- Think of it like a wetsuit on a baby snake.
That is so bizarre, look at that!
It's a little tiny baby snake.
I have hardly ever seen a better example
ever in my entire career.
And unfortunately with chameleons,
oftentimes when they have infertile eggs,
they can go what's called denotia which is egg binding.
And they can literally die.
- We already talked about this.
I did not okay that.
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- Hey, good morning everybody,
and welcome to the vlog.
I wanted to check out these little baby snakes,
the clown clutch that hatched out.
They should have shed, probably,
over the last day or two.
This one is actually still in shed right here.
So, looking good.
I cannot wait to see what this thing
actually is when it sheds out.
This is actually a lesser leopard clown ball python.
Absolutely a ripper.
I'll tell you what, when this thing actually sheds out,
it's gonna be amazing.
So let's just check the other ones
and see if any of the other ones shed.
Oh!
We see a shed right here.
And look at this.
It's really interesting that a baby shed
is just slightly different than a normal snake shed.
I'll talk more about that in a minute.
But nevertheless, let's see what we've got here.
Oh my gosh.
And you can see just a little bit of stuck shed on this guy.
We'll have to go ahead and soak it.
It's really common with baby snakes.
Again, that baby snake shed is a little bit thicker
and a little bit different on a neonate snake
as opposed to an adult snake.
I'll talk more about that.
So we'll just have to soak and get it off.
But nevertheless, this is another
lesser leopard clown ball python.
Oh my gosh, that thing is crazy.
So, I hope some of the other ones shed as well.
Let's see what we have.
Oh, yup, this one shed too.
You can see all the little pieces of shed here.
Look at this thing!
Oh my God.
That thing is ridiculous.
This is actually just a super pastel clown,
which will be called a killer clown.
But it's also a leopard.
So it's a killer leopard clown ball python.
And I'll tell you what, that thing is what dreams
are made of right there.
That is gorgeous!
So let's see here.
We got another one here.
See, this is actually another
shed one out looking unbelievable.
This is actually just a pastel leopard clown ball python.
So this doesn't have the super pastel
just like the last one, but not a super pastel.
Unbelievable.
It looks so good.
And I'm hoping this one shed out
because it's so beautiful.
And guess what?
We've got a little shed.
Can't wait to see it.
Oh my gosh.
And this was the all gene animal
that we were hoping to hit in that clutch.
This is actually the super pastel, so killer clown,
but it's also a lesser and a leopard clown ball python.
So it's the gene.
Again, a killer lesser leopard clown ball python.
And this is the one that has
that little bit of paradoxing on it.
Oh my God, that thing turned out so amazing once it shed.
And again, I want to tell you again
why baby or neonate snakes have a little bit different shed
than say an adult one.
Back to the shed skin of neonate snakes
which is what a baby snake is called.
And it's basically a little different biochemically
than say a snake that's older.
Now, probably what's happening is that they need
a little bit thicker sheath of skin
to actually protect themself from the fluid in the egg
that's called albumin.
Also, snakes actually have what's called an egg tooth
which right at the tip of the nose
they have a little tooth that's out.
That helps them actually slit the egg.
You guys know I cut the egg.
They actually can do it on their own
with that egg tooth.
And of course after they hatch,
they no longer need the protection
from that fluid or albumin and they also don't need
the egg tooth because they've already hatched out.
So within a week or 10 days of a snake hatching,
they typically will shed out.
Weirdly enough, things like hognose
will shed the same day that they hatch.
Literally they'll hatch and then shed the same exact day.
And of course you might say, well,
snakes that are born live don't need an egg tooth.
That's correct but they probably still need
that kind of thicker sheath that is protecting 'em
inside the mother, right?
Same time of deal.
Again, there's been some tests that have been done
on the chemical nature of a neonate skin
compared to an adult or even sub-adult skin.
Basically, there's different chemical components
to a neonate skin.
Say for instance higher cholesterol in the skin.
Again, a little bit thicker, so I've noticed
that that first shed is a little bit harder
for the snakes to get off.
And oftentimes, we do have to even soak them a little bit
to help them shed out.
So it's kind of mother nature's way
of protecting an animal.
Think of it like of a wetsuit on a baby snake.
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So the last colubrid clutch of the year.
We literally have one python clutch
and one colubrid clutch left.
And these are actually mangrove snakes.
And they were laid almost 90 days ago.
Mangrove eggs, unlike a lot of other colubrid eggs
that go less than 60 days, can go up to 100 days.
We have two, four, six eggs left.
I was hoping maybe they were gonna be pipped out
because usually we're right in the 90 day range.
They could hatch out any day.
