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that looks freakin clean

Love the nod to Rodney Dangerfield! 😂

This is such a fun interview!

Never owned a snake and I'm curious: Do you have a full clean up crew? Do you have to still spot clean and deal with poop? How's the smell?

So excited to watch this to get to know my fellow NBPK mentor/admin team💖 I love this!!!

I love this. Great listening.

I love the idea of this interview series, thank You both!

Wonderful interview y’all! ❤ I have some ideas for future interviews in the series and I’ll reach out directly to discuss, Yes! 🎉

Nice overview of your core values and philosophy. You’re setting a great example.

Thank you again for having me! I really enjoyed sitting down with you and talking about my favorite subject! I love that you're doing a series specifically for reptile keepers with disabilities. It's a great way for us to see we're not alone, and maybe get ideas from each other that will help with our own keeping habits.

He did a very good job. I’m surprised the hot glue does not melt the vinyl.

Very cool, I'd love to be a snake in there :)

Great video. I know little of this species so it’s great to learn about them.

Great video, I started with reptiles when I was 58, some years later I sold everything because I thought that I would move from England to Spain which didn't happen because of the covid nonsense. Anyway now I'm 73 I got myself a crested gecko and some tarantulas. I have a lot less energy than when I was in my early 60s , so I try to be more disciplined than I was before. My reptiles and tarantulas certainly helped me to be just that

Great video! A lot of my decision making about what pet to get was heavily based around my disabilities (Autism/ADHD and Major Depression). I realized with rats that I just can't properly take care of an animal that needs hours of my dedicated attention every day. I loved my girls, but cleaning and getting them out was really difficult, and the guilt I had over it just made it even harder. I also ended up developing an allergy that was causing me frequent asthma attacks So, once my two rats passed away (they both lived over 3 years old!), I looked into a pet that is a better suited to my needs, and I settled on a gargoyle gecko. They do need daily maintenance, but it primarily involves easy tasks like misting, feeding, and checking temp/humidity. I even plan on adding springtails and maybe isopods to help take care of the cleaning. As long as their enclosure is set up in a way that is properly enriching, clean, and at their preferred temp/humidity, they don't need a lot of direct involvement from me. So if my depression gets really bad, and I just don't have the energy to take her out and interact with her, she won't know the difference. She can be very independent as long as I keep her environment healthy! (PSA, I just got my gecko a couple of days ago: a one year old that I've named Bumblebee. She has been nothing but an absolute angel, eating right away, exploring right away, never showing any signs that she's scared of me. I was expecting the first few weeks to be difficult, but she's been perfectly happy and active)

Keep em coming!

Interesting. Have you watched Snake Therapy? It's really interesting and she also has a survey you can take. I have a gargoyle gecko and will soon be getting a leopard gecko and have allergies...Thank you SO much for talking about masking when you deal with mealworms. I love shellfish and the thought that I would not be able to chow down on them bothers me.

I see the name an just had to wacth as I have fnd an complex health issues, I have t s an jumping spider, I thought I might get a good idea

i’m not a skink owner (leopard gecko haver here) but i knew i had to subscribe and support after hearing your core values. congratulations on 100 subs! :3

Congrats!

Congratulations love! Happy happy happy:D

Thank you, the internet, for bringing me a video that I just THOUGHT about. Cool video! ❤

Congrats! I love the new name :)

i'm a paraplegic (right side is gone) after a stroke. I had to get rid of my Jackson's because I can't move. Wanna trade disabilities?

You have a nice vibe, and I can relate. I keep several fish aquariums, but I am diagnosed with inattentive-ADHD. I've found various ways to make this much, much easier than standard fishkeeping. For one, I never clean the inside of the glass because I make very liberal use of nerite snails. You can even breed them in a saltwater tank. I also use algae refugiums, with department-store grow LED bulbs and growing algae on-purpose (in a corner). If the light is on long enough (and bright enough), the algae will uptake pollution and prevent TDS from climbing. So instead of water changes, I just reach in and throw out a handful of algae. Another big breakthrough was deliberately over-filtering the tanks, with huge amounts of surface area (pot scrubbers, bulk mesh fabrics, etc). If you over-filter, the bacteria won't clog the media because their numbers are too spread out. So I never clean the filters (which is counterproductive anyway), and the fish have much less disease too. Adding UVC clarifiers (buried inside ceramic vases for safety) further improved disease loads, and makes the water look crystal-clear (for near-zero effort). I bet most non-ADHD people don't actually enjoy maintenance chores. I think if the hobby was more candid about that, and popularized labor-saving methods more, then more people could be in the hobby. So I always feel motivated to let people know! And when I saw your video, it felt like a reptile-equivalent of what I've been doing.

this is a really good video! its really nice seeing someone being open about this sort of stuff. im also neurodivergent and its nice knowing im not the only one with the same struggles. i hope this helps other reptile keepers :)

Great video, thank you for making it!

This was a super cool video. Im glad I found your channel. I relate with you in many ways. I’m neurodivergent and sometimes I struggle with maintaining my reptile room. Definitely subscribing.

Good video. I subscribed

Love your channel!

Yes, this is so great! Being on the Autism spectrum and having ADHD I can really relate to a lot of the challenges you’ve mentioned. I need to get some gloves because touching substrate that isn’t fresh and brand new just feels so gross to me 😅 I have a designated wooden spoon to fluff substrate🤣

It’s a little bit the dirt.

Lobster is so overrated 😂 thanks for making this video, Yes.

Very informative ❤ Thank You ❤

Awesome video, thank you! +1 for Husbandry Pro, I use it for my blue tongue skink, it makes tracking everything (feeding, poops, sheds, ....) so much easier. My memory is totally wrecked by depression, it would be nearly impossible for me to follow the schedule for even one animal without a digital aid.

I love this. What are all the plants? I made a bioactive enclosure with glass for my ball python but now i wish i just got a grow tent XD

Does the python ever climb towards and wrap around the inside mounted lights? How would someone prevent that?

I'm happy that she's okay now. Good luck to you both!

Baby reptiles are always so cute. My favorite is little baby snakes, so adorable

Hmmm multiskin lol

Very cool! Are these guys closely related to fire skinks? They're gorgeous, and excellent names :)

Oh wow congrats. Cool species.

! yule log but skinks

Excellent video, I wish every skink owner could watch this :)

Great stuff, Yes!!

My phone must have been listening to me. I was telling my gf after we get a house I wonna start taking In animals and reptiles that need a home. Your channel represents exactly what I was talking about. Best wishes definitely subbing

Love the name

Giod job queen

I love how he goes after your arms XD little dude wants to fight fr