Hey, good morning, everybody.
And welcome to the vlog.
I hope this certain day is amazing
or whenever you happen to be watching.
Today we have,
a giant frozen pig.
And you know what that means, that means
that Ivy is about to get a big meal.
What do you say y'all?
My little girl over here,
well not so little girl, gets a little treat.
Here we go, Ivy.
Ivy, girl.
Got a little treat for you baby girl.
Come on sweetie. That's it girl.
I know you're hungry girl. That's it girl.
Oh! She got it, whoa!
Woo doggie.
Woo, I tell ya.
That is always exhil...
Oh, she got my foot now. Get it, get it, get it.
That is always exhilarating.
And it's kind of interesting too
that she was back there and she came out
from underneath the tree. Really cool.
Now I tell you what, what she's going to do,
I guarantee you she's gonna drop this in the water over here
because now we know she always eats
in the water, especially bigger meals.
So she might be on land right now
but I guarantee you within
the next few minutes she's gonna actually roll over,
get into water.
Which means I have to get her boyfriend,
Aries, out over here, who's in shed anyways.
But I don't want him mucking with her food
but that is a big meal.
As you know, she's getting big.
She is getting so darn big. It's a cool way to start.
So we're gonna be feeding some snakes today
but we also have a lot of other things going on.
So it's going to be a fun day.
But for now let's go ahead and just enjoy Ivy a little bit
and see how long it takes her to get in the water.
(calm music)
It is so impressive to see
that Anaconda eat such a big meal like that.
And of course, next up is my girl Moo Moo.
Oh, she's coming to town right now.
Here you go, girl.
Bam.
And you may notice
that we're feeding Moo Moo a rat this time.
And of course we fed Ivy a giant pig, right?
And you may be asking like, "Why do we feed her a giant pig
and then a small pig and then maybe some rabbit.
And why did last time we feed Moo Moo a pig
and now we're feeding her rats?".
You know, we want to vary things up on them too.
You know, I think it's healthy
for all animals get variety, right?
You know, and that means size too, you know?
We gonna always feed rodents
or some type of rodents to these animals.
So the fact is if you can go
with a big meal, a small meal,
maybe Moo Moo is gonna get two large rats instead
of one big pig, she's gonna digest differently, right?
And that's good for them.
In the wild they're gonna get variety.
Sometimes they're gonna eat a huge meal
and then eat again for another three weeks.
Sometimes they're gonna eat every four days, you know?
So trying to simulate that is probably good
for their digestion, it's good for their growth.
And it's just good probably even mentally for them
from an enrichment standpoint.
And Geoffrey's actually going to get a smaller meal
this week as well, just to kind of vary up things.
And he is definitely ready to go.
There he goes. Ooh, doggie.
That snake hits hard.
And you know, now we're close to a week
into the new year, you know?
So we kind of settled in.
Number one, first thing I wanna know from you guys
down in the comments, what was your resolution?
It's five, six days in.
Have you actually kept that resolution?
I'm gonna be totally honest with you.
I don't personally believe in resolutions,
I think every day is the same as every other day.
Not starting on January 1st
but starting whatever day you decide
to make a change in your life.
And we have a lot going on in 2021.
We are super excited about the future.
I know the first things first is just
to kind of get things running super, super good here
and keep things going at The Reptarium.
And to continue
to train these animals behavior side even more in 2021
than we did in 2020.
And speaking of training, of course
we've got Night Fury here
and the target training with this animal.
Come on. Whoa!
Come on buddy. Over here.
Up, up, up, up.
Nope. Nope.
Oh, oh, oh.
That didn't work out well.
Okay, okay.
Okay. Night fury.
Oh my gosh.
Gosh. I hate when this happens.
You always want to try to get it close enough
to where it's following the ball.
But I didn't want it to get close enough
where it's gonna actually eat the ball.
So now I have to somehow just try to really gently
without breaking any teeth, get it out.
Oh.
And then look at this.
(Brian and Camera Man laugh)
That's simple.
All right guys just gotta get her
to let him...
Now I gotta get him to let me go.
Oh, he's got- - [Camera Man] How's it feel
to be a rat? - Oh my gosh.
That thing has got some power.
That is absolutely ridiculous guys.
Wow. That's cool though.
But again, more training,
definitely more training of snakes.
There's no doubt about that
but again, personally, I've got a lot of things
that I'm working on in 2021.
You guys know that 2020 was a little bit of a rough ride.
In the uncertainty of what's gonna happen
in 2021 is got us, right?
I mean, there's no way
that we could have known 2020 was gonna turn
into the crap show that it was,
but we have a pretty good idea what we think 2021's going
to bring, at least we hope so.
But I want to start becoming more comfortable
with the uncomfortable and the uncertainty, right?
That's a personal goal of mine,
is to be more happy, to be more peaceful,
to be more competent in the future
without worrying about every little aspect
of every little thing.
(calm music)
And there she goes. She's actually got it
and she started to drag it towards the water.
I knew this was gonna happen.
She does it every single time.
And,
there it is.
She is in the water.
It is so cool to see an animal
that size actually curling around the water
to eat something like this.
I mean, it's crazy.
I was so nervous the first time she did that
but now it's absolutely incredible to watch.
(calm music)
And Ivy is all done.
And remember when we fed her first giant pig,
how huge she looked?
It looked like she was like giant.
