- [Brian] Oh, Look at this!
Look at this! That's beautiful too!
Oh my gosh! There's another one of those crazy ones!
Go ahead Perdita, let me see how it goes girl.
Oh gosh, she looks so good against the rock in there!
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Hey good morning everybody, welcome to the vlog!
I am in the incubator, and this is the day I have
been waiting for, for I don't know,
like 70 something days. And of course that
is the day that I am cutting Lucy, my giant
reticulated python's egg to see what's inside.
And I'm gonna be completely honest with you:
I am not a genetic wizard when it comes to
reticulated pythons. I know that Titan is a Titanium,
but I don't know what else is in there.
And then of course, I know Lucy is definitely a
tiger het albino. Titan could actually have a
bunch of different things going on, so I'm not really sure.
And in all transparency, there's a chance I could
see some animals, and be like: "I'm not really
sure what it is." I know that everything should citron,
and there should be Tigers, but I don't know.
We're gonna do our absolute best.
What do you say we jump into the first egg?
Now, we have almost 40 egss, so I'm going to cut
these as quick as I can, and kind of see what
we got going on. I have no doubt they're gonna be
amazing; I am so excited! Let's jump into this
first egg. Okay, here we go first egg, oh my gosh
it's been so long since I've cut a big python egg.
Oh! Right off the bat, look at that!
That's a gorgeous animal right there!
I'm going to be honest with you: I'm not really
100 percent sure what that is. I'm pretty sure it's
a citron-tiger. But I'm not really 100 percent sure
if there's anything else going on in it.
But hey, we at least have a citron-tiger,
and who knows, maybe there's something else.
Alright, onto the next egg. Oh my gosh, these
eggs are so much harder, than a ball python egg!
They're so much thicker, let's see what we
have in here. Oh guess what? Another citron-tiger!
Oh my gosh, that is amazing! Again, I don't
really know the whole thing; again everything
is going to be citron because the titanium
is a super form. So we know we're gonna have citron.
Tigers we should get about half tigers, and then
if there's something else genetically in there,
we're gonna get that. So far, two eggs, two citron-tigers.
Alright, one more egg let's keep going.
I cannot believe how leathery these eggs are.
It's absolutely crazy! Let's see what we have here.
Oh okay, this looks like just a normal citron right here.
Okay, that's absolutely gorgeous though.
I tell you, sometimes I like just a normal
pattern reticulated python, and that citron just
kind of brightens it up, and makes it a little bit cleaner.
So, very cool. Next egg, gosh it's like cutting leather.
Unbelievable! Oh my gosh, alright. Let's see
what we have here. Okay, looks like another citron tiger!
I'm starting to think that maybe titan is just
a titanium, and doesn't have any other genes in it,
but again, we're only four eggs in, so we got a
long way to go. A little cutting here... let's
see what we have. Okay (laughs) alright.
Another citron-tiger. I hope that you guys aren't
gonna get bored with me just saying:
"Oh it's a citron! It's a citron-tiger!"
Cause I think that, that might be what's going on.
I'm not a 100 percent sure. Nevertheless, I am
super excited. Let me know if you guys are as
excited as I am. To finally be hatching some big
reticulated pythons. By the way, I'm going to
be very, very selective who ends up getting these
babies. Cause I want whoever gets them,
to make sure that they can take care of these snakes.
Look at that! Oh my gosh! It's so pretty!
Look at the stripe on that one! That one is a beauty!
But again, I think it's just a citron-tiger.
Cannot wait till these things hatch! They're
gonna be so adorable. What will it be?
Opening up the egg... ooh wait a second. That's really neat.
Huh, that's kind of different.
Finally we hit something a little bit different guys.
That doesn't look like a tiger. And it doesn't
look like just a normal citron. (laughs)
I'm not a genetic expert on retics. There's
something else going on right there.
There's no way that, that's just a normal citron.
And that's certainly not a tiger.
There's something going on. So obviously titan
does have something else genetically going on.
This- that one is cool. I cannot wait, till that
climbs out. Now I'm even more excited to cut these eggs.
Let's hope we get more of whatever that is,
because that thing is ridiculous. This is just
another beautiful little citron there. Alright.
Man, I hope we get some more of whatever that one was.
I'm not sure what it is. But it was absolutely
incredible. Ooh, look at this! Look at this!
That's beautiful too! That looks like there's a
tiger, and a citron in there. But look at
that pattern right there. Is that possible just
to be a tiger? I mean, maybe it's definitely possible.
That thing is gorgeous, I don't know.
And maybe that other one is just a tiger-citron.
Again, I'm not an expert in reticulated pythons,
but uh, we still have a lot of eggs to cut guys.
