- Hey, good morning, everybody,
and welcome to the vlog.
And I hope the start of your day
is as incredible as it possibly can be.
I was actually down checking some animals,
and guess what?
If you guessed that we have our first ball python clutch,
you guessed right. (laughs)
That's right, it's actually this girl right here,
of course, a Genetic Stripe Ball Python.
But first thing I wanna do is actually show you
the male that I bred to it.
And here he is.
This is actually a beautiful Banana G Stripe.
So G Stripe is actually just a genetic stripe.
It's a recessive mutation.
And then of course this is a banana,
which is an incomplete dominant.
Everything in this clutch, firstly,
will certainly be a genetic stripe
because it's a recessive mutation.
Both the male and the female are genetic stripe.
So all genetic stripes, and then about 50% on average,
are gonna be Banana G Stripe.
So, that's so cool. (laughs)
Let's go ahead, pull this girl down,
and lets see how many eggs she has.
I tell you what, guys, I am so excited about this.
I've been waiting for ball python eggs for a while now.
We've been breeding them for a long time,
and obviously, it is now the season.
And I tell ya, it's cranking down here.
So we're gonna have a lot of clutches.
So come on, mama, you wanna let go, baby?
And I'm just gonna really gently just kinda remove her.
She set in a position where she's really good.
I see one little slugger in here,
but other than that it looks good.
I am gonna candle this egg cause it was loose,
and I'd say this spot down here typically means
that the actual embryo will be up top,
but we'll have to wait to see what that is.
And again, there's one little slugger,
just an infertile egg right here.
Maybe we'll feed that off to Elvis or something like that.
But then the rest of the clutch loos absolutely beautiful.
And mama, you did so good.
Way to go, girl.
Open up this box right here,
and we'll just set these right on in here.
She laid 'em nice and flat,
so I shouldn't have to remove anything.
I think I'm in pretty good shape.
Again, I'll candle this particular egg right here.
So we have two, four, six, seven good eggs, one slug.
Eight eggs total with one slug.
Not a bad way to start the year out.
I tell you what, that is incredible.
And like I said, I don't know if we'll have a lot of eggs
in the next week or so,
but here in a about a week and a half, two weeks,
it's gonna get on, and it's crazy.
Like I said, I think we have like
160 something females gravid already,
and we're still breeding other ones.
So, it's gonna be a banger of a year,
and that is a great way to not only start the year,
but also start the day.
So what do you say, let's just forget about everything else
and have a great time together.
(upbeat music)
The same thing we did with the Children's
and Simpson's python from yesterday,
you're just gonna find a room that you can go dark
and get a light, flashlight, whatever you wanna do,
and we're just gonna look for the embryo.
So lights out.
And again, I'm just gonna go like that,
and you can see there's a little network
of veins right there,
and you can actually even see that little round circle.
That's part of the bubble,
and if I shake a little bit,
you'll see it's actually moving.
I'm gonna be honest with ya,
I wish there was some more veins in here,
but nevertheless, we at least have an embryo.
Sometimes when there's a weak network of veins,
the egg won't actually make it through term.
So we'll have to keep an eye on this one.
But other than that, I candled the rest of the eggs.
Everything has really strong veins.
So that is amazing.
And again, now the ball python season
is officially underway.
Been a while since we fed Ben and Jerry.
So I figured, might as well go ahead and do it.
Come on, bud.
There's Ben.
Ben always takes it first.
We know how that goes.
And basically what happens is once Ben actually
is starting to eat and getting going,
then I offer to Jerry.
Usually when it's about halfway done,
that's when Jerry's usually interested in actually eating.
But it's cool that they're still pounding food.
(mellow music)
There's Jerry.
Way to go.
And that's what happens.
Again, Ben gets a little bit down,
and then Jerry decides, all right, it's time for me to eat.
So, awesome that they're both eating.
It's just so cool to have a two-headed snake that's awesome.
