- Oh my gosh.
Look at this clutch right here.
And, the moment of truth.
(splashing)
There it is guys, the waterfall.
(heavy electronic music)
Hey, good morning everybody.
Welcome to the vlog.
And, wow, what a beautiful morning.
And, I tell you what, the incubator is emptying up
really quick 'cause all of these snakes hatched
within the last couple days.
I mean, just take a look at all of these eggs.
I mean, all of these guys right here.
And, this is a really super exciting clutch.
This is actually a pastel crystal bred to a pinstripe spark.
Oh my gosh, cannot wait 'til those babies hatch out.
Again, it is going crazy.
It was like an explosion in the incubator
over the last couple days.
Look at all these genetic stripes right here.
Hoo doggy, there is some beautiful snakes.
And, this clutch is super exciting.
This is actually a fire red stripe yellow belly
bred to a super vanilla.
Oh my God, I cannot wait.
As a matter of fact, we might cut those eggs tomorrow.
Let me know if you guys wanna do it.
But, I tell you what is crazy in this incubator.
Look it, we got some ivories, and pastel ivories,
and yellow bellies, and oh my gosh.
You know what, I'm just gonna pack up
all the stuff that hatched out, all these snakes,
we'll head over to the shop, and we'll take a look.
Oh, and let's go ahead and check up
on Lucy's eggs really quick.
Of course, this is just one box of 'em.
No babies yet, but they are coming soon.
So, before I get over to the Reptarium,
'cause, trust me, we have a lot of work
every single day until we open.
I do wanna just power through
some of these babies that hatched.
We had a lot of baby ball pythons hatch today.
So, I'm gonna do my best to just kinda highlight
the best ones to kind of show you.
And then, I'm gonna move onto the next thing.
This was an absolutely stunning animal right here.
This was actually from a super pastel vanilla
to a pinstripe, so theoretically this should be
a lemon blast vanilla.
But, it looks crazy cool.
This was the one that I cut the other day.
So, wow, that turned out great.
And yes, by the way, my hands are absolutely filthy.
This is after two showers and washing up like crazy.
That stuff gets all over you,
and that's what happens when you work.
So, I don't want any complaints from you guys
about how dirty my hands are 'cause I've done
the absolute best I can do.
Let's move on to the next clutch here.
Hoo doggy, look at these suckers here.
Oh my gosh, look at that one here.
Ooh, and look it, there's another one here too.
Oh my gosh, look it how gorgeous these two are right here.
Oh my gosh.
And, of course, these are actually
pastel het russo spider pinstripes.
Oh my gosh, those things are gorgeous.
And, there's a whole bunch of other
gorgeous animals in here too.
This would actually just be a spider het russo.
You can see how wild that animal looks.
Just that het russo blood just changes everything up.
Next up, this was actually a beautiful clutch too.
This is a dragonfly bred to just a normal
that's actually het for caramel albino.
But, look at some of these babies right here.
Oh my gosh.
This again should just be a firefly basically.
A fire and a pastel.
But, that is definitely something different.
And, that's one of the things that's so awesome
when you're hatching lots and lots of snakes.
Is you hatch stuff out that are just anomalies.
And, you wonder like, what the heck is this?
And then, you can actually breed it out and figure it out.
Like, look it this, this is another one.
This should be a dragonfly.
That is no normal dragonfly right there.
I don't know what it is.
It's absolutely gorgeous.
I mean, what's interesting about this clutch right here,
all the different patterns in here.
Again, something really wacky, and something that
I wouldn't expect from that particular breeding.
These next ones are absolutely beautiful here.
These are actually mimosas.
And, this one right here is actually a pastel mimosa.
Oh my gosh, that's absolutely beautiful.
And again, that is a ghost and a champagne.
Of course, that's a pastel ghost champagne.
And, I tell you, every time I look at my hands guys,
I know you guys are probably looking
at those things going, oh my gosh.
Trust me, this is washed, this is not like,
these aren't filthy, I'm not touching
the snakes with filthy hands.
But, even I'm looking and going, oh my gosh,
and I'm cringing a little bit.
So, bear with me guys.
One day my hands will come back to a normal color.
Probably be a month or two.
So, when you guys come visit me at the Reptarium,
you'll probably see me all dirty and stuff like that.
But, that's all part of it.
This was actually a red stripe yellow belly
bred to a spider.
And, what's interesting about this,
it doesn't look like we hit any yellow bellies at all,
but we did hit some red striped spiders.
This would be a red striped spider right here.
