I’m so glad to see a video with a grown adult man sitting in this enclosure. It gave me a great reference for how large it is; as well as being hilarious, lol.
Hey Clint, In the interest of sharing knowledge to best keep our animals I would like to outline a few things that should be done to improve this enclosure for your Green Tree Monitor. This should also help anyone else that may be interested in keeping them. We are all learning and growing and I hope it is appreciated that I share my knowledge here with your viewers. -The walls should be covered with cork panels to exponentially increase the available climbing space. Alternatively you can create a DIY Background that is climbable using a variety of techniques which is what I personally do for my Tree Monitor enclosures. - More branches/vines/structures to really fill in a lot of that open space is needed too. You want to create a layered climbing area throughout the enclosure to utilize the space. This will create more options for the animal to access and regulate itself better for temperature, humidity levels, Light (UVB) etc. -The size of the enclosure is ok for now if you do the above changes to expand the usable space. But overall I would recommend that once your monitor is closer to being full grown that a larger enclosure is needed. I dislike giving minimum sizes because it encourages people to do the minimum. My own setup is 6ft Tall, 5ft wide, 2.5 ft deep and I want to build an even larger one in future because I can see the benefit in doing so (this is for a pair of Varanus macraei for clarity but the conclusion is the same). -If that enclosure has compressed wood panels (was not clear on this?) you need to seal the edges with silicone or it will most definitely rot at some point due to the water spraying that needs to be done to maintain the required humidity levels for Tree Monitors. - Tree monitors are great at destroying plants! Something I have learnt through the pain of Tree Monitor claws is that some of the best plants to use are ficus species! In my set up I have found Ficus benjamina (weeping fig) and Ficus binnendijkii 'Alii' (Bamboo ficus) to be some of the best. They can withstand a bit more of the traffic of the monitors as they grow back quite quickly too. Best of luck with your Tree Monitor!
This is how you approach care advice as a professional. You're polite, descriptive, and clearly informed. Take note, hobbyists. Much appreciated, Spectrum Vivaria.
On top of everything above, I'm extremely concerned about humidity. - Tree monitors need R/H level to generally be >80%. - Clint doesn't live where this monitors enclosure is. - There is no automatic misting system that I can see. - Huge mesh is going to let out a LOT of humidity/heat. - Walls look paper thin. Humidity is easier to manage in a space that retains heat well. Paper thin PVC isn't going to hold heat at all. Without even mentioning all the other problems with the vivarium, which just isn't suitable for a Tree Monitor. This video has stressed me out so much, other people are going to view this and think this is an adequate setup for an adult tree monitor. edit: I just looked at the price for this enclosure. $550 dollars? Insane amount of money for what you get.
@@ayyylma0 I have one for my Solomon island skink and it does fine for humidity and temps. It comes with a piece of acrylic to put over the screen top in case you need higher humidity. I do think he should get a misting system in there if he doesn’t have one and I don’t know enough about this species to know if it’s enough space or anything but I just wanted to let you know it’s not as bad as you think humidity-wise. I actually quite like mine although it was a bit of a pain to put together
Sabzi approves 🦎! Looks great! Down the road you if you ever decide to remodel you may want wish to mount some cork panels to the walls! It allows the tree monitor to use the full scope to the enclosure to climb :). Great build! 👌🏼
I saw tree monitors at a zoo and fell in love with them, I want one. I don't know why I find then so adorable. Clumsy things with long nails and curly tails.
Kevin would be very impressed. Your little monitor is got slow relaxed tongue licks. His pupils are perfectly happy. I pay attention to this stuff. Congratulations on this amazing little baby
It's nice to see that they seem to take the feedback all the reptile content creators had made in the first few rounds of reviews and fixed all the issues instead of just continuing selling them as they were before.
