- Mike Mike, Mike!
Help me get the snake out!
- You don't even know how to handle a reptile.
- Oh my God, bro!
Mike!
Mike, why are you just standing there?
That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
- Jay, you need someone to teach you how to handle reptiles.
Dad!
- Today. I'm gonna give you tips
how you can best handle your reptile,
starting With picking the right reptile for you.
- Hi, Vlad.
Wow! Okay.
(ominous music playing)
I can't, I can't do it.
Oh my God, he moves so fast!
Oh my God! I can't do it guys.
I'm so sorry, Vlad.
I can't do it.
- That's obviously the wrong animal.
- Okay, Snazzy.
Now this, this is a good pet for me.
- I don't want to get her.
Can you get her out and put her in my hand?
Because she's behind her web.
I can't stick my hand down there.
I don't like this at all.
Mm.
I can't do it. I give up.
Now, Tyson.
Tyson's the perfect pet for me.
- I'm freaking out.
What are you going in there for?
[Handler] Gonna get him out.
- No, I'm not handling that thing.
- I'm not, I'm not, I'm not!
- What do you mean, go ahead?
What do you mean, pick him up?
He's got teeth that're sharper than a shark.
Look at that. Ha-ha, ha-ha!
I'm not gonna pick him up!
Why would I pick him up?
He's a good boy.
Nope. I'm not doing it.
No way.
Ha-Ha! That's more my style.
Look at that.
Fits in your hand.
Claws that aren't gonna kill ya.
Might scratch you a little bit.
Aren't gonna gash ya.
And then little teeth, that even if he bit ya,
it wouldn't hurt that bad.
Now would it?
- It's so important to pick out the right animal for you,
and not get the wrong one.
Speaking of that, when you do get that right animal,
handling with confidence is important.
- If you have the hesitation,
that's where something goes wrong.
As you see, Perdita, super nice.
We're very confident with her.
We know nothing's gonna happen.
Trust one another together.
- When you can just dive right in there,
scoop them up, no fear, they sense that man.
It's like nature and the universe collide,
and two species that were just one little cell
that grew to become who we are,
are now collaborating on this friendship.
(record scratching) - That's deep.
- You go in there and you're really scared,
like how I am with Vlad.
Wow!
You'll never get anywhere.
But if you just go in with confidence.
See?
The animal trusts you.
I trust the animal.
Best friends for life.
- Make sure to always break your snake's food response.
- Whoa! Did you see that?
- That's a food response.
That's an excellent food response.
- Oh! Oh!
- Avoid the head.
- [Noah] Get it!
- Go for it, Jake. Go for it.
- Go? - Go, go, go.
(squeaker squeaking)
- Okay.
- A little bit more.
Better than that.
- [Noah] You gotta get him running, running!
- Aah! I can't do it.
Mike, mike, mike, you're not even moving.
Somebody get this, no!
Somebody get the snake out.
- Let's go back.
- [Noah] Get him! Get him!
- Go, go, go, go!
- [Noah] Ooh! Ooh!
- [Red Shirt] There we go!
- Perfect. Perfect.
Look at that. Look at that!
- Nobody got eaten.
- Ha-ha!
- Good job, guys.
- We tamed the beast.
Jay, you did so much today; I'm so proud of you.
- Thank you.
- When you have a snake like Butterscotch,
that has an extremely heavy food response,
basically, you can use a snake hook just like this
just to get her moving away.
Right now she's thinking she's going to-
(Camera man screaming)
(record scratching)
(slow-mo screaming)
(all exclaiming)
- So once you actually get it broken,
it realizes it's not getting fed, it's not a problem.
(vocals slowly replaying)
- Oh!
- (vocals slowly distorting)
And you don't want to be holding the camera
anywhere near it.
(all yelling)
- [Jay] Aah! I got it, I got it.
Mike, let me see yours.
- I got it. I got it.
Take mine. - Trade.
- [Jay] Take it. I got it.
- Boom, boom.
- Never, ever hold a reptile by the head.
