What reptile products do you think have a better alternative?

You’re not saving me any money. You’re the reason another ball python is on his way to my house 😂

Something to note about dollar store plants: please soak them before using to make sure the colors don’t bleed. I was using some in my baby crestie enclosures and noticed some flowers were bleeding their dye, so I removed them and OH MY GOD the dye itched SOOO bad!!! Ever since then, I soak all fake plants, especially silk flowers with warm water and a little vinegar 👍👍👍

I'll never forget the day my mom came into the kitchen and found me boiling a pot of rocks for my reptiles enclosures. She thought I'd lost my mind but I saved a lot of money 🤣

I like how you included “buy these instead” very helpful.

Caution ⚠️ with the rocks! Do not bake rocks that you grabed from a creek. The water trapped in the rocks will evaporate and expand which can make rocks explode.

"And by far the biggest waste of money for any reptile keeper is" "Dawn power wash!" Ah yes, I hate when I spend too much money on my dawn power wash for my ball python. Lol.. Funniest ad timing I've seen in a while.

Being a Herper I quickly learned how crappy the pet store hooks are, so what I got instead is a paint roller, it's strong, telescopic and only thing I had to do was add a rubber tip

"remember those old school antennas on cars?" Yes... I am indeed over 30...😅

Whoever is creeping around in the background on the left, I love them. 🦎

I did an experiment and put one of those exo terra hydrometers in the bathroom when I showered. The mirror was completely fogged up and my digital hydrometer was showing 99%. The exo terra one was still at 60%. 😅

“By far the biggest waste of money for any reptile keeper is” ad: APEX LEGENDS

I've noticed that even fake plants from the fish section of the pet shop is way cheaper than the reptile section in the same shop. You can get much bigger and better quality ones for the same price. I like the tall shape and weighted base of the fish plants. Makes them great for my arboreal tarantulas without having to stick anything down, just burry the base.

"I'm not sponsored by exoterra" _proceeds to explain why not to buy exoterra products_

5:30 One warning for buying fake plants: Make sure they are pure plastic or w/e. I got some fake plants at Michael's for my bp's cage and one of them was a neat-looking red flower thing, felt kind of like velvet. I spray the cage sometimes for humidity but when I went to spot clean, I saw that her substrate was stained red. Scared the hell outta me cause I thought my snake had bled everywhere lmao. But the flower just dyed everything around it when it got wet.

Petco: hey guys buy some reptile brand plants here that’d be pretty epic I think cmon guys don’t you wanna spend $15? Dollar tree: fear not my child get 15 plants here for that price

Definitely do a part 2! I’m sure you already have a bunch of ideas but I know I stopped buying reptile branded bulbs! Home hardware for the win!

Taking notes for prepping my enclosure!

Video idea: Top 5 Little-Known Reptiles That Make Great Pets. I don't think you've done a video on that before, but if you have then please disregard this request lol.

Worth mentioning that there definitely are different qualities of coconut products, chips, coir, etc. May not matter if you're not going bioactive, but the cheapest coir and chips tend to also have a lot of salts in them, while the better brands have been soaked and rinsed to get rid of it. (Important when you are, say, using the chips as orchid planting medium....or as part of the substrate for a bioactive vivarium.) So pay attention to what you're getting and if it's cheap and you're not sure, look up instructions for rinsing it properly before you use it in your tank.

I started with aquariums and I realized pretty early on I was wasting so much money on name brand crap! So I had already learned my lesson when I started getting into reptiles lol. Still finding good cheep alternatives very helpful video! 🦎

Snake discovery uses a temperature gun which is more accurate because it’s supposed to see if someone has a fever so it’s accuracy is well and it really works.

I can’t believe I didn’t watch this channel sooner this guy is awesome.

Thank you for mentioning heat rocks. 20 years ago my first snake died because a heat rock that was sold to a 9 yo me from a petsmart employee cooked him. I have since kept all of my snakes 11 different species. perfectly fine without purchasing anything from petsmart. No hate towards petsmart just most of there employees have no idea about reptiles. Love the videos awesome job.

You're the absolute bomb. So many content producers don't add their rationalizations in and just fill their videos with unnecessary clutter and conversation filler. 🦎

I'm honestly surprised ur not past 100k yet. You have some of the best videos on reptiles. 💚🦎

Hey, I work at Home hardware, and the Beyond peat rebranded to Beats peat (also Megamulch which is the same just coarser pieces), and its the same product, in case you ever wanted to order it again, its like 10$ for 3cuft

Already wasted money on that hydrometer. Going to look into the digital one and pick up the dollar tree plants! Thank you! 🦎🦎

I'm so glad I'm not the only hardware store shopping for my little noodles. 🦎

You should do more videos like these that saves us some money, love it!

