Here's a hot take: I like that reptile prices are going up (within reason). Obviously I'm not talking like down payment on a house-level expensive. I just think that having to invest a couple hundred dollars usually means that people will be more invested in the animal and taking good care of it. None of the "I was in petsmart and saw something cute for $30 so I just bought it." But people buying these animals with knowing intent.
@@aina3387 that's a very fair point. Hopefully, though, if people are learning about these animals through reptile youtubers, they're also picking up on the push to not get wild-caught
I honestly like that too that they have value and don't just become throw away pets because then if someone really, really wants one they will plan and do research and specially as many reptiles live longer than many small mammals as example. So people don't just see a snake and buy without knowing anything about them. Of course they should not cost like a house unless it's maybe some rare animals, though thinking about it actually I don't think people should be able to sell very rare animals (who risk extinction in the nature) because that risks leading to bad people stealing them from their natural habitats (further thriving the extinction) and selling to rich people who just want a cool pet to show off, I'm definitely not a fan of the exotic reptile trade.
@@aina3387 - some laws do the same thing. I live in VA and Spotted Turtles, for example are banned. I get it. But they also banned captive bred (that have a tangible paper trail). Recent, they’ve implemented a ban on all native reptiles and amphibians with the exception being one single specimen. I’m cool with that but they’ve also banned captive bred of all native species-to me, this completely encourages the practice of wild collecting.
@@WickensWickedReptiles I was going to say, reptiles are a much bigger phenomenon now than 10 years ago. Prices are going to go up purely by a) more people and b) captive breeding pushes
@@WickensWickedReptiles oh I was so absorbed thinking of my buddy , I forgot to mention this was a great video !!! Thank you ! You really do some amazing stuff 🤘
@@WickensWickedReptiles I checked the web (Google) for how the “Leucistic Hog-Nosed” snake came to be. I was curious about the conspiracy theory surrounding its creation since you mentioned it. I found nothing and now I just have to know about it. Please tell us, I really want to know (inquiring minds just GOTTA know) because you referenced it’s existence in your last video? Please spill the tea (or shall I say “spill the theory”? 🤔🤔🤔🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Thanks, Budd & Mary Geiger 🤔🔥🤷♂️🐍❤️😇
I know I have, I was never allowed to have reptiles (other than a beardie) as a kid but as soon as I was a capable adult with a home, I now have a bci, corn, ball python, king snake, two t’s and a Asian forest scorpion, all kept in sculpted out bioactive vivariums, so excited for the tons of years to come of collecting my more sought after species such as emerald trees and vine snakes
I’m a 62 y/o woman who got 2 Ball Pythons a year ago. You’re right……it was all because of U-Tube! I had never even thought about having reptiles before. I did about a years worth of research and I’ll never forget my excitement, receiving Darwin from KINOVA and then Marie from Green Room Pythons. I’ll be getting my 3rd one from Bob Bledsoe, who owns Green Room Pythons, soon. She laid eggs about 3 weeks ago and mine is in one of those!!! I love Ball Pythons!🐍❤️🐍
@@anabella4166 His channel is amazing and his snakes come to you eating frozen-thawed and socialized. I’ve got 2 of them now and they’re both phenomenal.
To be honest, the animal itself being expensive is kinda a good thing since it kinda prevents them from spontaniously being bought by people that loose interest in a week or so, and stop caring for it. Look at hamsters. You get em super cheap and most end up in crappy soon dirty enclosures.
My thoughts exactly. I'm all for things being affordable, but a pet isn't just a "present" it's a commitment and I feel that reptiles and amphibians can easily be neglected, especially if they were cheap and the buyers aren't being vetted.
Surprised you didn't mention Clint and the emerald tree skinks. Great list. I was just looking at hognose prices and holy crap I should have gotten some 3 years ago when I first got really interested in them. Snakes and tortoises are so expensive in general right now...but aquatic turtles are SO CHEAP
My lavendar male hognose was $650 at the March Tinley. There's way cooler morphs that I've seen since (and combos with the lavender gene) but I've wanted him forever so he has my heart...my hissy, sassy little boy 😄 fun fact - I ran into Emily and Ed from Snake Discovery at dinner the night before the Tinley show. I got to talk about my plans to get a lavender hognose - not surprising but they were soooo nice 😊 *Edit*: I 100% agree with how difficult their beautiful color is to come through on camera. It's so frustrating.
I experienced this more than a year ago with my normal hognose that is a female het albino. I paid $100 at the time and now I see them twice as much for a normal
You're so right about corn snakes, and it breaks my heart. Just a few years ago, my local expos were full of them, now I'm lucky to see one or two tables with them.
@@JordanNixon-vg3jdI was gonna say something similar. When it comes to snakes I see around 25% corns and 65% balls. The rest are an assortment of Kingsnakes,Milksnakes and Hognoses.
If by ruin you mean better husbandry is increasing the price tags of these amazing creatures then I'm all for ruining it. I love that information being presented is creating a higher quality care. Its amazing that people like you Adam, Snake Discovery, Clint (and so VERY many more) are creating a higher standard for how we house and interact with our special little doods.
UA-camrs arent directly to blame. They give out information that was otherwise inaccessible before. The market changed because consumers became more informed.
