reptiles but i love watching Kevin and the crew interact with them and my phobias have turned into appreciation and wonder. Thank you for all your time!
Another great video Kevin! I love when you’re just talk to us in front of the camera with animals and there isn’t a lot of fancy editing and crazy voices. Because of those reasons this video was epic and extremely educational for both the noobie and advanced keeper. Can you do a care video on how to know what size mouse or rat to feed your ball python/ snake and what they could eat at adults?
Although I have almost a decade experience of keeping snakes, my experience always tells me only keep balls, boas and blood pythons. I do kept retics before, but I feel like they are too big for a pet snake and I decided to sell them.
You taught me to look into a monitor's eye and see, I don't know how to explain this to you, the Pet shop I work at, we get baby monitors in. When I unbox them and pull them out carefully from the bag, I'm real quiet and slow with them, always watching their eyes. Been doing this about 35 year now in the Pet Trade, Hell I remember when all baby iguanas were wild caught and we sold them with out a guarantee for 250.00 bucks, and we didn't even know what they ate. Hence we fed them Science Diet Puppy Growth with their Greens some would feed them crickets as well. Your Monitors back then? All wild caught sub adults, they were captured in leg traps, some of them would be shipped to us with sever injuries with toes falling off do to those traps. The shop I worked in all those years ago..we would quarantine for one to two weeks in back of the shop. Back then we didn't know how smart they were, we just wanted them to simply eat with out a clue to what they ate. Most died back then, the collection band that you see today was not in place back then,(so anything goes back then ). Ball Pythons? Back in the early 1980tis , no one wanted them, you had to feed them gerbils, no one was willing to feed a snake a 30 dollar meal, and those wild caught's would stay balled up in fear for days until they starved to death. Retics and Burms...back then we did them a disservice, we didn't know how big they would get...we also didn't know how smart they were. Back in the early 80tis , if you got your Berm or Retic up to 9 or 10 foot, you were the man. (had a customer that would look for free kitten adds, he would feed them to his retic.) Now I'm looking at you Kevin... you whisper them (sure you have a Business to run, got it), but that whisper is you, you looked at theses magnificent creatures and they looked back at you, and you simply said I see. Long winded I know.... So now in my 50ties semi retired.....I get to see baby monitors and carefully watch, and teach a new owner/ knucklehead to listen and understand their youngster a baby Nile monitor . To you Sir Thank You.
What is the absolute best care for Burmese pythons? I want to get one and I have a lot of research to do still. I also realize my level of keeping is very minimal. I have one ball python now and have kept a few bearded dragons and Chinese water dragons also. I love the videos and I’m excited for more to come!!!
joseph Harris I wouldn’t say that you’re ready for one. You need to be an expert in python keeping before getting a Burm. They have a rep of being sometimes temperamental and are extremely large snakes. Adults will be anywhere from 20-30 foot long and weigh several hundreds of pounds.
Educational videos like this are great for the hobby. Being from a big player and pioneer of the hobby, Kevin understands his responsibility to promote and educate with the exposure and influence he has. It's really great to see that.
Great video! This type information is priceless to the health and welfare of the pet and the keeper. Keep them coming! This type video is so vital to the community.
Great video ! I actually learned something new today . Very informative. I love green anacondas they really have been given a bad rap because of poorly made movies that portray them as man eaters when in fact they just want to be left alone and be able to investigate us at their leisure. I would definitely love to see a video on Husbandry in different climates and tips for those climates.
I wish you would have included the Rosey boas, and children's pythons to cover the entire spectrum of boiads , but I do really like the vlog and hope for more of this type content,,💯
Next video, MONITOR CARE PLEASEEEEE!!!!!! it would be really awesome if you could do a video on different monitors and some Australian species please. I'm looking at getting a lace monitor but sadly there's rarely any information about them in captivity. Awesome video! Kevin you are awesome!!!
Great video, I started with cornsnakes, then ballpythons and now I got also boa’s imperator. Love the big snakes but I don’t have the space for them and nobody who can assist me when they are big. So will stay with the smaller ones.
I've gotten to interact with a full grown Burmese python a few times. She's a beautiful snake, but no way would I feel comfortable owning one. A Boa constrictor, maybe, but even there, a proper display enclosure would take more space than I currently have available for that purpose.