Alright, keeping on going. Oh my gosh, these are crazy.
Oh my gosh, look at how gorgeous that is.
Oh my gosh!
Again, maybe just a citron-tiger?
I'm not sure. I'm going to have to send Jay
a bunch of pictures and find out what these things are.
That thing is gorgeous. I mean maybe it's just
a citron-tiger, but it is ridiculous.
Man, I'm getting a lot of tiger stuff, which is really cool.
That's amazing. Oh my gosh, there's another one
of those crazy ones! Oh my gosh, look at that!
Again guys, I mean there's a chance that these
are just citron-tigers, but if they are,
they are gorgeous ones. Look at the stripe
on the back right there. Wow! Incredible!
And finally, the last egg in this box. Let's see
what we got here. Oh my gosh! It's so hard to
cut these eggs, and I'm sure that razor blade is dulling
out by now. Ooh, look at that! What is it?
Gosh, I wish I knew more about retics. Again,
I don't know what's going on. I know when I'm
cutting balls like this, I'm like:
"Oh, it's this, it's that." And maybe I might be,
I'm not a 100 percent sure. But with retics,
I'm kind of not really sure what's going on.
All I know is they're amazing, so I'm gonna
have to wait till they crawl out to really
know what's up. Like I said, pictures off the
cabinet nerd. And my friend Jay over at prehistoric,
but a couple more boxes to go. Okay, first egg
in the second box. Gosh! Look at how big these
eggs are. Holy moly, it ridiculous! Oh my gosh,
look at that. Whoa,
gosh I mean maybe, can it possibly
just be a citron-tiger? I don't think so.
I mean I don't know, but I don't think so.
That thing is ridiculous. That thing is so gorgeous!
Man, I hate the fact that I don't know enough
about retics, to be (laughs) I'm telling you guys
what this is. Whoever's watching that's
a retic person, is probably like:
"Boy, Brian really doesn't know what he's talking about."
Okay, this looks like it's just a citron
right here. Normal pattern. That one I should be
pretty good with. Alright, got a few more eggs in
this box, then we got one last box.
Okay, beautiful. Clean, super super clean.
Looks like to be a tiger-citron I guess. I mean
I think that's what it is, but it's beautiful.
A few more eggs in this box, and then last box to cut.
Ooh doggy. Look at that. Oh my gosh! Can you guys see that?
That is freaking ridiculous! I don't know,
gosh I wish I knew what it was!
All I know, that it's awesome. Alright, we gotta
keep on rolling here, rolling, rolling, rolling.
Okay, this looks just like the last one, which
is again, if it's a tiger-citron- I mean
I don't understand. Look at how crazy reduced that is,
compared to some of those other ones.
They have that little circles on em. I mean that
is crazy. I mean, I don't know. You guys
comment down below. If you know about retics,
tell me what I'm looking at here. I really need
to know. Because they're amazing; there's just
much polymorphism within tiger-citrons.
And away we go on the last one. Whoo!
Let's see what we have here. Ooh gosh.
Again, I don't understand why these- some of
these come out so light looking. Like almost
like they're hypomelanistic, but I know
that's not a thing in reticulated pythons.
I'm assuming that, that's another gene, but again
I don't know enough about it, but man that one
is incredible! We've had a hand full of those,
that look radically different than the rest.
Keep on going. It's pretty amazing it's-
oh my gosh! What?!
You see that?
Again, that can't possibly just be a tiger-citron.
Look at that thing! Oh my gosh!
No way, no way there has to be another
gene in there. What gene? I don't know.
That looks like just a normal pattern animal.
Probably just a citron. Again a normal kind of pattern,
thing probably just a citron. Again, a normally
looking animal, probably a citron.
Look at that! Oh my gosh, that's another one of
those super light, faded animals.
I think what I'm going to do is just cut this
last egg, and I'm gonna leave the last five
for my buddy Andy to cut, cause he's never cut eggs before.
So, I'm gonna go ahead and let him take the honors,
and who knows, maybe we'll find something really crazy.
This particular one is a little bit upside down,
so I don't even know what is going on in this darn thing.
Alright, I'm going to cut one more, cause I can't end
on an egg that I don't even know what it is.
So we'll go ahead and cut this last egg, and
leave four eggs for my buddy Andy to cut on his vlog.
And see, if maybe we find something.
But I'm assuming that we're just gonna have
citrons and tigers, and whatever else those other crazy
thing are. Again, that's another one. See that?
Again, it's another one of those super light,
faded reticulated pythons, that look like it's
a tiger and maybe a citron, and maybe something else.
So there you have it guys. I'm going to end it here,
again I'm going to let Andy cut the last four eggs.
