I'm so happy to be able to be sharing this positive update on the crocodile skinks I have been medicating/treating the past few weeks! I would also like to say thank you to my channel patrons over on Patreon. It's times like this that their monthly contributions/support really helps me with the cost of vet bills, meds and more (www.patreon.com/Reptiliatus ). Don't forget to answer today's question of the day! Thanks for watching everyone!
I don’t know how I just found your channel but you’ve quickly become one of my very favorite reptile people, you’re such a kind person (: and it made me really happy to see them eating finally 😄
Luckily I haven't dealt with sick reptiles. I have however bottlefed many kittens including some very sick ones and I've rarely lost any. Raising an animal and saving its life is so rewarding.
dude we are in a fue groups together we are in the shinasuras group and we actually had a lil. conversation about how i lost those 3 soloman island ground boas and had a 4 th that was not looking good at all i had to assist feed it ever week for almost 4 months b4 it started eating on its own but sometimes no matter how much u do u just can’t save them all i was doing everything ok my power to keep all 4 alive and 3 of them just never took off they never eat on there own nothing sometime we also have to know when enough is enough also i wonder everyday if had i just let nature take it’s Course would I have saved them months of maybe stress and Trauma i feel like i just prolonged there death honestly i guess it’s a fine line between helping and makeing it suffer more
For the QOTD: I used to breed gerbils, and I can't count how many I've lost to random seizures they can get. All you can do for them in that moment is keep them warm and safe. The craziest one was when I woke up at 2 in the morning and just felt an urge to go to the gerbil room. When I got there, my oldest (and most successful, and secretly favorite) breeding female was having a seizures. I got her a hot pad and held her on my lap for hours, making sure she didn't choke and waiting for the seizure to pass. To my amazement, she made it through the night, and lived another 4 years.
Question of the Day. I recently went to my first reptile expo. There I was talking to a vendor about my leopard gecko's, when a guy told me he was mowing the grass and found "this" in his yard. He just wanted it to go to someone who would love it. I was very happy to accept this skinny leopard gecko with no toes at all and no tail. He was in such poor shape. I've had him just a few weeks and his color has really brightened up! He is a vigorous eater and is really sweet. To save his live makes me so happy 😁 I can't put into words how watching him thrive in my care makes me feel so greatful for the chance I was given.
Not a reptile, but I have two ferrets and last year, Chubby started to lose his fur. A lot. He was losing weight and just...wasn't doing great. The vet gave him a patch that I have to replace yearly that helps with adrenal disorder symptoms and he's now back to his fat and happy self. It made me immensely happy to see him thrive again
The 3rd one you medicated had the most determined look/manner about not opening up it's mouth! The eyes said it ALL! I got quite the chuckle out of the look but I understand how stressful it is. Like a toddler who is in the midst of the terrible 2's! I hope they're all doing well now! 🤗💗🤗
Appreciate the needle warning even though I don’t need it. It shows that you’re considerate of others! And watching your dedication to these animals is incredible. Not easy to administer meds to such tiny critters.
Whoooo.. That new camera angle, inside the enclosure, showing a large bearded face..... That is a great perspective veiw, if I were one of you welled cared for, and love creatures!!!!
Thank you for doing what you’re doing for these animals. There’s is so much work involved with establishing captive bred populations and I want to commend you for putting in the work for these creatures. Reptile keepers like you are so crucial for the conservation of the species in the long term. Thank you Dayyan!
You r my very favorite reptile keepers, I love the Red Eye skinks. Oh heck ,I love them all ❤️❤️❤️ I’m 78 so I’m a little old to care for animal so I use you for my happy entertainment 😂😂😍The Redeye skinks are so cute👍🏻 At least they don’t cry after getting a shot😂
When I first got my white eyed croc skinks the male had a bad jaw infection. I immediately ordered the right med but it took time to arrive. He declined quickly. I thought I'd loose him for sure, it was spreading so fast. He seemed to understand I was helping him. After a few days of goo on his lip he started healing. We now have a better bond than would have been possible otherwise. He has since made 2 amazing babies.
I bet Dayyan has those intro hand 🖐 waves when meeting new people face to face now I’m so glad to hear they’re doing well!!! Thanks Doc! I’m grateful I haven’t had to go through something like this, I’m currently dealing with stuck shed but nothing life threatening thank goodness
I have garter snakes and had to leave them in the care of a friend while I was in the process of moving. They weren't cared for properly and one stopped eating and developed seizures. When I went back to get them he was crock screwing and completely unresponsive. Thank the lord I got him medical care just in time. The doctor wasn't sure if he was going to make it and told me to keep my expectations guarded. He made an incredible recovery! Unfortunately he is a little "slow" now after the seizures and needs a little extra care, but is doing incredibly well!
For QOTD: I have kept tarantulas for a very long time and impaction is one of those statistical issues (i.e. regardless of specie, wild-caught vs captive-bred, care quality etc, if you have enough of them, you will come across a few cases eventually). The worst part is it doesn't really have any distinguishing symptom other than "not pooping" and there isn't any vet service to help confirm your suspicion or help with the treatment. My proudest moment was treating my Poecilotheria regalis. The usual treatment didn't help (got it out of the tank, put it in the fridge, swapped the backside with warm wet cotton bud). All I could see the poop plug sort of protruding so on the 3rd or 4th treatment, I decided to use a pair of sharp-end tweezers to just pull the plug out and poop fluid literally squirted out. The poor thing abdomen deflated to like half the size but it went to recover fully.