Kevin you’re the man... thanks for the class and yes you’re totally right we most all study our animals specially if we have them as pets already. I just started with Ball Pythons last December and now I have 4. I’m in Japan and There is no breeders selling in here or at least than I’m aware of... they have the Japanese reptile club and you most be a member to buy there but it is only for people who own pet shop. So it is kind of messed up because I have noticed that reptiles never get taken care of in the best or at least decent way and feeding is really bad. I got my first and second BP (900+grams Mojave male 5.5 years old and my HET clown female 5 years old 700+grams)I asked about their food and they were eating 35 grams mice 🐁 once a week. I’m trying to get them to their right size for their age. So trying to learn as much as I can. Thank you again
New England Reptile thank you so much for your response Sensei (hope you don’t mind me calling you that, to my knowledge even guys like Brian Barczyk look up to you) I’d be more than happy if you point me in the right direction or if you show me if there is someone that could do shipping from the US to Japan. I asked a few but it has to do purchase up to 10K and as a right now I’m not there yet. Regardless I’ll be following you thank you again 🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️
This video once again reinforced my decision to get a ball, but loved the amount of information here! Thank you for shareing. At this rate I'm going to end up on Twitter. Sigh
Awesome video, guys! I would love a video on how to prepare yourself for keeping a large snake. I started with Hognoses and moved to Ball Pythons, and my dream snake is a cow Retic (from you guys, ofc). I know it's a long way off, but I'd like to know how to prepare for being able to handle the care of such a large snake when there's no opportunity to get experience with handling them.
I've had my sumatran short tail python for a couple months now and hes the most irregular eating snake I've ever kept. He eats but sometimes he'll go 10 days or more without eating but then he eats again. Is this normal?
Your mindset on keeping animals is better than the general view on raising kids nowadays. On a more positive note this was VERY informative for me (pre first snake purchase and have children in the home) thanks! Subscribed 👍🏾
Love how deep your knowledge base is. Fantastic informational video, I learned a ton and its obvious how passionate you are about these beautiful creatures.
I don’t have a snake. Won’t ever have one. But I love this channel. It’s educational and interesting, and I love how much love these people have for animals. (I love turtles!!!!)
This was perfect! So many people are under false impressions regarding these beauties. Would love to see you do the same with some of your less common snakes like your boelens, SIGBs etc.
This video is genius. I think you need to make more like this so people know what they can and can't handle before getting involved in something they can't handle
Ty ,you are very knowledgeable! I don't think I'm quite comfortable enough for a snake yet, but since I've been watching you and Brian, Kenan ,other Brian and Miguel, I don't hate them at all anymore! Honestly I used to be so scared of snakes I wanted all of them dead! I have totally changed my mind. So,,, ty
Wow that was a very teachable vlog! Great work Kevin 👍 dude I can't wait to get a black dragon from you! My Dream Monitor for sure!!!!!!! See you on the next one! ✌️🤘
Love it. Keep up the good work. Education! Education! Education! The more people know, the less stupid mistakes people will make and the bad publicity our hobby will have
Best channel ever for snakes dude I watch most of them and no one gets into detail like you buddy I’m dead serious you taught me so much in 18 min thanks a lot please keep going with the videos please thank you
Very well explained, i now have 3 ball pythons and 1 columbian redtail boa,had pythons, boas, geckos,scorpions and now looking to grow the familly of snakes to a retic or burmese in the future
I got a yellow clown hett ball python 5 months ago we named him lemon drop we go him feeder mice and one of the workers at the nerd place told us it would be fine, the snake died from it being to big for him 😭
I seriously want my first ball python. Really into the black eyed luecistic. I plan on saving up to buy one from you. I used to breed feeder mice but I moved from my home and no longer have that business. You successfully cured my fear of snakes.
That blood python is absolutely stunning! I’ve never seen any with different colourations other than the reds/oranges. Is he/she an albino or is it some kind of different morph?
Great Video! First time I seen your channel. I will be watching more. We just got a baby Ball Python we've had it 4mths. Were not sure if it's a boy or girl. But I am having a hard time getting it to eat frozen.
Great video. I would like to see more about the boas you keep and the monitors. Also a great series highlighting your animals would be amazing. So maybe: 1. A video all about Retics. The care of that species the morphs and your roll in the morphs. (Let’s face it you have had a hand in so many morphs and species being produced who better). 2. A video of a monitor species you keep. The care and if any morphs or locale exist of that species. (I live in Ma and don’t keep monitors but would love to see more about them). Thanks for your time and dedication to the industry.
