I'm first & foremost a gardener and love how you incorporate plants in the enclosures. Sterile bland environments are terrible for the animals. Good job!
Because of you I actually grow Hibiscus in my cornsnakes bioactive, and can use the flowers for tea for myself or feed to my herbivores. I have learned so much from watching. I hope to get a Mulberry so I can have a silkworm farm
Great video. As an apartment gardener, it's nice to see how plants play a role in your enclosures and animals. Since you have a camera person again, I would suggest getting a body microphone. It helps us hear better when you suddenly are on the move and give your camera person a chance to catch up.
Pretty good size Storm coming buddy. May be time to start preparing. I just went threw Ian on the west coast near Fort Myers beach. Not many people were ready for it. Praying for you guys If I can help you let me know. I'm usually off work Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This is one of my favourite channels and I do count down to the next video. I wish I'd learnt about reptiles a lot earlier especially tortoises, I'm going through kidney failure and have no one to pass a tortoise on to.
Thank you for this tour of Heaven! If there is truly a heaven I bet it looks alot like Kamp Kevan! Your animals.. ALL OF YOUR ANIMALS are the luckiest animals on earth! Your knowledge about what tos feed and grow is just astounding! Did you design your home? I mean from scratch. It looks like you know about every square inch! Thankyou for another day at Kenan Kollege! I'll be ready for our quiz on Monday! 👩🏻🎓
I have a friend who grows nopales outside in Massachusetts. If you have it potted you can bring it inside when it frosts, but it’s pretty hardy into the 30s. It’s November now but I still have a ton of cacti outside
Tortoises are the 4-legged "Jonny Appleseed" s of the Reptiles... Like you pointed out, they would have a large wild habitat where they would wander, eat, wander some more and then "deposit" the seeds all wrapped in fertilizer ! Loved this video !!!
I live in the cold north, so outside reptiles is not a thing for me unfortunately. I do, however, grow different kinds of food for my bearded dragons. And for birds, bees, butterflies, etc… Plants are definitely an important part of keeping reptiles healthy and happy. ❤❤
I don’t do this for reptiles as I do t keep any herbivores but I do the same for my herbivorous fish, any soft and leafy aquatic plant with weak roots goes down a brilliant treat for lots of my catfish and other grazers and they grow so rapidly that they survive and the fish have a permanent grazing area ❤ it’s interesting what you say about a tortoises digestive tract being so long it has to stay full and active, this is very similar to species of plecostomus which graze constantly also and need constant foraging opportunities. love what you do Kenan, you inspire me to improve my husbandry every day
I don’t comment often but I want you to know I love your videos! I love seeing the animals and learning about them from you. I m glad you finally have a camera man now to. He does a great job!
I love elephant ears. One of my favorite plants. And i have hibiscus as a barrier across my entire front yard only my backyard is fenced to i use the hibiscus as kind of a fence in the front. Looks great. I also feed it to my rabbit who loves it and its great for their immune system. And then i occasionally make tea with it. I have lemon balm everywhere too that my rabbit likes occasionally but has so many other uses. I use it for tea too but i think the #1 thing i love it for is natural bug spray. Works great.
Before our tortoise goes into hibernation he stops eating two weeks before that time. I do find the wild food we give him, his favourites will change over the different months of the year.
Love that u have a cam guy now. You do a good job by yourself but we get such better shots when there's someone there w u! Loving the content Kenan. This educational type is right up my alley. I feel like its a bit more structured now. I appreciate that and all your hard work to bring us content and keeping us informed and entertained.
For some reason when I get the nepal cactus pads here in NYC they are never w/o thorns. Lately it’s also been necessary for me to travel to a predominantly Spanish neighborhood to find them.
I don’t have turtles 🐢 or animals but I love the video and all the info now what I got out of this video is dat now I want a salad so much green in the video made me want one !! Much love and respect 🫡
Don't forget okra! Okra is in the Hibiscus and mallow family and readily available at grocery stores! My redfoot tortoise likes it so much I actually named him okra. Actually named him okra Winfrey LOL because when I got him as a baby he was sold to me as a female LOL
Very much appreciate learning. Apology if previously covered Kenan, what are the black then blue bamboo subspecies that you have on property? Am curious if those would also work here in NC. Thank you.
THANK YOU!!!! I made a comment a while back on another video about my concern about elephant ears and the torts eating them. Thank you for clearing that up. And the flowers of hybiscus is where we get jamica tea. Sooooo good.
