- [Host] These of course are
Super Lori Leopard Ball pythons.
Probably some of the coolest snakes
that I produced last year.
Those ones that are like blue and silver
and looking at a year old, they look absolutely incredible.
You guys know yesterday I was thinking
that female was going to lay.
The mom looked like she was actually starting to
push an egg out last night.
So let's go ahead and take a peak
and hopefully we'll see a cool clutch of eggs.
Let's see where's mama in here.
Oh, no eggs!
Well guess what?
I think she's on a clutch of eggs right now.
It's going to be absolutely incredible.
The Lori Ball python project is blowing up.
People love them.
I love them.
I can't wait to see what the future is with this
but it is super exciting to potentially produce some more
of these guys.
The same pairing.
Let's hope she has some good eggs.
First before we check her
let's see how many eggs she laid last year.
And last year she actually laid 12 eggs.
I didn't remember she laid that big of a clutch.
I am so nervous to look to see
if she actually has good eggs.
Ah come up, oh look at that.
It looks like a beautiful clutch of eggs right there.
Hoo doggie!
And I tell you what it looks like
there might be 12 again, certainly a big clutch.
That is exactly what I was hoping for.
Let's go ahead and set up some egg boxes
and pull this mama off these eggs.
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- [Host] Back to this girl.
I tell you what, I am so excited about this,
you have no idea.
I'm excited about every clutch that's laid down here
but this particular clutch has been something
I've been waiting on
and you never know about fertility, right?
So the fact that it looks like she's wrapped around
a beautiful clutch of eggs just makes my heart just explode.
I tell you what, I could not be happier.
Let's just unravel this girl right here.
Oh my gosh.
I'm just dreaming of blue and silver snakes.
Now the question is how many eggs?
It definitely looks like a bunch of eggs, guys.
She definitely has a lot of eggs in this clutch.
Whether or not it's 12, I don't know.
Let's find out.
So here we go.
Now I've got to separate off a bunch
of these eggs because they're obviously on top
and it looks like she probably laid last night.
So they're a little bit harder.
So I have to be really careful
and basically what you do is you have to be unbelievably
careful pulling these eggs out
and I just kind of slowly do this
like this and just kind of work my way around wherever
there's kind of like the loosest area
because you will rip these eggs.
These eggs absolutely can rip.
They don't break like a chicken egg
but they tear like leather, right?
So you gotta be very, very careful.
We'll just get these top eggs off
so that the actual egg box can shut.
But again sometimes like when you have a connection like
this right here, again I'm just working my fingers into it.
But boy, tell ya it's scary.
Every time I pull apart, I'm like, Oh no, please don't rip.
I tell you what that is just so spooky
because I have ripped a few eggs here and there
and these are definitely very dried right now.
So I'm just going to get that egg apart, that egg,
and then I should be able to just slowly
tear this one apart then I'll probably just have to remove
that one last egg right there.
This egg should be okay.
I'll remove this egg just to be safe,
do the same exact thing,
just slowly, slowly do it without ripping it.
Ah, tell you what this is patience right here.
Come on. Oh, almost, almost, almost.
Again, just don't want to rip,
especially that little area right here.
That's the area that rips the most commonly.
So we just get this last egg out right here
and now if you guys haven't counted while I'm doing this
we're going to count two, four, six, eight, 10, 11.
Oh no! She only laid 11 eggs this year.
But last year she had 3 Super Lori Leopards.
That's crazy because in theory,
only 1 in 6 should be a Super Lori Leopard.
So in this clutch, maybe 1, 2 if we're really lucky
if we get really lucky, maybe we'll hit the odds
and hit 3 or 4 of this year again.
57 days from now, we're going to find out.
I tell you what I am so good,
and mama, you did such a good job.
I mean, what a great, great snake.
That's 3 years in a row we produce Super Lori Leopards.
That is absolutely stunning.
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So look at my girl, Ivy, she looks so beautiful.
The reason she looks so beautiful
is, of course, she shed.
Looks like a nice shed.
She came out, look she's coming up saying,
Dad, you gonna feed me today?
I'm not feeding you, girl.
Don't you worry.
But look at this.
I love the fact that she always sheds really nice
because of course the water pacing
and she spends all that time in the water.
What are you doing, Ivy?
I am not feeding you, girl.
She's definitely coming up like she wants some food.
So the next day or two
we'll go ahead and thaw out a big old pig for her
because it's time for a giant meal for her.
It should be pretty good.
What're you doing, silly monkey?
What're you doing coming up here?
I'll tell you what I definitely think
she thinks she's going to get fed today
but she knows she's not.
Ivy, stop it. Ivy, that's my girl, Ivy.
That's my girl.
Just making sure she knows she's not getting fed
but it would definitely get a good meal here
in the next couple of days.
This shed looks absolutely wonderful.
Do I hear snakesshed.com? Maybe it's coming your way.
- [Host] So when was the last time you saw
the Super Lori Leopards?
Has it been awhile?
- Yeah.
- [Host] Oh my gosh.
I can't wait to show you and I've got good news for you too.
Number one, aren't they cool with Sil?
- Oh yeah.
- [Host] They look awesome.
Guess what?
The mom laid today.
So we could have some more Super Lori Leopards
coming up here in 57 days.
Guess how many eggs?
- 8.
- Close! 11.
- Oo.
- [Host] That's right 11 eggs.
- So it's mom is a Super Lori Leopard.