I'm assuming we're gonna have really similar results, from
all of the eggs that we already cut.
Let me know in the comments if you are as excited
as I was, at the fact that Lucy's eggs are finally
starting to hatch. These guys should be out
within the next two, three, four days.
And then I'll give you kind of an update on things
In the meantime, what do you say, we head over to the shop?
A little quick break from the actual work of the vlog.
Laurie's over here. And in theory, you guys are actually
the first visitors of the reptarium,
(laughs)
that haven't been here helping out like,
doing things. And what happened is, it is
you're birthday, and you're birthday in a couple days.
- [Girl] Yeah.
- [Brian] Or something like that.
So happy birthday, kind of. What happened was,
of course, we were originally going to open up today.
They made plans to come up from Pittsburgh area right?
- [All] Yes.
- [Brian] Right, and so when they called, and said:
"Jeez, we already made plans." I said, just come
on up, we'll have a good time. So, welcome to the
reptarium, even though it's not done.
We'll show you around and have a good time, alright?
- [All] Thank you.
- [Brian] I figured just like a lot of people
that come to the reptarium, I'm going to be
pulling out some snakes, so why not pull Daisy out?
This is actually the first time I pulled
Daisy out, since she's been in her new cage.
And I see that she made a little bit of mess back here-
(laughs)
But I can clean that too. So let's go ahead,
and get in here and pull her out.
Come on daisy, come on sweetheart.
Come on, this way.
She's completely tamed, so you don't
have to worry about her. Come on sweety.
- [Girl In Yellow] She's so big!
- [Brian] I know, is she awesome or what?
- [Both] Yes!
- [Brian] You could pick her up if you want,
she's totally fine. What do you guys think?
Have you ever handled big snakes before?
- [Both] No.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, well you're doing a good job,
they just jumped right in right? Just like:
"Yes!"
- [Woman in Pink] She's got a whole bunch of snakes,
but not this big.
- [Brian] What kind of stuff you keep?
- [Girl in Glasses] Um, right now I have three
ball pythons, a boa constrictor, and a western hognose.
- [Brian] That is awesome. And then you have an
iguana or-?
- [Girl in Yellow] No, I have a ball python, and
then I have four crested geckos, so I'm
kind of starting out small but, (Laughs)
- [Brian] Well, you're doing a good job, look at that.
Oh my gosh, that's so awesome.
I'm not a hundred percent sure that this
is gonna be part of the zoo experience,
but occasionally, we might let people into things.
So, you really wanted to see Bella, so I had to
have you come in and get her.
Bella was being a little stinker, and didn't
want to come down to the front of the cage.
We have to teach her, to come down when
we call her, so we're gonna work on that.
But she's definitely enjoying some pats there,
aren't you Bella?
(laughs)
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Again, this is awesome for me, because this
is a little bit of a view, into what
hopefully everyday is gonna be when the zoo is open.
You know, just kind of interacting with people
that are as passionate about animals as I am.
And changing people that aren't passionate, into
people that are passionate. But, got sunrise out,
she's loving the attention. So it was pretty fun
to have everyone come and visit. It's kind of a
little bit of a look into what a lot of my life
is gonna be. Which is gonna be absolutely incredible.
To think it's literally less than a week away,
I am super stoked. But for today, what we have to do,
we have Andy and Noel over here, getting all
the lights, ready for these cages here.
I actually have to build one more rack here,
and then put a door on this, because again
we need to have a door access, so my crew can get
back and actually service things, but we don't
want the general public to be able to get back
there. If you know what I mean.
So that's what's on the agenda today. I think Laurie
is doing a bunch of touch-ups. Everyday we're
gonna have to be grinding if we're gonna be
ready by the 21st. If you guys don't remember,
yesterday I told you that www.thereptarium.com
is now live. Check it out, if you want a tour,
a party, whatever the case may be. Everything and
all the rates are there. So there you have it.
With the ambitious goal of opening on the 21st,
of this month, we have to do a lot of work
each and every day. I'm excited to say that we got
the lights on the middle aisle, which is gonna
be really cool. We still have to plug the ones
down below, but man I tell you, just to even have
these lights in here, is awesome.
And of course, we'll kind of adjust things.
Probably have to change the bulbs, depending on the animal
in there, and all that type of stuff.
But we wanted to just kind of get everything
plugged in, which is really awesome.
Of course, Laurie is still working on
touching up all of the little scenes there.
She's doing a wonderful job, and the big
thing for me today, that I want is to definitely
get punched out, was this and right here.
We did one last rack, which are gonna be 18 by 18,
by 18 tanks that are gonna go right here.
And this was the important thing here.
The door. The door to head back into this area.