I have tried keeping humans in this, it’s ok for newborn humans however once they get a few years old they will start to ask for more space. You would really want an enclosure about twice their height. You also want enough space for them to jump plus a few feet. You also probably want to get them captive born. However they are common so you CAN get them wild caught, and if you do I recommend only catching the babies as they will not put up a fight, and they won’t try to run away,
"You look like you're clearing out the rectum of a steer" I may die, oh my gods Amazing enclosure build! Definitely a dream enclosure with a dream lizard!
I love zen habitats because they really care about making good quality but affordable enclosures and they also have great customer service! I do recommend adding a lock on the sliding doors for any tricky reptiles lol
As someone who works on cars a lot those nub ends on zip ties can be very painful to run along your skin. What I like to do is to try and put them in a location more out of the way. You can usually spin the zip tie around after locking it down. That way no lizards randomly run one of those along their belly while climbing over it.
You, HANDS DOWN make some of the best content on youtube. Wonderful human, fantastic presentations, addicting personality, excessively helpful information. 11/10 would recommend to a stinkin rad reptile.
I really don't understand how you could dislike this video..clint Is always busting full of info and always in a good mood ( without being fake).. Good job clint keep em coming bro
Clint something I learned with making soil mix for my tegu is paver sand isnt necessarily safe for a soil mixture for reptiles, play sand is the way to go because it has a different grain structure that prevents it from clumping causing compaction.
Interior decorating of enclosures got to be one of the most relaxing things ever to do, and I've only ever done for invertebrates so far since I don't have room for reptiles yet. can't wait to get there
Plexiglass (acrylic) sort of sucks for keeping sharp clawed animals but I completely understand its value price point. I would by this setup of shipping to my country wasn't cost prohibitive and if it was glass instead. Even with glass, I do my best to avoid perlite as I found it hazes anything that once was transparent. Play sand, because it is mechanically rounded seems to do well to not scratch everything but is a good way to maintain decent draining soil mixes. Cheers, Clint!
Clint you are so awesome, I ended up with my first reptiles which is a beautiful crested and leopard gecko because of your videos, and im completely in love with reptiles and the reptilian world. I thank you Clint for all your wonderful videos, they're awesome..Please keep them coming there just great 👍. Thank you again.
I got the 4 x 2 x 18in pvc and they have taken most of the things improved for this one and improved that one with most of them other than the door thing.
*video of Clint showing really nice enclosure* me: "aye my boi Clint got dat heat on dem feet boi, wooo! dem shoes got soul in 'em!" For real the swag is subtle but damn real. Wish they sold them already looking like that.
I was all ready to complain about the price. I have seen small enclosures go for $2000+. But they have that one for $549 (free shipping too). That's only a little more than what my mother paid for a few of her larger aquariums. It takes a LOT to impress me and I am impressed.
for terrariums this size I really love monstera deliciosa, it grows incredibly fast and has nice big leaves that give the setup this look, like a small part of a real sized forest, while a lot of smaller plants look more like a miniature forest-model to me
What are your thoughts on peat moss, Clint? As far as I know, it's not renewable (within any reasonable amount of time) and its harvesting is disastrous for the environments it's taken from.
I want to know how many takes it took to film that very first opening scene with Clint inside the enclosure. I can already just imagine you guys cracking up and having to do it over and over again because it's just funny. I'm sure hope you put together a blooper video for us clip your funny enough already but I think a blooper video it just be the perfect way to end the old year and slither into the new one!🦖🐊🐸🦜🦢🕷🦟🦈🦎🐍🐲🐉🦠
Look for Neoregalia liliputiana as a bromeliad for smaller enclosures. A cool thing about them beyond their small size is that the flowers are red, white, and blue!
In less than a year, the best pet lizard went from the Ackie to the Emerald Tree Skink to the Emerald tree monitor.🤣 Love ya, Clint. Don't ever change.