And it's been a while since I showed you guys them eating,
so I figured, why not share it with you
because to me, every time they eat is pretty special.
(upbeat music)
- So this is Trey.
He's probably the nicest snake you ever meet
because he has never struck in his life.
As you can see, he's just moving around.
I know Trey more than anybody else.
- [Brian] Okay, so what do you know about him?
What's his favorite color?
(ringing)
What's his favorite song?
(ringing)
- Okay, I don't really know that.
I just know, I just know the facts of he's born,
really how he's born,
and where he can (laughs).
Why are the cameras taking over?
Whatever.
- Got a couple big ovulations today.
Of course this is an Albino Cinny female
that's Poss Het Pied that was bred to an albino pied.
She is just loaded up and just ovulated.
So we're starting to see a lot of that.
And then this girl, I'm not even gonna pick her up.
Look at how unbelievable that is.
That ovulation that starts right there.
She can't even bend
(laughs) And again, said to be born.
That typically lasts about six to eight hours,
something like that.
Looks like this girl is ovulating as well.
This is actually an Axanthic girl.
And look at that, a big ovulation.
So yeah, a lot of ovulations today.
I mean, things are definitely popping down here.
As always, a lot of work over here at the reptarium.
Bruce is actually working on the turtle pond with Bowzer.
Obviously the tortoises are out,
Matilda, all the guys.
Oh, and we have Zoe out too.
He's working on the tortoise thing.
So, always still a lot of maintenance over here.
Things are really kind of moving along as normal
as far as that goes.
And we're kinda slowly getting into the groove.
Ivy is still way back in the background over there.
Definitely need to feed her pretty soon
'cause she's on the prowl for sure.
So, yeah, we'll just jump in and see
what's going on here at the reptarium.
You guys know, as much as I love being over at BHB,
which I really do, I love the reptarium.
So let's just see what's up.
(upbeat music)
Steve's out for a little journey today.
It's the first time he's actually explored
the new reptarium,
and it looks like he's on a mission.
Have fun, Steve.
Bye.
(upbeat music)
What do you think his plans are after college?
- He'll invest some money.
He invests some money.
- [Brian] In like an app or something like that,
like a tech company?
- He'll invest his money in rats.
See, first he'll get some rats,
and he'll invest that money,
and soon that money will go to a couple $10,000.
- This is crazy, guys.
I've never had a day like this.
I mean, I big ovulation right here.
We've got a big ovulation right here.
Look at this girl.
I mean, she's not even a big girl,
but she's huge.
And then take a look at this ovulation right here.
It looks like it ate a rabbit.
It's crazy.
I mean, I've already come across
probably eight, nine girls ovulating,
and I've only gotten through three racks.
I mean, that means 50 days from now
is when we're gonna see an explosion of eggs.
Because what happens after an ovulation,
they go into a pre-lay shed.
That's about 20 days after, they'll shed out.
And then 30 days from that shed,
approximately is when they're gonna lay.
So about 50 days from now, just in these handful of racks,
we're probably gonna get eight or nine clutches just here,
not to mention the rest.
Wow, it's gonna be a banger of a year.
(upbeat music)
- I've actually started to notice that the webbing
is starting to pick up a little bit.
And our Poecilotheria metallica,
or the Gooty sapphire tarantula,
she had actually started web quite a bit
for the past two to three weeks.
She's been eating pretty regularly.
So I hadn't really like,
that hadn't really raised any like red flags.
Especially, for a tree spider,
typically, they will actually like web up a lot.
But this past week, I tried to feed her,
and what do you know, she started to refuse food.
So that's my second, second really, really huge red flag
of a potential pre-molt.
I'll give hern an opportunity a couple more times
throughout the next couple weeks,
but I'm pretty sure within the next 30-45 days,
we'll probably end up seeing her molt,
and that's gonna be so, so cool.
'Cause man, she's already a beautiful, beautiful tarantula,
as you guys can see.
When she comes out of molt, man, I'm telling ya,
it's (whistles) wow.
