- Hey, good morning everybody and welcome
(shwoosing) to the vlog.
I hop the start of your day is truly incredible.
We're gonna start the day off with a little quick unboxing,
from my friend Miguel, over at Always Evolving Pythons,
sent me a little bit of a gift.
We also are gonna feed Lucy and Butterscotch later.
So, we have a pretty fun day ahead, here,
but let's just go ahead and open this up.
Now, he told me what was in here,
but you know with Miguel,
you never know if he's gonna send something else.
So, let's just go ahead and see what's going on,
and again, this was just an animal
that he had for quite a while,
and he said that he was just ready
to get away from the care of this particular animal.
Let's get it, yup, and it looks like just one animal
and I do know what it is.
These guys are super cool.
I mean, I actually have one, here at the Reptarium.
So, this one will go in with it
and they'll do really, really well,
and now, they're just so crazy.
So, let's go ahead and look at this one,
see what it looks like.
Ooh, it's a pretty little baby, too.
Well, I guess it's not really a baby,
but it is absolutely adorable,
and of course that is, a little mata mata turtle.
That's right. You know, we have the mata matas over there.
This is gonna be just a new addition to it,
and what's interesting is, a lot of 'em are very different.
Some are more red, some are more tan.
This' a very tan one and this one's about,
maybe 3/4 the size of the other ones,
but it looks absolutely incredible.
Look at that adorable face, right there.
I mean, it is so cool.
They always have that kind of a smile,
and of course these guys are from the Amazon,
down in South America.
So, in the river, they're gonna look like leaves
and just blend right in,
and that little tip of the nose, right there,
it's just almost like a snorkel.
It'll poke its head up
and just that tiny little bit will breech the surface,
it'll take a breath and then it goes back in,
and now, one of the things
that makes these guys so amazing from a feeding standpoint,
this is almost like a little vacuum.
They'll like creep up, again,
it's an ambush hunter under fish,
and then they just go (who-whoop)
and the they suck in and the fish just goes in their mouth,
and then all the water goes out.
It's pretty amazing to see these guys eat, for sure.
So, thank you Miguel.
This is awesome,
a little donation to the reptile zoo
to add to my mata mata collection.
So, that's pretty awesome.
So, I always love, starting the day
with some unboxing, no matter what it is.
Today it's so, oh and by the way,
I think we have an unboxing tomorrow too,
with some animals that I am super exited to be getting.
Some of 'em, I worked with years ago,
and I couldn't wait to get back into 'em,
so I'm super exited.
But that's tomorrow.
So, in the mean time, let's go ahead,
jump into the rest of the day and feed Lucy.
(whoosing) Ready to get in with Lucy
and see if she's gonna eat?
Come on, girl.
She just shed off, so my gut feeling is
that she's gonna be very hungry, but I'm not a 100% sure.
She's kinds tucked in a bad spot, right now.
So, we gotta get her to kinda start to smell first,
but once she started smelling, ah, there she is.
There she comes.
Come on, girl.
Come on.
Nice big rabbit for ya.
Let's go.
(whoosing) Oh-oh, come on!
What, what that?
(grunting)
Oh-oh, maybe she's not hungry today.
(whoosing)
You're gonna try to eat?
(whoosing) Wow!
Hey, you smack it, (whoosing)
oh there she goes, she's took it now!
I don't think she really realized it was a rabbit at first.
It's a pretty big meal,
so, I don't know if she was a little intimidated.
I've noticed, every now and then, that even big snakes,
when you give 'em a really large rabbit, like this,
which is about as big as a rabbit as I've ever given her,
they'll actually get a little bit intimidated
by the size of the rabbit.
So, thankfully she took it.
Molt's really good right now,
this is gonna be a huge meal.
A friend of mine actually dropped off
a couple frozen Flemish Giants
that are absolutely huge.
They're like 12 plus pounds.
So, this is a huge meal for Lucy.
So, let's just go ahead, let her go,
this is gonna be pretty awesome.
(whoosing)
(upbeat music)
(whoosing) Pretty cool, guys.
Snap and Pop over here, actually have been in shed,
and for the first time since they've been in this enclosure,
one of them actually shed out.
It's actually Snap, and Snap is actually right over here.
Pop is still deep in shed, over here.
Ooh, what ar you gonna do, girl? Are you gonna bite?
What you gonna do?
(whoosing) Wow!
Relax.
Come on, little wonky, come on.
Little thing was a little aggressive on me,
for a second there.
I'm not sure what she was doing,
and of course, Snap is the girl, here,
and she looks absolutely gorgeous since she shed.
Look at that animal.
It's pretty cool.
Again, Pop is deep in blue, right now,
so, I'm sure it'll be a couple more days,
but that is pretty awesome.
What a cool snake. (laughing)
And the way they move along these rocks, effortlessly,
is absolutely breathtaking.
(whoosing) - Remember when I had actually
told you guys that our goody, Sapphire stopped eating,
started to web up and enclosure a lot?