I just reached the point where Clint is adding lava rocks. Quick warning. If you have a snake that likes to dig under the substrate, make absolutely sure they can reach the lava rocks. My corn snake got under her substrate and nosed down under the filter into the lava rocks. She stayed down there for some time while she was in blue. When she finally came up I notices she had cut her mouth up from the lava rocks. She's ok. No infection and healed. But, long story short, be careful when using lava rocks as a filtration medium. I'm not saying don't use them. They make a pretty good filtration layer. Just be careful.
Clint, *never* stop making videos! They're the perfect balance of informative and hilarious, at the same time!!!
Thank you, Newt! We sure enjoy making them :)
Ikr I like his video for when I want a pet I just look for him
shut it
I really admire Clint's dedication to wearing a tie while performing manual labor. 😆
He’s a man of business
i love companies that ACTUALLY listen to advice! go zenhabitats!
I’m so glad to see a video with a grown adult man sitting in this enclosure. It gave me a great reference for how large it is; as well as being hilarious, lol.
I'm impressed with zen habitats ability to take criticism and improve their product
Because they use the people as their test subjects. Lol
Hey Clint, In the interest of sharing knowledge to best keep our animals I would like to outline a few things that should be done to improve this enclosure for your Green Tree Monitor. This should also help anyone else that may be interested in keeping them. We are all learning and growing and I hope it is appreciated that I share my knowledge here with your viewers.
-The walls should be covered with cork panels to exponentially increase the available climbing space. Alternatively you can create a DIY Background that is climbable using a variety of techniques which is what I personally do for my Tree Monitor enclosures.
- More branches/vines/structures to really fill in a lot of that open space is needed too. You want to create a layered climbing area throughout the enclosure to utilize the space. This will create more options for the animal to access and regulate itself better for temperature, humidity levels, Light (UVB) etc.
-The size of the enclosure is ok for now if you do the above changes to expand the usable space. But overall I would recommend that once your monitor is closer to being full grown that a larger enclosure is needed. I dislike giving minimum sizes because it encourages people to do the minimum. My own setup is 6ft Tall, 5ft wide, 2.5 ft deep and I want to build an even larger one in future because I can see the benefit in doing so (this is for a pair of Varanus macraei for clarity but the conclusion is the same).
-If that enclosure has compressed wood panels (was not clear on this?) you need to seal the edges with silicone or it will most definitely rot at some point due to the water spraying that needs to be done to maintain the required humidity levels for Tree Monitors.
- Tree monitors are great at destroying plants! Something I have learnt through the pain of Tree Monitor claws is that some of the best plants to use are ficus species! In my set up I have found Ficus benjamina (weeping fig) and Ficus binnendijkii 'Alii' (Bamboo ficus) to be some of the best. They can withstand a bit more of the traffic of the monitors as they grow back quite quickly too.
Best of luck with your Tree Monitor!
This is how you approach care advice as a professional. You're polite, descriptive, and clearly informed. Take note, hobbyists.
Much appreciated, Spectrum Vivaria.
On top of everything above, I'm extremely concerned about humidity.
- Tree monitors need R/H level to generally be >80%.
- Clint doesn't live where this monitors enclosure is.
- There is no automatic misting system that I can see.
- Huge mesh is going to let out a LOT of humidity/heat.
- Walls look paper thin. Humidity is easier to manage in a space that retains heat well. Paper thin PVC isn't going to hold heat at all.
Without even mentioning all the other problems with the vivarium, which just isn't suitable for a Tree Monitor.
This video has stressed me out so much, other people are going to view this and think this is an adequate setup for an adult tree monitor.
edit: I just looked at the price for this enclosure. $550 dollars? Insane amount of money for what you get.
@@xfatalxflawx you should check out his build for his blue tree monitors if you havent. Its amazing
Completely agree. I was expecting better husbandry, advice and knowledge from Clint.
@@ayyylma0 I have one for my Solomon island skink and it does fine for humidity and temps. It comes with a piece of acrylic to put over the screen top in case you need higher humidity. I do think he should get a misting system in there if he doesn’t have one and I don’t know enough about this species to know if it’s enough space or anything but I just wanted to let you know it’s not as bad as you think humidity-wise. I actually quite like mine although it was a bit of a pain to put together
Gotta love the enclosure build series. Clear instructions and entertaining. 5/5
Thank you! They're fun to do.