This would also be a red striped spider right here.
And, you can tell, it just kinda
switches up the pattern a little bit.
And, oh, as a matter of fact,
this is a red striped spider as well.
Wow!
Now, this is the only normal spider
that we got outta this clutch.
So, it was really good.
We ended up getting three red striped spiders,
a normal, and a normal spider.
No red stripes and no yellow bellies in the whole clutch,
which is a little bit strange.
But hey, that's just the way snake odds go.
Oh my gosh, look at this clutch right here.
This is actually a pewter cypress male,
which is a pastel cinnamon and cypress
bred to a pinstripe.
And, these are the crown jewels right here.
Hoo doggy, these things are amazing.
These would actually be pewter
pinstripe cypress ball pythons.
So, that's a pastel, it's a cinnamon, it's a pinstripe,
and it's a cypress ball python.
That's what I was looking for,
that is all of those genes combined.
Oh my gosh, there's some beautiful animals
in this clutch right here.
Look at this one right here, this is actually
a cinnamon cypress ball python.
Oh my gosh, those pewter pin cypresses,
oh my gosh, those things are crazy.
Oh, and look at this gorgeous clutch right here.
Oh my gosh.
This was actually a banana enchi pinstripe,
and it was bred to a pinstripe.
That, of course, it's a banana enchi pin right there.
Oh my gosh, there's some gorgeous.
Oh, look it this, this is beautiful right here.
This is just an enchi banana.
I mean, look it how that enchi and banana mixed together.
Oh my gosh.
And then, we've got some other just
really beautiful banana stuff over here.
What's interesting is this is a little enchi right here,
which is cool, but doesn't look like
we hit anything else enchi in this clutch.
So, we got the one banana enchi,
and the one banana enchi pinstripe,
and that was basically it for enchi stuff in that clutch.
Nevertheless, beautiful clutch.
Lastly we had a Mojave calico bee
bred to a lemon blast, and oh my gosh.
Look at some of these animals here.
Oh my goodness gracious, there's some
beautiful snakes right here.
This, of course, right here looks like it
would be a lemon blast calico.
And then just a pastave on this side.
This looks like just a normal lemon blast to me.
It's really kind of interesting though.
But, I don't think that there's anything else in it.
But, these ones right here, oh my gosh.
These are actually killer bees,
which is the super pastel spider.
It's also a Mojave and it's a calico.
Oh my gosh.
And, it looks like this one right here
is actually the killer bee calico
without the Mojave gene in it.
Oh my gosh, there is some gorgeous animals.
So, there it is guys, I wanted to give you
the quick overview of what we had hatch.
It's absolutely amazing.
Let's go next door, I'll tell you what's on
the project list today.
All though, the project list grows by the minute.
But, let's go over there and check it out.
So, the big plan over at the Reptarium today
is to hopefully get this waterfall going.
It comes down from here, drains into this pond,
goes down into that reservoir there, and then recycles.
But, basically what I have to do,
is I have to put a drain in over here,
run it to the back, then run it all the way
across the thing, so that it gets to the drain tile,
so that we can basically open a valve and it'll drain out.
Because, of course, if Lucy or whoever's in here,
they may use the bathroom in the water,
and that's gonna be an issue.
I definitely have my work cut out for me
'cause I have to somehow squeeze behind
and underneath the cages to run all this stuff.
It's definitely gonna be a challenge.
I gotta get the pump working.
But, hopefully by the end of the day today,
this will be working, which will be awesome
because that's well on it's way.
We ordered the pumps for this pond,
which are gonna come in earlier than I thought.
I thought that was gonna be like two weeks,
it turns out that that's gonna be here within a couple days.
So, that is really amazing.
Also, we put all the glass in all the cages.
And, with all of the lights on now,
and all the basking lights, and the glass in,
I tell you what, it's really changed
the way this place looks.
I mean, how awesome are these cages?
Again, I love the fact that with this glass in it,
it really just kinda finishes off.
And, then again, all of the lights
make these cages look amazing.
And, as you can see, we're gonna probably
keep the overhead lights off when the zoo is open.
So, when you come in, you're just seeing
these beautiful cages, and the animals theirself.
And, I tell you what, I couldn't be more pleased
with the way these cages turned out.
I mean, take a look at some of these things.
I mean, Stuart at Universal Rocks just absolutely
killed it with the design on these guys.
I mean, look it this.
Right here on this ledge, you can see, is a great place
where this basking light is gonna come down.
