- [Man] Oh, woo, that was a close one guys!
Six month old female right here.
Take a look at these.
- [Laurie] Oh my goodness.
- It's pretty awesome,
I've been waiting for this box to show up.
I've got a surprise for Laurie,
so let's go get her and un-box this.
Laurie, I got a surprise, I bought a couple things
and I want to show you, if you've got time.
- What did you buy?
- [Man] I got some stuff, you wanna go un-box it with me?
- Okay.
- Let's go.
Alright, so here it is Laurie.
I got your present.
- Oh it's a present for me?
- Well, kind of, a little bit, sort of.
I know that you like them, so,
and I know we talked about potentially getting some more.
What are you worried about? - Stabbing me?
- What are you worried about?
- We talked about you stabbing me.
- Gonna just peak real quick.
Alright, perfect.
Oh my gosh, oh jeez.
Look at, look at this one here.
This is cool.
We got some new baby leaches
from my buddy over at Jones' Reptiles.
Ah, that's where a couple of ours have already come from.
But take a look at these little guys here.
Look at these Laurie.
- [Laurie] Oh my gosh, those are so tiny.
I don't think I've ever seen them that small.
- [Man] This is actually a six month old female right here.
(Laurie laughing)
And take a look at these.
- [Laurie] Oh my goodness, how old are these?
- [Man] These are just literally a couple weeks old,
they're super young. - Okay, I was gonna say,
this looks like about, what, hatching the sizes would be.
Oh my goodness they're so cute and fat.
- Look how cute this one is.
(Laurie laughing)
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, oh my God, I'm excited.
- My goodness.
- I knew you love leeches.
- I do, I do.
- It's always like one of your favorite reptiles.
- And they were on my list of to get more.
- Mo and myself next week are actually going
to sleep over at Leaping Leeches' place.
- Shut up!
- We're going to go see his place, yeah.
- Oh you're gonna go there without me, that's nice.
- [Man] You can come.
(Jessica shouting)
- (laughing) Yeah, I know, Jessica and me are both like,
what the heck? (laughing)
- (mumbles) And this one's just a little,
couple weeks older.
Look at that cool marking on his--
- [Laurie] Yeah, I was just gonna say that.
It's got that really cool dark spot on its head.
- [Man] But look at how just a couple weeks
can make a difference,
Oh my God. - I think this guy
kinda does too, it's got that little bit of dark there.
- I wonder if maybe as they get older they, like,
change or something something like that.
I think that this is a probable male.
- (laughing) They're so tiny.
- And then the rest are female.
- This is. - So we got one male
and two little tiny females and one bigger female.
- This is so cool.
See, you know what I love, I love already,
like how big Big Bertha is getting,
and she still has so much to grow.
I'd like to put her next to these little tiny ones
and show the difference, this is crazy.
- Look at how cool they are,
hopefully 'cause they're so beautiful.
It's just crazy.
Look at how cute they are.
Oh my gosh! - Oh my goodness,
I can't wait to hatching some of these guys.
- I know, hopefully in a year
we'll have our own little baby leeches.
I just figure this would be a good way to start,
kind of, continuing to grow.
And this is the same locality as the other ones we have.
- Okay perfect.
- So now we have to get some different localities too.
- Well finally a nice surprise.
- I know, I try, I was excited.
Let's go show Jessica - Yeah.
- Jessica, I know you're excited about these guys too.
So this is a little six month old girl.
- Don't eat 'em.
- Oh no. - Oh my gosh,
you guys are--
- There so little, I know.
- [Jessica] They're like the size of the gargoyle geckos.
- I know, isn't it so cute? (laughing)
So you've never seen 'em this small either?
- No!
Look how cute are they.
- [Man] I know.
- [Jessica] This one's got a cool patterns on it though,
different than the other ones.
- [Man] I know.
Did you get bit by lab rat gecko?
- [Jessica] I did.
- [Man] Oh my gosh!
- First male bite of the year,
actually got another one right there.
That's from a female.
- [Man] This one's like a heart.
- [Laurie] Little heart shape little love.
- [Jessica] A bite.
- Oh my god, they're, oh my gosh.
So I had actually told Jessica that these were coming,
so we already talked about the set up.
I've got some boxes
and I figured we could take you through the process
of how we're gonna actually set these guys up.
Jessica knows more about it that anything.
So let's go ahead and do that.
What do you say we we get started?
Of course I've got Jessica with me.
I'm gonna do a little mental inventory
for you guys, really quick.
We've got three different sizes,
so we're gonna use a bigger tub, a medium sized tub
and some smaller tubs.
That way Jessica can just
really keep an eye on the animals eating,
while they're kind of going through a quarantine process
and stuff like that.
We have some fake plants right here.
And then we have this kinda plastic hardware cloth,
that basically, Jessica makes these tubes
that are great for them to hide and climb
and all that type of stuff.