@testdasi, since spiders breathe from their central portion, aka not butt. You can test the method of ushering the tarantula into a plastic cylinder, where it cannot turn around. Then with a 45 degree angle, usher its butt into room warm water with a bit of natural soap ( AKA not chemically made ) to break water tension. Then let it soak for a while. To hopefully encourage an enema. Bathing procedure is typically used for other animals, so it should work for spiders too. You just need to break surface tension due their hair keeping water away from them. Of course, make sure the cylinder has ventilation holes.
@@Reptiliatus THANK YOU. There are some good keepers on TH-cam, some awful ones and everything in between. Your level of care though and the genuine care for animals, sets you apart though. Thanks for making the content. We have a 25 gallon we got for our 2 month bearded dragon, we have a 70 gallon waiting for him but for the sake of observation and foraging decide to start him out in the smaller enclosure. As he thrives we wondered what to do with the 25 gallon after his move in a couple months, your croc skinks have inspired us to give them a go with a paludarium once the beardie makes the moves.
The feeling when they finally eat is amazing. Little tip for you, buy a cheap wifi security cam from amazon or wherever and set it up to watch them. I have $80 in cameras and sd cards to watch my tree monitors eat and move around. They have motion detectors you can set up so you just look through notifications instead of hours of video
We had a tarentola annularis in our sanctuary. She was left behind in a old terrarium. She was skin and bones. And had severe mbd. I hand fed here for 2 months and now she's eating again on her own and she's gained her weight. I'm very thankful for her recovery. ❤️
Love your channel! Much love and support from Portugal ♥️💛💚 My answer to the question of the day is my hognose snake and one of my lovebirds. My hognose was purchase while a baby and the person who sold it to me was of trust. The hog stopped eating, I tried everything, scented pinkies of all sorts but nothing worked. He got really really skinny and I took him to the vet and then after a couple of vitamin shots and antiparasites medicine he recovered! Im preparing myself to build a bioactive enclosure and buy some crocs :) but in my country this specie is quite rare to find!
Good job on taking care of those awesome Lizards... And it looks like you found yourself a good vet... And that can be challenging for certain animals.
Great job with your crocodile skinks! I have also had to medicate some of my reptiles before. My most difficult was my adult male Veiled Chameleon. He had to have multiple oral meds and injections for around 3 months. We used to have an ok relationship but he now no longer completely trusts me. They are very moody reptiles to begin with.
I love how much your care for all of your animals! I wanted to share with you that your dedication to this species got me thinking. I got my first plated lizard and I hate that she was wild caught. I want to start breeding them so there are more captive bred plated lizards 😍
Thank you so much for the sweet words! I’m so happy you would be considering that! Would be great for the establishment of the species in captivity! I wish you every success with this endeavour if you decide it is something for you/manageable! Thanks for watching!
Thank you! I have a lot of experience with bearded dragons and even monitors. I feel the care is so close to a bearded dragons that once I can build a large naturalistic enclosure (or 7😏) I could probably do it.
I m so happy that they are doing great. At first I m still afraid that you are feeding the medication to them everyday will make them very stressful. But it turn out so well 👏🏻👏🏻
So glad they are doing better 😊 yeah I took in some bearded dragons they were in such a bad way the person clearly didn’t know what they were doing but with the proper care diet supplements etc I got them healthy again it was lovely to see them doing great then I found them new homes with people who knew what they were doing 👍
For the QOTD:(first of all, sorry for the poor English) I have a polypterus senegalus that I've been keeping for 10 years now, as it was my first aquarium fish when I was a child! He doesn't have any eyes as he was born this way or he has lost them in the past, and he was stunted in 20 cm, but I bought him for the exact reason to give him the care and attention he deserves. And I've kept him good until A year back, that I had to get rid of my bigger fish tanks, so i gave him to a friend of mine and he kept him in a community tank, months later the fish couldn't get enough food and compete with the other cichlids and got so weak he couldn't swallow any amount of food anymore.... When my friend told me that, I immediately set up a quarantine tank and took him back. As my vet suggested, I had to force feed him small fish for a month every other day. It was so hard for me and for the poor polypterus, but as the warrior he is, he recovered perfectly! Now he has his own tank with some little tank mates, also he accepts tong feeding now and I can monitor his diet a lot more. He has been through a lot of pain on his relatively long life(+10 years, who knows the exact) but I try to give him the best life possible.
@Reptiliatus Thank You for doing these vids with the vets & possible prices for meds. Seems YOU are the Only doing such. To me anyone selling any animal should be required to inform the buyer of future vet visits & costs. PS PLEASE oh PLEASE put the Needle Warning BEFORE showing the Syringe. PLEASE
First of all i want to say thanks for your videos! Really binge watched a lot today :D You are an awesome guy and i really feel that animals are taken care of very good when watching you handle them. Second: Whilst watching this series the problem of opening the lids came up. Have you thought about leveling the Paludariums like a stair. 1-2 cm should be enough by the looks of it so you can open all lids without blocking each other. If you have: Forget about my second point and keep the good work up! Props from Germany!
