- Hey, good morning, everybody,
and welcome to the vlog, and guess what?
That's right, I have a couple boxes here.
We're gonna be doing an unboxing to start the day.
But I'm gonna need some help today.
So obviously Lori is here as well.
Lori what did you order?
- Snakes. (laughs)
- Some snakes.
So you guys may or may not know this,
but we're getting a little low on our inventory.
And we got some cool snakes to put up on the website,
from the same guys that we always get it from.
Again, I talked about the fact
that I really don't deal with a lot of people.
I like to deal with just, oh Jesus, I just poked myself.
(laughs) What?
Geez, oh my god.
I literally just stabbed myself.
- Will you be careful now?
I tell you every time.
- That's the first time I've ever done that.
So like I said, we just deal with a couple people
that we know have really good places,
and they only wholesale, they don't sell retail.
I can't believe, my hand hurts now.
So let's go ahead and just jump in
and see what we got going on here.
All right, let's see what we got going on.
(air whooshes) (boxes crash)
Come on, jump in.
And literally, I am bleeding.
Look at, I stabbed myself.
- Yeah, that's what happens when you stab yourself.
- Okay so how we gonna do this?
I don't know what Lori ordered.
Are you gonna open a bag,
I open a bag like we usually do?
- Sure. - Okay, good.
So I'm gonna start and again, these are all ball pythons
just so you guys know.
But there's gonna be some cool stuff 'cause I know Lori,
ooh, these guys are really, whoa!
There's one snake in here that is pretty dope!
I'm gonna show it to you right now.
Oh my gosh.
I tell you what guys.
That's almost the barney ball right there.
So is this a banana super cinni?
- [Lori] You know what yeah, it should be.
- So a super cinnamon is basically an all black snake,
banana obviously goes the other way.
So, it's almost purplish.
- I was very curious as to what that combo would look like.
I hadn't seen one before. - That's cool.
- Have you?
- No, well I think Doug Matuszak produced one years ago,
but it's been like a long time I haven't seen one.
So anyways, a banana super cinnamon.
That's pretty cool.
If it just could be a little bit more purple.
That would be a barney ball python right there.
And then of course what do we have here?
It looks like we have a little GHI right here,
and then these would be,
let's see, pastel banana lessers?
Pastel banana lessers.
It's almost like I know what I'm talking about sometimes.
- Whatever
(laughs)
- That's pretty awesome.
So that's a good way to start.
Ooh, wait a second here.
Oh, those are pin pieds?
- Yes.
- Oh my gosh, pin pieds!
That is. - It's kinda cool.
This guy's gotta really cool marking on it.
- That is dope.
I actually like the the kind of less white pin pied, too,
'cause it has that crazy wild pattern.
Of course, pied ball really messes up the pattern in snakes.
So that is really cool.
And then these are what?
These would be.
(Sigh) I'm gonna say bubble bee enchies.
- Super.
- Oh, so they're killer bee enchies.
Okay.
Okay, next bag.
I cheated.
I didn't mean to look. - Who's surprised?
- Okay I know know these
these look like just pastel GHIs.
- Yup.
- So okay, so pastel GHIs.
Of course both incomplete dominant animals,
and of course some beautiful banana cinnies right here.
These are always super popular.
Everyone always loves banana cinnies.
- Those are so pretty.
- We actually four boxes today.
Two big boxes with two styros in each.
Oh okay.
Ooh, this is.
Oh, are these leopard cinnies?
- Yes.
- Less, ah, those are cool.
They're exactly what you would expect them to look like.
Like cinnamon pastels and leopards.
Those are nice.
And then this is just a blue-eyed Lucy of some sort.
What do we got?
- Lesser russo.
- A lesser russo, make senses.
Again, blue-eyed Lucy's are always super popular.
So and again, this time of year,
we know we're gonna get well started animals.
So they can go up on the website much quicker,
and of course, like I said, this is a guy
that we've known for 30 years.
That's really good.
So we're pretty confident that we can maybe get these guys
set up and get em up on the site relatively quickly
which will be great.
Of course, we take all the precaution
we're suppose to in advance.
So what do we got here?
Oh this is interesting.
I like guessing, guessing is just fun.
And I - So fun.
- It is fun. (laugh)
So let's see what we've got.
We've got, these look like.
Well, this looks like just maybe a pastel banana.
But then this is maybe a cinni, a pewter banana?
Oh, banana Mojave cinnamon. - Oh yeah.
- Okay, so this is a banana hat red.