Now you can barely see a lump.
I mean, you could definitely see a lump
but it's just shocking how big she's acting actually gotten
to a point where number one,
she crushed that pig in like 20 minutes.
The first time we fed her
it took her like an hour and a half.
Now she just crushes it.
Takes her about a good half hour, 45 minutes
to start eating 'cause she's just poking around.
But once she actually gets going
and gets in the water,
literally 15, 20 minutes completely done.
That is absolutely amazing.
It's crazy how quick she's growing.
(calm music)
It's up to my girl Perdida.
Come on, girl.
Here you go, girl.
Oh.
Whoa!
Just get a little bit closer.
Oh.
Woo, doggie.
Tell ya. And as you can see smaller meals
for her this week as well, that continued variation.
And you know the thing again, you know,
going on with what's going to happen in 2021 for me is
that I want to do more of the things that make me happy
and less of the things that bring me stress, right?
And you guys know, I love The Reptarium.
I love every part of it.
I love the animals, I love interacting,
I love the tours, I love the events,
I love everything about this place.
So obviously we're hoping we can expand in 2021.
I talk about it all the time
but it is something that I think
about almost every single day.
I mean, just thinking about the new interactions
and experiences that we can offer you guys gets me happy.
And I know that if I can do it,
not only do I enjoy building these enclosures
and building the new renovations and doing all this stuff
but bringing you guys new experiences makes me happy too.
So hopefully 2021,
some of my happiness will come from expanding The Reptarium
and maybe talking Lori into some otters.
Looks like snapping popper, ready to go.
Coming out for a little meal, buddy?
Come on.
As soon as they smell it, they're like, "Uh oh, I got food".
There monster, monster.
Here's another one for you little monkey.
Oh, there it goes.
And again, as always, I like to just separate these guys
out so that they're not around each.
And like I mentioned before, these guys remind me
of Australia.
There is no doubt that travel is a big part of my future
in 2021.
You know, I typically travel at least three
or four times a year out of the country.
And then almost once a month I would travel
to Florida or to LA or to taxes or whatever the case is.
So it was crazy not to travel hardly at all
except for a couple of trips this year.
I can't wait to get out of the country again.
Not only traveled to places like Utah and Wyoming
and back to Arizona and California and Florida
and all those things but also to go
to Australia, South Africa, Europe, Japan, Indonesia.
These are all things that are so high on my list.
And I think it's important for you guys
to write goals, you know?
I think that no matter what time of the year it is,
but in particular in the beginning of the year.
Write yourself some goals that you really want
to achieve this year,
then hold yourself accountable for those goals, right?
So if you say, "Hey, I want to lose weight.
I want to get in shape.
I want to go on this trip.
I want to start my business.
I want to do better in school", whatever the case is.
Then you can go back and hold yourself accountable for that.
I do, I am a note taker
and I am constantly writing myself goals and notes
on paper so I can go back and reflect on them.
Did I achieve it?
Did I overachieve it?
Or did I miss it, you know?
And I think it's a good thing for you guys to do.
(calm music)
Ooh!
(calm music)
Every year I have one goal
and that goal is to not get bit by Casper.
Because he is a crazy monkey.
Oh my gosh.
Come on Casper.
Woo.
Yup, not that way.
Come on.
Ooh. Oh!
Yikes!
Woo, doggie. I don't know...
I almost didn't make it through the first couple days
of January.
Whoa, whoa!
Come on.
Woo-hoo.
Doggie!
Yeah. That'll get your blood flowing.
I guess I almost jinxed myself on that one.
I almost got bit in the face,
I almost got bit in the hand.
Yeah.
That's one of my goals for this year,
not to get bit by Casper.
My girl's sunrise, favorite food is actually rat.
So when I back down
and do smaller meals like I'm doing today,
she is always so excited.
Come on over here bud.
Over here, over here, over here.
Come on, over here.
Whoops, nope. There you go.
Ooh!
Dog.
That is so much fun.
If you guys have never had a chance to feed a bigger snake
which I'm sure a lot of you guys haven't,
some of you certainly have.
It is just, it's awesome.
I mean, I've been doing it since I was 15 years old
and it's still never, ever, ever gets old.
So again, I cannot wait to read your comments.
Just hearing about what your plans are,
what you're excited about.
Also what you're excited about for me, you know?
Like what are you looking forward to
in this vlog for the next 360 days of the year, you know?
I can't wait to bring you guys along on the journey.
It's certainly been fun so far.
And I'm telling you what?
You just mark my words, this year is gonna be a banger.
(calm music)
You know I get to feed snakes all the time.
Mike is one of our new keepers here.
Hey Mike, how are you? - Good.
This is the first time you're gonna feed Sunrise, huh?
- Yeah
- [Bryan] What's gonna happen?
Watch out!
Sorry.
Oh, he's got ice in his veins, man.
This guy. (Mike laughs)
He didn't even flinch. - Snakes (indistinct).
That's it all it is. (Brian laughs)
- And then the last one we're gonna feed again is Geoffrey.
One last meal for this day.
Always good when it's a successful day.
Every single steak I tried to be fed today
which is just absolutely wonderful.
And there you have it.
And like I said, let's stay positive for 2021.
Let's make this year an amazing year.
Even if it starts a little of cruddy
it's going to get good.
We're gonna make it good.
It's going to be absolutely amazing.
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