Thank you so much for the kind words and support! I really appreciate your advice! Yes a few other viewers have also suggested this, thanks for the great suggestion! I’m just waiting for the price of lumber to go down a bit as the pandemic has made the price soar 😅. Many thanks!
@@Reptiliatus You are very welcome! Loving every bit I see man :D Ahh okay i didnt scroll down much. What about styrodur plates though? Fairly cheap and u can order them pre-cut. Damn you make me wanna own a terrarium again ^^
Thank you! It’s nice to hear that someone appreciated that or that it helped someone feel comfortable. I wanted to consider that some people have needle phobias. I’m really glad that was a good decision. Thanks for watching!
Your videos have helped me so much with building the enclosure and getting my preparations right before getting my crocodile skinks. Even though they are cheap in my country (indonesia), I want to make sure they get the best living environment possible 😁
My beardie Devlyn was very sick when I got her. I didn't know what she had because the previous owner didn't get enough vet care which is a whole different topic. She had oxyurid pinworms and entomaeba cysts, the pinworms being the worst thing. Losing weight when only 6 months old. I had to force feed her medicine, water, and I was able to get her to eat food in spite of her refusal. It took weeks before the infection was removed. Took even longer, at least 4 months before she would eat food on her own. She's a stunted girl but I love her
I had a cat almost die from intestinal blockage because he's long-haired. Basically, when grooming themselves, cats usually swallow fur - if they swallow too much, they'll usually puke up a hairball. But long-haired cats sometimes get hairballs trapped in their intestine because their fur is too long to travel smoothly through their system. In his case, he declined terrifyingly fast, vomiting and getting seriously dehydrated, and also unable to poop. When I took him to the vet he was very weak, and he gave me a look like he was saying goodbye. I only got that particular look once before, from a cat who did end up dying, so I really thought he was a goner. But IV fluids and some fur-dissolving medications worked wonders! We did have to medicate him and force-feed him chicken broth and water for a few days to make sure he recovered, which he absolutely hated, but he made a full recovery. And now he's a healthy little rascally goblin stalking my house once again.
For QOTD: My first reptile was a uromastyx geyri who had parasites really bad. He became constipated and very bloated and after a few vet trips and $400 in vet bills he finally got rid of his blockage but became very skinny immediately afterward. Looking back there was a decent chance he might not have made it but he’s doing great now.
Really enjoying all your videos! I’m thinking about setting up a enclosure for one, had a question: I have a Mistking system set up for some of my other lizards, would you recommend that I connect it to this enclosure as well? Thanks
If I could get my ball python to eat after suddenly refusing food three months ago, I'd have that story for you. Chunky boi is losing chunk. I've tried gerbils (his former favorite), pinkies, mice, small rats, hamsters, and reptilinks. He's very clearly hungry, spends days searching around his cage and trying to get me to take him out, tastes the air a lot, but refuses to eat! No change in scenery, timing, etc. Tried varying up those things to no effect. Pets can drive us crazy!!
My other almost loss was my ferret Sora. The day after moving into my new house he got really sick and started violently puking green vile. We rushed him to the vet and they did a bunch of tests and x-rays on him and could not tell what was wrong other than his tummy was upset but couldn't see any foreign objects. They gave us some pain and tummy meds but they didn't help. They didn't want to do anything else until they got his blood work back. The next day he wasn't doing any better so I rushed him back in and demanded a exploratory surgery. If I had not done this we would have lost him. Turned out the reason they did not see anything in his stomach was because it was 100% full of hair and Carpet fiber that even went all the way into his intestines. We still had alot of going back and forth to the vet for more fluids over the next week and ran up a bill of 1300$. It was 100% worth it in the end. He just turned 5 on valentines day and is my best cuddle bug of my 4 cat snakes lol.
This is not a reptile but a chicken.. we have 4 chickens (used to have 5 but one was a rooster and they are illegal in our area so we found him an awesome home on a farm. The people who took him gave us a video update and he was cockadoodle-doing and he seems to be doing great there. Different story though.) One of the 4 hens, we named Willa. For some time as a chick she was not growing, and was falling over and not being able to get up by herself so we had to help her. She seemed also sleepier and in general weaker and smaller and her wing looked weird like it had been hurt. We never took her to the vet because it just didn't make sense in this case for a few reasons. We thought she might not make it, but we tried our best to keep her as healthy as possible and kept an eye on her, separated her from the rest for a couple days when she seemed in danger of being hurt (by the others, if they have a weak chicken the rest will sometimes attack, luckily dont think that ever happened) and she eventually started to be a bit more active and have little to no pasty butt, overall she improved a bit but still was not growing. Eventually though, she actually started growing and her wing looks normal now. And as of now she is the spunkiest and most mischievous of the bunch. Still slightly smaller but catching up in size! We are all happy she is now doing great!
I know the pain of having to give reptiles IV medication. Thankfully, I've only ever had to do it to 1 reptile. These skinks looked way easier than the baby common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) i had to deal with. Thankfully, the adder is still around today. A friend of a friend owns it now
When provided with humidity are these lizards Hardy and easy to maintain, plus do they need heat or can they thrive in the average room temperature like crested geckos?