And this is what they would call a banana green pastel,
which is just basically like a pastel.
And these of course are the banana Mojave cinnies.
- Oh, okay.
- So yeah, that's pretty cool.
More banana stuff.
Now these look more like banana lessers, no?
- That would be my guest, yes.
- Ah, banana lessers, okay, good.
So again, I like the banana lessers stuff
'cause it makes it really clean.
- Yeah, it's really neat what each gene does
whether it's color or more contrast or.
- All right, two more boxes to go.
And I like the fact that I often times don't know
what Lori brought
because this makes it (air whooshes)
a little bit more fun. (boxes crash)
All right, here we go.
I'm gonna just jump into this bag right here.
What do we have here?
Ooh, these are nice, these are.
As a matter of fact, I did a tour the other day,
and the person said that they really like dark ball pythons.
They were like "Oh my god, dark ball pythons."
So they're gonna absolutely love these here.
Looks like a pastel GHI,
and are these chocolate GHIs maybe?
- I was just gonna say that's what they look like.
- 'Cause they're really dark GHIs.
- Yes.
- So it looks like maybe chocolate GHIs.
- I like that. - Ah, yeah.
It's interesting how the chocolate and the GHI
almost makes what looks like a super chocolate animal
or something like that.
So far there's a hand full of animals
that I certainly would love to keep
in this batch for sure. - Always.
- I'll have to get em, once we get em set up,
I'll have to go through and hang on to.
Those are nice, those are.
Ooh, wow!
So we got obviously normal crystals here.
Oh, are these the invisi balls?
- Those are phantom russo.
- Phantom russos.
- I was super curious as to what these guys would look like.
- Ah, these are really cool.
I mean, those things are dope.
They were remind me of the invisi ball ones.
So that's a phantom russo.
Interesting.
'Cause the phantom gene
is in the blue-eyed leucistic complex.
The russo gene's in the blue-eyed leucistic complex.
When you mix them together, you still get a ton of pattern.
Those are cool.
Oh my god, this thing is ridiculous.
I don't know what the heck this is.
This has to be a killer bee calico maybe?
Let's see, a killer bee, ah, killer bee calico.
All right, oh, and then we have a banana pastel calico.
Let me what these guys look like.
They look like they're.
Ooh, wow!
Wow!
That's a banana pastel calico.
- We have two in here.
- Right, they're both banana pastel calico.
(laughs) Wow.
Awesome, so one more box.
And one more opportunity to cut myself.
(air whooshes) (boxes crash)
All right, let's go.
Okay, so what do we have here?
Oh, we got some poop.
(laughs)
(gags)
- Glad you got the good bag.
- Huh.
- Ouch!
Okay, so what do we got?
Oh man, I don't wanna put my hand in here.
- (laughs) The best.
- Ugh, it's gross.
- So what I have is a handful of (laughs).
(toy squeaks)
- Oh my gosh.
Is this another banana calico, banana?
- It was.
- It looks like another banana pastel calico.
- Super.
- Oh, a super pastel banana calico.
Okay, that's pretty cool.
And then, do we have two of them?
Looks like we have two of them.
Kinda faded out, the super pastel actually gets faded out.
Then just a nice banana lemon blaster, a banana pin stripe.
Wow, those are some nice snakes.
He did good, these guys are beauti.
Look. - That one goes in here.
- Oh.
- It doesn't. - Goes in my pocket.
- Not in the poop bag.
- Not in the poop bag. (laughs)
All right, so it looks like we have a little,
is this a candino?
- Oh yeah.
- So we got a little candino here.
Got another candino, these look like banana pewters right?
Or this might be a banana pewter GHI.
Banana pewter, oh, so what?
Just banana pewter and candino.
So that's amazing.
That looks like a GHI right there.
So that's a banana pewter.
That's actually really really nice.
These ones here looks like pastel enchi lesser maybe?
- Yes. - Okay.
That ones a banana lesser enchi.
- Nope, banana butter calico.
- Oh, okay.
Yeah, the calico,
you can see the calico on the sides right there.
That makes a lot of sense.
And then that is just a banana
(air whooshes) Ow, it just bit me.
(laugh) Huh, sheesh, angry.
- That one's feisty.
(air whooshes) - Oh my god.
(air whooshes) - This is the banana cinnamon.
- Oh, okay, banana cinni, okay.
Wow, sheesh, this is a good bag.
- Yeah, best for last.
- All right, so this is obviously an albino something.
Maybe a pastel albino or something like that?