I just started this video at work, and with CC's on (auto-generated) it says, "Wickens Wig and Reptiles" so I'm just going to be hearing that every time now. 😂 Side note: I'm very new to the reptile world and I love your videos!! You're a fantastic content creator and have opened me up to way more UA-cam channels, and I just wanted to let you know you're awesome!
Hi Adam, generally when newly hatched or born offspring eat the faeces of their mother it is to enable them to acquire the gut flora they need to be able to digest the food that they eat. This is very prevalent in reptiles that are plant eaters. This is also the case with the Koala here in Australia. The first solid food a baby has when getting close to being weaned is some of the mothers faeces. This contains the bacteria that are needed for the baby to be able to digest gum(eucalyptus) leaves
Funny coz the moment you mentioned hognose snakes, the first name that popped in my head was Emily. When you called her out, I was in stitches! That short footage of her was gold.
@@highjinx6519 No I just remember when it happened, lol. TLDR around 2006 a leucistic boa was discovered in Brazil and was named Princess Diamond. A very popular and well-respected boa breeder at the time tried to buy her but Brazil refused. So the breeder went to Brazil, stole her from the zoo where she was staying, and smuggled her back into the US. They claimed she died but produced a single litter of leucistic offspring, which were returned to Brazil in 2015. But now you can buy Princess/Emperor Diamonds (the fact that they changed the name for the boys to protect their masculinity never ceases to amuse me) really easily so who knows if she actually died, or if any of her first litter were secretly kept instead of repatriated. Maybe Adam should do a top 5 reptile scandals video LOL (don't actually you'd make so many enemies)
Can say for sure Clint's reptiles has an influence on the market. My buddy is an exotic pet vendor and whatever creature Clint puts out that week becomes his top seller, for or most asked about that week.
I would add dwarf retics. I remember buying a Jampea retic for 600 at an actual pet store, so, with all that markup. I tried to price a normal pattern dwarf, non specific locale, and it's more than double that, online, before shipping, and there's a wait list.
I'd add emerald tree skinks! Everyone wants one now, they're basically reserved a year in advance and the price went up! I also saw a few at rescues because people thought they were going to be super friendly and theirs was not so they just gave their reptile up. Pretty sad
OMG I feel this about Cave geckos because they are blowing up but no one is doing their research and calling different localities all under the same umbrella and possibly inter-breeding them because they don't understand that Cave Geckos cover alot. Hunan, Bawangling, Zhou, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, etc all gets lumped and labeled as simply Chinese Cave Gecko.
@@WickensWickedReptiles it’s really easy to find at least base information too, I have a huge document compiling it from when I was wanting to get one.
DUDE! I love your channel! A year ago I got into your channel. I couldn't even touch a skink without freaking out. Now I have a blue tongue skink, bearded dragon a new addition is my stimsons python. Just wanted to say you've encouraged me to get into this amazing reptile life and your videos are amazing. Have a good one champ \m/
your videos haven't been coming up in my sub box recently so i thought you'd vanished from youtube until i saw emily post the enclosure build off 😅 anyways i just wanna say your videos have gotten even better since I last watched and i've been a long time fan so great job! i'm glad to see you gain success
I am so glad my boyfriend and I want to get a corn snake as our first snake. It’s an animal we can afford and pretty and cute and perfect as a beginner snake.
I firmly agree with your ball Python assessment. UA-cam has made breeders take things to the next level by “creating” more dynamic morphs and pairings! The prices are all up and some of them on the higher end are justified!
I had a ball python as a kid. I had him for about 9 years before I had to rehome him. Any who, he was great at getting out of his cage. Always at night. I woke up many nights with my python snuggled up next to me in bed. He was an odd ball. He seemed to really like being handled and super gentle. Of all the snakes I've owned. He was by far the easiest to handle. I've only owned 7 snakes in my life. So I understand that is a small sample size but none the less.
When the lockdown started I was bored and started watching reptile UA-cam. Now two years later we have a Blue Tongue Skink, a Gargoyle gecko and a Leopard gecko. We are also having a local contractor build custom enclosures for both Desert Iguanas and Monkey Tailed Skinks. We are recently retired so we have the time to obsess.
I got my hognose snake because of a Snake Discovery video, completely guilty. I was a gecko keeper (hence the name) and I wasn't too fond of snakes at the time, but after seeing a baby hognose in one of Emily's videos I knew I had to have one. There is a lot of hype around them but it's well-deserved hype. Beautiful snakes with interesting personalities. Hard to get bored of them!
I started off my reptile keeping journey last year... got a corn snake, so I am thankful for their relatively cheap cost haha! I got a beautiful female tessera for $90. I just put down a deposit on a pink tongue skink... that bad boy, unlike my corn, cost me $400. Clint got me hooked on that species. But I believe that's a pretty average cost. I will say though, I am always nervous about one of the reptiles on my list of what I want to own suddenly becoming too expensive for me because of youtubers talking about them! not that I blame youtubers of course, y'all gotta make content and I love seeing lesser known species in the spotlight.
I'm surprised that Emerald Tree skinks didn't make the list, considering the fact that they are Clint's _favorite_ lizard. I guess we just have to give him time to breed more of them.
Man I’m glad I invested in a group of hogs for breeding a few years ago. Didn’t ever expect them to gain popularity so so quick lol I just got them as pets for the most part as I love just keeping them probably my favorite snake species. Such a unique species but not a colubrid for everyone though much more to them than their cute faces!