I never had I pet in my care that almost didn’t make it but my bearded dragon is currently being treated for parasites and I hope she gets better soon. Dion I was wondering where you got those ceramic plates you use as a food dish for your geckos and what are they called?
Hey great video as always 😊 , I rescued a female croc skink a few months back , she wasn’t eating , she was housed in a trio and I think she was beaten up and starved 😥, but now she’s doing great , but my question is , I also have a25g male that I would like to get a mate for. I’m wondering what is ok for weight difference between him and her?
My common musk turtle escaped when it was the size of a coin and I spent hours trying to find her when I finally did she was the other side of the room under a dresser not moving with her little eyes swollen shut it took me a good week of treatments to bring her back but she wasn’t moving when I found her I felt horrible she’s now a good 4.5” shell and destroys her food I’ve also just picked up a 4’ tank for her upgrade
I rescued a 8 year old bearded dragon with saver MBD that was emaciated and only 160g on 8-22-19. She had been kept in a 60g on sand with 1 small rock, a stick, and a ceramic water bowl that was too tall for her to get to. Her pervious owner kept her in his attic so he said "she didn't need a heat bulb because it was warm enough for her". He only used standard light bulbs and no uvb bulbs. He told me she was mean and he was afraid of her because of how "she attacks her weekley crickets and I don't want to get bit." It was absolutely horrid how she came to me. She was only as he said "mean" because he wasn't feeding her... by 2-18-20 i had her at 392g. she is a super sweet beardie and loves hanging out, out side of her new custom build enclosure. I've had her almost 2 years now and she is still thriving!
I've never been problem with reptiles and anfibiouns, I have a Ball snake, two red eared turtles, two species of dart poison frogs, and I have some red cherry shrimps and some tropical fishes. But some day we found a broken wing hawk under a tree. we transfer him an animal hospital, the doctors take care about his damaged wing, said what we can do, and we bring it at home (there wasn't anybody who could care him), the first 3 days he didn't eat anything, but after that, it seems to he knows if he doesn't eat, he will die, and after he seen than we don't want him bad he start to eat, after some month, he healed completlly, and learned to fly again and go back in the wild, after this we didn't see him anymore. After two years later we found some dead mouse in front of our door, and I saw him with his girlfriend laing on a tree, and I saw the grateful look on his eyes. After that we all 2-3 days find a dead mouse in front of our door, and sometimes see and hawk fling over our house, he didn't forget...
I'm so happy to be able to be sharing this positive update on the crocodile skinks I have been medicating/treating the past few weeks! I would also like to say thank you to my channel patrons over on Patreon. It's times like this that their monthly contributions/support really helps me with the cost of vet bills, meds and more (www.patreon.com/Reptiliatus ). Don't forget to answer today's question of the day! Thanks for watching everyone!
I don’t know how I just found your channel but you’ve quickly become one of my very favorite reptile people, you’re such a kind person (: and it made me really happy to see them eating finally 😄
Luckily I haven't dealt with sick reptiles. I have however bottlefed many kittens including some very sick ones and I've rarely lost any. Raising an animal and saving its life is so rewarding.
I gotta say I like that your caricature actually looks like you 😎
dude we are in a fue groups together we are in the shinasuras group and we actually had a lil. conversation about how i lost those 3 soloman island ground boas and had a 4 th that was not looking good at all i had to assist feed it ever week for almost 4 months b4 it started eating on its own but sometimes no matter how much u do u just can’t save them all i was doing everything ok my power to keep all 4 alive and 3 of them just never took off they never eat on there own nothing sometime we also have to know when enough is enough also i wonder everyday if had i just let nature take it’s Course would I have saved them months of maybe stress and Trauma i feel like i just prolonged there death honestly i guess it’s a fine line between helping and makeing it suffer more
For the QOTD: I used to breed gerbils, and I can't count how many I've lost to random seizures they can get. All you can do for them in that moment is keep them warm and safe. The craziest one was when I woke up at 2 in the morning and just felt an urge to go to the gerbil room. When I got there, my oldest (and most successful, and secretly favorite) breeding female was having a seizures. I got her a hot pad and held her on my lap for hours, making sure she didn't choke and waiting for the seizure to pass. To my amazement, she made it through the night, and lived another 4 years.
When a Reptiliatus video uploads in the middle of a Wickens live stream and now you have to choose what to watch first...
Question of the Day. I recently went to my first reptile expo. There I was talking to a vendor about my leopard gecko's, when a guy told me he was mowing the grass and found "this" in his yard. He just wanted it to go to someone who would love it. I was very happy to accept this skinny leopard gecko with no toes at all and no tail. He was in such poor shape. I've had him just a few weeks and his color has really brightened up! He is a vigorous eater and is really sweet. To save his live makes me so happy 😁 I can't put into words how watching him thrive in my care makes me feel so greatful for the chance I was given.
Such happy news! Thrilled to see them going after those worms.
Thank you! Me too! So happy!