- It's an albino. (laughs)
- Just an albino, okay.
This is obviously an albino black pastel or albino cinni.
- Mm-hmm.
- This one looks again kinda like a banana enchi lesser?
Banana enchi something?
Definitely a banana and a lesser and then maybe an enchi?
- Nope, that's a banana butter.
- Oh, banana butter, okay, okay.
Then this is a tough one here.
This is the one I was looking at
that I was like I'm not sure.
- Really, I get it.
It looks like a.
- I mean, it looks to me like a banana pewter.
- Yeah. - That's it, oh.
(laughs) Well, that's it.
- Wasn't that hard. (laughs)
- It just looks, I mean, I figured there was something else
'cause it's really faded.
So there you guys go.
That concludes the unboxing.
I don't know that we're gonna get
another big shipment of snakes like this,
probably for another three or four months.
We'll get a few shipments here and there.
Always getting stuff.
But that's the unboxing for the day.
Hope you guys enjoyed it.
(air whooshes) (Italian folk music)
- Here, my gal, I'll get it, but your gonna still come out.
'Cause you're pretty.
Woo, that was a weird one.
That was a nice snotty looking one.
Yeah, it's like pasta fagioli.
Yes, mm. - It's a pasta fazool.
- [Feeder] Mm, snippy snip.
That's my girl.
(laugh)
(kisses)
Let's grab it.
- [Helper] It's a good spaghetti.
- Eat the food, Tina.
It really comes down to it with Margaret keeping,
specially in captivity, you really wanna get
as best possible diet you can.
Like these guys obviously aren't gonna be eating
exactly what we're feeding them here in the wild.
However, we do understand things like organ meats,
certain foods that we definitely
wouldn't necessarily eat as human, these particular meats
actually have certain nutritions in them.
And a nutrition that they actually need.
Especially organ meats.
A lot of our monitors and stuff like that,
especially our big big guys,
organ meat is really really really important part
of our feeding in their diet.
This is so a weird consistency to her.
Like this is nothing we've typically fed her.
Like we've fed her organ meats before,
but never really anything like this.
It's so slimy and weird,
and you can tell she's like,
it's almost like she's trying to figure it out,
like how do you eat this?
And I can't blame her really,
like I mean, how do you eat that?
No, no, don't pull it, don't pull it.
Just eat it.
See look, you let go.
There you go, yay!
Oh see, a little bit of team work always goes a long way.
Thank you guys so much for joining me
and my girl Lucy on our spaghetti dinner.
I know she certainly enjoyed it.
I didn't really, not so much.
That wasn't so good for me, my stomach hurts.
But you look a lot more healthier now.
I can already tell, look at your eyes.
You're so much happier.
(Italian folk music)
(air whooshes)
- Of course you guys know that I spend an hour or so
everyday down here at the ball pythons
just switching males, checking for eggs, all that stuff.
Eggs are starting to come
when it comes to ball pythons here.
Don't know if I'll get any clutches today,
but everyday that gets closer,
about two weeks from now is when the explosion starts,
but hopefully, we'll find eggs because I get addicted to it.
I always say as a snake breeder, you get addicted to eggs.
So it's that possibility of amazing babies so.
Let's go ahead and just check our animals,
switch our males around,
and hopefully we'll find some ball python eggs.
(air whooshes) (upbeat music)
Sadly, doesn't look like we got any clutches,
but take a look at this ovulation right here
from this enchi female.
Oh my gosh!
Just look at that, it looks like.
I mean she can't even bend.
She is so absolutely crazy, wow.
I'll tell you what, that's amazing.
Again, lots and lots and lots of ovulations and sheds,
and we're ready to go.
So sadly no eggs today, but that's just the way it goes.
I'm sure tomorrow, the next day, whenever,
we're gonna get eggs.
And like I said, a couple weeks from now
it's gonna be pretty exciting.
(air whooshes)
I am pretty excited right now because guess what?
Take a look at what we got guys.
That's right, our first colubrids eggs of the year.
It's actually a Mexican black king nigritus,
later first clutch, so that is absolutely incredible.
Unfortunately I didn't set up egg boxes yet.
So I thought we still had a few days
before our first clutch.
So let's go ahead and set up the egg boxes.
They're a little different then what we do with pythons.
I'll walk you through that.
And then we'll go ahead and pull this first clutch.
But it started guys.
Colubrid eggs season is officially here.
Let's go set these boxes up.
(air whooshes)
So we actually use vermiculite for colubrid eggs.