ThatJeweler Guy I watched that right before this one and they helpfully measured it against Forrest who is 6ft 5 and it was longer than him! It’s really chunky too!
I luv the way you realize every species is different and you respect it for the individual that it is. I watch A TON of nest, wildlife videos of many different species and people can’t seem to understand that fact. They think every creature think/act/moralize like humans do and that’s the furthest from the truth. When you really watch, even their littlest behaviors, always mean something. I “get” you and that’s odd. 👍🏾🤣 You intrigue me, Mr Kevin. 🤔😊
I live in Indonesia and have king cobras and 2 pythons ,I watch all your videos and am glad to say all my reptiles are doing really well.i have made the best inclosers for my iguanas and I got a monkey too.thank you so much 😊
When I was able to crawl. My mom put me in the yard while she did her thing. Well she noticed me stopping & crawling fast, then she saw my hand grab the grass & I had a garter snake in my hands. My mom is terrified of snakes & had to run to neighbors to get it from me. She checked me and had no bites anywhere so I must have hadn't squeezed it. My mom got me an encyclopedia of snakes & other animals. I could never have a snake in the house as a pet but brought 100s home twice a week with friends for a little bit and our neighborhood was virtual mice free and nobody knew except mom. She came home early and I had all her Tupperware with snakes in them to get ready to let go. I got grounded & had to replace the Tupperware I said good thing you don't know I use a pillow cover to carry them when I catch them. "WHATTTT???????????????"
This is a great video which will help alot of people , knowing what to expect ,from beginning to years to come. Knowledge very important ,for the human & 🐍 👍
@@Lauramussss Hmmm Those are our little shoe boxes from the container store..... we have so many various tubs around I need to look at the capacity. :)
I love your channel... vlogs!! PS- I'd like to learn more about how to care rainbow boas, amazon tree boas, emerald tree boas and green tree phytons... especially Emerald tree boas!
I'm not a reptile keeper, but I do find them fascinating. I really appreciate a channel that doesn't just show off a bunch of reptiles with no info. I love that you give a description and education of each one. I actually learn something new and interesting with your content and that I can enjoy and RESPECT.
I want to thank the person who pushed to upload more on your team.Thanks.Good way to start my day.
Donny 🤗
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I was stupid lost my login password. I love any tips you can offer me
@Philip Taylor instablaster :)
Philip Taylor why can't you just reset your password?
My cow reticulated python name venom, i’ve bought him from you a while back and his spots are finally growing in and man I love it. Thanks for all that you and your team do.
Harry Roman wonderful !!!!!!! Thank you.
How big is it? Thats a beautiful snake man .. gorgeous!
Update? I love the cow retics!
@@mookinbabysealfurmittens I started a UA-cam channel I’ll show him off some day
Need a part 2 covering carpet pythons, Brazilian boas, and other species of boa and pythons.
Agree w/ some carpet python coverage.
You're limited to what he works with (which is fine with me). I love colubrids (kings, milks, rats, hognoses and corns), but that's just not what he works with.
Haaa haaaa I hope you don't mean ME? What i work with????? I can do LOTS of other snakes!!!! @@narutohorsegirl
Neither are good as pets
@@chriscosby1561 that's fake news on the carpet's.
they're better eaters than a ball and being the size of a pencil would make any one nippy as a baby.
guessing you don't work with carpets?
Never stop making these kinds of vids
Love how you pointed out expections and reality of Burmese and Retics. Every snake has the potential to be an amazing pet when cared for right and shown respect. (Mom of 2 and a Retic)
Kess Bristow yes!
I think the humble corn snake deserves a mention as a good starter species. They're easy to house, stay an extremely manageable size, generally tractable, come in lots of beautiful morphs, and because they are small, all the husbandry supplies can be purchased at a shop. They're also very affordable in comparison to some of the larger species of snakes, both the animals themselves as well as their food and supplies. My first snakes were corns, and I really loved them. My female was so friendly; she used to sleep in the front pocket of my sweatshirt while I watched TV. I have a boa now, but I'm glad I had such easy snakes first while learning about their care.