And, we've actually heat temped that,
which is awesome, it's 110 degrees right there.
So, we'll definitely put an animal
that really likes to bask.
But, at the same time, it can come down here
and it's like 82 degrees, so it's really quite amazing.
Again, you can just see the variant,
all of these cages right here.
Oh my God, I am so happy.
Again, just putting the glass in
and the lights on, has really changed things.
Again, you can see the water feature in this cage,
which looks absolutely incredible.
And, take a look at these things,
oh my gosh, this is so amazing.
And then, Nova's cage is gonna be right here.
Can you imagine Nova the frilled dragon up here
just climbing all over the place?
I'm so excited about it.
So, Noah, what do you think?
I mean, you've been here pretty much every day,
which I think is really awesome.
I didn't think Noah was gonna be
all that excited about it.
But, you've been here every day, so that's pretty cool.
I mean, what's your thoughts?
- I mean, I'm just excited for there to be a zoo here.
I mean, seeing all the cool animals.
I don't even know, I don't even think you know,
what animals are gonna be in all these cages.
So, that's what I'm excited to see.
- That's awesome.
And again, Noah has actually been vlogging
from a completely different perspective than I have.
So, definitely make sure to check his channel out.
I think you what, have three videos now
that are vlogs about this.
- Four.
- Four videos.
So, as a matter a fact usually, a little secret,
you'll usually catch his videos before my videos.
So, if you want the preview of what you're gonna see,
how things are going, check out Noah's channel.
And, I'm usually a day behind him regardless.
It's been great kind of to have Noah here,
Lori here, a family thing, it's absolutely awesome.
But, definitely go check out what he's done.
Now, I've already crawled underneath this cage
to basically screw this into the drain right there.
So, right now what I have is basically an elbow
that goes down and goes over.
So, now what I have to do is crawl back
underneath the cage and put this in there.
it's got a little clean out at the end
just in case there's ever a problem.
And then, I have to run this drain pipe
all the way down the backside of this wall,
all the way over here into an area
that has a little drain tile.
It's gonna be tight, it's gonna be ugly,
I'm not gonna enjoy it, it's gonna be dirty.
But, it's gotta get done.
So, that's what I'm doing for the next probably hour.
Okay guys, I'm going in, it's not gonna be fun.
All right Lori, ready?
(dramatic music)
Get it?
Tell you what guys, it is super tight in here,
(panting) it's cramped, it's hot.
I'm trying to figure out my measurements
'cause this drainpipe has to definitely drain down,
so that all the water drains when we hit that release valve.
So, oh my gosh.
I hope this is gonna work out.
I'm definitely a little nervous about this one,
I'm not gonna lie.
Lori's cutting a little piece off the end there.
And then, it'll be back underneath
to try to fit this thing, and glue it together.
Boy, I hope this works out.
All right, so the first pipe is attached.
I'm hoping it worked.
Lori's gonna feed me another pipe in here.
And then, gonna keep on going.
The important thing is, is every ten foot
I need to be about an inch and a quarter drop,
so that it drains.
Oh my gosh.
So, that's where I'm at now.
I've gotta go all the way down there
and through that wall.
About 30 feet into the back of these,
had to come out for a second to get a breath of air.
Being that tight, the fumes from all that cement glue,
and stuff like that, it's pretty miserable.
I ain't gonna lie.
And, I'm just sitting there hoping like,
this is gonna work 'cause if I have to
problem solve this back there, it's gonna be impossible.
So, that's the other pressure,
is just like do it right the first time.
Do it right the first time.
Don't wanna go back in there to try to fix it.
So, okay, back inside.
I tell you what guys, this is terrible.
I'm like fighting that urge of panic
in this tight spot, oh my God.
So, I'm officially through the wall here.
What I have to do is bend it over here,
run it along this wall behind the sink,
and into that drain right there.
What we'll have is an actual valve like this
that will shut it, and then we can just open
that valve and it'll drain right
into this drain tile right there.
And, hopefully once we have that figured out
I can actually fill the waterfall up,
turn it on, hopefully the pump works,
hopefully there's no leaks, and it all works.
Okay, a little more work to do.
(electronic music)
So, I realize this stuff is kinda boring,
I get it, you know.
But, I wanna take you guys on the entire journey.
Got this all plumbed in.
We have a nice kinda downgrade on the level.
And, it comes out and it drains right into here.
So, with any luck, no leaks, everything'll work.
I'm gonna go ahead and turn the water on.
Get some water in there.
We'll check to make sure that it comes through this way.
