1st JKR Pro Tips video!

[KMS]

Good Video Justin

[Turbo Serpent]

I never thought about the aspen getting stuck in the males cloaca. Good points.

[jkobylka]

I'd like to see some Pro Tips on your handling of aggressive snakes (ok, I just want to see someone other than myself get bit )

Great idea... but if I get bit in the video though, I won't seems like a credible source.

Great idea, Justin. I think that many of us can pick up some good habits or steal some good ideas from you. Looking forward to more. Maybe a video for breeding tips and incubator setup?

Good idea. Should have eggs in a couple days and I'll do an egg setup and incubator video.

grime+grunge=gringe.

I am going to try to use "gringy" everyday going forward. In the future I would love to see items like maybe where you get some supplies...like the newspaper roll was great...but what about that aspen bale? or a simple tour of the facility...what kind of racks, thermostats, etc.

"Gringy" is taking the reptile world by storm! Thanks for the feedback and ideas.

I need to add Gringy to my vocabulary for sure

Its wild, don't think I ever said it before the video... now it seems like a real word.

Justin, you got some new racks! Was that by the door or the other end of the room?

Far end, on the hatchling wall. I'm liking 'em! See ya next week!

Hey Justin great video, can't wait for whats next. Also the way you cut the unprinted paper, why did i not think of that, i have a gringy time cutting one at a time but the way you just showed much much easier. Thank you

I cut it sheet by sheet for almost a year... hopefully I've saved you at least some of that time.

I never thought about the aspen getting stuck in the males cloaca. Good points.

I learned the hard way about 3 seasons ago when I had send my Clown male off to have his abscessed hemipene surgically fixed. Thought it might have been a fluke and then paid the price again the very next year when I had to pull a male out of the breeding rotation for the entire season... thankfully he recovered with just antibiotics.

Thanks for the comments all!

Justin

[Aeries]

Great video, nice camera work! I'll definity be eager to watch more in the future!

[Big Gunns]

Since this is a professional comment BG will refrain from using the third person.

This was a good video Justin. I have had the same problem with males during the breeding season year after year. I still use Aspen or Cypress though. I'll just try and stay on top of it by looking at the males "stuff" as much as possible.

I have bred and raised snakes with all different kinds of substrate over the years and I personally believe that the animals don't produce or feed as well on paper. They just seem to go off feed more easily on paper. I think the main reason for this is because of the humidity. It's a lot harder to keep the humidity up with paper, and if you mist the cage, it gets "gringy" really quick.

This is just my personal preference. Just like with boa breeding, I have done many things over the years and found out what's worked best for me. Luckily for everyone, even if you do everything wrong with Balls, 50% of them are gonna produce. I want the highest success rate possible though. If you do everything right with boas it's a different story..... you're an expert if you get 50% good litters.

As far as raising babies go. There is nothing on this earth that works better than Aspen. I have given numerous people this simple tip over the years and most people have had success even if their animal never ate a meal in months.

[stratus_020202]

That was a great video! Do we get to vote on which animal gets shown in the next one? I want to see the shattered fire on camera Unless he's too busy of course.

[h00blah]

there can never be enough 'how to sex ur snake' tutorials =p
might as well put it in a pro tips video

also, feeding tips!

cleaning tips!

how to keep ur snake from tipping its water bowl...

custom hides?


more tips:
what size feeders to feed ur pythons

how to properly QT new reptiles

how to maintain humidity to prevent aiding in sheds?

[ed4281]

x2 a how to sex you bp video would be very helpful seen some ones on poping but just cant figure out how to do it.

[Russ Lawson]

Nice video Justin! I've always been curious about the blank newsprint. Hopefully I can get it for free where I'm at as well.

I think a really good video to make would be a tutorial on setting up a table at a reptile expo. It could be filmed at the next expo you attend, and maybe you could dub some voice clips over to explain what you're doing if it would be too time consuming to actually give a tutorial while you're setting up a show.

Something like that would be particularly helpful for me because I plan on doing expos within the next year or so, and while I sort of have the essentials figured out, I'd be flying somewhat blind if I had to do an expo, say tomorrow. I think some other people might find something like that helpful as well.

Oh, and also, where do you get those bales of aspen? I've been trying to figure out where to get some around that size, but haven't had any luck. Thanks in advance!

Again, great job, and thanks for the video!

[PYTH0N BOY]

Hey justin,
Maybe do a vid on getting an agressive snake out of a rub ??