When sanitizing rocks be sure they are dry.never pick ones from rivers where water can be trapped inside them. Cuase steam can build up inside them and cuase them to explode.

So true. Once the phrase "For Reptiles", the price increases. Even with lighting, water bowls. And so true on the fake plants. Love the video.

Just found your channel the other day and have binged. So much good information 🦎

Great video!! The only thing I'd mention is if you're going to buy plants not intended for reptiles is to wash the excess dye out of them! :)

Definitely make a part two! This is tons of help for newer people entering the hobby. 🦎🦎

Love you’re videos. They are always informative and your passion for the animals really shows. 🦎

Really glad this channel popped up in my recommended. Great video! 🦎

I use Govee too! Love the Bluetooth feature, you can set alarms that tell you when anything is out of parameters that you set and it will send notifications to your phone

Subscribed as soon as you said you were from Canada! Love to help support other Canadians in the hobby!

Thanks for making this video its really helpful , love ur videos !

This video has been a real help overall. Added some of those items to my Amazon cart. Thanks!

I love this so much! I have been trying to convince my friend she doesn't have to get the reptile specific items now maybe she will believe me.🦎

Even tho I don't own any reptiles or planning to get any time soon, still have been useful for my animal management course, so thanks for the amazing videos and advice/care guides 🦎

Very awesome video bro , thank you for the info !!

I love your videos, always useful information, very much appreciated

Got you recommended to me on a reptile lover Facebook group, and I def understand why! You're awesome! Blows my mind you don't have more subscribers yet... Continue the great work, you're helping me and many others learn more! 🦎🦎🦎

As a zoology doctorate student who has been keeping reptiles most of my life and will continue to as my career specialization the biggest thing people don’t realize they are spending too much money on is heating equipment. As he said thermostats are cheep when you know what your looking for, but you can also get deep done heat lamps for pennies on the dollar as well at some hardware stores, not only that but many of the heat lamps you can find are actually rated for a higher wattage and are usually a higher quality as well. This also goes for temperature controllers as well you can get agricultural temp controllers and some heat sources can even use lamp dimmers both are a fraction of the price temp controllers branded for reptiles are. Even with all this however, the biggest waste of money is I see by far in this hobby is what people spend on reptiles branded heat sources. A lot of research from some prominent figures within the reptile care sphere has concluded that the most effective and efficient source for your reptile to heat itself is a simple incandescent halogen bulb. Normal heating methods only output infrared C which is good at hearing air, surfaces, and the scales/skin of animals. Unfortunately infrared C is not good at penetrating surfaces which means while rocks and other hardscape that would normally hold heat for hours only do so for a few minuets, and your reptile or amphibians has to sit under a basking area for ours in repeat in order to build up enough heat to digest their food more efficiently. This is why so many reptiles are sluggish and inactive. Simple white halogen incandescent bulbs you get at the hardware store for a bulk pack that cost 14$ emit infrared A,B,C, and UVA all of which actually provide bioavailable heat and energy for your reptile. This means the animal is more active, and has less issues with digestion long term. I find it so ironic that our of all these 14$ single heat bulbs and heat emitters the most effective source of heat comes from a light you can by 20 of on amazon for the same price. Also another thing not to waste your money on if your doing a live planted bioactive setup is to not go overboard on buying your led lights unless you specifically have high light requirement plants. A daylight led spotlight or daylight t5 from the hardware store gets nearly the same amount of light input for a quarter of the cost.

I love your videos - definitely helped me with choosing reptiles in the past!

This is great information. Your probably my favorite KZfaqr to watch for reptiles! 🦎

🦎 the snake in the background to your left had my attention almost the entire video 😂 I love him

🦎 newbie here! Was about to head to the pet store and watched this first. You just saved me millions. Thanks!

This is super helpful! Thank you so much! Rescued my ball python a year ago and still learning how to best take care of him. 🐍🦎

Thank you for sharing with us! 🦎

Just found this channel. Where have you been all my life man.

You’re gonna be at 100k in no time! Another great video! 🦎

Great list Adam! I am guilty of making almost every mistake on this list in the past, but learned my lesson after waking down the isle of my local hardware store 🤦🏻‍♂️ Timers are another thing that definitely should be on the list. Great channel! Would love some merch 🦎

Absolutely great video 👍🤩 Thank you for sharing!!!!!

Not only is natural decor cheaper but you can make your cage look better with them to. I just used natural decor and plants from hobby lobby for my corn snake and copper head exhibits and they look beautiful!

You are so awesome! Ive had many different reptiles in my 55 years and made mistakes,but because of your knowledge and love for these beautiful creatures mot only have you educated me further you have saved lives as well. Thank you ! Keep the videos comming!🦎🐍

🦎 I love the periscope in the background, they are just so adorable!

