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- I kinda screwed up.
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Harry, what's going on buddy?
Come on bud.
Come on.
Ah, there you go buddy.
Alright, I just gotta get you outta here
so you don't mess with Ivy.
Come on big boy, come on.
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Ivy, you wanted a pig?
There you go girl.
Come on, come on.
Whoa!
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- And basically guys, I'm not gonna to lie to you,
I asked you a question and I was really interested
in your opinion,
but, I didn't do a good enough job explaining what I really
wanted to accomplish.
Good girl Ivy have some fun.
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Hey Shnazzie.
Come here buddy.
(reptile snaps) There you go boy.
There you go.
You are a beautiful boy I tell you.
So obviously guys,
I need to learn how to ask questions
a little better on the vlog.
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- Come on, girl.
Come on.
That's it girl. (reptile snaps)
Whoa!
There you go sweetheart.
What a wonderful snake.
And basically what I meant
is the fact that I asked you guys
a question about potentially downsizing BHB.
And honestly,
I feel like I didn't explain myself well enough.
So I read through 2000 comments and a lot of people really
were passionate about me,
not downsizing me going and moving into another place,
buying another building, expanding whatever the case may be.
And I feel like I didn't explain myself well enough.
So I apologize for asking that question.
Sometimes it's hard in a 15 minute video to express yourself
the way you want to, and I appreciated your opinion.
I wanted your opinion,
but I didn't explain myself well enough,
what I meant by potentially downsizing.
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Whew!
Night fury is amazing.
And basically what I meant is that I have to just do a
better job of explaining things because it's a complicated
thing and then in a vlog,
it's hard to explain all the details.
It's not just about business, right.
It's also about personal.
You guys know that I've been on this kind of anxiety
journey, getting better, not there yet, but you know,
so I have to make decisions that are not only business
sense, but also from a personal happiness sense.
Now I'm gonna express first by if I
never brought it up.
You guys may not even know
that I had downsized if I was going to,
because we're only talking about 20 or 30% and don't get me
wrong, that 20 or 30%, it's gonna be difficult,
you know, because I love all my animals,
but the idea of like renting a new building or buying a new
building and moving it all and having stuff offsite and the
stress and anxiety that goes along with like having two
places, more expenses, all that type of stuff,
is it really worth it?
You know, from a business standpoint you could say,
"Well, Brian, you could still make money."
I get that.
But it's not really about money.
Anyone that knows me knows
that I'm not really motivated by finances.
I'm motivated by personal experiences.
And the fact is is that I love the reptarium and I love BHB,
but it makes the most sense
to try to keep things in one spot.
And the only way to do that is to somehow maybe streamline
BHB a little bit.
And I, you listen when I asked you guys a question,
I appreciate every comment and I take it to heart.
I think what happened was a lot of the comments that you
guys made about you should never downsize,
don't forget where you came from,
that was one of the things.
So I'm never going to forget where I come from.
That doesn't mean that I can't go to other places, right?
You know what I mean?
Because you came from somewhere doesn't mean that you can't
grow as a person grow as a business grow as a,
as everything.
So, I apologize that I wasn't more clear
with my intentions and maybe the actual clarity
of the question that I asked.
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I kinda remembered that the majority of the animals that BHB
have had since babies, I typically raise things up.
So obviously I get emotionally attached to every animal
I have and making decisions,
which ones we may wanna re-home is gonna be difficult.
You know, I'm not in a position to do it right now.
This is something that's gonna happen over 18 months.
I mean, this isn't like tomorrow,
third of the collections gone.
Basically what it is, it's a slow kind of progression.
As we expand the reptarium
and potentially come into this space,
we need to downsize to get these animals in the space that
we have available, as a matter of fact,
you guys know that the next process we have for the basement
by the pocket's room is actually gonna be building a
colubrid room, right?
So all the colubrids that are in this room that could
potentially be reptarium 3.0, will now
be moved into a new area.
So that frees up this whole area here.
Then we have to do the same exact thing with the dungeon.
That'll be something that'll happen at least
six months from now, it's not gonna be any time soon.
So it's a slow process.
And again, it's a process that maybe
I didn't do a good enough job
explaining it to you guys.
So I certainly apologize because I made a mistake.
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And speaking of mistakes on a completely different level,
Brazilian rainbow boas, Colombian rainbow boas.
It doesn't look like we are
gonna get any litters this year.
And that is a mistake on my part
from our breeding standpoint,
basically what happened is we got so busy
over the breeding season.
You guys know, I focus so hard
on ball python production that about halfway
through the breeding season,
I kinda lost focus on the Rainbow boas,
now you gotta keep in mind
that the ball pythons and most of the pythons
breed during there like November,
December all the way through March and April.
Whereas the rainbow boas starts breeding
about February and they breed really through
maybe may or June while it was probably around March.
I just got overwhelmed with so much going on and I stopped
really rotating the males like I wanted to.
So that was a lot of animals.
Things like this Brazilian rainbow boa
that could have had maybe 20 or 25 babies
Also the same goes for this beautiful,
Leucistic Colombian rainbow boas.
I kinda just dropped the boa.