Sabzi approves 🦎! Looks great! Down the road you if you ever decide to remodel you may want wish to mount some cork panels to the walls! It allows the tree monitor to use the full scope to the enclosure to climb :). Great build! 👌🏼
We all love Sabzi!
Love ya vids!
@@cherrydeathclaw thanks for the support and viewership! Means a lot!
Fancy seeing you here this has gotta be my 5th time watching this video along with your enclosure builds for your prasinus
@@haydenlucas2986 thanks for the support! 🙏🏼
I saw tree monitors at a zoo and fell in love with them, I want one. I don't know why I find then so adorable. Clumsy things with long nails and curly tails.
Your like the biology teacher we wish we all had/have
Enclosure builds are some of my favorites. A lot of effort goes into these videos.
That is very true! I'm so glad you like them :)
Its cool to see Zen taking constructive advice from the community and making real changes
Awesome! That's the a great cage for Greenie!
He's doing so well in it!
He looks so happy ! Hope he has fun exploring the enclosure!
It's fun to watch!
@@ClintsReptiles ikr!
Clint's videos make me feel like a little kid. It brings back all the wonder and enthusiasm
Thank you for putting out these videos, Clint. They are super helpful to someone who is thinking about getting into reptiles.
My pleasure!
17:10-17:30 is a great glimpse of Clint’s whole persona! Educational, friendly and goofy. Clint is just very excited and wholesome
Zen habitats seems like a really cool company to make changes so expediently, I value that alot
Love the fact your getting your hands dirty but still dress smartly 😎😎
👔
Got to stay looking sharp fella lol beautiful monitor and enclosure pal, not sure we would get them over here in the UK
Dude Clint is too legit dude built this and played with dirt in a tie and dress pants I don’t see a single stain on my dude AMAZING lol
Zen Habitats rock. Every company should operate the way they do.
They're a really great company to work with. Always listening to feedback and always improving.
Kevin would be very impressed. Your little monitor is got slow relaxed tongue licks. His pupils are perfectly happy. I pay attention to this stuff. Congratulations on this amazing little baby
It's nice to see that they seem to take the feedback all the reptile content creators had made in the first few rounds of reviews and fixed all the issues instead of just continuing selling them as they were before.
green tree monitor=dream one
Agreed!
I'm gonna order this for my Chinese Water Dragon when the little fella becomes a big fella
This will be perfect!
what is your reptiles name protopulsar
@@notusingthischannel5658 His name is Enoch
@@CG_GamingChannel cool name!
@@notusingthischannel5658 Thanks! Do you have any reptiles? If so, what are their names and species?
That lizard is super pretty.
Adult human male: the best pet mammal? Now with affordable enclosure 😂
lol
I'll take 8
Hahahahahahahaahahaahahahahahahahhahha
I have tried keeping humans in this, it’s ok for newborn humans however once they get a few years old they will start to ask for more space. You would really want an enclosure about twice their height. You also want enough space for them to jump plus a few feet. You also probably want to get them captive born. However they are common so you CAN get them wild caught, and if you do I recommend only catching the babies as they will not put up a fight, and they won’t try to run away,
I got mine for free in the dark alley. Though it does seem to have some dieseases.
Woah I never realized how magnificent emerald tree monitors look
"You look like you're clearing out the rectum of a steer" I may die, oh my gods
Amazing enclosure build! Definitely a dream enclosure with a dream lizard!
Make sure to use a long glove.
@@ClintsReptiles **CHOKES**
Even if I know I’ll probably never get half of the reptiles you talk about, I still love watching these! Thanks Clint!
Wow a second clints reptiles video?! My week is now complete
It's really coming together!
@@ClintsReptiles now all I need is the oxie clean guy to say "but wait there's more!"