Plus you've got zip ties, to zip them together.
We've got a drill to make some holes in the tub,
and stuff like that.
So tell me what we're gonna do.
- Ah, first thing's first,
we're gonna make our little climbing tubes,
our little mesh tube.
So this is pretty easy.
You wanna make sure the tube is big enough
that your arm can fit through it.
So if I gecko's inside the tube,
you can actually get it out.
Make sure your arm'll fit through it,
so you kinda just size it up in there.
Gonna make mine about this, this wide.
The other thing you wanna remember
about making the whole tube,
is that you don't wanna use it
for geckos that's heads are smaller than the little holes,
because you don't want him to get stuck in there.
We're probably only gonna use this, for this one.
- [Man] Okay, the other two small ones,
a little bit too big?
- Yep they're a little too small for it,
so we'll figure something else out for them.
- Right sure.
They do make this cloth in smaller holes,
I just bought this one,
I wasn't thinking about the head thing.
That's why I've got Jessica,
'cause she's a lot smarter than I am, obviously.
So, alright, so once you do that--
- So I got it really long here.
We're probably gonna wanna cut it down a little bit.
And I usually do it about two tubes from this.
So we'll cut it about there.
Then you can go back through
and cut off these little pointy parts
at the end if you want.
- [Man] Just zip tie 'em together.
- One in the middle, one on each end,
and then maybe one (mumbles).
- And then obviously snip this off,
just as an extra and stuff like that.
But that's pretty much the simplistic way
of making tube that's really good for geckos.
Obviously, like Jessica said, make sure that,
also the appropriate size for,
but it's a really good thing,
because the geckos can get in there.
Yet there's plenty of air-a-tion.
It's really easy to disinfect because it's plastic.
You can dip it in, you can dip it in kind of disinfectant,
bleach water, whatever the case may be.
And like Jessica said,
make sure you can get your arm down there
if you have to get the gecko out.
And there's the finished product guys.
Quick and easy tube.
Now Jessica said she's gonna put two of 'em in here.
- And it'll be like, like that.
- [Man] Gotcha, that way they can kinda climb around
and have some good stuff.
And then onto the decorations, and so on like that.
- Take a couple little pieces of this,
and we're gonna put it on the outside of this,
so they can hide inside the tube,
or under the leaves on the outside of the tube.
- So that basically wraps up the big cage for that.
And we're gonna do the same thing, just on a smaller level,
for the other two cages.
And again, Jessica said,
we're gonna have to get some smaller plastic mesh,
so the gecko's head doesn't get caught in there,
but then we're just gonna set those guys up,
then we'll let them settle in.
All the tubs are set up, you can kinda see.
The smaller tubs right here
have lots of foliage for them to hide in.
The medium size one has a little bit of a moist box.
Obviously the big one is all set.
So what do we gotta do now?
Just mist them down a little bit?
- So, they're gonna drink mostly off of the walls and stuff,
and water collecting.
We'll still put a water dish in there, just in case.
But, mist all these down really quick.
- Yeah and these guys are also eating Pangea Fruit Mix
and some bugs as well.
Certainly re-pash, she's the same type of thing,
but these particular ones were started
on Pangea Fruit Mix, and again,
he said he was feeding them some crickets as well.
Alright, good with that. - Now we just pound a farm in.
- [Man] Let's do it!
Ah look at that girl, she's.
- [Jessica] Like I don't wanna let go of the baby--
- [Man] Here you go sweetie, here's your new home.
I think she looks so good in there.
I think that's perfect for her too,
that gives her lost of room. - Yeah.
- She should be really good.
And of course the smaller ones are gonna go in smaller ones,
'cause you wanna keep a closer eye on 'em.
They get lost in something this big, so.
- They get intimidated too, they won't find their food
if you put something this small into a cage this big.
- [Man] Right, yeah, exactly.
- So we'll, we wanna make sure these little hatchlings
are eating before we move 'em up to something bigger.
Here you go little one.
And all this they can climb on, all the foliage.
- Yeah absolutely.
There you go, that's awesome.
And then we just have the mid-size one
to go in the other one and they're all set.
We'll get laithes on these guys.
And temperatures for these?
- We wanna do upper 70s, lower 80s.
You don't wanna go above, like, 82 with them.
- Yeah that's one of the things
that some people make the mistake on,
they can go just a little bit too warm on these guys,
and they won't do well.
So that is it, we got our new leeches in.
We got 'em all set up, thanks to Jessica.
And we're excited to see these guys grow, for sure.
Let's go next door and see see what's goin' on over there.
You know it's always exciting to get now animals,
especially when it's for a future breading thing,
like over at BHB, with the leeches.
Definitely a group of animals we wanted to expand on.
I mean, obviously we grew into leopard geckos really well.