I’d love to see you do a series on identifying ball python morphs. Great video guys!!
Benjamin Exotics has just started a series on this and the first episode was pretty good... just in case you're still interested.
I love the concept and execution of this video. I think it is a fantastic idea to show the different species next to each other and give a run down on their traits, care, and size potential. I also love the emphasis on research and responsible keeping. If our hobby is to continue and be seen as reputable (by outsiders) responsible keeping is a must. I think too many purchase as an impulse buy leading to animals that are abandoned and rehomed and owners getting injured... It is sad that those seem to be the only cases that the public-at-large know of and that is how they view our hobby.
I would love to see a part II of this video showing some adult animals (male and female) of each species for size comparison too. I think some people have a hard time gauging actual size based on length if it is left up to their imagination.
I am so glad to see such a well-known breeder in the industry doing educational videos like this. Please keep up the good work and know that it is much appreciated!
I had an experience with a snake in childhood that left me with terrible fear. As an adult I nursed a baby carpet python and that helped. A couple of years ago I was introduced to an Olive Python. Oh she was so beautiful! Now I watch you with great interest. Thank you for all that you do.
Thank you so much!!! I already wanted a ball python but you confirmed for me that was the best choice for a 1st timer. I would love a tank set up video. One that shows basic up to the most beneficial for the snakes happiness.
C Addams we will do some setup vids
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!!
You sharing your knowledge is much appreciated. I feel like I'm being educated and not just someone telling me facts I can Google myself.
chase from earth love to hear that!!!
This is the best snake information video I have ever seen on UA-cam. Thanks NERD. Kevin you did a great job
robin hansler thank you. I just make it up. Slowly I am getting better at getting the info right down to it.
New England Reptile you’re doing great Kevin, you’re definitely becoming more comfortable in front of the camera too.
Are you going to be involved in Brian Barczyk’s round table discussion on snake breeding/husbandry etc? I think it’s going to be a really good experience for discussing both sides of the topic and figuring out a way forward that is beneficial for both the animals and breeders.
He talked about it? I did not know he announced anything just yet.... Yeah...... I am in. @@Littlewings1211
@@ReptileTutorials I've a corn snake for ten years and would love to have a bigger one was thinking of a ball python, what do you think?????
I love your educational videos you're so good at explaining how these reptiles think and what us as reptile owners can do to ensure quality husbandry and relationships with our pets. I think it's incredible thank you.
After two years of searching I’ve decide on my first snake and it will be a boa constrictor! I toke the nerd tour and they kindly showed me some nice animals, gave me good info and I appreciate it a lot! Now I’ve moved back to Italy and here everything that is not common it’s hard to find.. even supplies are not that easy to get. I really would love to see a boa care video from you Kevin! Honestly the part that make me more nervous is the husbandry in general, like setting up the new enclosure and manage temperatures and humidity. Everything is online but not being able to see in person how to do things makes me nervous like someone that is becoming parent for the first time!
One of the best videos so far! Thank you for sharing with us all.
RainSong Exotics good as just wing these videos. All are on the spot and Donny rolls video and I go. First roll always
Outstanding snake walk thru. Great job on the filming Donny!
That orange Retic is absolutely gorgeous! This was a good presentation but I wish you had said more about Carpet Pythons, as I think those make great pets.
If you decide to do a follow-up part 2 to this video it would be great also if you went further into caging that you recommend for each of these species and leave the links to where the various caging options can be bought, maybe also show one of each species in its caging the way you have them set up.
Same thought totally gorgeous!
Great video Kev! Very structured straight to the facts about the do's and don'ts when it comes to different species. I admire your valuable information you share because your passion shows that you want people to understand and be more aware of keeping these wonderful intelligent animals and giving them a quality captive bred life.
SalmonBoa420 thank you kindly.
Another brilliant video! Thank you Kevin - just bought my first royal / ball python - a female lemon blast! Super excited to pick her up! I’d love to see a vid on how to tell you’re snake is hungry and when to change up their food to a larger rodent - lots of love to you all at NERD from the UK 😊
I've been owning snakes since 2007 and I still love this hobby!!
I had a red tail boa growing up and she was about eight feet long when I watched her bite my cousin and I’ve been afraid of snakes ever since. We raised her from a baby and I adored her!!! I’ve been watching reptile videos for a year or so and I love this channel. I hope when my sons old enough I can grow enough balls to get another!