We haven't seen the caiman in a while. But I really want to see another "feeding the entire camp" video. Those were the greatest. I miss the leopard tortoises, I know you wanted to get into monitors but why did you also stop collecting more tortoise breeds?
Too many comments through but wanted to say if it hasn’t been already that I think your “old world fern” is actually a Mimosa Tree possibly. Very invasive but will flower if it gets the chance. If it does the seed pods left afterwards are a known neurotoxin to some animals….not sure if this would include torts though.
We live in the desert in the southwest of California and we’ve got domesticated desert tortoises, my question is should they eat right before they go into hibernation or should they skip a week. I have heard pros on cons on each!
What kind of cactus are you providing your animals? I have bought a growing light to grow food for my animals. Living in Wisconson I only leave my Herman's outside for about 9 months out of the year and inside for the 3 hardest (December-end of Feb)
We have the same thing in our digestive tracts and us eating prebiotic and probiotics is important for us. Anytime we take antibiotics we kill off some of that flora.
Kennan i have 2 leopard tortoises 1 is 14 weeks and still small she stays under the light all day long only leaves to eat and then back in her corner in under the light where the temp is 100 on rock and tapers to around 80 within 6 in but when i temp her she is always in spots around 90-95 2 hours out of the day is that bad?
Great video. Does your opuntia cactus have tiny spikes on it? Mine have it, it hurts a little when get into my skin. Is it better to remove those spikes before give it to tortoises?
Most of the plants safe for tortoises are appropriate for rabbits as well. I used many of them for my rabbit. Elephant ears and relatives are irritating to mammals.
I had to put little guards around the plants as my Hermann’s would eat the plant down to the roots and wouldn’t give it chance to regrow. At least with having a guard he can only get to the longer leaves and the plant lasts longer. Plus it forces him to reach for it so he gets extra exercise. It definitely helps give him options and variety to his food on top of the other foods I prepare for him. He loves his Plantain grass 🤗🐢🤗
I've been wanting to try a prickly pear for the longest time. Haven't found any in the store. Wierd because i live in Florida too, you'd think it'd be available atleast on occasion/seasonally. Maybe im just going to the wrong store lol. What does it taste like?
Another amazing and educational video as always, but I wonder about the Batagur affinis in the large rec pond, has their skin problem come back or are they perfectly fine??
I love this video because you can't have one without the other. Plants provide our reptiles with soooo many amazing things.
Absolutely!!
I'm first & foremost a gardener and love how you incorporate plants in the enclosures. Sterile bland environments are terrible for the animals. Good job!
I love how they perk up and head straight for you when they see greens in your hands. Treat time!
Because of you I actually grow Hibiscus in my cornsnakes bioactive, and can use the flowers for tea for myself or feed to my herbivores. I have learned so much from watching. I hope to get a Mulberry so I can have a silkworm farm
Seeing tortoises eat is one of my favorite things. Hercules was chomping those leaves down, so cool!
Love seeing them eat the plants that grow naturally.
Great video. As an apartment gardener, it's nice to see how plants play a role in your enclosures and animals. Since you have a camera person again, I would suggest getting a body microphone. It helps us hear better when you suddenly are on the move and give your camera person a chance to catch up.
Pretty good size Storm coming buddy. May be time to start preparing. I just went threw Ian on the west coast near Fort Myers beach. Not many people were ready for it. Praying for you guys If I can help you let me know. I'm usually off work Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Always a teaching moment at the Kamp. Love checking out the big pond. Camera work was well done
What a wonderful and informative video. I Loved it! And a big way to go for Matt for keeping up with Kenan lol 😆 ♡
Glad you enjoyed it!
Congratulations to Matt... good video... thank you... you too Kenan
Just enjoy seeing the camp and learning a little something along the way. But for me it’s seeing those amazing animals.
Great job filmography. Kenen was able to Express himself and talk about the importance of caring and feeding your reptiles without holding the camera!
🌱I love plants🌵, and I love turtles🐢🐢
This is one of my favourite channels and I do count down to the next video. I wish I'd learnt about reptiles a lot earlier especially tortoises, I'm going through kidney failure and have no one to pass a tortoise on to.
Great close up video work on the animals, Matt!!!😍🥰😍
Awesome video and discussion Kenan!! Crazy timing, I just came inside from the yard/garden after giving weeds and various plants to my tortoises haha
Always love seeing the Kamp!!🐢❤️🐢
I see a Kamp video, I hit like, I watch til the end. Simple.