Well, guess what?
She's actually molted.
So, I'm really, really exited to show you guys this.
I even waited, I even pulled the molt out.
So, likely, it's probably be crispy and stuff,
so I'm not gonna be able to really show you
a lot of the interior parts of the molt,
but the real important thing,
especially with any tarantula that goes through a molt, is,
to be careful with them.
You wanna be respectful of there home.
I'll open up just enough big of a hole,
so I can grab that and pull it out.
But it is really, really crispy.
It's probably been in there for about a day or so.
So, that's part of that.
Now, I'll definitely get the rest out of it earlier,
'cause the really important thing
with pulling molts out of tarantula cages,
we don't want a lot of pests
to come and try and eat it or break it down.
It could mess with her, too,
and she's a very vulnerable sta-y, at this point.
So, we give her another week or two,
and then we'll actually feed her and everything,
but man, I'll open this up a little bit,
so you guys get a good look at her, but she is beautiful.
Can you see that color?
Oh my god!
Look at that color.
That beautiful blues and the yellows, there,
that really pop out,
and because she's so freshly molted,
you can actually even see a little bit of red
on the abdomen there, too.
You actually get a good look her but,
can you see the red colors, right there,
towards the base of her abdomen?
It's really, really interesting
and what a beautiful species, too.
I could not be more fascinated by these guys.
They're beautiful, man.
(whoosing)
(upbeat music)
(whoosing) Look at my girl, Salt.
I tell you what, she is just so beautiful.
Of course, Pepper is just swimming around here.
I love this enclosure.
I gives me joy, every single day.
And speaking of joy, you guys
have been giving me a lot of joy lately.
I really do appreciate all the people
that have been booking for virtual tours.
You guys are keeping me happy, because you know,
I love showing people animals, I love educating people,
and this gives me an opportunity, maybe we're not in-house,
but the virtual tours have been amazing.
If you're interested in one, they book pretty quick.
So, thereptarium.com
We're also doing those shout outs now,
those personalized video messages,
a minute, two minute long,
where you can pick myself, or anyone in the crew,
you can pick an animal, a personalized message
to yourself for just some inspiration,
or someone else a happy birthday,
or whatever the case my be, and like I mentioned,
I also want you guys to support the crew.
So, if you do pick a crew member,
I'm giving them part of the money,
and it's cheap, like 12 bucks.
So, I wanna keep it cheap, like that, so it's not expensive.
Again, all these little things, just help run the zoo.
Now, don't get me wrong, we're gonna be fine, guys.
I tell you, worry about you, don't worry about me,
but all that support does help us,
so we really do appreciate it.
Again, thereptarium.com
(whoosing) Well, Butterscotch
is actually in shed,
so I think we're gonna go ahead and feed Daisy, here.
Come on, little girl.
Come on, come on.
Come on.
You're ready?
Come on, girl.
You want it?
Come on, baby.
There you go.
(whoosing) Wow, there she is.
She's got it.
There she go.
She beautiful.
(laughing)
There we go, girl.
She just barely has it.,
but she's gonna eat it.
So, she's pretty amazing.
What a good snake. And again, she just shed out,
so she was ready to eat, anyway.
I was actually gonna thaw food for everything, tomorrow,
but she'll get a little snack today, nevertheless.
(whoosing) (upbeat music)
(whoosing) All right,
my girl Daisy just finished up.
Not a really big meal, right now,
and that's actually, what it is,
I have to get a whole new shipment of rabbits.
Things have slowed down a little bit, obviously,
with shipping and everything else.
Not like frozen rabbits are a hot priority for most people,
but I do need to get 'em,
'cause I'm down to my last couple rabbits in the freezer,
so, hopefully in the next week or so,
I can stock up and get all of our snakes fed big time.
So, but nevertheless, Daisy has a nice meal in her
and she looks absolutely wonderful.
You did good, girl.
You look amazing.
(whoosing)
(upbeat music)
(whoosing) Lori, oh my gosh,
- [Lori] What?
- Jason, sneak up on her.
I bet you, she's playing Animal Crossing.
(Lori laughing) What are you doing?
- I'm on a break, I', fishing-- (laughing)
- You're on a break?
And it looks like Phoebe's on a break too--
- Phoebe's always on a break.
- [Brian] Lori, I'm working my butt off, here, and--
- And so am I, I literally--
- So-- - just sat down--
- [Brian] Oh yeah. Let me see your minutes.
How many minutes have you been on there?
Can you see it?
Three hours and 11 minutes?
- No, it's three 11, - Okay--
- (laughing) Brian--
(laughing)
- You backdoor-- - Take him,
tell him, Phoebe, go, (laughing)
- Phoebe, your momma's being silly,
your momma's being silly.
- Okay, well, I'm, yeah,
I tell you what, guys,
I'm an Animal Crossing widower right now,
because, all she does, is play Animal Crossing, all day,
while I work-- - Yeah, right.
