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sl8

(16,517 posts)
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:35 PM Sunday

The best pet (fill in the blank) videos:

Clint's Reptiles has a large series of "The Best Pet ..." videos. Most are serious, but a few are tongue-cheek (the T. Rex & human children come to mind. Spoiler - children are rated among the toughest to care for). He covers various amphibians, reptiles, mammals, lots of invertebrates, etc..

I've been enjoying watching a lot of them even though I'm not particularly looking for any pets. Some of the ones that live mostly unattended in a terrarium might work for me, though.

Here's a link to his videos (they're not all about pet ratings):
https://m.youtube.com/@ClintsReptiles/videos

As an example, here's the one about Emerald Tree Skinks:

16:51 min.



Emerald (Green) Tree Skink, The Best Pet Lizard?

Clint's Reptiles

2020 Apr 18
#127

Green Tree Skinks (Lamprolepis smaragdina), also known as emerald tree skinks, are beautiful, personable, and adorable little lizards. Basically a green tree monitor in a little skink body. I love them! But is the emerald tree skink the best pet lizard for me?

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The best pet (fill in the blank) videos: (Original Post) sl8 Sunday OP
Sounds like fun! ShazzieB Monday #1

ShazzieB

(20,759 posts)
1. Sounds like fun!
Mon May 26, 2025, 03:08 PM
Monday

I subscribed to his channel on YouTube, so I'll be able to find them easily when I have time to do some viewing!

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