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Hey! Good morning everybody.
And welcome to the vlog.
I just fed Ares, now it's time for Eycke.
C'mon girl.
Whoa!
Whoo!
Tell you what, this girl hits hard!
And I hope your day is absolutely amazing.
Obviously, we're gonna be feedin some snakes,
but we also are really getting things going.
Today, destruction
of their coming up sloth room.
So you gotta destroy it in order
to build it back up.
We are getting down to the wire guys.
We are twenty-one days away from leaving
for our cross-country trip.
Which means we have a lot to do.
I'm talking, a lot to do.
So, let's feed some snakes and I'll take you
along on the journey of what the next twenty-one
days is gonna look like for me.
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Bonita Wakey wakey! Eggs and Bakey!
Come on girl!
Whoa!
Nope!
You missed, baby girl.
There you go.
There it is.
Whoo! I'll tell you what.
What a gorgeous snake, and basically,
let's go through a mental check list.
And you guys know we're working on the basement,
we not only need to get the Calubed room completely done
because we're gonna be brumating downstairs
in the basement.
Which means that that has to be completely done.
Air coming in to cool it down.
Animals in the whole shot, before we leave.
We hope that we can get the, kind of, sitting
area, VIP area, done.
Just so that's off my plate.
I'll be honest with you,
New Caledonia room's gonna be finished,
but not in the way of caging.
That's gonna have to happen when I
get back from this trip.
Of course the sloth, we not only have to
build out the room, but we have to actually
head to Florida to go get that sloth.
Come here.
And here you go.
There you go!
I'll tell you, that Ball training is coming really well.
And again, with that twenty-one days before we're
supposed to be leaving on this cross-country trip,
which, it's kind of already planned out,
so I think we're definitely gonna have to do this.
You gotta keep in mind that we've gotta go get
Drogo the sloth.
Now the owner is, I mean, she loves this sloth.
And one of the things that she was very
emphatical about was the fact that we would
drive him back, not fly him.
And to be honest with you, I feel more
comfortable with that too.
It's gonna be weird driving cross-country with
a sloth in the back.
But at the same time, then we can keep an eye on him
and make sure he's not stressed out.
Get him back over here, all that stuff.
So that means that's an eighteen hour drive one way
and then back.
So pretty much, four days of that twenty-one days
is gonna be spent traveling to go get Drogo.
Putting us down to seventeen days,
including this one by the way.
So really sixteen days as of tomorrow.
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I finally am gonna start to actually work on this.
So the first thing I'm gonna do is get all these cages out.
So I have to rip out all this facade here.
Get this cages out, we'll store the cages.
Rip down this, and then this room will completely free.
We'll just get this tree.
We'll put this in they party room.
And then this is all out.
And then tomorrow, I'll come and actually start
to seal the walls off.
Because here in the next few days,
the tree comes, the wall comes, the ceiling comes.
So we've got a lot of work to do.
But the first thing is get this rack out.
Which is a bummer because I love this rack.
It stinks that it's not gonna be here.
But hey, what can you do?
We've gotta get ready for a sloth.
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Al you ready to eat buddy?
Come on.
Let's go.
Whoa! There you are buddy.
Tell you, what an awesome snake.
This thing is just absolutely gorgeous.
And basically, just to give you the timeline,
what we're waiting on with the sloth room,
as we're getting done kinda
wrapping up the cleaning up phase,
is that, we need the tree, we need the rocks
and we need the ceiling to be done right.
So Stuart down at Universal Rock already has the tree
done and the walls done.
They're getting shipped right now as we speak.
So they'll be here in about four days or so.
We're about eight or nine days away
from getting the ceiling.
The ceiling has to go on, cause that's where
the lights are go on, the humidifier is gonna go on,
and plus we don't want Drogo to be able to get
through the drop ceiling.
So that's imperative.
Not sure if I wanna install the wall and the trees before
the ceiling or not.
I really want to put the ceiling in, then the walls.
But I might have to do it reversed
if I run out of time.
So, in the next week and a half or so,
while I'm kinda waiting for all the materials,
I'm gonna probably put all my energy
into the basement so that I can
get that Calubed room done, number one, cause that's
the most important thing.
Then the VIP kinda greenroom/sitting room area.
And then lastly the New Caledonia room.
So I've work cut out for me there.
And then hopefully I'll somehow get a couple hours
to do Matilda.
I'm not 100% sure about that.
But, nevertheless, the timing is definitely gonna get
pretty sketchy here.
Uh, I'm definitely feeling the pressure.
Sunfire, here you go bud.
Here you go.
There you go.
Whoo! Tell you what, what an amazing animal.
Just to be able to, like, sit up in a tree like this
is absolutely incredible.
And I know as a guy that suffers with anxiety
you might asking yourself like
"Brian, why are you doing this?
Seems like a lot of pressure.
A lot of stress."
But the truth is, is that all these things
have been on my mind for so long.
And here in the next two and half, three weeks,
all these things are gonna kinda
be coming to completion. Right?
And that kinda gets things out of my mind.
It checks off things.
It gets those little zip files that are just
clogging my mind.
And it frees them up. Right?
So, yes it's stressful.
And it's probably not the best thing for me
at the moment.
Because the anxiety might be a little bit higher
than what I want it to be.