But it is a bummer that this is the last clutch of the year.
But I'm excited that they're mangrove snakes
because I love mangrove snakes.
But I did notice that one little egg went bad here.
Just in the last week or so, it kind of turned
a kind of more like a yellowish almost brownish look.
A little bit of mold on it.
And I thought to myself, let's go ahead
and see what's inside this egg, right?
Is there a little baby snake,
or was it infertile right from the beginning?
Usually an egg that'll go close to 90 days
before it turning ugly like this
usually does have a little baby
and something went wrong with development.
But every now and then it's a little surprising.
So what do you say we just cut into this
little monkey right here and see what's inside there.
It's probably not gonna smell real good.
It's probably not gonna look real good either.
But oh, I could see a little bit of bloody stuff in here
which tells me that there's probably a little
baby snake in here.
Yup.
Oh, guys, that is so bizarre.
Look at that.
It's a little tiny baby snake.
For whatever reason, I'm not sure why,
but this little baby didn't make it.
You could see it definitely developed for quite some time
before it actually passed away.
I'm gonna just, ah, it smells terrible, guys.
Ugh, look at that, it's so gross.
I just want to take it out and see
what's going on with it.
Was there some spinal kinking?
Was there some deformity?
Why would it die?
But it's actually pretty interesting.
I'm gonna go ahead and just,
you know what, I'm gonna take all this out of the egg,
so that we can actually see.
This is a great way to understand
the mechanism of how a snake egg works, okay?
So I'm gonna just kind of peel this away.
And you can see this big blob right here, right?
That's the actual yolk.
This is what the snake is actually living on.
The nutrients with the snake.
And then take a look at this.
You see that little thing right there?
That's the umbilical cord that is attached
right to that yolk sac.
And then of course it goes right into the belly
of the snake right here,
and then they'll actually grow and develop.
Now I don't see anything wrong with this snake at all.
It looks completely perfect.
I don't know why and for what reason
it wouldn't have made it.
But it's still really cool
to be able to actually see what a snake
would be like in the egg.
It's unfortunate that it passed away.
But it's a great opportunity for us to learn together.
That was pretty awesome.
It's a bummer that it didn't make it.
But what a cool thing to actually get to see, right?
I have hardly ever seen a better example
ever in my entire career.
So this absolutely is cool for me
as I hope it is for you guys.
And let's hope the other six eggs
actually go full-term and hatch.
It's a good sign that there was a baby snake in here,
and the fact that these guys still look good.
Hopefully we'll have some baby mangrove snakes any day.
Back with Jessica and more geckos.
But this time, is this the last of the--
- [Jessica] This is all, we're almost done.
- Oh my gosh. - I'm so happy.
- You guys know that we had a gazillion
leopard geckos this year.
And these are the last ones.
Oh my God. - That one's just coming out.
- Look at his little head.
Is that a little Murphy's patternless maybe?
- [Jessica] Looks like an albino one, yeah.
- Yeah an albino Murphy's patternless.
Oh my God, that is so absolutely adorable.
And it looks like over here we have
a little eclipse super snow, huh?
- Yeah that one looks - This thing looks
really good. - really cool.
- It's not quite as crazy pied
as some of the ones we've produced,
but still absolutely adorable.
So, it looks like literally,
there's probably less than a couple dozen left to hatch
for the year, so that's pretty crazy.
- I'm so happy, oh my God, this year was so crazy.
- I know.
Jessica really bred the geckos like crazy this year
which means we had a lot of babies
which is really craziness.
Again, you guys know that we're not gonna be producing
as many geckos ever again.
So this is the last time we're hatching
thousands and thousands of geckos.
We're still gonna have a lot of geckos.
But nothing like we've ever had before.
So, great year this year, and the website there
are a million leopard geckos if you guys are interested.
Take a look at this absolutely adorable veil chameleon.
This is a female veiled chameleon.
You may notice something different about this
particular animal: the fact that it has white legs.
This is what they call translucent.
It's a recessive mutation.
And it's really just piebald.
It's just like a piebald ball python,
or whatever the case is,
so a friend of mine actually contacted me
and said, "I have a female translucent veil chameleon.
"Would you be interested?"
And I was like, yeah, they always have been awesome.
Ever since I first seen them I thought they were
super cool, so I was like, sure.
Now there is a little bit of a downside to this.
Do you notice how fat she is?
Unfortunately sometimes when you get female veil chameleons
and they're not in with a male,
they can actually still become gravid.
I'm pretty sure she is full of eggs right now.
Now you may think that's awesome.
Well, number one, there's really very rarely
parthenogenesis so they wouldn't be fertile eggs.