Even if you're afraid of it,
it's the worst thing you can do,
is to grab him by the head or restrain him.
Because as soon as you restrain him, you break all trust.
Once you break that trust,
it becomes a hard animal to handle.
The only exception to this is
if you're doing a medical procedure,
or in this case, milking venom.
Something like that, you have no choice
but to neck an animal,
but that should only be done by a professional or a vet.
- I think there's just so many options.
- Press the kind of bread that you want,
and then you press what you want on top,
and then if you want it toasted or not.
Good job.
Subway? Okay.
You want Subway?
- Yeah, if you're ordering.
(Jay chuckling)
- We're about to go get some Door Dash.
Big Mike, in the house!
- Is that Subway?
- Yeah, it's Subway.
- Thank you.
- Ah, nice. - Thank you.
- [Noah] You like reptiles?
- Yeah, they're alright. - That's an Anaconda.
- is it really?
- You can see the big one.
Come over here, you can see her a little better.
If you will, just come right here.
If you come over here, you can see her a little better.
If you come this side, you can see her really good.
You can see her good from this side right here.
If you wanna come right here, you can really see her.
She's big. She's super big.
You can really see from this side,
like, how just large she is.
That's just tiny.
- The loaded gun theory.
Get to know your new animal slowly.
But once you get to know it, handle it as much you can,
as long as the reptile is not being stressed out.
- I'll hold your snake, if you hold mine.
- [Brian] And then have your friends handle it as well.
- Ah, man!
It's just a big, old, share-time!
- [Brian] When you first get your snake,
treat it like a loaded gun,
until you completely are confident
in understanding its behavior,
you never know what's gonna happen.
Always wash your hands before and after
you handle a reptile.
- Food's here!
- Food? Should we wash our hands?
- No way.
- I'm so hungry.
- [Jay] Oh my! It's gonna be so good!
- Look at this.
- [All] Mm.
- Oh!
Aw.
- Anybody got some napkins?
- That's just gross. Just wash your hands.
You guys can stop now.
- We're already here now.
- It's so good.
- Always try to buy a captive-bred animal.
Captive-bred animals are gonna be your best pet, for sure.
- But isn't wild-caught better for the gene pool?
- There's no doubt that there are times
where wild-caught animals do increase gene pool.
And when you're a breeder,
you sometimes you wanna add new gene pool in.
Typically you can do that through captive breeding.
But then there are times,
like with Frosty the white monitor,
where you have no choice.
This was actually a wild-caught baby
that was kept in captivity for a handful of years,
meaning that really long-term,
wild-caught's way better, you know?
If he was just a wild animal,
he probably wouldn't be very habituated to us.
The fact that he was a wild baby
and actually got habituated in captivity.
Being a long-term, captive, wild-caught animal
made him so much better than an actual wild animal.
But when you have a new gene, like my guy Frosty here,
sometimes you have no choice,
but to work with a wild animal.
Buy the right reptile for you.
- I got my spirit animal, guys.
- Yeah, that's perfect.
- What's that supposed to mean?
- That's your spirit animal.
He's definitely my spirit animal.
See all this energy?
See all this melanin?
(everyone laughing)
- Billy's my spirit animal,
because look at his inquisitive nature.
Very inquisitive.
Threat display, defense mechanism.
I like to call it drip.
We both got drip.
(foot tapping)
Retro Force. Ha-ha!
- Now, switch.
(Noah whining)
This just doesn't feel right guys.
- Something's not right.
- Can someone get it?
Can you get it off?
- [Noah] Take it.
- You take it.
(Jay & Noah yelling)
- Whenever you're handling your reptile,
make sure it's supported so it feels safe.
If it feels safe, there's no defensive nature to it.
So make sure that everything is always supported.
- Look at that.
Look at that support.
- [Mike] Ow, that hurts!
Sunburn; I got sunburn over the weekend.
- I didn't.
(Mike laughter)
- You can do anything you want.
- You wanna be a Burmese python?
You do that.
- You wanna be a huge snake one day?
30 feet?
Get there. - Then be there.