Another great informational video Kevin. Keep em coming
@THE DARK KNIGHT'S REPUBLICAN all hail king Kevin. In all seriousness he has been my mentor for 20+ years.
Would love it you added how long they live, so people can add that into consideration
Damn. Wish I could have thought to do this.
jpiz224 point taken.
This is exactly the type of video I wanted to see tonight! I started with ball pythons, and last year I got an Abomination Boa (I know a lot of people haven't heard of them, I figure you guys might've though). I was a little nervous to make the leap from ball to boa but he has since become my best buddy and his personality is SO amazing! Our hope is to get a female Colombian boa next, and a dwarf retic or 2. The only thing that keeps me waiting is that I haven't been able to personally interact with either of the full grown adults yet, and I want to make sure my kids, husband and I will be comfortable with the size, necessary care, enclosure size and such. I wish we lived closer to a facility like yours lol but if you know any keepers/breeders close to Buffalo NY lmk!
Great Video Kevin and Donny
Very nicely done...i love the way Kevin explains things. He uses the BIG words, but he throughly explains what they mean. I love how he touches them and explains how to keep their brains working and WHY to do that. I do not have any reptiles but i love watching Kevin and the crew interact with them and my phobias have turned into appreciation and wonder. Thank you for all your time!
Another great video Kevin! I love when you’re just talk to us in front of the camera with animals and there isn’t a lot of fancy editing and crazy voices. Because of those reasons this video was epic and extremely educational for both the noobie and advanced keeper. Can you do a care video on how to know what size mouse or rat to feed your ball python/ snake and what they could eat at adults?
Great ideas!!!!
Although I have almost a decade experience of keeping snakes, my experience always tells me only keep balls, boas and blood pythons. I do kept retics before, but I feel like they are too big for a pet snake and I decided to sell them.
Excellent vid y'all.. Always enjoy and gain something from your content!!👌👍 can't eait to see wat eles y'all have in store for the channel..💜👍
I Playzz lots more coming we hope !
Fantastic video... I was wondering if you have done any or will be doing a video on taming down a green tree python or an emerald tree boa
Anthony Panella ok that’s a workshop I just did. Snake whispering. We will start addressing some of that too. All about building threads.
@@newenglandreptile1921 thank you so much.... I'm not an expert keeper but I am experienced and love those two
You taught me to look into a monitor's eye and see, I don't know how to explain this to you, the Pet shop I work at, we get baby monitors in. When I unbox them and pull them out carefully from the bag, I'm real quiet and slow with them, always watching their eyes.
Been doing this about 35 year now in the Pet Trade, Hell I remember when all baby iguanas were wild caught and we sold them with out a guarantee for 250.00 bucks, and we didn't even know what they ate. Hence we fed them Science Diet Puppy Growth with their Greens some would feed them crickets as well.
Your Monitors back then? All wild caught sub adults, they were captured in leg traps, some of them would be shipped to us with sever injuries with toes falling off do to those traps. The shop I worked in all those years ago..we would quarantine for one to two weeks in back of the shop. Back then we didn't know how smart they were, we just wanted them to simply eat with out a clue to what they ate.
Most died back then, the collection band that you see today was not in place back then,(so anything goes back then ).
Ball Pythons? Back in the early 1980tis , no one wanted them, you had to feed them gerbils, no one was willing to feed a snake a 30 dollar meal, and those wild caught's would stay balled up in fear for days until they starved to death. Retics and Burms...back then we did them a disservice, we didn't know how big they would get...we also didn't know how smart they were. Back in the early 80tis , if you got your Berm or Retic up to 9 or 10 foot, you were the man. (had a customer that would look for free kitten adds, he would feed them to his retic.)
Now I'm looking at you Kevin... you whisper them (sure you have a Business to run, got it), but that whisper is you, you looked at theses magnificent creatures and they looked back at you, and you simply said I see.
Long winded I know....
So now in my 50ties semi retired.....I get to see baby monitors and carefully watch, and teach a new owner/ knucklehead to listen and understand their youngster a baby Nile monitor .
To you Sir Thank You.
Rider Strong wow some insight and wonderful words. Thank you !!!
Yes thank you. 🙏 Stupid question can they eat other meat? Just started the research can't wait to get my new friend.
What is the absolute best care for Burmese pythons? I want to get one and I have a lot of research to do still. I also realize my level of keeping is very minimal. I have one ball python now and have kept a few bearded dragons and Chinese water dragons also. I love the videos and I’m excited for more to come!!!
joseph Harris I wouldn’t say that you’re ready for one. You need to be an expert in python keeping before getting a Burm. They have a rep of being sometimes temperamental and are extremely large snakes. Adults will be anywhere from 20-30 foot long and weigh several hundreds of pounds.
Educational videos like this are great for the hobby. Being from a big player and pioneer of the hobby, Kevin understands his responsibility to promote and educate with the exposure and influence he has. It's really great to see that.
Great video! This type information is priceless to the health and welfare of the pet and the keeper. Keep them coming! This type video is so vital to the community.
Sherry Tapp haaaa thank you !
Great video ! I actually learned something new today . Very informative. I love green anacondas they really have been given a bad rap because of poorly made movies that portray them as man eaters when in fact they just want to be left alone and be able to investigate us at their leisure. I would definitely love to see a video on Husbandry in different climates and tips for those climates.
I wish you would have included the Rosey boas, and children's pythons to cover the entire spectrum of boiads , but I do really like the vlog and hope for more of this type content,,💯
Scott Casey so many to include. There will be more
Next video, MONITOR CARE PLEASEEEEE!!!!!!
it would be really awesome if you could do a video on different monitors and some Australian species please. I'm looking at getting a lace monitor but sadly there's rarely any information about them in captivity. Awesome video! Kevin you are awesome!!!
Thank you....monitors are in the near future!
These are my favorite videos you make! The videos where Kevin just starts dropping all of his knowledge solo. Kevin is the best
Great video, I started with cornsnakes, then ballpythons and now I got also boa’s imperator. Love the big snakes but I don’t have the space for them and nobody who can assist me when they are big. So will stay with the smaller ones.
I've gotten to interact with a full grown Burmese python a few times. She's a beautiful snake, but no way would I feel comfortable owning one. A Boa constrictor, maybe, but even there, a proper display enclosure would take more space than I currently have available for that purpose.
I’ve watched this video multiple times. The information this channel puts out is amazing
Kevin you’re the man... thanks for the class and yes you’re totally right we most all study our animals specially if we have them as pets already. I just started with Ball Pythons last December and now I have 4. I’m in Japan and There is no breeders selling in here or at least than I’m aware of... they have the Japanese reptile club and you most be a member to buy there but it is only for people who own pet shop. So it is kind of messed up because I have noticed that reptiles never get taken care of in the best or at least decent way and feeding is really bad. I got my first and second BP (900+grams Mojave male 5.5 years old and my HET clown female 5 years old 700+grams)I asked about their food and they were eating 35 grams mice 🐁 once a week. I’m trying to get them to their right size for their age. So trying to learn as much as I can. Thank you again
ERICK VALENCIA man. That is some hard stuff to deal with. Ughhhhhhh. There are reptile keepers in japan you just have to tap into the right group.
New England Reptile thank you so much for your response Sensei (hope you don’t mind me calling you that, to my knowledge even guys like Brian Barczyk look up to you) I’d be more than happy if you point me in the right direction or if you show me if there is someone that could do shipping from the US to Japan. I asked a few but it has to do purchase up to 10K and as a right now I’m not there yet. Regardless I’ll be following you thank you again 🙇♂️🙇♂️🙇♂️
Nice video! Any chance you’d show off your dwarf caimans sometime soon? It’s been a while since they were last featured.
Marc Halverson yes she’s almost Gravid.
I really appreciate your educational vids. Thanks Kevin.
This video once again reinforced my decision to get a ball, but loved the amount of information here! Thank you for shareing.
At this rate I'm going to end up on Twitter. Sigh
Morganna WolfCry ayos yan marami naman legal sellers satin 👌🏼
Glad your doing more on the channel, great work, keep it up 👍
Awesome video, guys! I would love a video on how to prepare yourself for keeping a large snake. I started with Hognoses and moved to Ball Pythons, and my dream snake is a cow Retic (from you guys, ofc). I know it's a long way off, but I'd like to know how to prepare for being able to handle the care of such a large snake when there's no opportunity to get experience with handling them.
ObsceneScenery we will be doing more vids that should touch on some of this. Thank you.
Do you keep rainbow boas and if you can you do a video on them plz
I have a Brazilian Rainbow, the trickiest thing about them is getting humidity just right. WONDERFUL snakes though, not just looks either.
Peter Brown yes we do.
@@rainsongexotics6247 our rainbow boas ucked and where mean fuckers😂
@@lottepepplinkhuizen9220 Mine became mean but that was my own fault for not handling enough. Otherwise she's fantastic
Hi Kevin and everyone at nurd love watching your all of your videos as I always learn a lot keep up the great job
Graham Spooner thank you.
I've had my sumatran short tail python for a couple months now and hes the most irregular eating snake I've ever kept. He eats but sometimes he'll go 10 days or more without eating but then he eats again. Is this normal?
Jeffery Ames yes!!!!
@@newenglandreptile1921 awesome SHEW! I was more than a little worried THANK YOU!
Your mindset on keeping animals is better than the general view on raising kids nowadays. On a more positive note this was VERY informative for me (pre first snake purchase and have children in the home) thanks! Subscribed 👍🏾
Thank you for taking such tremendous love and care of such lovely members of our planet!
I like how your channel is actually educational and based on personal experience. cheers from FL!
Love how deep your knowledge base is. Fantastic informational video, I learned a ton and its obvious how passionate you are about these beautiful creatures.
Great video Kevin 👌🏻👌🏻
I don’t have a snake. Won’t ever have one. But I love this channel. It’s educational and interesting, and I love how much love these people have for animals. (I love turtles!!!!)
This was perfect! So many people are under false impressions regarding these beauties. Would love to see you do the same with some of your less common snakes like your boelens, SIGBs etc.
This was a great video! Very imformative, thank you for sharing your knowlage!
P.s is that a big snake plushy behind you?
Oh yes it is!!!!
Thanks guys. Love this channel!
Isn’t “power feeding” bad for it tho can’t it cause health problems possibly down the road
Yes definitely! It'll cut years off a snakes life! I've got a video on my channel on this topic if you want to check it out feel free
This video is genius. I think you need to make more like this so people know what they can and can't handle before getting involved in something they can't handle
Ty ,you are very knowledgeable! I don't think I'm quite comfortable enough for a snake yet, but since I've been watching you and Brian, Kenan ,other Brian and Miguel, I don't hate them at all anymore! Honestly I used to be so scared of snakes I wanted all of them dead! I have totally changed my mind. So,,, ty
You are almost there, keep and open mind and take the next step!
awesome video! do you have any tips on boleens?
birby birb haaaaaaa I got lots of them.
Wow that was a very teachable vlog! Great work Kevin 👍 dude I can't wait to get a black dragon from you! My Dream Monitor for sure!!!!!!! See you on the next one! ✌️🤘
Jesse Robinson thank you.
Love it. Keep up the good work. Education! Education! Education! The more people know, the less stupid mistakes people will make and the bad publicity our hobby will have
Matt Smith there you go!! On point!!!!
Those reticalated python has beautiful colors n morphs I love the albino lavender ❤
Thank you for this video, hopefully you can start a new trend with it, in so far as other youtubers do similar videos.
Best channel ever for snakes dude I watch most of them and no one gets into detail like you buddy I’m dead serious you taught me so much in 18 min thanks a lot please keep going with the videos please thank you
Now this chanel is going to be the the coolest one
Luizillo well we can hope people eventually find us.
Like always, well explained and informative. Great video guys. I'll be ordering something from you guys soon 👍🏽
WOW!... I thought I was at reptile school. I had a question and I almost raise my hand...LOL!...Loved this video Kevin very informative.
Big Boy thank you !
Love your videos Kevin 👍👍👍
REPTILE ROB thank you !
Very well explained, i now have 3 ball pythons and 1 columbian redtail boa,had pythons, boas, geckos,scorpions and now looking to grow the familly of snakes to a retic or burmese in the future
I got a yellow clown hett ball python 5 months ago we named him lemon drop we go him feeder mice and one of the workers at the nerd place told us it would be fine, the snake died from it being to big for him 😭
Awesome vid man
I seriously want my first ball python. Really into the black eyed luecistic. I plan on saving up to buy one from you. I used to breed feeder mice but I moved from my home and no longer have that business. You successfully cured my fear of snakes.
Green anacondas is my dream snake, really excited to see you give them the time of day!
That blood python is absolutely stunning! I’ve never seen any with different colourations other than the reds/oranges. Is he/she an albino or is it some kind of different morph?
Littlewings - it’s a golden eye batik. So two genes on the same snake at play.
New England Reptile it really is exceptionally beautiful. 🖤
Great Video! First time I seen your channel. I will be watching more. We just got a baby Ball Python we've had it 4mths. Were not sure if it's a boy or girl. But I am having a hard time getting it to eat frozen.
Great video. I would like to see more about the boas you keep and the monitors. Also a great series highlighting your animals would be amazing.
So maybe:
1. A video all about Retics. The care of that species the morphs and your roll in the morphs. (Let’s face it you have had a hand in so many morphs and species being produced who better).
2. A video of a monitor species you keep. The care and if any morphs or locale exist of that species. (I live in Ma and don’t keep monitors but would love to see more about them).
Thanks for your time and dedication to the industry.
Great ideas thank you!!!
Man you should see forest's (from reptek) blood python lol, that thing is nuts. Brian b just had it in his vlog today
ThatJeweler Guy I watched that right before this one and they helpfully measured it against Forrest who is 6ft 5 and it was longer than him! It’s really chunky too!
@@Littlewings1211 yeah man that thing is an ENORMOUS blood
I luv the way you realize every species is different and you respect it for the individual that it is. I watch A TON of nest, wildlife videos of many different species and people can’t seem to understand that fact. They think every creature think/act/moralize like humans do and that’s the furthest from the truth. When you really watch, even their littlest behaviors, always mean something. I “get” you and that’s odd. 👍🏾🤣
You intrigue me, Mr Kevin. 🤔😊
Thank you so much I'm thinking about getting a ball python so this helped alot!👍💜🐍🐍
Really enjoyed the content of this video. Thank you.
Love the video. Great content
Great video Kevin. Very good content & educational.
Are you writing another book on ball python morphs?
At the moment i am not but my publisher wants retic and monitor book...socialization book....... too much to do!!!!
I live in Indonesia and have king cobras and 2 pythons ,I watch all your videos and am glad to say all my reptiles are doing really well.i have made the best inclosers for my iguanas and I got a monkey too.thank you so much 😊
Great informative video for all keepers
When I was able to crawl. My mom put me in the yard while she did her thing. Well she noticed me stopping & crawling fast, then she saw my hand grab the grass & I had a garter snake in my hands. My mom is terrified of snakes & had to run to neighbors to get it from me. She checked me and had no bites anywhere so I must have hadn't squeezed it. My mom got me an encyclopedia of snakes & other animals. I could never have a snake in the house as a pet but brought 100s home twice a week with friends for a little bit and our neighborhood was virtual mice free and nobody knew except mom. She came home early and I had all her Tupperware with snakes in them to get ready to let go. I got grounded & had to replace the Tupperware I said good thing you don't know I use a pillow cover to carry them when I catch them. "WHATTTT???????????????"
Great vid as always! Do you guys work with dwarf burms and/or drymarchon spp.?
schizox sorry no dwarf burns .
great video, nothing like this information is out there great work guys..
By far this is the most informative reptile channel.
This is a great video which will help alot of people , knowing what to expect ,from beginning to years to come. Knowledge very important ,for the human & 🐍 👍
Very good information. Thanks!
This is an awesome video, thanks so much for sharing! I plan on sharing it to folks I hear want to get a snake!
what's the size of the tubs you are using?
Aaron Ramos don’t forget those tubs are just to hold the animals for the videos. Not their homes.
@@newenglandreptile1921 I'm well aware. I was just really curious about the volume of the tubs you're using :D
@@Lauramussss Hmmm Those are our little shoe boxes from the container store..... we have so many various tubs around I need to look at the capacity. :)
I love your channel... vlogs!! PS- I'd like to learn more about how to care rainbow boas, amazon tree boas, emerald tree boas and green tree phytons... especially Emerald tree boas!
I loved this video. It is one of the simplest and best video to compare all for the beginners to make a decision easier. I appreciate it
How is a 8 foot boa constricter a starter snake?
this is quite controversial, but generally they're easy to handle for a big snake, they take forever to grow, eat very well, like so