We have actually had one molt since we've obtained her
about a year and a half ago when we first got her.
She's molted only one time.
It was a beautiful, beautiful molt,
came out completely fine, no issues or anything like that.
Never really would of thought, after a molt like that,
especially from some of the species I've kept before,
that would of been so vibrant in color.
And that's what we're definitely gonna see
when she molts again.
- I find it interesting the behavior between Snap and Pop
of course, the black-headed pythons.
Snap is up here, just been chilling for like
two or three days in the hot spot right in the basking area.
Then Pop down here has been chilling in the cool side.
Both of 'em are actually in shed right now,
but it's kinda cool how they were kinda together
for about a week or two,
and now they kinda separated for the shed cycle.
But I just find it interesting behaviorally
why Snap seems to wanna be on the hot spot
and Pop wants to be on the cool side.
It'll be interesting to see if that changes their shed.
I have no idea what's going on,
but couldn't be more happier with this enclosure.
It's absolutely amazing.
You know what I wanna do, guys?
I actually wanna give one of these posters away here,
signed by everyone in the crew.
So go down in the comments right now
and just post something like hey, I want a poster,
or tell me why you want a poster, or something like that,
and I'll pick somebody to actually send this off to.
And who knows, maybe I'll do a few of these a week.
I'm not sure.
Or maybe I'll move on to some other swag.
I'm not sure.
But anyways, love this poster.
And if you guys are interested in getting one,
go ahead, comment down bellow.
And again, just ovulation after ovulation.
I'm up to probably 15-18 ovulations.
This is actually a Chocolate Pin.
This is potential for a Barney Ball
that I keep talking about.
But you can also see what they call glowing, right?
This animal's really light and unbelievably beautiful.
That's what happens just before an ovulation
and then at an ovulation.
I tell you what, I'm blown away.
In all the years I've been breeding ball python,
I've never had one day where so many animals
ovulated the exact same time.
I mean, it's just, it's crazy.
And another one.
And this is a crazy animal here
because I'm not even sure genetically what it is.
It was one of those freaks that hatched out
that looks like nothing like it's supposed to.
I don't know what it is.
So I'm super excited.
And obviously, a massive ovulation.
- People think they're blind.
Not completely blind though.
People think they're blind--
- [Brian] But they're not.
- Yeah, they're not.
They're not completely--
- [Brian] But people think they are.
- Yeah, but people think they're blind.
- [Brian] But they're not.
- They're not comp--
- [Brian] But people think they are.
- Yes, I mean-- - [Brian] But they're not.
- I mean, yeah.
Can you stop.
As you can see, I've spent my whole life
studying these beautiful, these beautiful life forms.
- [Brian] Are you enjoying being home right now?
- Yes, I am enjoying,
'cause I don't have to see my horrible teachers.
(dramatic music)
- [Brian] Definitely a little baby hatched out.
- [Girl] Yeah.
- [Brian] So I assume the other one's
probably gonna hatch any time.
- [Girl] Yeah, it should.
Yeah, they were out at the same time.
- [Brian] So a little crested gecko.
- [Girl] Nice and cute too.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, yeah, they are super cute.
They're so adorable.
- [Girl] What was this one out of?
Honey and Peach Panther.
This one might be a red one.
We'll see.
- [Brian] Oh, okay, nice.
Well that certainly is a beautiful little dude.
Look how cute he is.
Oh my gosh, that thing is awesome.
So, got a lot of eggs still left to hatch.
So you did a good job.
- And then leopard geckos are about to start too.
- Yeah, leopard geckos are about to start.
And then hopefully we'll get some leachies here
and some chahouas.
So fingers crossed.
I think now that it's been a couple weeks now,
I'm starting to kinda feel back to myself
as far as health goes.
It's gonna be back to jumping in,
finishing off things at the reptarium here.
Obviously we've got a couple enclosures
that still need animals in it.
Gonna start kinda fixtureing out all this stuff,
seeming everything, getting everything together.