Not a reptile, but I have two ferrets and last year, Chubby started to lose his fur. A lot. He was losing weight and just...wasn't doing great. The vet gave him a patch that I have to replace yearly that helps with adrenal disorder symptoms and he's now back to his fat and happy self. It made me immensely happy to see him thrive again
the 1 thumbs down, is the person who is jealous of how absolutely amazing you, and your herp’s care is!! ❤️🦎
The 3rd one you medicated had the most determined look/manner about not opening up it's mouth! The eyes said it ALL! I got quite the chuckle out of the look but I understand how stressful it is. Like a toddler who is in the midst of the terrible 2's!
I hope they're all doing well now! 🤗💗🤗
Appreciate the needle warning even though I don’t need it. It shows that you’re considerate of others! And watching your dedication to these animals is incredible. Not easy to administer meds to such tiny critters.
Thank you! I’m happy it was a useful disclaimer! Haha yes, those little arms are scary to poke 😅! Thankfully it went great!
This is great proof of how important veterinary care is for all animals. 🐾🏥🦎🐸💕
Great work with the medications, like a pro!! 💪❤️💉 Good job!
Whoooo.. That new camera angle, inside the enclosure, showing a large bearded face..... That is a great perspective veiw, if I were one of you welled cared for, and love creatures!!!!
Hahaha I’m glad you liked it! ☺️
Thank you for doing what you’re doing for these animals. There’s is so much work involved with establishing captive bred populations and I want to commend you for putting in the work for these creatures. Reptile keepers like you are so crucial for the conservation of the species in the long term. Thank you Dayyan!
You r my very favorite reptile keepers, I love the Red Eye skinks. Oh heck ,I love them all ❤️❤️❤️ I’m 78 so I’m a little old to care for animal so I use you for my happy entertainment 😂😂😍The Redeye skinks are so cute👍🏻 At least they don’t cry after getting a shot😂
I’m so glad the Crocodile Skinks are doing well.
Thank you so much! Me too!
When I first got my white eyed croc skinks the male had a bad jaw infection. I immediately ordered the right med but it took time to arrive. He declined quickly. I thought I'd loose him for sure, it was spreading so fast. He seemed to understand I was helping him. After a few days of goo on his lip he started healing. We now have a better bond than would have been possible otherwise. He has since made 2 amazing babies.
I bet Dayyan has those intro hand 🖐 waves when meeting new people face to face now
I’m so glad to hear they’re doing well!!! Thanks Doc!
I’m grateful I haven’t had to go through something like this, I’m currently dealing with stuck shed but nothing life threatening thank goodness
I have garter snakes and had to leave them in the care of a friend while I was in the process of moving. They weren't cared for properly and one stopped eating and developed seizures. When I went back to get them he was crock screwing and completely unresponsive. Thank the lord I got him medical care just in time. The doctor wasn't sure if he was going to make it and told me to keep my expectations guarded. He made an incredible recovery! Unfortunately he is a little "slow" now after the seizures and needs a little extra care, but is doing incredibly well!
For QOTD: I have kept tarantulas for a very long time and impaction is one of those statistical issues (i.e. regardless of specie, wild-caught vs captive-bred, care quality etc, if you have enough of them, you will come across a few cases eventually). The worst part is it doesn't really have any distinguishing symptom other than "not pooping" and there isn't any vet service to help confirm your suspicion or help with the treatment. My proudest moment was treating my Poecilotheria regalis. The usual treatment didn't help (got it out of the tank, put it in the fridge, swapped the backside with warm wet cotton bud). All I could see the poop plug sort of protruding so on the 3rd or 4th treatment, I decided to use a pair of sharp-end tweezers to just pull the plug out and poop fluid literally squirted out. The poor thing abdomen deflated to like half the size but it went to recover fully.
Thank you for sharing this! Super interesting and hopefully helpful!
@testdasi, since spiders breathe from their central portion, aka not butt. You can test the method of ushering the tarantula into a plastic cylinder, where it cannot turn around. Then with a 45 degree angle, usher its butt into room warm water with a bit of natural soap ( AKA not chemically made ) to break water tension. Then let it soak for a while. To hopefully encourage an enema. Bathing procedure is typically used for other animals, so it should work for spiders too. You just need to break surface tension due their hair keeping water away from them.
Of course, make sure the cylinder has ventilation holes.
A++ husbandry from a current and former vet tech's perspective. You handled the treatments extremely well and the video follow up... A++.
Thank you kindly! 🙏🏼
@@Reptiliatus THANK YOU. There are some good keepers on TH-cam, some awful ones and everything in between. Your level of care though and the genuine care for animals, sets you apart though. Thanks for making the content.
We have a 25 gallon we got for our 2 month bearded dragon, we have a 70 gallon waiting for him but for the sake of observation and foraging decide to start him out in the smaller enclosure. As he thrives we wondered what to do with the 25 gallon after his move in a couple months, your croc skinks have inspired us to give them a go with a paludarium once the beardie makes the moves.
The feeling when they finally eat is amazing. Little tip for you, buy a cheap wifi security cam from amazon or wherever and set it up to watch them. I have $80 in cameras and sd cards to watch my tree monitors eat and move around. They have motion detectors you can set up so you just look through notifications instead of hours of video
Omg, thank you for the shoutout that was so fun to hear in a video! I'm so glad to be a patron :D
My pleasure! Thank you so much for your support as a patron! ☺️🙏🏼
This project is my favourite topic on your channel!! I love seeing thumbnails featuring those mini dragons!!