But I've been doing really well with that,
working really hard on it.
Most days I feel so much better.
But the truth is every time I can tick something off,
that's gonna free my mind up.
And it's gonna make less anxiety for me.
So I'm not gonna sit back and let things just
sit in the back of my mind, circling and circling around
bugging me.
I wanna get these things done.
And if I can get these things done
before we leave on this trip,
It's just gonna make the trip even that much
more fulfilling.
Here you go Jeffrey.
There you go, bud.
Oh! Yeah, he got that one guys.
I remember that clutch of pastel leopard clown
that was bred to a banana clown that hatched
about a week ago.
We cut the eggs.
I tell you what, they just shed out today.
I just had to take a break from everything
and go show you how stunning these animals are.
Have to update you guys on that clown ball python clutch
that we hatched about a week ago.
They shed out and look amazing again.
This was a pastel leopard clown bred to a banana clown.
And this is just a little leopard clown ball python here.
But it's just absolutely wonderful.
I mean, that leopard and the clown mixed together
produces that pattern.
You have that big, wide stripe down and the kinda
those cool dotting down the sides.
Absolutely an amazing animal.
There's no doubt about it.
Then we actually hit the all-gene animal.
Which was the pastel banana leopard clown
ball python right here.
Again, super soft, super subtle.
Just beautiful snake.
I mean that thing is glowing!
I tell you, look at the head pattern on it.
The blushing.
That is an incredible, incredible snake.
Absolutely wonderful.
And again, because the banana is typically sex linked,
this is a boy as the other other banana
that I'm about to show you is a boy.
And then, all the rest of the clutch was female.
So that's cool as heck that we can
raise some of this up.
And then this one was the one that I honestly
was probably the most excited about.
This is just a normal banana leopard clown.
So without the pastel.
And look at the colors on that thing.
Just that orange is coming through
and that purple stripe, and that head pattern,
the head color.
Gosh, that animal is incredible.
So we'll hang on to the two boys for sure
to raise up for future breeders.
But wow, this thing is one of the coolest
snakes that I've produced this year.
Absolutely stunning.
And it's only gonna get better with age.
'Cause this guy's gonna get beautiful
when when he's 5-600 grams.
Look out, you're gonna need some sun glasses people.
So I had to update you on this clutch cause it's
absolutely incredible.
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Not gonna lie, I'm a little bit sad.
I really loved the idea of the snake massage room.
And we were only to do it for a very short while
before we had to shut it down.
It's sad to be at this point, and see it go away.
But we've got all the facade out.
We got the cages out.
Now we just have to rip down the two-by-fours.
And this place is cleaned up.
And I can start actually sealing it up.
And getting ready for Drogo.
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Daisy, you ready to eat girl?
Come on.
There you go sweetheart.
There it is.
There.
I tell you what, she just shed out.
She looks great.
And she was definitely ready to go in.
And when it comes to this trip,
I wanted to explain why I'm doing it.
Two reasons, really, number one is the fact that
you know, you guys I travel a lot or I used to
travel a lot.
Haven't traveled at all since March.
I think it's time to get away.
You guys have kinda been putting up with me
here at the shop, for all these months,
without having any kind of change of scenery.
And I appreciate your support.
You guys have been absolutely amazing.
And I just thought it might be time to get away.
The other thing is, as I'm getting better with anxiety,
I think it's time to push the envelope. Right?
If you start to retract into a spot where you
feel comfortable.
You're not growing as a person.
So it is kind of an anxious thing
to go on a cross-country trip.
You know, four five thousand miles away from home
for thirteen days.
Never done it before, this way.
In a mobile home with a few guys.
I mean, it is an anxiety kinda ridden thing.
But yet, I know that if I can do it,
it's a win.
It's a test.
And as everyday that goes by I'm gonna feel
more strong, and more strong, and more kinda
able to get past it.
So that's why I'm doing it.
Partly so you guys have a change of pace.
And I hope that you guys will enjoy.
'Cause we're gonna see some amazing animals along the way.
And have some amazing adventures.
But also, to push me personally to get the point where
I'm even better. Right?
I always want to push the envelope.
And I want to encourage you guys
if you're dealing with these issues.
Don't retract in.
Don't avoid.
Try to go forward because that's
the best way to get better.
And that is it!
It's official.
The room is well underway.
Well it's never been well underway but it's
cleared out.
So, again, what'll happen is
this'll all be rock wall.
All the way around here, with some ledges
and stuff like that.
There's gonna be a tree right in the center of this.
And then there'll be a bunch of vines or hammocks,
a bunch of cool things for it to climb on.
So, it's gonna be good.
The next step is to take kinda a weather sheeting
and just go all the way around the wall,
just up to here.
That way, if we want, we can spray everything down
after we actually rock it.
And it can go right into this drain right on the
floor over here.
You know, 'cause listen, sloth's pee a lot.
They don't poop very much,
but they do pee a lot.
So we're gonna have to do that and so, again
blank slate, it's gonna look really cool here
in the next week and a half.
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So, needless to say guys,
the next three weeks is gonna be crazy.
So buckle up, 'cause it's gonna be wild.
And send me as much positive energy as you can.
But it's gonna be exciting.
And I hope that you guys are gonna enjoy it.
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