Something to keep in mind regarding that recommended thermometer/hygrometer. Remove the little kickstand on the back if you're using it for a snake enclosure, particularly a ball python. They can and will get stuck in it and it causes injury. Otherwise they're great devices.

Wicked here is just speaking straight facs,and I love it as always.

Perfect timing...I knew most of these..but I am going to the Phoenix expo this weekend...so at least I know what not to grab while I am there!

New to channel nice to see a fellow canadian. Always hadnissue with those little hydro/therm gona try these out for aure

A shirt with reptiles on it?! Sign me up 🦎 💖

super helpful, also congrats on almost 100k. 🦎🦎

🦎 these videos are so helpful as a new reptile owner thank you

I’m gonna get a leopard gecko soon so this video is just for me wickens wicked reptiles love your videos

I’ve been a fish/planted aquarium keeper for about a decade. I’m 34. Grew up in the 90’s in the era of “GET YOUR KID A LIZARD!”… A lot of these products remind me of growing up and going to the pet store. As an adult, I’ve realized that the small pet industry isn’t built on pet keeping, but rather pet “buying”. It would be interesting to see your take on how the industry is built on repeat sales instead of proper healthy pet keeping. This video is a great example. A lot of these products seem intentionally built and sold not only to harm your new pet (so you buy another one in a month) but also to keep the hobbyist ignorant so they keep buying needless products that just further harm our pets and set our learning curve very steep. For what it’s worth, my 10 year old son wants a reptile and coming from the naturalistic aquarium world, I’ve been trying to research natural reptile habitats, care, and which species would best suit him. Your videos have been a great help, thanks!

Thanks a tonne for your videos, just got back into snakes (took a decade off) with my son. We have a GHI ball python and are currently binge watching your content. Cheers!

Just ordered 4 of the thermometer/hygrometer’s you showed in this video. The reviews on them were all high.....PLUS you can monitor them via Bluetooth which is pretty awesome!!

Im so happy you mentioned the Govee thermometers. I use 2 of them in my uromastyx enclosure. I also have govee smart plugs that I use as timers for my lights. I can control the entire enclose from the same app! Plus the smart plugs are way easier to set the schedule than traditional timers.

i was always unsure if i could use those dollar store plants, now i know :) 🦎

Vid is so good love that your doing these things so new reptile owners like me now what to do🦎

Keep the videos coming. Extremely entertaining and informative.

Congrats on 90k, I remember when you were at 30k!

I’m in Winnipeg & was grateful when I bought my first snake 2 years ago, a local reptile keeper referred me to Home Hardware for their coconut husk. I stock up every May when it goes on sale for $8.50/brick. The brand they carry now is “Mega Mulch”.

Great info and vids keep up the good work🦎

I wish I watched this earlier. 😢 live and learn 😊 Thanks for the substrate tip!!!

Haha those prop drops, yeah you are a rapper now 😄🦎

This channel has quickly risen to my 2nd favorite reptile channel (sorry Chandler is first)

I’ve been wanting a bearded dragon for so long and now that I’ve gotten one I’ve been very anxious on how to handle him and I want to make him as happy and comfortable as possible and your videos have helped me do just that and put me and him at ease, thanks for the tips🤗🙏😁

Great tips!!! Will definitely keep this in mind. 🦎

That exact zoo med hook I have snapped just before watching this video lamooo

Still one of my favorite Canadians

I love Dimond!! Thankyou for helping us save some money. 🦎

Thank u for this awesome video!! Def will same me some bucks when I start getting enclosures set up

My brother has his dragon and we all take care of her...I am the one who romps around outside and finds branches and stone to sand and sanitize and whatever. My bro is definitely the one who goes to petco and buys a 20 dollar neon green plastic vine ahahaa...pains me

This guy deserves 100 million subs,he is so experienced ❤

I just got a bobtail lizard and your videos helped me set up her tank, thanks 🦎

I can’t wait til’ you reach 100k!!! Totally deserve it with all these uploads 🐍

I would love to know all the “hacks” I can get! 🦎🐍

Is it even a WWR vid if Diamond doesn't bite your ear 🤔

🦎 I love your videos. Its helping a lot with how I tend to my expenses.

Love this video, hope you do a part 2 😊🦎

🦎 Great vid, extremely nice reptile videography! I hope you get your > 100K subs- you deserve them!

Damn that decor, I went bioactive for most of my reptiles.

I love the Govee thermometer!! I have one on the hot and cold side very accurate!

You know those black plastic snake hides? I found these black plastic cat litter boxes for $3 at Dollarama; they're the same size as the XL of those snake hides. I flipped them upside down, cut a hole in one side and melted the edges so there were no sharp parts. Perfect snake hides, 2 for $6 instead of 2 for $44!

Thanks for all the great tips! 🦎