@@brendonbewersdorf986 hahah
Thank you!
Enclosure builds are my favourite videos! I’m saving up for a 60 gallon enclosure for my leopard gecko blizzard
Nice!
Thank you Clint!
I love zen habitats because they really care about making good quality but affordable enclosures and they also have great customer service! I do recommend adding a lock on the sliding doors for any tricky reptiles lol
I love how he stays in the enclosure the entire intro.
Man these really are the best videos in the world. Im am pretty much conviced you a super hero NEVER stop making videos!!
something about a man in a tie aggressive mixing dirt in a bin cracks me up, awesome video clint
Clint’s the Bob Ross of enclosure scaping
Good to know a Clint needs 4x4x2 enclosure
As someone who works on cars a lot those nub ends on zip ties can be very painful to run along your skin. What I like to do is to try and put them in a location more out of the way. You can usually spin the zip tie around after locking it down. That way no lizards randomly run one of those along their belly while climbing over it.
Green tree monitors are seriously dangerously adorable looking. TAKE MY MONEY I WANT ONE.
You, HANDS DOWN make some of the best content on youtube. Wonderful human, fantastic presentations, addicting personality, excessively helpful information. 11/10 would recommend to a stinkin rad reptile.
A whole new variety of tiny house.
Awesome!!
Had a great time last night with Kusko! You guys are awesome!
I'm so glad Brian exists!
I really don't understand how you could dislike this video..clint Is always busting full of info and always in a good mood ( without being fake)..
Good job clint keep em coming bro
wow beautiful setup and monitor
Thank you!
Clint something I learned with making soil mix for my tegu is paver sand isnt necessarily safe for a soil mixture for reptiles, play sand is the way to go because it has a different grain structure that prevents it from clumping causing compaction.
Clint man, you're the only guy I know that will mix soils in a tie. Lol :-) So glad that the reptile room is surviving!!
Haha a Clint comfortable enclosure! Love this!
Hes as cute as baby yoda!! The little sleeping face was gorgeous. So jealous.
Good thing Clint wore his home improvement slacks.
I don't know why I find these enclosure setup videos to be so zen.
I don’t own reptile and probably never will but these videos cheer me up on these long winter nights on my own during the pandemic, thankyou.
i love how he is dressed really formal well pretty much gardening
hello great video
Interior decorating of enclosures got to be one of the most relaxing things ever to do, and I've only ever done for invertebrates so far since I don't have room for reptiles yet. can't wait to get there
Plexiglass (acrylic) sort of sucks for keeping sharp clawed animals but I completely understand its value price point.
I would by this setup of shipping to my country wasn't cost prohibitive and if it was glass instead.
Even with glass, I do my best to avoid perlite as I found it hazes anything that once was transparent. Play sand, because it is mechanically rounded seems to do well to not scratch everything but is a good way to maintain decent draining soil mixes.
Cheers, Clint!
I literally just ordered one these for my man grove monitor 🤙🤙
He looks so happy with his new enclosure!!🦎🦎❤️🦎🦎
I loved this! Lookit how happy that montior is!!!
Also always carry a shovel!!!
i want a emerald tree monitor so bad
beard looking good, king
That is one stinkin’ rad enclosure setup!
lol
When Clint was in the enclosure I thought Gus Gus took over. I guess not😂
This is Stage One of the coup ☺️
Clint you are so awesome, I ended up with my first reptiles which is a beautiful crested and leopard gecko because of your videos, and im completely in love with reptiles and the reptilian world. I thank you Clint for all your wonderful videos, they're awesome..Please keep them coming there just great 👍. Thank you again.
I just love these monitors you have to give them a big enclosure like this to do them justice great job
I got the 4 x 2 x 18in pvc and they have taken most of the things improved for this one and improved that one with most of them other than the door thing.
WE JUST BOUGHT IT FOR OUR BASILISK TRIO!!!!!!!