And unfortunately with chameleons,
oftentimes when they have infertile eggs,
they can go what's called denotia which is egg binding,
and they can literally die.
So what we're gonna have to do with this little girl,
is we're gonna set her up,
get her off the stress of everything that's going on,
put a nice plant base in there
with some soil so she can dig,
and hopefully she'll go ahead and pass
all of those infertile eggs.
Once she does that, we can maybe then
think about breeding her to Raul, our male veil chameleon
and maybe get some het translucents,
maybe we'll raise them up and down the road through some--
Maybe down the road, who knows, we'll maybe produce
some veiled, and who knows, down the road,
maybe we'll produce some, oh my gosh.
Who knows, maybe down the road,
we'll produce some translucent veil chameleons.
This monkey is absolutely gorgeous.
But unfortunately, we're gonna have to really work hard
to make sure she's okay, and I'll keep you guys updated.
And maybe you learned a little bit
about female chameleons today.
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I'm gonna ask Lori for something right now.
I don't know how she's gonna feel about it.
So let's see what happens.
Lori?
- What?
- [Brian] Hello.
You know that a lot of times I just buy animals
and I don't ask your permission.
- Yeah, I know.
- So I was thinking I want to ask your permission.
We kind of talked about this a little bit
but I wanted to kind of get it on the record
so that if something happens, you know,
you'll know about it. - What are you talking about?
- [Brian] Is it okay if I get a sloth?
- No.
We already talked about this.
I did not okay that.
- [Brian] I thought you said it sounded good.
- We, no, I've never said it sounded good.
We talked about it.
And basically we put a pin in it.
- [Brian] A pin in it?
- Yes.
Because there's no way or reason to get one right now.
- No, I'm not saying get one like tomorrow.
I'm just saying like maybe
in the next six months, get a sloth.
Like I start looking for the sloth now.
- No, because if you find a sloth tomorrow,
then you're gonna have it next week.
And we don't have a place, it doesn't fit in.
- [Brian] I'm not gonna buy it
before we have a place.
We're gonna have a place all setup.
So I'm gonna do my research first.
And then I'm gonna get a sloth.
- You can research, do not talk purchase with anybody.
You could research.
- [Brian] Well I might have to talk purchase
to get the information.
- No, then you're talking to the wrong people, no.
- So what you're saying-- - No, I am not,
it is on the record I said do not buy a sloth, period.
- No, but what you're saying is that
if I do my research and stuff like that,
I could maybe get a sloth in a little bit.
- I said do research.
- Okay, all right, so I think this is good.
So I'm gonna go ahead, start researching sloths,
if you guys know, reach out to me,
I want to know something about
how to keep two toed sloths,
and where to get them, and stuff like that.
I want to really tame one.
I think Lori's on board, what do you guys think?
These things are so absolutely ridiculous.
Just take a look at these.
Of course these are the giant leaf tail geckos,
the uroplatus fimbriatus,
and if you notice, this is the male down here.
He's a little bit more slender.
And this female has actually laid eggs in the past.
I'm gonna turn it over this way
and I'm gonna actually show you.
You can start to see eggs building in her right here
where she's starting to get a little bit of puffiness
and you can see the white right here
where the eggs are coming in.
And of course this is the male.
You can kind of tell the difference
between these two guys here.
So, hopefully with any luck,
we will get some more eggs.
And this time, maybe they'll be fertile,
and we'll actually hatch 'em.
So it's been a while since I actually
updated you guys on the black milk snakes, right?
These are the ones that are kind of born tricolor
like a Honduran milk snake, and then get blacker
like a Mexican black king, as they get big.
They're also a really large milk snake.
They'll get like seven foot.
Well, this is kind of one that's starting
to go through the change.
You can still see the bands, that black, yellow,
and red, but it's kind of faded
and really sooty looking.
And then you can start to see this one
is even more sooty looking.
It's not quite black yet.
But it's definitely getting there
where you can almost hardly see the triads.
And that's the bands, they call 'em triads.
You can still see 'em really faintly,
but it's definitely getting darker and darker.
And then you could see this one
where you basically can't even see the triads now.
It's almost jet black.
It's gonna even get more jet black as it gets bigger.
But you can see the progression.
For one that's just turning
to one that's kind of halfway turned
to one that's almost 100% turned.
Again, when this one gets a little bit bigger,
it's gonna be jet black.
You can still really faintly see a little bit
of the triading but for the most part, it's already black.
It's gonna be to the point where you can't see
any triads at all.
These guys are super cool milk snakes
that you don't see very often,
and I'm super excited to see when these guys get to adult,
and hopefully we can produce some more of these guys.
But it's super cool to finally start see them turn black.
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