Now the gargoyle group is definitely growing up.
Now we wanna get into chahouas and leeches.
Again, we're not talking about,
like, mass-producing these things,
we just want grow, so we can get really excited about it.
'Cause Jessica loves 'em, Laurie loves 'em, I love 'em,
so it's really cool.
As for now, we have to do a quick feeding
of a bunch of snakes over here at the reptarum.
I'm not gonna bore you guys with a lot,
'cause we've done so many feedings.
But I'm gonna go ahead
and just give you the overview, if you don't mind.
Starting with my girl Sunrise here,
that definitely looks like she is very ready to eat.
Oh yeah, she's ready.
There we go girl, (laughing) she is such a sweetheart.
So again, let's just go ahead,
power through all the feeding here.
There we go sweetie, there we go.
I just love the way that guy takes it.
Just so gently, what an awesome animal.
Ricky looks like he's fired up to eat.
Oh!
Woo, that was a close one guys!
Wa-hoo, ha-hoo, doggy,
he almost got the little fuzzy thing on top of my camera.
Try to make sure that Night Fury,
the little cheeky monkey here,
only gets one rat and doesn't steal a second one this week.
There you go little buddy, there we go.
I'm gonna up the size of food a little bit on Honey,
the high vault ball python this week,
and just see how she does on a slightly larger rat.
Girl, you wanna?
Oh she missed it.
There you go sweetheart.
I think it's gonna be the perfect size for her,
because she's kinda getting to that point
where she's really gonna start growing,
which is really cool, which is a little weird
because of course we use her to kinda get kids to hold,
so we don't want her to be too big,
because a nice small ball python is really good,
but we always have Helen.
Nevertheless, I think this is gonna be awesome for her.
Always say that Butterscotch and Sunfire
are the most catchy snakes to feed here.
Course we don't have any rabbits for Butterscotch today,
she'll feed in the next day or two.
But Sunfire here, ooh doggy, she is always fun.
One of these days, she's definitely gonna get me.
Come on girl.
Ooh, didn't like that at all.
Ah, there you go girl.
Ooh, I tell you what, there was a sketchy moment in there,
where she was coming at me,
and I knew that my arm was in striking range.
I am so glad that she took that rat.
She is high energy and she is crazy.
Lockie the tiger-amazon.
And I feel I have to say this every time I feed the frog,
you know, you don't feed frogs big mice every week.
If you do it every three to four weeks,
something like that, it's okay for 'em.
Other than that you've gotta feed 'em bugs, worms, fish,
all that type of stuff, because it's not good for 'em.
But as an adult like Snoop Frog here,
when he's this big, once every few weeks,
once a month or so like that,
a mouse isn't really bad for 'em.
Well that was one gulp (laughing).
Sunny is fresh out of shed, she looks absolutely amazing.
And, of course right after they get out of shed,
they love to eat.
Oh, give another to my girl Sunrise here.
She's fired up to eat for sure.
You're a good girl honey, there you go baby (laughing).
She is definitely, she's a beautiful tame snake,
but when it comes to food, she definitely likes to eat.
And that'll wrap up the feeding portion of this vlog.
Geckos are all settled in, looking good,
and I cannot wait to see them kinda thrive.
They grow so quick guys, I mean,
they literally go from this size to like this size,
just in like six months, so they are absolutely incredible.
Of course Big Bertha next door,
hopefully will be big enough
to maybe bread next year, we'll see.
Again, it's not high on my priority list
to bread these guys, I just wanna group
'cause I've always thought they were amazing,
Laurie's always thought they were amazing
and truth be told Jessica is so important to us.
As I really like to give her things
that she loves to work with.
After all, she works with leopard geckos so much,
I love to give her other groups of animals
to keep her just excited about the job,
'cause she is truly, truly amazing to me.
I do wanna just say one thing just quick,
it does concern me a little bit.
Whenever, YouTubers, myself included, get new animals,
they seem to be one of the most popular videos.
So when it's like, got a new this, got a new that,
I do say, you know, hey,
we're a breading company, we're a zoo, stuff like that,
but it is a little dangerous.
And what I means by that, is that in certain cases,
there are YouTubers that feel almost the need
to get animals in order to get views.
We don't do it here,
because this is what we do for a living.
And I'm not calling anyone out.
What I'm saying is it's an interesting topic.
Comment down below, and tell me what you think about that.
Because, after all, if you're just continuing
to add animals after animals after animals,
because that's the way you kinda get people interested,
it is a little bit dangerous, because I don't know
that that's a good message to be sending.
That said, we've been getting animals for the last 30 years,
so for us it's really nothing new.
Anyways, I would like to know your opinion on this.
With that said, have an absolutely amazing day.
You guys mean the world to me.
Be kind to someone.
And I promise, I will see you guys tomorrow.
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