- You don't need Botox.
- Mike, are you facing me?
- Yeah.
- Don't touch me!
(Mike laughing)
This is already very awkward.
- You think?
- And we're about to be really squeezed by this.
Mike, Mike, help?
Is she going in, or?
Help, help! Oh, no.
Come on guys, I'm messing up the TACO jeans!
- We warned you what was gonna happen.
- You can do it!
- This is not supporting.
- Remember snakes are ectothermic,
meaning that they're cold blooded.
So if you're cold, like Jay here, the animal is cold.
So if you take it out and you need a hoodie and a hat,
probably don't keep it out for very long.
Short periods for handling.
On the opposite side,
if you're outside and you're sweating,
like Mike is right here,
remember your reptile is really hot too.
So you don't wanna keep your reptile out
for long periods of time in the heat.
Short periods of time, or it could be trouble.
Educate yourself before buying your pet reptile.
- Yes, sir.
- How much is it?
- It is $375.
Yes, sir.
Where do I get it from?
- You can buy it from me right now, if you got the cash.
- How big does it get?
- This is about four or five feet.
Hey, sir.
- Do I feed it gerbils?
- No, you feed it pizza rolls, actually.
This is actually known as a pizza roll snake.
Yes sir.
- Do we give pepperoni pizza rolls?
- Pepperoni or meat lovers, Whatever you prefer.
I mean, he prefers meat lovers,
but if you only got pepperoni.
Yeah. Yep.
- Will it sleep with me?
- It will sleep with you.
It likes to cuddle up in your nostril system.
What, what, what?
Can I get through a sentence?
What's up, dude?
- Does it bite?
- Yeah, it can bite and it's got, like, 3,000 teeth.
- Ooh!
- What's up?
- Where does the poop come from?
The poop comes from the butt hole.
Yeah.
- Is it venomous?
- Of course, it's venomous!
All snakes are venomous.
Hey.
- Is it gonna change colors?
- Yeah, it's gonna change colors.
It will get a little gray.
Get a little blue. Get a little purple.
Yeah, what's up?
- How big of a cage do I need?
- At least 37 feet for this four inch-er.
Hey!
- Can I get four of those?
- Yeah, put them all in the same cage for me; I don't care.
- Always pay attention to your surroundings.
Snakes and lizards love to wrap around things
and it can sometimes be hard to get them away.
- Hey man, that's a really nice snake you got right there.
When'd you get it?
- [Mike] Yeah, she's so pretty.
- Yeah, I've had her for about six years.
- Six years?
- Yeah.
- Six years.
- Six of them?
That's a big snake.
Let's see. What is that?
A California king snake?
- No, it's actually a Mexican black kingsnake.
- Mexican black.
Oh, I thought they got a little bigger than that
by six years.
- I thought they were also black.
- Yeah, that is a good point.
- I mean, you don't see that she's black?
- Oh, could you hold me actually?
I just.
What's-
- [Mike] I wasn't really paying attention and...
- [Jay] Oh!
- [Mike] Tingle!
- [Noah] Oh-lant-uh!
I hadn't even noticed, man.
- I wasn't paying attention either.
- I think we should call somebody.
- Who we gonna call?
(phone ringing)
- [Beth] Sunfire!
- It was an accident.
- Who let her out?
- My dad.
- What happened here, Beth?
- They said, you let her out.
- Beth, why did you do this?
(Beth laughing)
- I don't know why.
- Now fix it.
- Yeah, we're gonna have to put the snake back.
- Yeah, Mike, you gotta clean it,
because we gotta put Sunfire out.
- It's a two-man job.
- All reptiles are not equal.
Even the same species, that same mark,
everything can be radically different.
Take for instance, Perdita here, is a retic.
Neo is a retic just as sweet as Perdita.
Night Fury is a retic.
A little more challenging.
Butterscotch is a retic and we know she can be challenging.
And you guys all know about the antics of Lucy,
the reticulated python.
Think like a reptile.
Remember that they have instinct.