And its just really an economic thing.
We go through a lot more incubating medium than hatchrite.
Hatchrite is a little bit more expensive.
So if we were gonna use that with colubrids
obviously we would cost a lot more.
This works out completely fine.
It's something I been doing since I was a teenager.
So again, creature of habit, sort of speak.
So what I do is I wanna mix basically a one-to-one ratio,
which volume to weight with vermiculite.
Essentially I'm just gonna mix water
that's kinda like room temperature
'cause these guys incubate at about 82 degrees.
We just literally throw them up on the shelf.
So essentially, I just want about a inch and a half
or two inches of actual vermiculite in the bottom
of a shoe box with no holes in it.
Again, it's gonna be damp, but not wet.
I'll show how much water I do.
I do it by feel.
Again, you can actually weigh the volume per weight
if you want to, one-to-one ratio.
In the meantime, I'm just gonna go ahead
get some vermiculite in here and start to mix water in.
(upbeat music)
And again, this is just feel
because I've done this for so long.
What you want to do is when you pull it like that
it clumps into a ball.
But at the same time when I squeeze it,
you actually get no water out of it.
Because you don't want the eggs to actually be wet, right?
You want the eggs to have high humidity
like upper 90%, close to 100% actual humidity,
but you don't want it to be sitting on wet
because they can actually rot that way.
And then again, I just put like just about that much
in the bottom of a shoe box right here.
Fill the rest of these up, and then I'll put the eggs
right down into this box right here.
(air whooshes)
All right, back to my Mexican black king,
and see how many eggs there are.
And you know the thing is that
this is just the first clutch of the year
when it comes to colubrids kings,
milks, all that type of stuff,
but it's pretty telling, right?
You know, if you give fertile eggs,
that is a great sign, and guess what?
A lot of beautiful fertile eggs.
Just look at how big these eggs are right here.
That's absolutely incredible.
So I'm just gonna go ahead and set these guys down in here.
Take mom out, make sure that she's got
all her eggs out and stuff like that.
And you can see with this Mexican black king,
it's kind of interesting.
It's got a little bit of yellow on it.
Now, most of the time that yellow goes away.
Sometimes babies are born with yellow, but it goes away.
This particular animal kept it through its whole life,
which is pretty interesting to be honest with you,
but still, its babies will come out probably jet black
or might have a little yellow,
but usually it'll lose that as they get older.
So we got two, four, five eggs.
Not a huge clutch, but again not a big female.
This is a first year female.
So five eggs, five fertile eggs,
and again the fertility is telling in the sense
that we didn't get breeding too late, right?
Sometimes if you bring colubrids out of brumation,
and don't get males and females quick enough,
their first clutches can sometimes have some fertility.
The fact that we have the first clutch of the year fertile
is absolutely great news,
and Lori's been crushing it when it comes to breeding.
So I have a feeling this is gonna be one of the best
colubrid years we've had in a long time.
And we all know the python season's going good.
So things are looking really good at BHB this year.
(air whooshes)
Let's talk about setting up these baby snakes actually.
We have a rack here that is obviously separate
from all the other racks.
But one of the things we do
to kinda avoid getting mites in our collection,
Which by the way, BHB hasn't had
a mite in it's collection for probably like six years
because we do this every single time
we bring in a shipment of shakes.
We will actually treat with vermiculite in the cage
as if the snakes have mites.
Now this particular source has never sent a snake with mites
but I got to be honest with you.
We've had a lot of really reputable people
send us snakes that have mites.
So we treat them like they have mites.
That way, there's no way that if they do have mites
they can get into our other snakes
and actually have mites in the collection.
That's the only way we've been able
to keep them eradicated for so many years.
So what I do is I just spray Preventamite
in this cage like this.
And I'm just gonna kinda fog it all up like this.
You can see there's no water dish in here.
It's just the coupling.
And what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna let that sit
for probably two or three minutes.
So all the aerosol drops out.
Now there's a coating of mites spray all on this.
And if for some reason a snake does come in with mites,
once it mite craws off the snake,
it's gonna get on to that spray and it's gonna die.
The only way to really keep mites out of your collection
is to basically preventatively treat and pretend
that every snake you bring in is gonna have mites
no matter who you get it from.
That way you can actually avoid it.
So I'll spray all of these down right here
and let it all settle.
Then I'll start to put all the snakes in.
And then later on today, we'll go back and put waters in.
(upbeat music)
(air whooshes)
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Have an absolutely wonderful day.
Remember, be kind to someone,
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