Make sure that there's no leaks.
And then, we'll turn the pump on
and see if the waterfall works.
And away we go.
Water through here.
Basically drains down through here, into here.
Hopefully this will fill up and will actually drain here,
and there won't be any leaks.
And, then we can actually just use that valve
to drain everything, close the valve, fill it back up.
And, I have a feeling if Lucy's in here,
she's gonna do a lot of messing up this water down here.
And, we'll have to see, but let's go ahead
and check to see if the drain is actually draining water.
And, then we'll check for leaks.
Okay, let's see if we got some water flow.
No water flow yet.
Oh, there it is.
There is is, the flow.
(splashing)
Okay, that is fantastic.
All right, I'm just gonna run behind,
check to make sure there's no leaks in the line.
And then, if we are, we're gonna go ahead
and shut this valve, fill up the bowl,
turn the pump on, and see if the waterfall works.
And, the moment of truth.
(splashing)
And, there it guys, the waterfall.
What is does is it leaks from up here,
drops down here, and there's a little fall up here,
and a little spot over here, again it streaks
down into here, into here.
And, there the drain works.
So far, no leaks, it seems to work completely fine.
I'm gonna be totally honest with you,
it took me about 45 minutes after I just shot that shot
to get it to work right, I couldn't get it going.
But, it's good now, no leaks,
everything looks absolutely perfect.
What an amazing cage.
This whole project took about five hours,
between the plumbing and getting everything set.
But, it is so worth it.
What an amazing cage.
I mean, just take a look at that.
Oh my God, I am so excited about this.
Oh yeah, we're gonna have to clean up the water,
probably run it through four or five times
before it stays clean.
But, can you imagine?
Lucy is gonna probably love hanging out here,
climbing up in here, over here, up on this ledge over here.
Oh, it's gonna be absolutely incredible.
So, that was the major job for today.
Check one more off the list.
I want you guys to all meet Snazz.
My friend Rhonda actually came up
and donated Snazz to the Reptarium.
And, you guys know that my first snake ever
was a Burmese python, and it was a normal Burmese python
just like Snazzy here.
It is such a great thing to have one again.
It's been a long time since I've had
a normal Burmese python.
And, they are so gorgeous.
I love the albinos, and I love all of the mutations,
but sometimes a normal Burmese python
is just absolutely amazing.
And, it's nostalgic for me
because that was my very first snake.
So, anyways, when you guys come to the Reptarium
you guys are gonna get a chance to meet Snazz,
and Sunrise of course.
What a beautiful animal.
And, it was so nice of Rhonda to come up,
to not only donate Snazzy here,
but also help us with the build out.
So, there it is guys, I wanted to show you that.
Now, back to the Reptarium to do some more work.
So, back here at the Reptarium,
let me know down in the comments
if you guys are getting bored with all the build out
and all that stuff.
I don't know if you guys are excited about it,
or you're just like, all right Brian,
we've seen you build everything out,
let's just see some animals now.
I really wanna know from you guys,
what do you think, what should I do going forward?
We still have probably about a week and a half,
or two weeks, before we actually open.
I said, it's not gonna be on the 14th.
Hoping for maybe the 21st.
I promise you I will make an announcement
for that pretty soon.
I just have little things I continue to have to do.
But, those little things add up
to a pretty good amount of time.
Everyday we're making huge progress,
but again, probably in two days,
we're gonna start putting animals in.
As a matter of fact, maybe, cross my fingers,
I might put Lucy in this tomorrow.
And then, the next day is actually my birthday everybody.
Guess what, happy birthday to me.
Brian, Cuscoe, Magdala, a few of my other friends
like Forest are coming up for a little celebration.
Seeing the Reptarium and stuff like that.
And then, we are off to Canada for the CRBE.
So, it's gonna be a really amazing next few days.
But again, animals will be back in the vlog, I promise you.
It's just that I have to really focus on this,
and I wanna know if it's okay with you.
What've you liked the most, what have you disliked.
Tell me what you guys want.
In the meantime, I'm gonna go ahead and shut the vlog down
and just kinda spend a little time
enjoying the fruits of my labor.
I hope that you have an absolutely incredible day,
evening, whenever you happen to be watching.
Your support is amazing.
And, like I keep saying, if it wasn't for you guys
I wouldn't be able to fulfill my dreams like the Reptarium.
So, thank you so much.
Do me a couple favors before we get outta here.
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let me know what's going on in your life.
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And, I promise, I will see you guys tomorrow.