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- Hey, good morning everybody and welcome to the vlog.
I hope the start of your day is absolutely wonderful.
We're actually starting our day here in Michigan,
but ending our day in Salt Lake City, Utah.
But first I'm over here at, The Reptarium,
of course we have a pretty full day
before we head to the airport later this afternoon.
So I get an opportunity to spend time with my animals
like Bella here.
You've gotta remember, I mean these animals
are such a part of my life.
When I do end up going on the road,
and I'm gonna be gone for a handful of days,
look at my girl over here
she's so absolutely incredible,
I miss these guys so much.
But thankfully the crew is absolutely amazing
and they're gonna keep things under wraps here too
so today we have to make sure
we get all our work done then we actually have
a Zoo To You birthday party
and then later on tonight we're actually open
for The Reptarium, but we're not gonna be here
so the crew's gonna have to do that.
So let's go ahead and just see what's going on here
at The Reptarium over at BHB.
And I actually have a few ball python clutches
I'm really excited to pull before we leave.
I'm glad that some of these laid
'cause I was kinda like, oh, I hope that there's not
a ton of stuff that lays when I'm in Utah.
This first girl is actually a Lemon Blast
and she might be a Vanilla
because the father was actually a Vanilla.
She looks a little light and actually beautiful,
but she was bred to a Pastel Vanilla Bamboo
so if she is a Vanilla we might be able
to get some Super Vanillas.
We've got Bamboos, we've got Pastels,
of course we've got Super Pastels
I mean there's gonna be some really cool stuff
in this clutch.
Looks like we got one little slugger over here,
but the rest of the clutch looks absolutely amazing
so we're just gonna go ahead and get this clutch out of here
and put it in an egg box over here,
get these last two eggs.
Mama, you did so good sweetheart absolutely incredible.
We'll get her cleaned up and all settled
and get her back onto food ready for breeding here
that's just coming in just a few months.
We've got two, four, six, seven good eggs,
one slug, again, that's gonna be
an absolutely ripper clutch.
And the next ball python clutch,
we just have to pull this girl down really quick.
And this just actually a really pretty normal ball python
it's bred to a Pastave Orange Dream
which maybe a Pastel, a Mojave, and an Orange Dream.
Looks like she's coiled around a beautiful clutch egg.
She's not a big girl at all,
but it looks really like a beautiful clutch.
Come on mama, I'm sorry,
I know you don't wanna give up those eggs,
oh, and you're a little striker too, whoa, come on mama.
What's going on with her?
I know she's just being a good mama
and trying to protect her eggs
and I'll be honest with you,
there's a lot more eggs then I expected here.
From such a small girl that is a really beautiful clutch.
I know mama, I am so sorry you did so good.
And again, that's a really cool clutch.
You know people a lot of times
thinks that even breeding Normals
isn't worth anymore, but to be honest with you
you can get some really cool stuff.
There's gonna be Pastels, there's gonna be Mojaves,
there's gonna be Orange Dreams
and a combination there of, so that's really cool.
Let's go ahead and get mama back in
and we'll count these eggs.
All right, looks like we have, two, four, six, eight eggs.
I would have never guessed that that little female
would lay eight eggs, that's absolutely wonderful.
And then the last clutch of the day
is actually a Spider female
and weirdly enough she's actually bred
to that same male as the first one,
which is the Pastel Vanilla Bamboo, unbelievable,
and all we have to do is get this girl down,
just get this girl down and take a look at that.
Whoa, she does have a couple sluggers in there.
She's a really beautiful animal, and again,
that Pastel Vanilla Bamboo,
oh my gosh this is gonna be amazing.
Okay, come on, mama do not bite me,
do not bite me.
It's okay girl, it's all right.
All in all it's a really it's a really beautiful clutch.
Again, looks like we have a couple little sluggers here,
no big deal.
And look at this, this is really cool.
Do you see that kind of wiggling around in there?
That is literally an egg that has just came out
and hasn't even started to calcify yet.
So you can literally see the veins
and you can see the actual embryo in there
which means that this mama just finished
probably within the last like 15 or 20 minutes.
It's okay mom don't worry about it.
We're gonna take care of your eggs mama,
I promise, woo, she's a feisty little monkey.
I'll get these couple slugs out of here.
Again, we'll get this girl up here,
get her all cleaned up ready to go
so she can get back onto food.
