The 5 WORST Beginner Reptiles and 5 BETTER Options You've Never Heard Of!

what is the worst beginner reptile in your opinion? Which is the best?

I remember as a kid I wanted a Savanah Monitor soooooo bad, then i did research and found out it probably wasn't the best beginner pet for a 10 year old. So i got a leopard gecko instead. Now that I'm 23 i still feel like Im not ready for that and thats okay! Maybe one day though💔

When I first got a bearded dragon I thought they were a starter and then saw so much contradicting evidence and made so many errors and thankfully I managed to fix all of them by the first three months but I just really found your channel helpful so thank you for all of your high quality content

Schneider’s skinks need more love as a beginner lizard. They are so much fun.

Blue tongues are great for beginners just because they are extremely hardy, and they are really interactive. Although everyone says they are handleable and friendly, some couldn’t not be (like my bluey) they can be naturally grumpy. They also have an amazing feeding response

Yes to ackie care guide. I’m that guy who saw baby savannah monitors for 40 bucks and bought one on impulse as his first reptile, and honestly, it’s been a great experience. I work with him every day to socialize him, I use every trick from Kevin McCurley’s book on taming, and I make sure he comes onto my arm. And because of him, I learned how to build my own enclosures instead of dropping 400+, and none of my animals afterwards were put in a store bought unless I had it lying around unused. He’s going through a bit of a grumpy stage at the moment, but he still lets me reach in and pet him.

Amazing video, as always! Funny story by the way, one time I was at a pet store and this girl that was feeding one of the ball pythons got bit or something and she just said, “You’re an angry little noodle!“ 😂

Yay. Care guides. I love them. Never stop teaching I love to learn new things. Doing a great job.

Hey Adam how about a “top 5 worst types of reptile owner”? 😀

a friend of mine has a jackson chameleon. He said he's very time consuming and difficult as a pet. Fun fact : Fallout deathclaws are mutated jacksons chameleons.

An ackie monitor care guide would be awesome!!!

Was just seriously looking into getting a false chameleon and here you come encouraging me even more

I just got a trio of emerald tree skinks, had a full bioactive setup, uvb, everything. But they we're wild caught, seller seemed Good and told me they were checked by a vet. They all ended up passing from what I can only assume to be parasites... first expo but I should've been smarter. Wait until you can get captive bred ones...

And hey Mr Wicked, Perhaps next video you might forcibly remind folks, particularly in the USA, to not collect box turtles from the wild. Boxies are beautiful what with their elaborately patterned shells and red eyes (I’ve heard it’s only males that have red eyes. That true?) If one’s intent on getting a box, buy it from a breeder, never from a wildlife ravager. As always, another entertaining, instructive film, another thumbs up 🤙. Thanks… And FYI: The French are “snail eaters” too but they don’t usually have scales. Okay, you’re a humorist, so weigh in on that one. ⚖️

I had a sneaking suspicion we'd make the list. Was expecting close to the #1 spot. Pretty spot on. Great video.

Happy birthday Adam!! I'm a 90s kid too and I remember everyone having iguanas back then..

I didn’t know that super dwarf retics were so cheap. I’m planning to get a dumerils boa for my first snake. I handle wild snakes whenever I get the chance and I’ve been researching snakes for years now. Basically, I’m not a noob. I love the coloring of a dumerils boa, as well as the size. They’re big enough to impress, but not big enough to be unmanageable. I will definitely keep an eye on the super dwarf retics though

I love the cuts and the music of the intro. And Happy Birthday 🎂

Happy belated birthday :D Oh god, the green iguanas were so popular in Polish pet stores up to around the 2010s, maybe even longer - and by then a lot of people actually were aware that those (pet-store provided ones) could be nasty buggers. And yet it was still a popular pet lizard for KIDS. I want to get a bigger (than BP, and my adult boy is under 3 feet) and slightly more active snake one day, but I think 3 meters is my limit (limited space, I live alone and I don't want my cats to turn into a snack if the noodle escapes and the furballs still have many years of living ahead of them) - and there is something in retic snouts that makes them look (duh) predatory... whereas a regius is just a thick noodle. For worst beginner pets I'm definitely voting chameleons, the iguanas. Red eared sliders too have (had?) bad rep in Poland because they were a cheap turtle back when I was a kid = perfect pet for children. But every one I knew (never had my own) was a nasty, bitey angry little thing (popular in pet stores so I wouldn't be surprised if they have been WC). Actually, I'd also vote that Ball Pythons can be a difficult pet if you don't get one from a good breeder. Took me months to get my guy eating and the beginnings were an effing roller-coaster; a nidovirus scare, a colic scare, AND turned out to be much much older than what was sold - was just undersized for his age - which contributed to no appetite (breeding season) but also years of being fed something specific (and to this day I have no idea if he ate live, pre-killed or F/T because everytime I contacted the breeders, I had a different answer). Thankfully, I had help from other wonderful breeders and a great vet (and I'm just way to stubborn to admit defeat) but even that came after a few months and by sheer coincidence. I think this might be too much for some people, especially if they'd have only the internet to get help (that and from what I noticed, exotic vets seem crazy expensive in the States O_o). All in all I'm kind of glad my parents never allowed me to have a reptile when I was a child and now I can make my own research and decisions and there is actually possibility to do research that is not based on outdated guidebooks.

Good stuff Adam. Always love your content.