(laughing)
(whoosing) I've been
around the Reptarium all day,
taking carer of all the different animals,
but I actually have a special project.
We are fix-tu-ring out this enclosure
for the new baby phir-li-us
And now, we already have their older siblings here.
They are super adorable.
I can't wait to get the new ones in there
and see how they do over here.
So, I'm gonna go ahead, grab some bedding
and fixture this guy out,
(whoosing)
(upbeat music)
All right so, they're all set up in here.
We got a bunch of sticks and plants,
bunch of stuff for them to climb on.
I'm sure they're gonna do great over here,
but I'm really exited to see 'em grow up. (whoosing)
- Okay, some more unboxing.
Again, just catching up on stuff.
Some of this stuff was sent to us a while ago,
and it wasn't that we don't appreciate it.
It's just, we wanted to open them up on the vlog,
and we've just been so busy.
Obviously, with the Reptarium and everything else going on.
So, this one is actually from the Trouts,
from Virginia--
- All right, I'm gonna guess. I'm gonna guess it's a book,
- Oh well, it is a book,
- See, with a, oh, let's see,
oh, it's a whole lot of books. (Lori laughing)
Oh, my gosh-- - All right,
so not really a book, (laughing)
- It's a start book-- - a notepad-- (laughing)
- Is it a notepad?
- It is a book--
It's a child's flipbook-- - Oh (laughing)
- Perfect-- - This is exactly,
(Lori laughing) this is my level of reading,
right here,
- Oh, - This is good.
- Ah-- - "We saw this book,
"thought you would enjoy, flipping through the pages,
"while sitting at your desk." (laughing)
- "I'm all about efficiency
"Not lazy, just gradual."
- I love it! - Thank you.
- Later is a wonderful word. - Thank you.
(laughing) I love it.
I'm definitely gonna read this, thank you.
- That'll be perfect on his desk.
- That is perfect,
I'm telling you, that's the level of reading that I enjoy,
(Lori laughing) I really do.
This is actually from, let's see,
the UPS store,
it doesn't say, who it's from,
and, oh my gosh,
what's this?
- Is it underwear? - I don't know, I don't know--
(Lori laughing)
- [Man] To clean the glass, maybe,
in stead of using paper towels?
- Yeah, maybe it's a glass cleaner?
- Oh, yeah, it does look like that--
- Oh, it's a,
oh, my gosh, it's a bunch of them--
- So, - They're the static ones--
- Oh, Norwex, okay-- - Oh--
- So, (laughing)
- And they're up there, yeah,
- That's cool. That looks cool, so by the way--
- "My name is Mira, I'm 10 years old.
"Love the vlog so much,
"Saw that you use paper towels on the glass.
"To help with that,
"my family got you something--
- Thank you-- - Yeah,
- This all-- - Some perfect reuseable--
- Yeah, and it's great-- - For the glass,
'cause we have a lot.
- And it's a great timing, 'cause we're trying
to conserve on paper towel,
got one more box, here.
- [Lori] Don't cut towards me--
- Oh, speaking of paper towel,
and this is actually from,
this is Rodeo-shme-rer (laughing)
- [Man] Roedersheimer--
- Roedersheimer,
This' from Roedersheimer,
it's from North Carolina and, oh my gosh, you guys,
(laughing)
oh, great--
(faintly speaking) - Oh my gosh--
reusable, here's some letters--
- Oh my gosh, letter from the Roedersheimers family,
(Lori laughing)
I'm so sorry that I messed you up,
"My husband watches your vlog everyday,
"actually he has-- - Perfect--
"me hooked as well, thank you so much,
"because of you, our family recently
"become a boa point-head baba in our home."
And this is a picture of Baba, right here.
(Lori laughing)
"My husband has also wanted a snake for a while,
"before we met, and fell into hard times,
"and was homeless for a while."
All right.
"He had to give away two boas,
"wanted to get snakes again, so he just got it.
"We have learned so much from you,
and have Nathan want to send some supplies.
Thank you so much-- - Thank you so much.
- I appreciate it, guys-- (Lori laughing)
and then they tell us a little bit about Baba,
so it sounds like he's a great animal.
- Super nice-- - And ne-re-ly, guys--
- And needed-- - This is--
- [Lori] Much thanks.
- [Brian] This is like, I tell you what,
if I was walking down the road,
and I saw a pile of cash,
or I saw a pile of pa-pe,
I would pick that,
So, thank you. (Lori laughing)
And look, I mean, oh my god, you guys are amazing, seriously
- Yeah, so nice. - Thank you so much.
I mean, this is so,
Thank you for everyone that has dome so much for ourselves.
- We appreciate it.
- We're so blessed to have you, seriously,
Thank you guys, so much.
(whoosing) And like I mentioned earlier,
actually we have an unboxing video tomorrow,
that I am super exited about.
Cannot wait to share it.
So, I hope that you will enjoy it,
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