Matt, you do a great job filming and helping the torts eat!!😊
So amazing how clear the water is
Thank you for this tour of Heaven! If there is truly a heaven I bet it looks alot like Kamp Kevan! Your animals.. ALL OF YOUR ANIMALS are the luckiest animals on earth! Your knowledge about what tos feed and grow is just astounding! Did you design your home? I mean from scratch. It looks like you know about every square inch! Thankyou for another day at Kenan Kollege! I'll be ready for our quiz on Monday! 👩🏻🎓
Really cool habitats for your animals, they living like kings
I really enjoyed watching this explanatory video (and I have no turtles nor tortoises; just love these animals).
Thank you!
I have a friend who grows nopales outside in Massachusetts. If you have it potted you can bring it inside when it frosts, but it’s pretty hardy into the 30s.
It’s November now but I still have a ton of cacti outside
Absolutely love his yard.
Tortoises are the 4-legged "Jonny Appleseed" s of the Reptiles... Like you pointed out, they would have a large wild habitat where they would wander, eat, wander some more and then "deposit" the seeds all wrapped in fertilizer ! Loved this video !!!
Very informative, I love it. Thank you for your channel.
I live in the cold north, so outside reptiles is not a thing for me unfortunately. I do, however, grow different kinds of food for my bearded dragons. And for birds, bees, butterflies, etc… Plants are definitely an important part of keeping reptiles healthy and happy. ❤❤
I don’t do this for reptiles as I do t keep any herbivores but I do the same for my herbivorous fish, any soft and leafy aquatic plant with weak roots goes down a brilliant treat for lots of my catfish and other grazers and they grow so rapidly that they survive and the fish have a permanent grazing area ❤ it’s interesting what you say about a tortoises digestive tract being so long it has to stay full and active, this is very similar to species of plecostomus which graze constantly also and need constant foraging opportunities.
love what you do Kenan, you inspire me to improve my husbandry every day
I get a kick out just watching tortoises eat! Hercs was going to town! 🤣❤️
I don’t comment often but I want you to know I love your videos! I love seeing the animals and learning about them from you. I m glad you finally have a camera man now to. He does a great job!
it’s amazing how you can squat for some time and then stand right up
Hi kamp 👋👋
Hi!
I love elephant ears. One of my favorite plants. And i have hibiscus as a barrier across my entire front yard only my backyard is fenced to i use the hibiscus as kind of a fence in the front. Looks great. I also feed it to my rabbit who loves it and its great for their immune system. And then i occasionally make tea with it. I have lemon balm everywhere too that my rabbit likes occasionally but has so many other uses. I use it for tea too but i think the #1 thing i love it for is natural bug spray. Works great.
Before our tortoise goes into hibernation he stops eating two weeks before that time. I do find the wild food we give him, his favourites will change over the different months of the year.
Love that u have a cam guy now. You do a good job by yourself but we get such better shots when there's someone there w u! Loving the content Kenan. This educational type is right up my alley. I feel like its a bit more structured now. I appreciate that and all your hard work to bring us content and keeping us informed and entertained.
Videos have improved so much since you added the camera guy. Wow!
Reminds me of your first videos that started the channel.
A very very very informative and also interesting episode! You really need Matt to film you so you can concentrate on educating us!
I love the informative videos like this. I love to learn! Thanks kenan!
I loved this episode, so informative. Thank you for what you do. My sulcata thanks you too.
Thank you so much for the advice! I need to add some hibiscus to my garden for sure
Very useful information! Thank you! Great vlog! Greetings from Belgium
Love how you keep your animals Kenan ! Its inspiring brother .
For some reason when I get the nepal cactus pads here in NYC they are never w/o thorns. Lately it’s also been necessary for me to travel to a predominantly Spanish neighborhood to find them.
Thanks for always teaching!
Napolatos make delicious salads for people
Your videos are always informative and entertaining
Thank u so much !!very interesting
Always learning something new👍
U have a beautiful place and all the animals look very comfortable and happy💯
We need a colab video with Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
I would love to see him go through the Kamp and talk plants with you.
Love the education session ❤
I always love watching your videos because they're always interesting and educational and I get to see beautiful animals.
What a fun video thnx kenan and matt
I don’t have turtles 🐢 or animals but I love the video and all the info now what I got out of this video is dat now I want a salad so much green in the video made me want one !! Much love and respect 🫡
How is Lumpy getting along in his new digs?
Don't forget okra! Okra is in the Hibiscus and mallow family and readily available at grocery stores! My redfoot tortoise likes it so much I actually named him okra. Actually named him okra Winfrey LOL because when I got him as a baby he was sold to me as a female LOL
The Goats of the Tortoise World is funny. We had goats growing up and they eat everything. Prickly Pear jelly is good. Nopales are good to eat.
