Green Tree Monitor, The Best Pet Lizard?

Many exciting announcements: 1) We'll be releasing two videos a week for the rest of the year (Wednesdays and Saturdays)! 2) Because of your contributions, Clint's Reptile Room is happening, but we still need help: gf.me/u/wgvi2p 3) Here is a savage Gus Gus feeding video that I filmed last night at Clint's Reptile Room: https://youtu.be/8D1V38Ig2Fk *Warning, the video is pretty savage. Not for the faint of heart....

You should do a series of great alternatives to awful pet reptiles

I expect clint to review a computer monitor for April fools with 5 categories 😩

I just giggled like a little kid anytime she did something. You guys make me want monitor lizards more and more, but also realize how hard it is for me to keep them at this time and the near future.

I read the announcement Are Green Tree Monitors the Best Pet Lizard and was like "no, they're not" and Clint comes on and the first thing he said was "no, they're not" gotta love that 🤣

13:45 - Please, please, PLEASE make a video on this, explaining the importance of setting up for a reptile pet. The questions you have to ask yourself, and then answer, BEFORE bringing home a reptile. How to set up a basic enclosure and establish a thermal gradient. The importance of UVB light, and how quickly artificially-generated UVB degrades over distance. How to examine humidity within an enclosure, how that humidity will fluctuate throughout the course of the day and with the changing of the seasons, and how ventilation interacts with humidity and the problems it causes when it's improperly balanced. The takeaway would be to emphasize how when you keep a reptile pet, you control absolutely EVERY facet of their environment, and how you cannot possibly do that by bringing home a box of parts from the pet store on the same day that you bring home your new bearded dragon. An enclosure needs to be set up, examined, and tested with the target species in mind well before anything living is ever introduced into the equation. I'm a few months into researching a new project(which will be either a caiman lizard or a Dumeril's monitor, I'm still deciding). I am nearly to the point(but not quite) that I'm ready to start building the enclosure, which I'd like to have completed this spring, so that by next spring, it's ready for an inhabitant. I want to see exactly how the changing of seasons affects the humidity and ventilation and temperature gradient, because I want the environment to be completely known and understood before something living is required to spend the bulk of it's life in it.

This is the funniest little critter she is so curious and inquisitive she is very beautiful nice video as always Clint you never disappoint

the fact that he’s keeping his voice down cause the lizard is small😭😭😭😭 this man is so pure

Clint I’ve noticed a running theme with your Best pet videos. With the more difficult to care for species anyone who is ready for them will probably already know that and may actually already have the animal which is a very good thing. I’ve watched a number of these videos and they’re all just stinkin’ rad. I love the fact that you don’t sugarcoat anything you’re a straight shooter. You give both the pros and the cons.

When I saw green tree I was so excited to finally get to see the green tree python video... this is also acceptable haha

I'm so happy how much you emphasize the need to research and have your animal's space be ready for its arrival. I personally think all animals should be treated this way no matter how hardy they are. Do you research and have everything perfect so when you bring them home they can thrive with happy enriching lives.

I found if properly socialized at a young age tree monitors can be very friendly and enjoy hanging off you or climbing on you, they will however never really lose their hyperactivity. If you get them I suggest they be your only lizards or have scheduled feeding time. Raising them can be very rewarding and you form attachments to them real easy because they have lots of personality. They are precious fragile scaly Boys.

I’ve been doing my own research and I know you’ve touched briefly on these things in the past, but I would love Clint’s take on tips for building a good relationship/trust with your reptile, training methods (like target training), and ways to provide more enrichment. I would find that information so helpful for me and my animals.

Yes! I was so hoping you would cover Green Tree Monitors! They might be my favorite lizards, and definitely a dream pet someday. I’m very glad you touched on the difficulties they pose and the unfortunate decline of wild populations from the pet trade. I know they don’t make very good pets, but I would love to see you cover lizard species from the Uroplatus and Hydrosaurus genera. Also, perhaps you could cover the Brazilian Rainbow Boa, and the Boelen’s python. I’m a bit of a sucker for iridescent animals. Keep up the good work Clint and friends! I love your channel so much!

I'm amazed by how calm that Green Tree Monitor is! Wow! Most of the ones I've seen act like they just chugged a keg of red bull. Totally understood why you never had one on the channel yet. Like trying to find the best pet reptile, sometimes its tough finding the best pet reptile to film too. Your info helps a lot, thanks for the video! I've always been fascinated by Green Tree Monitors, I love the color green and its so beautiful on them. But I'm not confident enough yet to own a lizard, I only have pet snakes because I'm not sure if I can care for a lizard yet. Also I have snakes because they are amazing and I think I love them more than a lizard lol.

I’d love to see you do a video on Brazilian Rainbow Boas or Dumeril’s Boas. I feel like those 2 snakes are under appreciated in our hobby, and there’s a lack of videos with good information.

I know I have said this before, but I'll say it again, i love the fact that you care so much about the environmental ramifications for these animals. Every time you talk about that it makes me very proud to be a fan, because I know you love these animals not only for what they can do for you and your life, but for them and what they are.

Clint: “the coolest reptile ever to live” Me: yeah sure shows this guy Me: that’s stinkin rad

Clint why must you always do this to me? You show me a new reptile, make me fall in love with it, and then proceed to tell me how it's a terrible pet. :'( Seriously, though, I loved watching the little monitor explore! So cute.

This channel has opened my eyes to so many new to me reptiles. And the way that clint teaches us about them is... stinkin' rad. If people ask me about certain reptiles I refer them to these videos. Keep up the good work, you're doing wonders for this hobby. 👍