*video of Clint showing really nice enclosure*
me: "aye my boi Clint got dat heat on dem feet boi, wooo! dem shoes got soul in 'em!"
For real the swag is subtle but damn real. Wish they sold them already looking like that.
I'm envious...
I understand that!
That monitor is gorgeous!
I love that he is digging in dirt in a shirt and tie
Oh wow that green guy is gorgeous,
Ive been inspired to get a uromastyx by you, with alot of research of course, hopefully in the next 2 years.
I was all ready to complain about the price. I have seen small enclosures go for $2000+. But they have that one for $549 (free shipping too). That's only a little more than what my mother paid for a few of her larger aquariums. It takes a LOT to impress me and I am impressed.
Do green keel bellied lizards!!! They're like miniature tree monitors!
yea
I just started watching the videos and I love them. I love the after video parts as well. Seeing you thoroughly enjoy and having fun is amazing!
Who gave this video a thumbs down?!
The man literally got in a glass terrarium for you guys give him a like!
Must have been someone jealous that they don't get to live in the enclosure...
Wondered about that too. This is why I checked the comments, to see if I can find one that would explain it 😅
This tank is not appropriate for a monitor lol
This tank allows you to have your very own Clint
for terrariums this size I really love monstera deliciosa, it grows incredibly fast and has nice big leaves that give the setup this look, like a small part of a real sized forest,
while a lot of smaller plants look more like a miniature forest-model to me
What are your thoughts on peat moss, Clint? As far as I know, it's not renewable (within any reasonable amount of time) and its harvesting is disastrous for the environments it's taken from.
Would have loved to see a background on this big enclosure
That came out so beautiful!
i bet you could glue some moss, etc to the pots to better disguise them in some areas. love the look of live plants in enclosures 10/10
Good idea!
The plant i think is "baby tears" it will also cling to branches and grow up them. I use them in my enclosures alot.
Nice, I love the enclosure builds! (:
Thank you :)
I want to know how many takes it took to film that very first opening scene with Clint inside the enclosure. I can already just imagine you guys cracking up and having to do it over and over again because it's just funny. I'm sure hope you put together a blooper video for us clip your funny enough already but I think a blooper video it just be the perfect way to end the old year and slither into the new one!🦖🐊🐸🦜🦢🕷🦟🦈🦎🐍🐲🐉🦠
Look for Neoregalia liliputiana as a bromeliad for smaller enclosures. A cool thing about them beyond their small size is that the flowers are red, white, and blue!
You are so likable. Amazing videos man !👌❤
Who else plays in the dirt with a shirt and tie on? That's stinkin' awesome! 👍
In less than a year, the best pet lizard went from the Ackie to the Emerald Tree Skink to the Emerald tree monitor.🤣
Love ya, Clint. Don't ever change.
No, still emerald tree skink. They're unbelievable!
@@ClintsReptiles thanks to you, I'm pretty sure I need an Ackie Monitor 😤🤣
We all do!
Really enjoy this type of video series!
Green tree monitors are soooo rad! I really want one
Amazing lizards! Go captive bred!
I approve of the new Clint enclosure.
Thank you!
Really cool enclosure and you made it look awesome. Beautiful monitor too. Well done👍
Absolutey love this guy
Greenie? Me too!
Ooh, I wonder if one could put a couple Garter snakes in this...
Hey Clint, you should do another all my reptiles video, and include their enclosures.
also do a black tree monitor please
Clint really served Steve Irwin to me this time. He likable.
I just reached the point where Clint is adding lava rocks. Quick warning. If you have a snake that likes to dig under the substrate, make absolutely sure they can reach the lava rocks. My corn snake got under her substrate and nosed down under the filter into the lava rocks. She stayed down there for some time while she was in blue. When she finally came up I notices she had cut her mouth up from the lava rocks. She's ok. No infection and healed. But, long story short, be careful when using lava rocks as a filtration medium. I'm not saying don't use them. They make a pretty good filtration layer. Just be careful.