Very informative learn from you all the time.
always love seeing how you care for your animals and can do it naturally!
Curious about the dueling Sulcatas. What is happening?
Very much appreciate learning. Apology if previously covered Kenan, what are the black then blue bamboo subspecies that you have on property? Am curious if those would also work here in NC. Thank you.
Good video
Love the camera work!
Awesome! I built a protected planter for my bearded dragon enclosure so he can pick fresh greens as he pleases!
THANK YOU!!!! I made a comment a while back on another video about my concern about elephant ears and the torts eating them. Thank you for clearing that up. And the flowers of hybiscus is where we get jamica tea. Sooooo good.
Thank you very informative❤
Nopales are also delicious with eggs :)
Fantastic video Kenan!
We haven't seen the caiman in a while. But I really want to see another "feeding the entire camp" video. Those were the greatest. I miss the leopard tortoises, I know you wanted to get into monitors but why did you also stop collecting more tortoise breeds?
love this channel and ur camp for sure
I love the new style of videos
Enjoyed seeing the Kamp and YOU cutie...lol
Too many comments through but wanted to say if it hasn’t been already that I think your “old world fern” is actually a Mimosa Tree possibly. Very invasive but will flower if it gets the chance. If it does the seed pods left afterwards are a known neurotoxin to some animals….not sure if this would include torts though.
Very nice video 👍👍👍
Thank you🤠
Kenan needs some cloaches from gardeners supply to put over those tender grasses till they grow
Move your water lilies in with the big gators!!
We live in the desert in the southwest of California and we’ve got domesticated desert tortoises, my question is should they eat right before they go into hibernation or should they skip a week. I have heard pros on cons on each!
There are opuntia cactus species that you can grow in zone 2, problem is I’m pretty certain you. Can only get them with the spines
What kind of cactus are you providing your animals? I have bought a growing light to grow food for my animals. Living in Wisconson I only leave my Herman's outside for about 9 months out of the year and inside for the 3 hardest (December-end of Feb)
This vlog was frickin awesome!!
We have the same thing in our digestive tracts and us eating prebiotic and probiotics is important for us. Anytime we take antibiotics we kill off some of that flora.
Kennan i have 2 leopard tortoises 1 is 14 weeks and still small she stays under the light all day long only leaves to eat and then back in her corner in under the light where the temp is 100 on rock and tapers to around 80 within 6 in but when i temp her she is always in spots around 90-95 2 hours out of the day is that bad?
i really like this type of videos 😊 thank to you i can add new stuff to our 4 sulcatas at my work ✌🏻
I love your videos
Great video. Does your opuntia cactus have tiny spikes on it? Mine have it, it hurts a little when get into my skin. Is it better to remove those spikes before give it to tortoises?
When are you and Cranmer going to go for a chill ride at the park
One of the most indepth videos you've done ,how the Croc monitors doing?
Most of the plants safe for tortoises are appropriate for rabbits as well. I used many of them for my rabbit. Elephant ears and relatives are irritating to mammals.
Please I need help finding the Acriflavine that you mentioned in a few of your videos. What would you recommend as an alternative? Love the videos!
Lots of great info! U always keep ur channel interesting!!
Are mulberry leaves sold at grocery stores ? Any recommendations! Thanks
I have a sulcata tortoise he loves walking in circles around my backyard and he loves knocking down everything😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣
Did u ever put any torts in cayman creek?
I had to put little guards around the plants as my Hermann’s would eat the plant down to the roots and wouldn’t give it chance to regrow. At least with having a guard he can only get to the longer leaves and the plant lasts longer. Plus it forces him to reach for it so he gets extra exercise. It definitely helps give him options and variety to his food on top of the other foods I prepare for him. He loves his Plantain grass 🤗🐢🤗
Great video!
Aww can't grow those cacti in UK 😔
Noticed a piece of mulch hanging out of the mouth of one tortoise eating cactus. Impaction issues would worry me constantly.
Lovin it 💕
Thanks!
Your welcome 💕
I've been wanting to try a prickly pear for the longest time. Haven't found any in the store. Wierd because i live in Florida too, you'd think it'd be available atleast on occasion/seasonally. Maybe im just going to the wrong store lol. What does it taste like?
I have to say, those giant leaves don't look like any mulberry leaves we have seen anywhere from GA to MI.
Great stuff as always👍👍
Another amazing and educational video as always, but I wonder about the Batagur affinis in the large rec pond, has their skin problem come back or are they perfectly fine??