With these guys handling Cupcake and Bread Loaf,
The Dumeril's boa,
you can see, they love to hang on, right?
So you have to think like them.
They're not trying to choke you,
they're just trying to hang on.
If they think they're gonna fall, they're gonna tighten up.
And if you think like a reptile,
and realize that they're tightening up just to hold on,
you aren't worried about them trying to kill you.
- Just hanging on.
- You okay, Mike?
- [Mike] Yeah.
- Handle your reptiles to what they allow.
Some reptiles, like Sunrise,
you could probably handle three or four hours a day,
and she'd be completely fine with it.
Other reptiles, only maybe three or four hours a week.
Some reptiles, not at all.
If you have your reptile out
and they start to seem a little stressed out
or they stop feeding,
that means you're probably over-handling it.
Which brings me to my next tip, which is desensitization.
The more you actually handle your reptiles,
the more it's going to be desensitized to being handled.
Take, for instance, Sunrise here.
You can pat her head and everything like that.
There's a lot of snakes that don't like
to be petted on the head.
Or lizards that don't like to be touched on the tail.
You have to know your reptile
and you can slowly desensitize them
to where they actually will allow you
to touch them anywhere.
- Ooh, ooh.
- [Brian] Know where to touch your reptiles.
But over time, if you work with them,
they actually will desensitize.
By knowing your reptile
and knowing where you don't wanna touch it
will help you bond a really good relationship.
(Noah jabbering)
- Not everybody likes your-
- [Noah] Oh, his hemipenes are popping out.
Ooh, He likes that. - He liked it.
(guys laughing)
- Always make sure you supervise children
when they're handling reptiles.
Hey, kids! - Hey!
- Hey kids. - Yay!
- Be very gentle.
- Ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo!
- Can I hold it?
- Who is he? A monkey?
He's like a- - Can I hold it?
Can I hold it?
Can I hold it? (Noah blabbering)
Can I hold it?
- [Brian] Okay, I think that's it.
- Can I hold it?
- When petting your snake,
always make sure you pet from head to tail,
not the reverse,
because obviously the scales go in a certain way.
So it's important to pet along with the scales,
so that you don't hurt the scales.
(dramatic pounding)
- Ow! This is a big snake.
- Mike , you gotta take out a Tarantula.
- Uh-huh! We can't.
- [Brian] No, it's so all right now.
- [Noah] It's been a while; now it's fine.
- I don't think so.
So, you how bad I'm feeling right now?
(camera mic fluttering)
(Noah & Mike exclaiming)
(Noah triumphantly laughing)
- If you go in the cage, like a little-
(static fuzzing)
why does everybody keep looking at me?
- [Camera Man] Oh, you didn't hear about it?
- Keys.
- I gotcha.
- I want some real life action.
Some near death experience.
- That is happening.
As soon as he opens the door, he's gonna, "Aah!"
(Jay screaming)
I can't do it!
(Noah yelling)
I got mine! - [Mike] Ow!
- I got it! I got it!
- I got it! - [Mike] It's yours!
- [Noah] Ow, Mike, you fat-
Not ruining my sandwich, you dude!
- [Camera Man] we'll get you another one, dude.
- No.
- I'll do it; I don't care.
- [Camera Man] I know you'll do it.
That's who was gonna do it anyway.
Oh yeah, you got a good one!
(everyone laughing)
Oh, this'll diarrhea you.
- Hey. - [Camera Man] Stop, stop!
- Oh. I'm sorry, it's good.
- Oh, that's Mikey's.
- Yeah!
- Whoa! It breathed in my ear!
- ♪ My money don't jiggle-jiggle, it folds ♪
♪ I like the way you wiggle-wiggle, for sure ♪
(camera man lightly chuckling)
- Okay. - [Camera Man] A little more.
- [Mike] Stop! - Wait, hold on!
Just stop!
You need big drops so it looks like sweat.
Just relax.
- [Camera Man] Okay. All right.
- I've never had sweat go in there before.
- [Camera Man] Three, two.
- I hope that you guys got something out of these tips.
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