Not a single dislike. You're obviously going in the right direction 😊
We had a tarentola annularis in our sanctuary. She was left behind in a old terrarium. She was skin and bones. And had severe mbd. I hand fed here for 2 months and now she's eating again on her own and she's gained her weight. I'm very thankful for her recovery. ❤️
Love your channel! Much love and support from Portugal ♥️💛💚
My answer to the question of the day is my hognose snake and one of my lovebirds.
My hognose was purchase while a baby and the person who sold it to me was of trust. The hog stopped eating, I tried everything, scented pinkies of all sorts but nothing worked. He got really really skinny and I took him to the vet and then after a couple of vitamin shots and antiparasites medicine he recovered!
Im preparing myself to build a bioactive enclosure and buy some crocs :) but in my country this specie is quite rare to find!
Good job on taking care of those awesome Lizards... And it looks like you found yourself a good vet... And that can be challenging for certain animals.
Thank you kindly! Yes! Not only is Dr. Brown a good vet, he is also a great friend! I am very fortunate to have him as my vet!
So pleased to hear of such great progress with these skinks!
Thank you very much! As am I!
I have some kind of a morph of alligator lizard that just wasn’t doing well but now he’s putting on weight and growing
Looks like they are recovering nicely!
Wow!!! How beautiful they are! Awesome and so well behaved. Good job :)
Thank you very much!
I want to thank you so much for the needle warning.
😊🙏🏼
Ever since I first saw these guys I’ve wanted one. Can’t wait till they become bread more!
Great job with your crocodile skinks! I have also had to medicate some of my reptiles before. My most difficult was my adult male Veiled Chameleon. He had to have multiple oral meds and injections for around 3 months. We used to have an ok relationship but he now no longer completely trusts me. They are very moody reptiles to begin with.
Hello great video information and update Dayyan
Thank you! 🙏🏼
I love how much your care for all of your animals! I wanted to share with you that your dedication to this species got me thinking. I got my first plated lizard and I hate that she was wild caught. I want to start breeding them so there are more captive bred plated lizards 😍
Thank you so much for the sweet words! I’m so happy you would be considering that! Would be great for the establishment of the species in captivity! I wish you every success with this endeavour if you decide it is something for you/manageable! Thanks for watching!
Thank you! I have a lot of experience with bearded dragons and even monitors. I feel the care is so close to a bearded dragons that once I can build a large naturalistic enclosure (or 7😏) I could probably do it.
That opening was excellent 😂👍🏻
Haha glad you liked it!
I m so happy that they are doing great. At first I m still afraid that you are feeding the medication to them everyday will make them very stressful. But it turn out so well 👏🏻👏🏻
Loved the whole video, but that intro was great! Really wonderful that the beautiful red eye crock skinks are doing better. ❤️🦎🤩👍
Haha thanks so much!
So glad they are doing better 😊 yeah I took in some bearded dragons they were in such a bad way the person clearly didn’t know what they were doing but with the proper care diet supplements etc I got them healthy again it was lovely to see them doing great then I found them new homes with people who knew what they were doing 👍
For the QOTD:(first of all, sorry for the poor English) I have a polypterus senegalus that I've been keeping for 10 years now, as it was my first aquarium fish when I was a child! He doesn't have any eyes as he was born this way or he has lost them in the past, and he was stunted in 20 cm, but I bought him for the exact reason to give him the care and attention he deserves. And I've kept him good until A year back, that I had to get rid of my bigger fish tanks, so i gave him to a friend of mine and he kept him in a community tank, months later the fish couldn't get enough food and compete with the other cichlids and got so weak he couldn't swallow any amount of food anymore.... When my friend told me that, I immediately set up a quarantine tank and took him back. As my vet suggested, I had to force feed him small fish for a month every other day. It was so hard for me and for the poor polypterus, but as the warrior he is, he recovered perfectly! Now he has his own tank with some little tank mates, also he accepts tong feeding now and I can monitor his diet a lot more. He has been through a lot of pain on his relatively long life(+10 years, who knows the exact) but I try to give him the best life possible.
For today's question of the day no but I sew sabzi and your crocodile skinks and I'm so happy about that
Hi Daytan, This is such a great thing to see. Your hard work is paying off!
Thank you Tracy! I appreciate it! I’m so happy they are doing well! Will be interesting to see how this progresses!
I had to give my Jungle Carpet Python injections once... NOT FUN!
Good job taking such good care of those little guys!!!
Thank you Dion
Thank you!
@Reptiliatus Thank You for doing these vids with the vets & possible prices for meds. Seems YOU are the Only doing such. To me anyone selling any animal should be required to inform the buyer of future vet visits & costs.
PS
PLEASE oh PLEASE put the Needle Warning BEFORE showing the Syringe.
PLEASE
So glad they are doing better
Thank you, me too.
min 6:06 the frog like "what that!" hahaha... this Dyan is a character hehe. We love you man!
Hahaha 🐸 thanks!
Glad they are doing well.
Thank you!
Awesome! I love how you talk to your animals!