Looks like we have two, four, six, seven good eggs
and a couple slugs.
So all in all it's going well, again,
down to about 15, 17 more clutches for the year
for ball pythons, but hey,
they have been amazing and it's awesome
that now stuff is hatching.
Oh my god, I cannot wait until this clutch hatches
and all the clutches that were laid today
'cause there was some absolutely amazing ones.
Hey Lori, all right,
so I wanna talk to you about something.
What?
- All right, go ahead.
- No what I wanna talk to you about
is like we talked about
that you don't want anymore big snakes.
But I really wanna get a Anaconda
or a Piebald Retic.
So what do I have to do?
So let's make a negotiation here
for what I need to get rid of Retic-wise
in order for me to get something like that.
- (laughing) I hate these conversations.
- [Brian] Why?
- Why, because, you put me on the spot
and you stick a camera in my face.
- [Brian] Well, that's because I want you
to be accountable for the murdering.
- This is also good for me so you can be accountable
when I say, no.
- [Brian] No, no, but you figure if I added one snake
and maybe we got rid of a couple of the snakes
(voice covers voice) - We already have an Anaconda.
- [Brian] It's small though.
- Well, where you gonna get a big Anaconda?
- [Brian] I don't know, I don't have any beads
on big Anaconda's yet, but I do want one.
- And you have a lead on a
big Py Retic? - No, maybe.
- No. - Well, I haven't
even talked to Kevin about
the babies. - Good, don't.
- [Brian] Yeah because I would do that.
But I thought maybe you would allow me
if like let's say 'cause we've got a few Retics
that will never go over to the Reptarium
and we don't wanna breed 'em.
So we could probably, I'm sure someone, you know,
we could breed only two or three of our Retics
and then replace it with a Py Retic
that's gonna be a beautiful animal.
- What's gonna be cooler about a Py Retic than Perdida?
- [Brian] It's gonna be the same coolness.
- Well, that's redundant.
- Why? - The same coolness.
- [Brian] It's the same coolness but a different animal.
- You're not selling me. - (voice covers voice)
the Perdida and now they can be handling a Py too.
- No (laughing), you're not selling me on that at all.
- [Brian] What do I have to do to sell you on this?
What do I have to say?
- No, again, this is not the Retic area,
why do you want so many Retics?
- [Brian] Because big snakes and big lizards
are what people go, oh my gosh.
So is this a hard, no?
- (laughing) I swear to god,
I've never had so much trouble with my kids
as I do with you.
Yeah, it's a hard, no.
- [Brian] Really?
So I'll send you some pictures 'cause
(mic not picking up voice) - Oh, I can bet you
a million dollars that a picture is not gonna sway me.
- [Brian] Well then I guess
we'll keep all our retics then.
- You weren't getting rid of 'em anyways (laughing).
- I will, I will 'cause I want one bad.
Okay, this isn't going the way I wanted it to.
I'll come talk to you about it again tomorrow.
Another clutch hatched out that was in
the, Reptile Live Cam, and I cut these awhile ago.
It was a Pastel bred to a Pastel Kingpin
so a bunch of really cool babies
that actually hatched out.
I'm gonna just dive right into these guys
and take a look at 'em.
This is absolutely incredible.
The Kingspin is actually a Het Russo animal,
not actually a Lesser so theoretically
a Pastel Kingspin is the wrong thing,
but regardless this is actually
a little Spider Het Russo animal.
Really kind of cool how it changes the pattern
from say a Spider Lesser, what they would call a Lesser Bee.
We have a little Pastel Pinstripe here
which would of course be called a Lemon Blast,
really beautiful little animal.
This looks like it was just a Bumblebee.
When it was in the egg I thought
that there was a chance it was a Het Russo as well,
but it looks like it's just a Pastel Spider, really nice.
And remember there's Pastel on both sides,
the Pastel female and the Pastel Kingspin.
So this is a Super Pastel right here
which is just a double of the Pastel gene.
Now we get into some really beautiful animals right here.
This looks like this is actually a Killer Bee
which is a Super Pastel Spider
and also a Het Russo.
So this one is unbelievably gorgeous.
This is another one that looks to me
like it is probably a Spider Het Russo
although it's not quite as interesting
as this one is I think it's the same genetics,
again, I've talked about the fact
that there's polymorphism within the same snake.