- [Host] Yep and then the male's a Leopard or Lori.
- All right.
- [Host] So cool so, pretty cool.
- This is a good combo.
- [Host] So what is it like to have
a ball python named after you?
- I'm so sick of that question.
- [Host] I know. Is it because you have
such a wonderful husband that would name it,
the snake after you for?
so that you're like Lori is for eternity.
- No, go back and watch the other vlog.
It was, you were mocking me is what it was.
- I don't believe her.
- It's true.
- I did it because out of my love for you, I did that.
- You're a liar.
- A J give me just one little egg time.
Egg time!
Thank you very much.
Let's jump into it.
This today is a beautiful
little Albino Jelly Brooks King snake.
Really gorgeous snake.
I mean, just take a look at that.
Absolutely gorgeous color.
Eyes pink as could be, really cool.
Get her all cleaned up and ready to roll.
Get her some fresh water.
Give mama, see if she's got some good eggs here.
Oh yeah.
These looked like good eggs.
There's no doubt about that.
So let's see what we have here.
It looks like a pretty good number of good eggs too.
So I'm just going to kind of get this moss
off of that really quick.
Get the rest over here.
Come on let's see what we got here.
Okay. So we've got two, four, six, seven, eight, 10, 12, 14.
14 beautiful eggs.
Just going to check to make sure there's nothing else there
but 14 eggs, that's good,
and again, I've told you guys before that
Brooks King snakes actually
hatch about 10 days earlier than most snakes.
So about 50 days from now
we're going to see some little heads poking out.
Listen, egg time is amazing, but baby time, way better
and hey, let's go ahead and stick with Brooks King snakes.
This one happens to be the opposite end
of the color spectrum.
This of course is an anerythristic.
So that one's that beautiful Albino,
this is the opposite, which of course is anerythristic,
which I absolutely love
and let's see if this girl gives us any good eggs.
I sure hope so.
We'll clean that cage up.
Get water in with her, all that good stuff.
And ya, Oh my gosh.
That is gorgeous.
I mean, is there just something
about that pearly white clutch of eggs?
I mean, I've pulled a lot
of eggs over the last 30 plus years
and I tell you what I still never get sick of doing it.
I mean, I look at them, I'm like
Oh my God, it's so exciting.
So we'll get these in the egg box.
We'll go two, four, six, eight, 10 beautiful eggs.
That's a pretty good day for Brooks Kings.
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Drogo! What are you doing buddy? Hi, sweetheart.
How are you doing today?
Been a couple of weeks
since we've rearranged all of his enclosure
so probably in the next week
or so we'll have to redo it,
but he's hanging out up on his branch,
stays looking down here.
He is such a cool thing.
And it's just such a hit during the weekends when we're open
because people can come in and interact with him
and now he's getting to the point where he knows,
Hi Drogo, he knows when people are around,
so he's really a lot more active, which is cool
because oftentimes when people come in, we give them treats.
So now he sees people must mean I get some treats.
So he cruises around,
he's really become just such an amazing animal ambassador.
Like I mentioned earlier in the vlog
the Lori project is really cool
and there's so much potential coming up.
I mean, when you get it
into who knows what it's going to be absolutely amazing.
This is one of my favorites we produced last year.
This was actually at Banana Cinni Lori.
I just think those three genes together
make an incredibly stunning snake.
I mean, I wasn't expecting it to look like this at all
and I was super happy about it
and again, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Over the next 4 or 5 years
breeding these guys into a bunch
of different morphs who knows what we're going to get.
So again, can you imagine even this snake bred
into a Leopard Ball python or a pied?
Guys, the list just goes on and on.
Or what is the Clown Lori Cinni gonna look like?
I mean, it's going to be absolutely incredible, the future.
So this one was definitely a awesome animal
and it's going to be ready to breed next year.
So this year we're going to breed some pretty
cool Lori stuff next year is going to be ridiculous.
- So, I know, look it talks.
- We were sitting there and we have some friends over
from Brian's, from North Carolina.
We were trying to get Tabasco out, his nails were long again
so now we're gonna trim 'em.
- Why am I involved?
- Whoa whoa.
- You want to come out here and get your nails done?
Alright, grab him.
He doesn't like me, actually.
- Why do I have to grab him? I already got the boo-boo.
- I know how to get them out, but I'm not tall enough.
No I don't want to get in there.
- [Mike] Come on.
- Why is he being like that? Mike? He doesn't like you
but that was just like, boom, a ladder, ladder.
That was amazing.
Excuse me, Mr Brian, we broke some more glass over here.
I gotta get the poop out of the way.
What am I supposed to do it with?
I've never been in here.
We are both scared. He's scared, I'm scared.
- [Mike] I'm not, I'm not scared.
Look, he's good.
- Take him Mike, take him Mike.
Ow, Mike my hand
Ow ow ow take him, Mike.
- [Mike] Jay, let go of it.
I got him.
- I don't have him.
- [Mike] I do, I do.
Oh he boo-booed my tattoo.
- [Jay] Oh he boo-booed your too-too.
Just hold him Mike.
- [Mike] He's loving you do it.
- Ew, that was like we kissed now.
- No, you did it in the front and I did in it the back.
- Oh it got my lip! Only a little bit of blood.
- That's not bad.
- That's why I wear these bracelets. They protect me.
It's basically like a chastity belt on my wrist.
- Jesus.
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