Facts! An old-time breeder said he used to have a hard time moving a pair of dumerils boas for $80-100. I told him they're flying off MM now for $600-800 a pop, and he flipped his lid. lol.
The reptile that UA-cam has gotten me most interested in is the blue tongue skink, didn’t know they existed and always thought I’d get a ball Python or a beardie. But now it’s on my list to research and have myself a blue tongue.
Dude! The hognose snake thing is so true. I looked last year and they were a decent price and this year they are either impossible to find or extremely expensive! I was just looking for a normal morph pet and couldn't find ANY.
I'm having this same issue - i legit just want a normal hog (i like their patterning and color the most) and they're non existent. Everything is het'ted out and crazy expensive
Where do the mormals dissapear? Do you mean that the breaders stop breading them because they only think about money? To me that feels unethical to not bread normals too (then some who want could get a cheaper snake too) as it's these snakes natural form and too because there is a bigger risk of genetic issues with morphs as most of them are not natural.
Though I think Emily who breads these snakes breads normals too., most others probably only think about which give most money, the normal is pretty too.
@@teijaflink2226 Yes, exactly. Breeders stop breeding normals because the profit is in fancy morphs. I completely agree that normals are a great choice, cheap, healthy and showing the natural beauty of the species.
Great video as always. But i just wanted to congratulate you at achieving 235k. I remember watching your vids 2 years ago in the summer when you had 32 k. Back at the old house.
I feel like as care for regius gets more advanced we're gonna see a spike in price as well since people are going to start being more selective with the breeders they go to.
Thanks for all you do Adam. Speaking of Anataresia, you are the reason I went with a spotted python for my pet snake. She is amazing and I couldn’t be more happy about her. Keep up the amazing content.
I bought my first hognose in 2016 after being friends with Emily and meeting hers, he cost me $70 and I love him to pieces 🤣 looking at prices now make me so grateful I got him when I did! And shocked that they've jumped so fast in cost. thanks Emily lmfao
Back in 2004 we paid $125 for our Dumerils - a pretty typical price. Even with somewhat expensive animals the life cycle costs - exclosure, feeding, heating/lights, vet bills - exceed the purchase price.
I would love a video about leucistic hognose snakes! I didn’t even know those existed. Any videos about hognose snakes would be awesome, I love them so much and only Snake Discovery ever really produces content about them.
Just want to say after watching the intro and scrolling through the comments and not seeing anyone talking about how epic the intro was I have too. If you have had that on a previous video I have missed it but dang that was badass!
I'm surprised Super Dwarf Retics didn't make the list. I think youtube completely changed and increased the general publics awareness of the species. Also, Antaresia are way cooler than Ball Pythons 😋
YT definitely changed the public awareness of Super Dwarves, but they're not something the average reptile enthusiast is likely to afford to buy or keep so the awareness hasn't entirely translated to big price increases or that much of a change among retic keepers.
I just had a baby Albino Western Hognose snake surrendered to my reptile rescue in Virginia. He was abandoned in an apartment complex hallway along with several other reptiles and inverts. Owner got evicted, left everything behind. We found him a good home, after several applications came in, but we have a set adoption fee no matter what the animal is. He was perfectly healthy. This happens quite a bit too. Animals are just left behind in apartments. We have 2 iguanas that a cleaning lady found, they were left behind and were in the empty apartment for 2 weeks before she found them.
Who are buying all of these super expensive ball python morphs? It sure as heck isn't the every day keeper. It's other breeders, or wannabe breeders. So they're basically selling amongst themselves, jacking up the prices amongst themselves.
Exactly. I literally traded 20$ worth of self propagated plants/cuttings for a "500$" ball python. I said yeah, I'll give ya some plants for it; poor guy was a failing breeder and needed to get rid of them so badly he offered me two for one! 😅 I personally don't care too much for them so I took one and called it good 😊
I might have to agree with you on some of these ideas. I was never a big fan of reptiles , I didn’t dislike them, just never thought about them & would not ever think 💭 of them as a pet. Then I came across Emily and Ed Snake 🐍 Discovery. After watching them for over a year, I have to be in Iowa for a wedding & the next day I am going to take a drive to Snake Discovery Zoo. It is a 4+hr drive each way. I have seriously been looking at cages and supplies to see if I can afford to possibly own a reptile , I would never considered a reptile if I had not watched hours of you and Emily and Ed. I can’t wait to go to the zoo next Sunday and look at adoption island.
Have fun!! Snake Discovery is also what got me into reptiles, and now I have a ball python. Couldn’t recommend a pet snake more honestly. Fairly low maintenance and just a chill pet all-around.
So this post is 3 weeks old now, I'm curious to know how your trip was and if you decided on a reptile? I live in Iowa myself and I have yet to make it to Snake Discovery. I'm glad the gas prices are going down.
@@JupiterJamie My vacation was fantastic, thank you for asking. I was able to make it to Snake Discovery and meet Emily. It was a great day, the zoo was fantastic. I plan on returning next year for labor Day weekend, they most likely will be having a anniversary celebration and big raffle again. If you have the time, I would recommend the drive to go. Just check on the schedule to make sure Emily and Ed will be there. I am leaning towards a gecko, either a crested Gecko or a fat tailed Gecko. I have to move in a few months so I decided to wait to see what we find for a rental and what the space looks like, I know the Crested Gecko is semi arboreal so the cage would need be taller and the fat tailed gecko is not and the cage would need more floor space. In the meantime I am happily watching the egg hatching video's.