You can get three are the same type of genetics
and they can all look a little bit different.
We also have this little monkey here
which is really interesting because it hatched
and then it crawled back into the egg.
And this is another one that is
a Bumble Bee Pastel Spider and a Het Russo.
Woo, that one is unbelievably good.
And this is the one that I'm pretty sure
is a Yellow Belly is too.
But I think the Pastel Kingpin
actually has Yellow Belly.
I've seen a little bit of Yellow Belly throughout here.
And then this is the all gene animal right here.
This is a Super Pastel, this is a Spider,
this is a Pinstripe, and it is a Het Russo,
so it's all the genes mixed together
and, wow, that did not disappoint guys.
I mean, oh, my, gosh, that is one pretty snake right there.
So that is what hatched out of this clutch, and again,
keep your eyes on the, Reptile Live Cam,
and you can watch clutches like this hatch 24/7.
Okay so we gotta pack up and get ready
for the Zoo To You birthday party.
I can't, this is a busy day.
Most people probably when they're traveling across country
don't pack their day, but we have a lot going on
so we're gonna go do that, get back here,
wrap up things here,
and then eventually get on to the airport.
Okay, so were at our, Zoo To You, birthday party.
And it's your birthday and who else's birthday?
- My sister, you said,
where's your sister?
- Upstairs. - Upstairs, okay.
- [Boy] (mumbles) Come down here.
- [Brian] We're gonna have a great time all right,
you ready? - Yeah.
(upbeat music)
- Just wrapping up here at the birthday party.
I tell you what, I love these.
No matter what kind of mood you're in
you get around one of these birthday parties
you better be happy because
it is just the most amazing thing.
We gotta pack up here in a second,
get back to The Reptarium, do our last things over there
and then hit the airport and Salt Lake City.
And of course we are leaving for Utah,
but the crew is still doing their best
to get the place spruced up
because they're gonna be taking over
at The Reptarium tonight when we're open.
I have a great crew so I'm sure
that the hand-full of days that I'm gone
they're really gonna do a really good job.
But they have to go through, do all their maintenance,
and get ready for the crowds that are coming tonight.
And it's that time,
we're gonna go ahead and pack up out of here
and get over to the airport and get on a plane.
You guys know that I don't like planes,
but regardless hopefully it'll be a nice smooth flight.
Let's head to the airport.
We're here on our way to the airport.
You guys excited?
- [Man] Oh, super hyped.
- All right good, I'm excited once we get there.
I don't, I'm not excited about getting on a plane.
- [Man] You'll be okay.
- I'll be okay I've done this before
and Lori's with me so I should be all right, right?
- You'll be fine. - Exactly.
- Just drive.
- All right, so we're off to the airport.
- Hi. - How are ya?
- Good, how are you? - Good, thank you.
- Be careful when opening
overhead bins-- - And, we've landed.
- To avoid injury from-- - In Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Have a good one guys. - Thanks, take care,
bye, bye, bye.
Oh, it's good to get off the plane.
It's hot, I love it.
I'm absolutely so stoked to be in,
how are you guys doing?
- I'm so excited I can't wait. - It's hot.
- [Man] It's always fast.
- I love it, this is gonna be a great few days guys.
There's always that anxiety when you see
like all of the luggage coming out
and it's kind of stopped,
but your luggage hasn't got here.
So, so hopefully they'll be unloading some more
because ours hasn't made it.
Found our bag,
now we just gotta find the Rent A Car place.
I tell you what we have been in Utah
for all of about 20 minutes.
I already am in love with
this place. - Yeah, me too.
- The mountains are ridiculous here.
The sights, unbelievable.
This is, I don't think I'm gonna wanna go home.
This is amazing, oh gosh,
it's gonna be a great trip.
All right guys, we made it to our hotel room.
We're gonna definitely get some shuteye
because it is getting late here.
We've got a few days of amazing adventure ahead of us
so it's gonna be absolutely incredible.
Tomorrow we're at, Sea Life.
Gonna be doing a bunch of really cool stuff.
We are definitely visiting Jeremy Stone,
The Snake Keepers, a bunch of stuff on this trip
it's gonna be absolutely incredible,
but as for now you have an amazing day.
I hope that you enjoyed this vlog today.
And I hope that you'll enjoy the next few days.
Be kind to someone and I promise
I'll see you guys tomorrow.