'Cause even though we don't know
when we're gonna be able to be open again,
it will happen, right?
So we might as well do that.
I definitely have to work on the snake massage room as well.
Obviously, this has to all be done over here,
work on a couple other things,
finish out this whole enclosure here.
So yeah, I'm excited now that my energy level is coming back
that I can get back into some of these projects.
- [Lady] Guess on what this is?
- I have no idea what this is.
- [Lady] I don't either.
- I think it's just one thing here.
Is there a note in here or anything?
Not sure who sent this.
The note might be in here.
- Forrest Fire.
- Oh, I know exactly what this is.
Oh my God, this is so dope, man.
Unbelievable.
So, a guy reached out to me.
Kevin reached out to me and said,
I wanted, once again, to allow you
to do something special for Forrest
and the croc monitor cage.
So he basically engraved this plaque for us.
- Oh! - Oh my gosh.
In loving memory, Forrest Fanning, June.
Oh my God, I'm gonna cry.
Yeah, thank you, man.
- Thank you so much.
- So we'll put that on the croc monitor's cage for sure.
- That's so cool.
That was so nice.
- That is awesome.
Thank you, seriously.
That was, that's, yeah.
Thank you so much.
I appreciate you.
That is so amazing. - I didn't know about that.
- Yeah, he had reached out to me,
and he did such an amazing thing.
Loving husband, devoted father, friend, conservationist,
lover of all animals.
Your memory will be forever in our hearts.
He will.
Thank you, man.
I appreciate you so much. - That's perfect.
- Oh, and there's more.
There's one to hand on the wall.
So, I'm gonna give this to Desiree, obviously.
As a matter of fact,
I think that's what he said to do in this note.
He said, the one for Desiree and Lars
is a proper plaque, wooden back, and hung on their wall.
So this is for Desiree.
So this unbelievable.
Thank you so much. - So nice.
- And we'll get this to Desiree quickly.
She's gonna love it.
And this will be on that cage forever
for anyone that ends up coming and seeing.
That's beautiful.
Thank you so much.
Obviously, we're trying to decide.
What are you thinking about were we should put this plaque?
I mean, we've gotta put it in an area where people can see,
but at the same time,
we don't wanna block the view of the animals.
So, what are you thinking?
- [Lady] My first gut would be this corner,
but that's not good 'cause of this.
- [Brian] Yeah, might be a little bit too blocked, yeah.
- [Lady] So, I don't know.
- [Brian] Up there might be a little bit blocking the animal
if it climbs up.
So definitely down.
Yeah, maybe there.
That might be perfect really.
What do you think?
I think that's perfect.
It's on the door and stuff like that,
but it's in an area where everyone's gonna see it.
And that would be a nice tribute.
So yeah, let's put it on there.
What do you think? - All right, let's do it.
- [Brian] You want me to do it?
- Yes.
- [Brian] Okay, so you hold that.
- [Lady] So you can't blame me for messing it up.
Now, make sure you get it straight.
- Well that's what I'm gonna need you for.
(laughing)
[Lady] 'Cause if it's crooked, it's on you.
- That's why I need you to tell me if I'm doing it right.
- [Lady] Well you're already doing it wrong.
- Why?
- [Lady] I'm just kidding. - Oh.
So Before I put it on, like I'm gonna go like,
like something like this?
- [Lady] I'd move it a little bit further
away from the edge.
- That's awesome.
I love that.
Again, I can't thank him enough for sending this.
This is just amazing.
I mean, it's so special. - [Lady] Perfect.
- Again, we'll get that croc monitor in here
when we can travel again,
and go see our friends down there,
Steve, and Desiree, and Lars.
And in the meantime, we can look at this each day.
Look at my girl Ivy.
She's out to say hi.
Hi, Ivy.
What's going on?
She is definitely hungry.
And again, the next couple days
we'll definitely feed my girl
'cause she's, she's a little bit fired up.
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