Top 5 Friendliest Reptiles | No Biting, No Scratching, All Love

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Adam Wickens
221 Glendale Ave
PO Box 25037 Pen Centre
St. Catharines ON
L2T 4C4
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[AlhanaTsuki]

Back when Petsmart first started selling reptiles they had a blue tongue skink at the store I worked in. I was mildly afraid of reptiles but this guy was so calm and sweet unless he was in his cage. In the cage he was always pacing the walls, looking frustrated, wanting to get out. We would take him out and he would just happily sit on your shoulder while helping customers, counting crickets, cleaning fish tanks or whatever. Loved that little guy, another associate ended up buying him.

[meganasp]

You forgot to mention how clean leopard geckos are! I've never had other reptiles who purposefully take their business to one corner of their tank. Makes cleaning their home SO easy!

[davemercer]

Can't really argue about the Beardie being number 1 when Diamond literally sat there for the whole video chillin.

[torichardcreel]

I really loved Diamond's editorial eye glance when you said he was never going to sprout wings or breathe fire. It's like he was saying, "Well, we'll see about that."

[TheSilverVixen]

Apparently my ball python didn't get the memo of hanging out chilling, he loves to explore when he's out of his enclosure. He gets supervised carpet slither time a couple times a week.

[Mightymitch]

You think you could do a top five electrical saftey products or energy efficients I have 6 enclosures and love to see how you have all yours setup. Love the content as always and happy holidays.🤙🏽

[paleo_art]

When I got my leopard gecko as a baby, he wasn't socialized and would scream at me but I worked with him for a couple months until I could fully handle him and he liked exploring with me. Seeing him go from being scared of me to falling asleep in my shirt is the most rewarding thing ever

[ThatStupidSodaJerk]

"he gets kinda upset when I explain to him he'll never grow wings or breathe fire"
- Diamond glances away -

[SoundShinobiYuki]

A friend of mine met a beardie at an expo who was steeply discounted because he was grown and "not friendly at all". Said beardie crawled right up her arm and fell asleep on her in two minutes. She took him home, of course. He was in fact perfectly friendly, he just needed some one on one time with an owner who would sit quietly with him!

My leopard gecko is flighty and would rather climb the couch than hang out with anyone when she's taken out, but she has NEVER tried to bite me. Even when I'm making her mad by getting stuck shed off her feet. Hubby once did something VERY foolish when she was clearly tail-wagging at him- he went in to boop her nose with HIS nose- and he *still* got away unscathed.

[Terreos]

I can vouch for blue tongue skinks being “Easy to Handle”. I got nibs as a new born and he’s never tried to bite me. He is very huffy though and doesn’t like being touched. He’ll normally hiss at me if I touch him or walk away. But I can pick him up when I need to clean his enclosure and move him somewhere until I’m down. Maybe with some more work he’ll stop hissing.

[willowashe]

Great list; this is the kind of thing more people need to see! The only one I’d change is that I’d put chuckwallas over beardies. They have the same kind of size and heartiness, but are often even more gentle and passive.

[cwgrlrish]

I love that a beardie topped your list. As a former reluctant reptile owner, my husband getting a bearded dragon completely changed my mind. I absolutely love our big guy (Rusty-just turned 2yo) so much so that I even subscribe to reptile channels like WWR now😊. Keep up the great work and continue advocating for these amazing creatures.

[WhenANinjaPlaysGames]

Can definitely agree with Blue Tongue Skinks. My adorable CoaCoa use to be scared by me and my girlfriend, but after some months of taming her down, she no longer bites (unless she mistakens my fingers for worms then she'll do a little nibble), she no longer runs and hides, she enjoys chin and head rubs, she responds to her name, she's very social with us, and she's not even an adult yet 🦎

[ixeliema]

Jasper, my little grump of a leopard gecko, was the runner/screamer of the Petsmart clutch. I hadn't really gone to the store with the intent of buying a reptile, but after seeing the sale they were having and seeing her cute little face, I really couldn't resist. I knew what I was getting into with her. Hell, I even went into the purchase saying "gimme the one with the attitude" bc I wanted the one with a "big personality"...to the silent concern of my best friend and the lady who had to catch her.

I don't regret that choice necessarily, as she is super fun and has mellowed out a lot in the year I've had her, but I do regret getting a leopard gecko from Petsmart of all places. Overall, their geckos don't get held or interacted with unless absolutely necessary for medical reasons, and commonly, their providers are either really scummy or really lazy in socializing the animal, so she was...quite angy as a baby.

Later in the year, my friends ended up pooling their money and buying me that really cute ball python I would always interact with at the local grange co-op, and he is a GEM. Fully socialized, never opposed to being held, always curious and exploring...and Jasper at nearly 16 months old now is still pretty flighty and "don't touch me"...which is just sad to me.

TLDR; I wish I'd been less worried about overly stressing her when I first got her bc maybe if I'd held her more in those first few months, maybe she'd be less flighty now.

[HaruDoneYet]

My dragon wasn’t really socialized when I got him but after working with him he’s calmed down quite a lot, just really shows how they’re pretty chill by nature. My Georgie is still kind of a diva though in that he’ll turn his beard dark over the smallest things

[Broniaaa]

I love the gecko specie that looks like they're smiling and lick their eyes.
Looks so derpy and adorable!

[fallenapril]

I have two rescue ball pythons that came from a neglect case. They were kept in 40 gal with 3+ other adult pythons. They were never handled, and the owner ended up selling all eight of them together in a bag for a hundred bucks. I took two of them from the lady that initially bought them and was going around trying to find them a good home. I have had them for close to a year and was only ever tagged once in the first two weeks. Now even though they were treated terribly and never socialized their baby and juvenile years, they are the sweetest snakes i've ever owned. They love to snuggle up and watch tv with me, and have huge personalities. I 100% agree with this list, if you want a sweet and gentle snake a ball python is a perfect fit for beginners and long time reptile owners.

[alisonhughes]

It’s nice to know that when Adam logs on and replies back to us . That either diamond is on his shoulder or picatchu is just sat chillin 😎 on his lap lol 👍🏻 xx

[MrBeefy-ognw]

Very well done. I 100% agree about bearded dragons. You hit the nail on the head in describing them. Diamond is so chill I have to see more. Add a subscriber and keep up the good work!

[Somedude]

Diamond crawling up your shoulder is so cute. I love beardies so much lmao