Not sure if I am happy or sad that carpet pythons have never exploded in popularity like other species has, in two decades of keeping them the various morphs have held their value fairly consistently.
@@Spicycow94 While I admit I am happy that most of my carpets are inquisitive and easy to handle, I also really enjoy the defensive ones just as much. You learn a lot about handling and behavior working with an animal that has a bit of spunk to them 😁
I have the same problem with Hognose here in Georgia. There will be guys walking to every single table asking if they have any hognose, and they always leave empty handed
Region might also have something to do with it, at least in part. I went to a reptile expo earlier this year and I think I only saw one or two booths selling hognoses for example...and even then there weren't a lot. But watching youtubers doing videos on other expo visits, there always seem to be tons.
Also I think youtube has popularized the reptile hobby overall. You mentioned in the ball python section of the video you didn’t know about the morphs etc, which is the exact same for me. I think UA-cam showed a lot of people reptiles are not what they originally thought keeping reptiles would be like and how many beautiful options there are. I’m a perfect example haha I’m planning on getting my first reptile within the next few months.
Your channel is awesome. I watch others and they are also cool as well. I got a lot of information from you about my Reptiles and reptiles that I do not have lol.
First time I noticed it but awesome new intro!! Well we already know we're the same kind of geek except you do Frogs & Pokemon and I do Toads & Yugioh. A car payment wah wah Wicken. A max rarity Cyber Dragon deck is worth the whole car!
Adam, you mentioned Antaresia. I recently got my first Spotted Python here in the UK. They really are wonderful little pythons. And there does appear to be more ads from breeders/shops etc selling them now. Prices aren't too bad. My local rep store has a young granite spotted in for £200 UK. Not sure what that equates to in US$ or C$.
I still see a lot of corn snakes at reptile expos. Not as much as Ball Pythons but certainly more than I see hognose snakes which are still fairly rare. Something I saw recently at an Ohio show was a bunch of Florida King Snakes and dang, I hope I see more in the future. Did not realize they had that many morphs.
Random , but I was watching your video, and I saw some of your merch . Got snilk 👌🏻 lol you need to do a for pickle’s line lol great video as always Adam 🤙🏻
Here's a hot take: I like that reptile prices are going up (within reason).
Obviously I'm not talking like down payment on a house-level expensive.
I just think that having to invest a couple hundred dollars usually means that people will be more invested in the animal and taking good care of it.
None of the "I was in petsmart and saw something cute for $30 so I just bought it." But people buying these animals with knowing intent.
Absolutely. The only caveat to that being that it might increase collection from the wild (legal or not) and that is bad.
@@aina3387 that's a very fair point. Hopefully, though, if people are learning about these animals through reptile youtubers, they're also picking up on the push to not get wild-caught
I honestly like that too that they have value and don't just become throw away pets because then if someone really, really wants one they will plan and do research and specially as many reptiles live longer than many small mammals as example. So people don't just see a snake and buy without knowing anything about them. Of course they should not cost like a house unless it's maybe some rare animals, though thinking about it actually I don't think people should be able to sell very rare animals (who risk extinction in the nature) because that risks leading to bad people stealing them from their natural habitats (further thriving the extinction) and selling to rich people who just want a cool pet to show off, I'm definitely not a fan of the exotic reptile trade.
i agree its good when the animal is not too cheap, but pet store prices will always be cheaper than quality animals.
@@aina3387 - some laws do the same thing. I live in VA and Spotted Turtles, for example are banned. I get it. But they also banned captive bred (that have a tangible paper trail). Recent, they’ve implemented a ban on all native reptiles and amphibians with the exception being one single specimen. I’m cool with that but they’ve also banned captive bred of all native species-to me, this completely encourages the practice of wild collecting.
Reptile hobby lore is my favorite thing you cover.
So reallll
The increased interest of some species is also a great indicator that the hobby is expanding and growing! Great video Adam!😀
Yes! Thank you!
@@WickensWickedReptiles I was going to say, reptiles are a much bigger phenomenon now than 10 years ago. Prices are going to go up purely by a) more people and b) captive breeding pushes
@@WickensWickedReptiles oh I was so absorbed thinking of my buddy , I forgot to mention this was a great video !!! Thank you ! You really do some amazing stuff 🤘
@@WickensWickedReptiles I checked the web (Google) for how the “Leucistic Hog-Nosed” snake came to be. I was curious about the conspiracy theory surrounding its creation since you mentioned it. I found nothing and now I just have to know about it. Please tell us, I really want to know (inquiring minds just GOTTA know) because you referenced it’s existence in your last video? Please spill the tea (or shall I say “spill the theory”? 🤔🤔🤔🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Thanks, Budd & Mary Geiger
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I know I have, I was never allowed to have reptiles (other than a beardie) as a kid but as soon as I was a capable adult with a home, I now have a bci, corn, ball python, king snake, two t’s and a Asian forest scorpion, all kept in sculpted out bioactive vivariums, so excited for the tons of years to come of collecting my more sought after species such as emerald trees and vine snakes
I’m a 62 y/o woman who got 2 Ball Pythons a year ago. You’re right……it was all because of U-Tube! I had never even thought about having reptiles before. I did about a years worth of research and I’ll never forget my excitement, receiving Darwin from KINOVA and then Marie from Green Room Pythons. I’ll be getting my 3rd one from Bob Bledsoe, who owns Green Room Pythons, soon. She laid eggs about 3 weeks ago and mine is in one of those!!! I love Ball Pythons!🐍❤️🐍
This is the best comment on this video. You are awesome and welcome to the hobby!