We can go behind the enclosures, and take care
of stuff like that. But obviously, it's pretty
important to make sure that we have a door that
locks, so other people can't get in.
So that was my whole point of working today.
How the entire thing is completely tied together,
and basically what we'll do is, we'll start
to rock out like a curve rock around here.
And then we'll have rock up here, some wood timbers
in between rock. And so on like that. So that
is coming up in a few days, when all the rest
of that material comes in, but really
happy to get this done. Last thing I'm going
to do today, Is I'm actually going to move
Perdita over. I've been really excited about
this one. We still have a lot of animals to move
over next door, but everyday, I wanna move
at least, something like I said In a few days,
maybe three to five days, something like that.
There's gonna be like a mass day, where we're
gonna move a bunch of stuff over there.
But right now, I just think that Perdita
is gonna look amazing in this cage.
Trust me, it's a huge upgrade.
That's right girl, come on sweetheart.
Oh my gosh. Now, she's in a three foot, by three foot cage
right now. She's about to go in a six foot,
by four foot, by four foot cage.
That Is a huge cage. And I'll be totally
honest with you: It's a really big cage.
I'm not sure it's absolutely perfect for her,
I just thought she would look amazing in it,
so I'm gonna put her in it, and I'll see.
If it ends up being too big, or too crazy,
or too rocky, I can always move her.
But for now, I wanna see what she's gonna
be in like that. Because if she settles into
this thing; oh my god, when people come in
they're gonna freak out. So let's go ahead and
introduce her into her new cage.
Alright, so this is the cage I was thinking.
I realized it's kind of crazy, cause there's so much
terracing, but I just think that she could
sit up there, and she could bask, she can lay
across this. I kind of envision her laying across this.
Just looking absolutely beautiful. She can
come down here, we'll get a nice big water area
over here for her. So I don't know, I'm
just gonna put her in, and see what happens. Go ahead
Perdita, let me see how it goes girl.
Oh gosh, she looks so good against the rock in there.
I don't know, I just think it's gonna be amazing.
I think that she could climb up here.
I mean there's all kinds of little areas,
I just think it's it's gonna be a perfect cage,
but again. We'll giver her a couple days, if it doesn't
seem like it's a good fit, we'll find another
cage for her. Like I've been saying all along:
I want the animals to tell me, as much as I
tell them where they're gonna end up.
But for now, it just looks amazing. Look at that.
What do you guys think?
- [Man With Hat] Awesome. She's so pretty looking.
- [Brian] I know isn't that gonna be amazing in there?
- [Man with Hat] Yeah.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, look at her, and she's
immediately just like Lucy, immediately climbs
as high as she can, which is just crazy.
Where are you at girl? There she is.
Oh my gosh. I think that this is gonna be great.
Again, we'll keep an eye on her for a little
while, just make sure that there's nothing
weird that I didn't anticipate, and then if she
looks good, we'll leave her in here for a
couple of days, and we'll make the final decision.
Let me know in the comments what you think.
You think this is a good cage for her?
Look at her right there. Oh my gosh!
That is so freaking epic! And with that said guys,
I think I'm gonna go ahead and end the vlog.
Now again, I wanna just set one thing straight here:
I'm saying that we're gonna open on the
21st of September. I still think we will.
And I'll keep you guys updated. I don't see
any reason why we won't. But I did want to tell
you that the vlog is always a day or two back
right? I film, then I edit, then I upload.
Some of you guys are going to be thinking like:
"Oh my gosh, I wanna come on the 21st!
But Brian says it's not open for two more days!"
The fact is, the vlog is always a little bit
lagging, so bear with me on that.
We are still shooting for the 21st at four o' clock
for the open. We'll be open from four to nine Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday. Hopefully, you guys will have an
absolutely great time, and come and visit me.
If not for the open weekend, maybe you can
come down the road. Regardless, we have a ton
of work to do, and I cannot wait to share
all of it with you. I am so excited!
I cannot even tell you guys. Everyday that goes
by, as we're getting more done, I'm getting
more, and more excited about it.
And I know it's going to be absolutely wonderful.
And today was a perfect example of how awesome
it's going to be when I had that company over.
Just sharing all of that with them,
that is what I want the reptarium to be about.
And I can't wait till you guys potentially
come and visit me. As for now, have a wonderful day.
You're support means the world to me,
and I truly do love you guys so much.
Do me a couple of favors, before we get out of here:
Can you smash that like button?
Turn those post notifications on, so you know
when I upload a video which is everyday at nine o' clock
in the morning eastern standard time.
Make a comment down below, because I like reading
about you. Be kind to someone, and I promise
I'm going to see you guys tomorrow.
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