Thank you very much 🙏🏼!
First of all i want to say thanks for your videos! Really binge watched a lot today :D You are an awesome guy and i really feel that animals are taken care of very good when watching you handle them. Second: Whilst watching this series the problem of opening the lids came up. Have you thought about leveling the Paludariums like a stair. 1-2 cm should be enough by the looks of it so you can open all lids without blocking each other. If you have: Forget about my second point and keep the good work up! Props from Germany!
Thank you so much for the kind words and support! I really appreciate your advice! Yes a few other viewers have also suggested this, thanks for the great suggestion! I’m just waiting for the price of lumber to go down a bit as the pandemic has made the price soar 😅.
Many thanks!
@@Reptiliatus You are very welcome! Loving every bit I see man :D Ahh okay i didnt scroll down much. What about styrodur plates though? Fairly cheap and u can order them pre-cut.
Damn you make me wanna own a terrarium again ^^
I never comment, but I just wanna say the needle warning is a nice surprise, no one ever does that, but it should ABSOLUTELY be more of a thing
Thank you! It’s nice to hear that someone appreciated that or that it helped someone feel comfortable. I wanted to consider that some people have needle phobias. I’m really glad that was a good decision. Thanks for watching!
Ended up here by chance, but really nice content, man. And ths one with procedures is really interesting. Cheers from Brazil!
Just discovered this channel and I love it
Your videos have helped me so much with building the enclosure and getting my preparations right before getting my crocodile skinks. Even though they are cheap in my country (indonesia), I want to make sure they get the best living environment possible 😁
Congratulations, this is a wonderful update :D glad to see their drastic improvements
Thank you!
My beardie Devlyn was very sick when I got her. I didn't know what she had because the previous owner didn't get enough vet care which is a whole different topic. She had oxyurid pinworms and entomaeba cysts, the pinworms being the worst thing. Losing weight when only 6 months old. I had to force feed her medicine, water, and I was able to get her to eat food in spite of her refusal. It took weeks before the infection was removed. Took even longer, at least 4 months before she would eat food on her own. She's a stunted girl but I love her
Hi Dione, do you remember where you got the cork bark board roll for Sabzis enclosure? Also what’s it called, I’d like to get some.
I had a cat almost die from intestinal blockage because he's long-haired. Basically, when grooming themselves, cats usually swallow fur - if they swallow too much, they'll usually puke up a hairball. But long-haired cats sometimes get hairballs trapped in their intestine because their fur is too long to travel smoothly through their system. In his case, he declined terrifyingly fast, vomiting and getting seriously dehydrated, and also unable to poop. When I took him to the vet he was very weak, and he gave me a look like he was saying goodbye. I only got that particular look once before, from a cat who did end up dying, so I really thought he was a goner. But IV fluids and some fur-dissolving medications worked wonders! We did have to medicate him and force-feed him chicken broth and water for a few days to make sure he recovered, which he absolutely hated, but he made a full recovery. And now he's a healthy little rascally goblin stalking my house once again.
For QOTD: My first reptile was a uromastyx geyri who had parasites really bad. He became constipated and very bloated and after a few vet trips and $400 in vet bills he finally got rid of his blockage but became very skinny immediately afterward. Looking back there was a decent chance he might not have made it but he’s doing great now.
Really enjoying all your videos! I’m thinking about setting up a enclosure for one, had a question: I have a Mistking system set up for some of my other lizards, would you recommend that I connect it to this enclosure as well? Thanks
These animals are beautiful
So beautiful!
I love these crocodile skinks. Do you sell babies? I’m in love!
If I could get my ball python to eat after suddenly refusing food three months ago, I'd have that story for you. Chunky boi is losing chunk. I've tried gerbils (his former favorite), pinkies, mice, small rats, hamsters, and reptilinks. He's very clearly hungry, spends days searching around his cage and trying to get me to take him out, tastes the air a lot, but refuses to eat! No change in scenery, timing, etc. Tried varying up those things to no effect. Pets can drive us crazy!!
My other almost loss was my ferret Sora. The day after moving into my new house he got really sick and started violently puking green vile. We rushed him to the vet and they did a bunch of tests and x-rays on him and could not tell what was wrong other than his tummy was upset but couldn't see any foreign objects. They gave us some pain and tummy meds but they didn't help. They didn't want to do anything else until they got his blood work back. The next day he wasn't doing any better so I rushed him back in and demanded a exploratory surgery. If I had not done this we would have lost him. Turned out the reason they did not see anything in his stomach was because it was 100% full of hair and Carpet fiber that even went all the way into his intestines. We still had alot of going back and forth to the vet for more fluids over the next week and ran up a bill of 1300$. It was 100% worth it in the end. He just turned 5 on valentines day and is my best cuddle bug of my 4 cat snakes lol.