That is awesome!
Love Green Room Pythons I just started watching him recently
@@anabella4166 His channel is amazing and his snakes come to you eating frozen-thawed and socialized. I’ve got 2 of them now and they’re both phenomenal.
Green room pythons is where l learned 90% of what I know about keeping ball pythons lol
Emily's "um" edited in is gold. Great job. Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. 💕
To be honest,
the animal itself being expensive is kinda a good thing since it kinda prevents them from spontaniously being bought by people that loose interest in a week or so, and stop caring for it.
Look at hamsters. You get em super cheap and most end up in crappy soon dirty enclosures.
My thoughts exactly. I'm all for things being affordable, but a pet isn't just a "present" it's a commitment and I feel that reptiles and amphibians can easily be neglected, especially if they were cheap and the buyers aren't being vetted.
You should 100% do the reptile conspiracy video
ok!!
Surprised you didn't mention Clint and the emerald tree skinks. Great list. I was just looking at hognose prices and holy crap I should have gotten some 3 years ago when I first got really interested in them. Snakes and tortoises are so expensive in general right now...but aquatic turtles are SO CHEAP
Yeah, there's so many examples but I used to see these guys for like 40-70 dollars and now I never see them at all
Attention + time = lots of breeding, 5 years from now emerald tree skinks will be all over the place.
My lavendar male hognose was $650 at the March Tinley. There's way cooler morphs that I've seen since (and combos with the lavender gene) but I've wanted him forever so he has my heart...my hissy, sassy little boy 😄 fun fact - I ran into Emily and Ed from Snake Discovery at dinner the night before the Tinley show. I got to talk about my plans to get a lavender hognose - not surprising but they were soooo nice 😊
*Edit*: I 100% agree with how difficult their beautiful color is to come through on camera. It's so frustrating.
I want a lavender so so bad
Lavender is definitely my favorite hognose morph but they are so expensive! I hope more people start producing them soon.
Yup I have two! I won't say how much I paid but I did get a good deal 😊
@@somethingcats I'll have some babies in like 3-4 years. Lol 😂
I experienced this more than a year ago with my normal hognose that is a female het albino. I paid $100 at the time and now I see them twice as much for a normal
You're so right about corn snakes, and it breaks my heart. Just a few years ago, my local expos were full of them, now I'm lucky to see one or two tables with them.
I live in Pittsburgh and this is completely inaccurate for this area we have all of them here
@@JordanNixon-vg3jdI was gonna say something similar. When it comes to snakes I see around 25% corns and 65% balls. The rest are an assortment of Kingsnakes,Milksnakes and Hognoses.
Lol I love the jabs at Emily and Dave 😂 it's funny how all of the big reptile youtubers poke fun at each other and seem like they're actually friends
If by ruin you mean better husbandry is increasing the price tags of these amazing creatures then I'm all for ruining it. I love that information being presented is creating a higher quality care. Its amazing that people like you Adam, Snake Discovery, Clint (and so VERY many more) are creating a higher standard for how we house and interact with our special little doods.
UA-camrs arent directly to blame. They give out information that was otherwise inaccessible before. The market changed because consumers became more informed.
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I got into reptiles because of Clint's channel. Found yours a little later on. UA-camrs 100% influence the hobby
I just started this video at work, and with CC's on (auto-generated) it says, "Wickens Wig and Reptiles" so I'm just going to be hearing that every time now. 😂
Side note: I'm very new to the reptile world and I love your videos!! You're a fantastic content creator and have opened me up to way more UA-cam channels, and I just wanted to let you know you're awesome!
Hi Adam, generally when newly hatched or born offspring eat the faeces of their mother it is to enable them to acquire the gut flora they need to be able to digest the food that they eat. This is very prevalent in reptiles that are plant eaters. This is also the case with the Koala here in Australia. The first solid food a baby has when getting close to being weaned is some of the mothers faeces. This contains the bacteria that are needed for the baby to be able to digest gum(eucalyptus) leaves
Thank you for explaining that. I was very curious as to the reasoning behind it. Makes sense.
What I like about UA-cam comments is that you can sometimes find actual, specific information. Thanks for the comment.
Funny coz the moment you mentioned hognose snakes, the first name that popped in my head was Emily. When you called her out, I was in stitches! That short footage of her was gold.
wicked!!
Yea you should do one on the snake conspiracy theory, that would be interesting
ok!
Yes! I always love a good conspiracy theory and when it involves reptiles that makes me even more curious.
@@JupiterJamie lol same
What is this conspiracy theory? All I can find is reptilians control out global politics 😂
Love the new intro! It's also really great seeing footage of you enjoying your different reptiles, and enjoying it. As always, great job!!
If the leucistic hognose story is anywhere near as interesting and dramatic as the Princess Diamond fiasco, I absolutely wanna hear it
Is that another one of his videos? If so do you have any idea what I can search for or how long ago it was uploaded so I can find it?
@@highjinx6519 No I just remember when it happened, lol. TLDR around 2006 a leucistic boa was discovered in Brazil and was named Princess Diamond. A very popular and well-respected boa breeder at the time tried to buy her but Brazil refused. So the breeder went to Brazil, stole her from the zoo where she was staying, and smuggled her back into the US. They claimed she died but produced a single litter of leucistic offspring, which were returned to Brazil in 2015. But now you can buy Princess/Emperor Diamonds (the fact that they changed the name for the boys to protect their masculinity never ceases to amuse me) really easily so who knows if she actually died, or if any of her first litter were secretly kept instead of repatriated.
Maybe Adam should do a top 5 reptile scandals video LOL (don't actually you'd make so many enemies)
@@vicekillx damn that’s crazy, thanks for filling me in.
@@vicekillx Wow, thanks for telling this great story!
Can say for sure Clint's reptiles has an influence on the market. My buddy is an exotic pet vendor and whatever creature Clint puts out that week becomes his top seller, for or most asked about that week.
I would add dwarf retics. I remember buying a Jampea retic for 600 at an actual pet store, so, with all that markup. I tried to price a normal pattern dwarf, non specific locale, and it's more than double that, online, before shipping, and there's a wait list.
You can sometimes get a cast off from Reach out Reptiles for sub $1000.
I'd add emerald tree skinks! Everyone wants one now, they're basically reserved a year in advance and the price went up! I also saw a few at rescues because people thought they were going to be super friendly and theirs was not so they just gave their reptile up. Pretty sad
OMG I feel this about Cave geckos because they are blowing up but no one is doing their research and calling different localities all under the same umbrella and possibly inter-breeding them because they don't understand that Cave Geckos cover alot. Hunan, Bawangling, Zhou, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, etc all gets lumped and labeled as simply Chinese Cave Gecko.
they fit too!
@@WickensWickedReptiles it’s really easy to find at least base information too, I have a huge document compiling it from when I was wanting to get one.
DUDE! I love your channel! A year ago I got into your channel. I couldn't even touch a skink without freaking out. Now I have a blue tongue skink, bearded dragon a new addition is my stimsons python. Just wanted to say you've encouraged me to get into this amazing reptile life and your videos are amazing. Have a good one champ \m/
your videos haven't been coming up in my sub box recently so i thought you'd vanished from youtube until i saw emily post the enclosure build off 😅 anyways i just wanna say your videos have gotten even better since I last watched and i've been a long time fan so great job! i'm glad to see you gain success
Hi adam! I have a ball python, a tiger salamander, a bearded dragon, and a leopard gecko! You videos have helped me so much!
thanks so much for watching!!
I am so glad my boyfriend and I want to get a corn snake as our first snake. It’s an animal we can afford and pretty and cute and perfect as a beginner snake.
I firmly agree with your ball Python assessment. UA-cam has made breeders take things to the next level by “creating” more dynamic morphs and pairings! The prices are all up and some of them on the higher end are justified!
I had a ball python as a kid. I had him for about 9 years before I had to rehome him. Any who, he was great at getting out of his cage. Always at night. I woke up many nights with my python snuggled up next to me in bed. He was an odd ball. He seemed to really like being handled and super gentle. Of all the snakes I've owned. He was by far the easiest to handle. I've only owned 7 snakes in my life. So I understand that is a small sample size but none the less.
Adam: if i'm cleaning enclosures i've got headphones in
Also Adam: inserts clip misting enclosure not wearing headphones LMAO
When the lockdown started I was bored and started watching reptile UA-cam. Now two years later we have a Blue Tongue Skink, a Gargoyle gecko and a Leopard gecko.
We are also having a local contractor build custom enclosures for both Desert Iguanas and Monkey Tailed Skinks. We are recently retired so we have the time to obsess.
Amazing
I got my hognose snake because of a Snake Discovery video, completely guilty. I was a gecko keeper (hence the name) and I wasn't too fond of snakes at the time, but after seeing a baby hognose in one of Emily's videos I knew I had to have one. There is a lot of hype around them but it's well-deserved hype. Beautiful snakes with interesting personalities. Hard to get bored of them!
Great video, can I ask what font you use in the thumbnail??? :D:D
honestly I have no idea haha
@@WickensWickedReptiles Haha yeh so many out there
“if I’m cleaning enclosures, I’ve got headphones in”
Proceeds to show video of cleaning an enclosure without headphones
I wanna know how the Leucistic hognose came to be 👀
it's a wild story
I remember getting a hognose when I was like 13 for like 50 bucks. I'm 30 now and bought a normal for my daughter, 450 bucks later
Wow
A video that NEEDS to be done: obesity in reptile keeping.
There's A LOT of it out there😳
🗣🗣
I think he already did one
I started off my reptile keeping journey last year... got a corn snake, so I am thankful for their relatively cheap cost haha! I got a beautiful female tessera for $90. I just put down a deposit on a pink tongue skink... that bad boy, unlike my corn, cost me $400. Clint got me hooked on that species. But I believe that's a pretty average cost. I will say though, I am always nervous about one of the reptiles on my list of what I want to own suddenly becoming too expensive for me because of youtubers talking about them! not that I blame youtubers of course, y'all gotta make content and I love seeing lesser known species in the spotlight.
I paid about $700 for my pink tongue.
Your intro is so sick I love it!! I love watching the evolution of your channel!
That opening piece was really cool ! Great job Adam and Big D !
I'm surprised that Emerald Tree skinks didn't make the list, considering the fact that they are Clint's _favorite_ lizard.
I guess we just have to give him time to breed more of them.
they fit here for sure
Man I’m glad I invested in a group of hogs for breeding a few years ago. Didn’t ever expect them to gain popularity so so quick lol I just got them as pets for the most part as I love just keeping them probably my favorite snake species. Such a unique species but not a colubrid for everyone though much more to them than their cute faces!
Are you going to breed? It's probably a good time to money wise if you are able too!
Facts! An old-time breeder said he used to have a hard time moving a pair of dumerils boas for $80-100. I told him they're flying off MM now for $600-800 a pop, and he flipped his lid. lol.
One hell of an intro, well done
The reptile that UA-cam has gotten me most interested in is the blue tongue skink, didn’t know they existed and always thought I’d get a ball Python or a beardie. But now it’s on my list to research and have myself a blue tongue.
Love this! Great idea and nailed it with your choices. Cannot wait to see a video on conspiracy morphs ha ha!
Dude! The hognose snake thing is so true. I looked last year and they were a decent price and this year they are either impossible to find or extremely expensive! I was just looking for a normal morph pet and couldn't find ANY.
A side effect Adam didn't mention is that once a species gets popular and more morphs are made, normals just...disappear
I'm having this same issue - i legit just want a normal hog (i like their patterning and color the most) and they're non existent. Everything is het'ted out and crazy expensive
Where do the mormals dissapear? Do you mean that the breaders stop breading them because they only think about money? To me that feels unethical to not bread normals too (then some who want could get a cheaper snake too) as it's these snakes natural form and too because there is a bigger risk of genetic issues with morphs as most of them are not natural.
Though I think Emily who breads these snakes breads normals too., most others probably only think about which give most money, the normal is pretty too.
@@teijaflink2226 Yes, exactly. Breeders stop breeding normals because the profit is in fancy morphs. I completely agree that normals are a great choice, cheap, healthy and showing the natural beauty of the species.
Great video as always. But i just wanted to congratulate you at achieving 235k. I remember watching your vids 2 years ago in the summer when you had 32 k. Back at the old house.
Either way. Your amazing keep it up.
I feel like as care for regius gets more advanced we're gonna see a spike in price as well since people are going to start being more selective with the breeders they go to.
maybe!
More lore yes please also finally someone talks about this I only see you talk about these things keep it up
Heck yeah Adam! Love the new intro!! 🔥🔥
Love your view and Angle on things. Good Orator.
Thanks for all you do Adam. Speaking of Anataresia, you are the reason I went with a spotted python for my pet snake. She is amazing and I couldn’t be more happy about her. Keep up the amazing content.
Saw the Tricolor Hognose and clicked right away 😅
But great video man. Totally agree. Also love the intro
I bought my first hognose in 2016 after being friends with Emily and meeting hers, he cost me $70 and I love him to pieces 🤣 looking at prices now make me so grateful I got him when I did! And shocked that they've jumped so fast in cost. thanks Emily lmfao
I just can't get over how cool the new intro is
true
I would definitely watch that! Pls do that video! Also can you do a video on reviewing UA-camrs again? Great video!
sure can!
@@WickensWickedReptiles thx so much Adam
Back in 2004 we paid $125 for our Dumerils - a pretty typical price.
Even with somewhat expensive animals the life cycle costs - exclosure, feeding, heating/lights, vet bills - exceed the purchase price.
I would love a video about leucistic hognose snakes! I didn’t even know those existed. Any videos about hognose snakes would be awesome, I love them so much and only Snake Discovery ever really produces content about them.
Dude, this is like a PHD thesis. Amazing topics
Just want to say after watching the intro and scrolling through the comments and not seeing anyone talking about how epic the intro was I have too. If you have had that on a previous video I have missed it but dang that was badass!
I love this video, thanks for the great content :D
I'm surprised Super Dwarf Retics didn't make the list. I think youtube completely changed and increased the general publics awareness of the species.
Also, Antaresia are way cooler than Ball Pythons 😋
YT definitely changed the public awareness of Super Dwarves, but they're not something the average reptile enthusiast is likely to afford to buy or keep so the awareness hasn't entirely translated to big price increases or that much of a change among retic keepers.
I just had a baby Albino Western Hognose snake surrendered to my reptile rescue in Virginia. He was abandoned in an apartment complex hallway along with several other reptiles and inverts. Owner got evicted, left everything behind. We found him a good home, after several applications came in, but we have a set adoption fee no matter what the animal is. He was perfectly healthy. This happens quite a bit too. Animals are just left behind in apartments. We have 2 iguanas that a cleaning lady found, they were left behind and were in the empty apartment for 2 weeks before she found them.
This sure was one interesting topic but I'm just glad I was just able to watch this video to get the rightful and helpful information
Love the new intro! It’s really cool lol
Who are buying all of these super expensive ball python morphs? It sure as heck isn't the every day keeper. It's other breeders, or wannabe breeders. So they're basically selling amongst themselves, jacking up the prices amongst themselves.
Exactly. I literally traded 20$ worth of self propagated plants/cuttings for a "500$" ball python. I said yeah, I'll give ya some plants for it; poor guy was a failing breeder and needed to get rid of them so badly he offered me two for one! 😅 I personally don't care too much for them so I took one and called it good 😊
I might have to agree with you on some of these ideas. I was never a big fan of reptiles , I didn’t dislike them, just never thought about them & would not ever think 💭 of them as a pet. Then I came across Emily and Ed Snake 🐍 Discovery. After watching them for over a year, I have to be in Iowa for a wedding & the next day I am going to take a drive to Snake Discovery Zoo. It is a 4+hr drive each way. I have seriously been looking at cages and supplies to see if I can afford to possibly own a reptile , I would never considered a reptile if I had not watched hours of you and Emily and Ed. I can’t wait to go to the zoo next Sunday and look at adoption island.
Have fun!! Snake Discovery is also what got me into reptiles, and now I have a ball python. Couldn’t recommend a pet snake more honestly. Fairly low maintenance and just a chill pet all-around.
a bearded dragon is a good starter too just do your research on what you want 💙💜💙
I love my little leopard gecko 💕 wouldn't trade him for the world! So adorable for them to lay on your hand with their little chilly bellies lol
So this post is 3 weeks old now, I'm curious to know how your trip was and if you decided on a reptile? I live in Iowa myself and I have yet to make it to Snake Discovery. I'm glad the gas prices are going down.
@@JupiterJamie My vacation was fantastic, thank you for asking. I was able to make it to Snake Discovery and meet Emily. It was a great day, the zoo was fantastic. I plan on returning next year for labor Day weekend, they most likely will be having a anniversary celebration and big raffle again. If you have the time, I would recommend the drive to go. Just check on the schedule to make sure Emily and Ed will be there. I am leaning towards a gecko, either a crested Gecko or a fat tailed Gecko. I have to move in a few months so I decided to wait to see what we find for a rental and what the space looks like, I know the Crested Gecko is semi arboreal so the cage would need be taller and the fat tailed gecko is not and the cage would need more floor space. In the meantime I am happily watching the egg hatching video's.
I’m digging the new intro and graphics!
the new intro is so fucking extra i love it
I like your new intro and outro!!! Very cool!!!
You’re new into is epic!
Love the edits on the newer vids!
Not sure if I am happy or sad that carpet pythons have never exploded in popularity like other species has, in two decades of keeping them the various morphs have held their value fairly consistently.
Like bloods they have a bad rep temperament wise :/
@@Spicycow94 While I admit I am happy that most of my carpets are inquisitive and easy to handle, I also really enjoy the defensive ones just as much. You learn a lot about handling and behavior working with an animal that has a bit of spunk to them 😁
I'd love to see the conspiracy theory video! Great video Adam!
Coming soon!
@@WickensWickedReptiles yes please
Definitely would like to hear about it!
Yes!! I love a good conspiracy theory!!!
I have the same problem with Hognose here in Georgia. There will be guys walking to every single table asking if they have any hognose, and they always leave empty handed
I am loving the new intro!! X
Region might also have something to do with it, at least in part. I went to a reptile expo earlier this year and I think I only saw one or two booths selling hognoses for example...and even then there weren't a lot. But watching youtubers doing videos on other expo visits, there always seem to be tons.
I LOVE the new intro!
Diamond is throwing some side eye!
Also I think youtube has popularized the reptile hobby overall. You mentioned in the ball python section of the video you didn’t know about the morphs etc, which is the exact same for me. I think UA-cam showed a lot of people reptiles are not what they originally thought keeping reptiles would be like and how many beautiful options there are. I’m a perfect example haha I’m planning on getting my first reptile within the next few months.
Your channel is awesome. I watch others and they are also cool as well. I got a lot of information from you about my Reptiles and reptiles that I do not have lol.
And I know we talked about them last week and were gonna talk about them next week; Monkey Tail Skinks.
HAHAHAHA
Great video, so true!
Bummed that dumerils boas got so much more expensive recently 😭 fell in love with them after watching your vids.
I remember when people couldn't give Hognose away they use to be 25-40 dollars.
yep!
@@WickensWickedReptiles my first Eastern Indigo was 350.00 now 1200 minimum.
Adam, in the pocket of Big Dumeril's Boa. 😂
shhhhhh don't tell
First time I noticed it but awesome new intro!! Well we already know we're the same kind of geek except you do Frogs & Pokemon and I do Toads & Yugioh. A car payment wah wah Wicken. A max rarity Cyber Dragon deck is worth the whole car!
Adam, you mentioned Antaresia. I recently got my first Spotted Python here in the UK. They really are wonderful little pythons. And there does appear to be more ads from breeders/shops etc selling them now. Prices aren't too bad. My local rep store has a young granite spotted in for £200 UK. Not sure what that equates to in US$ or C$.
That Emily "Ahh" of denial choked me laughing 🤣🤣🤣
I still see a lot of corn snakes at reptile expos. Not as much as Ball Pythons but certainly more than I see hognose snakes which are still fairly rare.
Something I saw recently at an Ohio show was a bunch of Florida King Snakes and dang, I hope I see more in the future. Did not realize they had that many morphs.
The intro is amazing 🤘
THAT INTRO THOUGH. GOOD JOB 👏
What morph is the cornsnake you have?
That's actually the exact morph I've been looking for but can never remember the name.
It's gorgeous
As soon as you started this video I knew you were gonna bring up the dumerils. Lol
I can't believe people have accused you of being in Big Dumeril's Boa pocket. 😂
hilarious
Your cutaways cracked me up! Lol
The new intro is SICK!!
Random , but I was watching your video, and I saw some of your merch . Got snilk 👌🏻 lol you need to do a for pickle’s line lol great video as always Adam 🤙🏻