And that just goes to show you
that even after three decades of breeding snakes,
you can still make mistakes
and how important is to stay diligent.
I'll be honest in the beginning, I thought,
"Alright, I might be okay."
I saw some copulation retention of sperm,
all that type of stuff.
And I thought, "Ah, they'll probably go."
And I had a few females that looked like
they really did swell up.
I thought for sure was going to prove at least a handful,
of litters of rainbow boas.
Turns out that we don't have one baby.
And I was really going through the other day and it looks
like none of the females are gravid.
So it's kind of a bummer because you know,
you work all year to take care of a big group of animals,
Brazilians, Colombians, all that type of stuff.
And now there's no fruits of your labor.
And that can really be costly because now I've got two years
worth of expenses into these animals.
That if they produce next year,
it really cuts into the profit margin.
So when you're managing a ball Python, a colubrid,
a rainbow, a boa constrictor, a sand bow colony,
whatever the case might be,
you have to really stay diligent.
And even someone with as much experience
and know-how as I do still make mistakes.
And this year it certainly was a costly one.
Ultimately I think that's why I liked
the podcast, right?
It's a long format, as a matter of fact,
I'll tell you really quick.
We had a lot of people that were concerned about our sloth,
you know, the fact that we're getting a sloth and a,
and then we talked about it on the podcast at length about
what our plans were with the sloth.
And then a lot of the people that commented about like,
"It's a mistake to get the sloth."
"You're not gonna do well with it."
Said, "Oh, wait a second,
now that I hear the plan that you have,
I think you are gonna be okay."
So a longer format,
like the podcast is nice because you can sit back and you
can talk for two hours about your plans.
So I have to really keep that in mind, right.
Is because when I'm just throwing stuff there on the vlog,
you guys are getting little tidbits of information and not
the whole picture again.
That's why I love the podcast is 'cause we can talk about
it for as long as we want and really explain the thought
process behind it, again, you know,
BHB's not going anywhere.
You probably won't even notice a difference with BHB because
we're still gonna be cutting edge,
We're still gonna be hatching.
It's just gonna be squeezed down a little bit so that
I could put more energy into the reptarium,
and that's just kinda the way it goes, right?
You know, and, but I do wanna know in the comments,
did this clarify some things?
Are you okay with the fact that I kind of felt bad,
that I made a mistake?
Let me know in the comments, what you feel,
if this has changed your mind about it
or anything like that.
So I always love hearing from you don't get me wrong.
I read your comments and they mean so much to me.
And in this case,
I think it was more my fault than anything.
And I'm gonna try to do better in the future.
To Brian, this is from Michelle.
This from Michelle Block.
I don't know how to open this box.
- Really? - Get the saws,
get the saws off.
- (chuckles) Mine as well,
you pretty much are opening that
- Oh my gosh!
- Doesn't say fragile,
so, we can only hope.
- I don't know, there is ...
- Let's see, well, first there's pens.
- [Man] There's a knife.
- I like pens.
- Oh my God, there is a knife yeah.
- [Man] Those are good too Brian.
- Yeah, those are great.
- (laughs)
- These are great, there are three death notes.
- Jeez. - Look at that.
Oh my gosh those are beautiful.
We got a little blood python here.
- I don't have my glasses.
- Got the puppy dog.
Dear Brian, "I wanted to start out
this letter by letting you know how
grateful I am that you have been a part of my life.
Anxiety has been one of my main struggles
in life for a long time and I grew remember
and I have used your videos as therapy since the first time
I watched snake bites years ago.
So thank you so much.
I truly believe that between watching your videos and having
my pets in my life has provided me with a much higher
quality of life than I had before without them."
I couldn't agree more.
"I will keep you in my prayers
and hope that you have nothing
but great days ahead because you deserve it.
Much love, Noah Bach."
So Noah Bach, thank you so much.
And let me see what's in here.
- I hope it's just a box with candy.
- Oh my gosh, what do we got?
I don't know what it is, what is this?
It's a hatchet.
I think it's a hatchet, I don't know what it is.
- A neck knife? - [Man] Yeah.
- Oh, it's a neck knife.
So I'll wear around my neck.
- How is a neck knife... - [Man] You probably
wear around your neck
and then keep it under your shirt.
- It's a little hatchet.
- [Man] Oh my God.
What is that thing?
(laughing) - It's awesome men!
I love it.
Look at this.
I'm gonna be walking around,
if you ever say anything bad to me?
(mimics)
- Thanks Noah, thanks a lot!
- (laughs) I love it.
- (laughs) A neck hatchet.
- I think it's time that you get back to work.
(laughs)
So again, I apologize.
I hope that you guys are more clearer
on what my future plans are.
I'll do my best I can possibly do to kinda continue
to clarify what I mean before I mean it.
Sometimes I just don't think it through.
Thank you guys for understanding.
If you enjoyed this video,
here is a playlist, because I fed a bunch of snakes,
feeding playlist, right over here up on this side,
you can subscribe to that podcast.
I was talking about long format,
on this side,
you can subscribe to this vlog channel,
turn your post notifications on,
have an absolutely wonderful day.
Remember, be kind to someone and I promise,
I'll see you tomorrow.