This is not a reptile but a chicken.. we have 4 chickens (used to have 5 but one was a rooster and they are illegal in our area so we found him an awesome home on a farm. The people who took him gave us a video update and he was cockadoodle-doing and he seems to be doing great there. Different story though.) One of the 4 hens, we named Willa. For some time as a chick she was not growing, and was falling over and not being able to get up by herself so we had to help her. She seemed also sleepier and in general weaker and smaller and her wing looked weird like it had been hurt. We never took her to the vet because it just didn't make sense in this case for a few reasons. We thought she might not make it, but we tried our best to keep her as healthy as possible and kept an eye on her, separated her from the rest for a couple days when she seemed in danger of being hurt (by the others, if they have a weak chicken the rest will sometimes attack, luckily dont think that ever happened) and she eventually started to be a bit more active and have little to no pasty butt, overall she improved a bit but still was not growing. Eventually though, she actually started growing and her wing looks normal now. And as of now she is the spunkiest and most mischievous of the bunch. Still slightly smaller but catching up in size! We are all happy she is now doing great!
Chickens actually are technically reptiles. Congrats on nursing the runt up.
I know the pain of having to give reptiles IV medication. Thankfully, I've only ever had to do it to 1 reptile. These skinks looked way easier than the baby common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) i had to deal with. Thankfully, the adder is still around today. A friend of a friend owns it now
When provided with humidity are these lizards Hardy and easy to maintain, plus do they need heat or can they thrive in the average room temperature like crested geckos?
What kind of camera did you use to get the sneak shots and was that filmed at night ?
I never had I pet in my care that almost didn’t make it but my bearded dragon is currently being treated for parasites and I hope she gets better soon. Dion I was wondering where you got those ceramic plates you use as a food dish for your geckos and what are they called?
Hey great video as always 😊 , I rescued a female croc skink a few months back , she wasn’t eating , she was housed in a trio and I think she was beaten up and starved 😥, but now she’s doing great , but my question is , I also have a25g male that I would like to get a mate for. I’m wondering what is ok for weight difference between him and her?
Do you clean the pick off between each skink? I'm assuming you do lol
Great video.
Thank you!
I want to get some crocodile skinks like these, but don't know where, where would be the best place to get some?
My tokays laid eggs too! Woo wooooo!
Wonderful! Congrats!
Great news 👍👏😁
Thank you!
hello i wanted to ask what plants are in your terrarium
I am so happy that they are eating 😭😭😊😊🌹🌹
My common musk turtle escaped when it was the size of a coin and I spent hours trying to find her when I finally did she was the other side of the room under a dresser not moving with her little eyes swollen shut it took me a good week of treatments to bring her back but she wasn’t moving when I found her I felt horrible she’s now a good 4.5” shell and destroys her food I’ve also just picked up a 4’ tank for her upgrade
crocodile skink what kind of reptile can you keep with? Pl phelsuma laticauda crested gecko and phyllobates vittatus?
I rescued a 8 year old bearded dragon with saver MBD that was emaciated and only 160g on 8-22-19. She had been kept in a 60g on sand with 1 small rock, a stick, and a ceramic water bowl that was too tall for her to get to. Her pervious owner kept her in his attic so he said "she didn't need a heat bulb because it was warm enough for her". He only used standard light bulbs and no uvb bulbs. He told me she was mean and he was afraid of her because of how "she attacks her weekley crickets and I don't want to get bit." It was absolutely horrid how she came to me. She was only as he said "mean" because he wasn't feeding her... by 2-18-20 i had her at 392g. she is a super sweet beardie and loves hanging out, out side of her new custom build enclosure. I've had her almost 2 years now and she is still thriving!
I've never been problem with reptiles and anfibiouns, I have a Ball snake, two red eared turtles, two species of dart poison frogs, and I have some red cherry shrimps and some tropical fishes. But some day we found a broken wing hawk under a tree. we transfer him an animal hospital, the doctors take care about his damaged wing, said what we can do, and we bring it at home (there wasn't anybody who could care him), the first 3 days he didn't eat anything, but after that, it seems to he knows if he doesn't eat, he will die, and after he seen than we don't want him bad he start to eat, after some month, he healed completlly, and learned to fly again and go back in the wild, after this we didn't see him anymore. After two years later we found some dead mouse in front of our door, and I saw him with his girlfriend laing on a tree, and I saw the grateful look on his eyes. After that we all 2-3 days find a dead mouse in front of our door, and sometimes see and hawk fling over our house, he didn't forget...
Unfortunately, I’m still in the middle of battling to keep my Uro alive. Fingers crossed the medicine works. This video gives me hope...
So sorry! Thinking of your beloved animal! Wishing you all the best with their recovery and sending positive and healing thoughts!
so which environment would be better for red eyed crock skinks? the paludarium or the vivarium with a water feature?
also what would be the best isopods to include in the environment?
good jod！ Do you have a similar video data ? webside? thankS！
My skink is named Toothless!!!
Are croc skinks nocturnal?
How much would it cost if I bought a red eyed crocodile from you
Ive always wanted a crocodile skink, my profile pic is even a crocodile skink, hopefully I’ll have it by my bday!
Best of luck! Thank you for watching!
@@Reptiliatus thank you for making the content👍
Will you ever start breeding with all of these skinks ? When they get in good/ better conditions?
Of course! That’s the plan but not until they are in the best weight and condition! Maybe paired together in each enclosure in a few months (3-5).
@@Reptiliatus that’s awesome 👏👏👏😢❤️
just found the channel. instand sub
Welcome! Thanks so much!
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Hello!
First? :D
Bravo!
Yes you were (: