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- Hey, good morning everybody (chuckles)
and welcome to the vlog.
Hey, I tell you what,
we're back here at BHB in the Reptarium,
so let's just go ahead and jump right back
into egg cutting.
And weirdly enough,
I'm gonna show you a clutch here
that is actually a spider female
bred to a pastel vanilla bamboo woma.
So there's gonna be some cool stuff.
But guess what?
Babies are already pipping out.
Again, I was gone for five days so as I come back
a lot of the eggs that I would have normally
cut a day or two early are already pipping out.
And this was such an amazing clutch,
I had to still show you what's inside of them.
One baby is actually out of the egg.
This is actually a pastel vanilla bamboo woma.
So this is exactly what I was expecting from this animal,
but there's no spider in this one.
Let's go ahead and just see what's going on.
Again, we see all these slits in these eggs
and that's what these snakes do.
They actually have an egg tooth,
they'll cut the egg up. So we're just gonna go ahead and
see if we can see what is inside here
and oh my gosh there is some beautiful snakes in here. Oh!
I tell you what, I don't know what the heck.
I gotta figure out what this one is right here.
Okay. This one probably is a bumblebee vanilla. Oh!
That one is gorgeous.
Oh my gosh.
No bamboo in that one but still some amazing things.
This combination is a great combination for sure.
Let's see what we have in this egg right here.
Oh! We got a bamboo for sure. (chuckles)
There's just something about bamboos that are incredible.
So this again is the same thing.
This is a pastel vanilla bamboo woma ball python.
So again we've already got two of those and
wow are they absolutely incredible.
On to egg number 3.
Cutting around all of these little things right here.
Let's see what we have.
Oooh this is really pretty.
Okay, oooh I don't know actually.
I guess this is the same thing,
just a bumblebee vanilla but it looks
so different from the first one,
it looks like there's another gene.
And often times, when you're mixing these things up
sometimes there can be hidden genes
because, you know, we breed all kinds of stuff
and sometimes you're like oh, I think it's a 4 gene
and it turns out to be a 5 gene.
To me, it just looks like there's something else
going on with this one, not just a normal bumblebee vanilla
but I don't know, until it hatches out
you never know what's going on.
Okay, moving onto the next egg over here.
See if we get something else.
Really beautiful!
Okay, this is kind of interesting.
Looks like what we have here is
just a normal woma ball python.
I don't really see vanilla, I don't see pastel.
Looks like, oh, and it just came out,
look, it just popped out right there,
just popped it's head out.
So that looks like just a normal woma ball python,
I think, until it hatches out we're not 100% sure
of anything at this point.
There's another one right here,
let's go ahead, I got these eggs all sliced up
and we do have one other clutch that I'm gonna
go ahead and cut right after this that hasn't
started to pip.
It's actually a clown clutch, so I'm excited about that.
Okay here's another, this looks like
probably just a spider vanilla
really reduced animal, though
so that's beautiful.
So again, we've been getting some really amazing,
I knew this was going to be a good clutch
as soon as it was laid, I was like
oh, I cannot wait to see what's going to be in this clutch.
Okay, another bumblebee vanilla.
Kind of weird, that's our third bumblebee vanilla
in this clutch.
Kind of unusual, but this next egg looks like
it's going to be a ripper.
Let's see, ooh, whoa!
What in the heck is going on here?
Oh my, oh I got a little escapee over here.
Come on, little buddy.
Oh my gosh, hoh!
Wow, I'm not even sure what's going on here, guys.
I'll be honest with you.
That is incredible!
That is legitimately an unbelievable snake.
Definitely a pastel, this is an all gene animal right here.
This is a pastel, it's a spider, it's a woma,
it's a vanilla, it's a bamboo.
It looks like every single gene here.
What is amazing is how faded it is,
almost looks like it's a super pastel
but there wasn't pastel in the female side
so it can't be a super pastel.
Wow!
That's a keeper right there, guys.
That is beautiful.
And then this one's little head is sticking out right now,
looks like it's almost the same animal
but I can't see a body yet so I have to really gently
kind of get around it and see if I can
get this animal to just put its head back in.
I don't want to cut it with the razor blade, obviously.
So it's a little bit tricky and here we go.
It's kind of popping it's head back in.
It's so weird, I can literally feel
its egg tooth right on top of its head.
Again, I'm just going to take this
razor blade and just slowly,
just kind of rip this egg because
I don't want to hurt the animal at all.
Oh, there it goes.
Now, it popped it's head back in.
Now, we can cut it
And guess what guys?
The exact same animal as the other one,
the all gene animal!
Everything in there.
Oh my god!
So we got two all gene animals,
we ended up with like five bamboo combinations.
Which is really what I love, I love the bamboo stuff.
A bunch of really cool bumblebee vanillas.
This was exactly the clutch I was hoping we'd hatch.
I am blown away, that is incredible.
What we have here is actually a
female that is a pastel that's het for clown
and then actually a clown that's het for ghost
bred together. The thing is, this is the first time
this female laid eggs and it's always
a little concerning when you're like
oh please, let it be a het because, you know,
it was bred to a clown.
But there's always a chance for like
sperm retention and stuff like that.
So I always get nervous when I cut
my first test clutches, like please
let there be clowns in here.
So let's just go ahead and jump right into it
and hope for the best.
Again, theoretically we should probably
get about half clowns but we never know.
Oh, right off rip, there's a clown!
So we know that this female is
actually a het for clown.
And again, it was a pastel het for clown
bred to a clown that's het for ghost.
So this guy is actually a pastel that
is possibly het for ghost.
Absolutely incredible!
Way to prove it out on the first egg.
Oh doggy, that is absolutely amazing.
So let's go ahead and keep on cutting.
Another beautiful clown ball python.
Two for two, baby!
Oh I love that, that is fantastic.
Clowns are so amazing.
Jumping into egg number three, let's see what we got.
What if we had all clowns, right?
Oh my gosh, wait wait, no, it does look like it's...
Is it a pastel or is it a clown?
Oh yeah, this is just a pastel.
So this would be a pastel het for clown
possible het for ghost.
Still not bad, I'm not complaining.
We are crushing it today.
This is definitely my favorite day
of any cutting that we've done so far this year.
It's been absolutely incredible.
This is just a normal het for clown
that is possible het for ghost.
So not exactly excited about that one
but that's okay, hey, we started out good.
Let's keep this going here.
Finally, we got a pastel clown right here that is
possible het for ghost.
Wow, that's amazing and we actually produced
the first pastel clown way back, I don't know,
fifteen years ago.
So I remember when the first pastel clowns
hatched out, being blown away by it.
So it was cool that we saw the very first ones
every hatched and now here we are
still hatching them all these years later.
Absolutely incredible.
Another pastel that's het for clown
possible het for ghost, a really clean one.
I tell you what, this is,
I wish every day of egg cutting was like this.
This is exciting, you guys, I tell you what.
What have we got here?
Just another normal clown that is
possible het for ghost.
We've got two eggs left.
Come on, give me at least one clown.
Let me get greedy and maybe we'll get two clowns
to be honest with you, but hey,
I'll take whatever I can get.
Let's see what we have in this egg.
Let's see, oh yep, it looks like another clown.
Oh, is it?
Another pastel clown?
Nope, just a normal clown.
So this is a normal clown, again (chuckles)
possible het for ghost.
Oh my gosh, guys, why can't every day be like this.
This is amazing.
Let's go ahead, I'm going to get greedy right now
and say we're going to finish this off with a pastel clown.
Oh hoo doggy, a pastel clown,
and a beautiful pastel clown at that!
I tell you what, guys, I might just retire
this razor blade, hang it up on the wall.
The best razor blade I've ever used to cut clutches.
So that concludes the egg cutting for the day.
This time of year is a snake breeder's dream
because things are hatching, obviously
cutting snake eggs.
Colubrids, we've got six clutches
that hatched out overnight and the first one,
I just peeked in and I could just barely see
that there's something really cool.
These are actually hognose snakes.
Oh my gosh, let's just open them up.
What?!
Oh ho ho doggy, I actually didn't even know
that this one was het for pastel pink hognose.
Unbelievable!
This was just a possible het for orange albinos.
But the thing is that over the years,
we've bred so many different hognose snakes,
that a lot of times they're het for different things.
What's interesting about this is that we literally
didn't produce any orange but we produced
the pastel pink hognose snakes.
Unbelievable, there's one little egg left to hatch here.
But look at how cute these little hognoses,
I tell you what, guys, oh ho doggy,
I am so excited about this.
Look at that little baby right there.
Oh my god I tell you what guys, I have a feeling
we're going to keep this entire clutch
of snakes right here.
Pastel pink hognose are kind of a near and dear
thing to me.
We actually produced the second ones ever
that were produced and we worked on this project
for a long time because the original babies
were extremely weak.
They would hatch out really small,
they would hardly ever eat.
And over the years of outbreeding, we were able
to get these guys super strong and super vibrant.
Look at how big and feisty these babies are.
And look at this pastel pink albino hognose.
It actually still has it's umbilical
and a little yolk attached to it.
What we'll do is we'll just kind of set this guy up,
no big deal, it will absorb the rest of that yolk.
That little umbilical cord will actually
dry up and fall off.
It does happen from time to time,
shouldn't be any problem at all.
We'll go ahead and get this guy set up,
probably on some damp paper towel.
Just so it really dries up nicely.
Perfect, oh my gosh, today has been
an insanely awesome day.
Unbelievable!
Let's see what else we have here.
Oh, yeah, look there's even some baby heads
sticking out right here.
Of course, these are some more nigritas,
or Mexican Black Kingsnakes.
I tell you what, oh my gosh, I know I keep saying this
but it is a great time to be a snake breeder
this time of year.
Absolutely incredible.
What do we have here?
Oh, we have a few eggs that are trying to hatch.
This is actually a tessera corn that
is het for scaleless.
We don't have any scaleless stuff out
or tesseras out yet.
We'll have to check back on this clutch.
It's pretty much a day or two away from being done.
Let's go ahead and check this clutch.
Oh, yes yes yes.
This is actually an Abbott's okeetee
that was possible het for scaleless
bred to a scaleless Abbott's okeetee
and, sure enough, we've got some really beautiful,
looks like actually a hypo Abbott's okeetee scaleless
corn snake here.
We've got another little Abbott's okeetee scaleless
corn there and then a bunch of okeetees
that are going to be het for scaleless.
Unbelievable.
That one is another gorgeous one.
What do we have here?
Oh, yes, look at these monkeys right here.
These are actually Arizona Mountain kingsnakes
and oh my gosh, they are absolutely gorgeous.
So these are all Arizona Mountain kings, or pyromelana,
are het for albino.
Oh my gosh, that is so awesome.
Look at how incredible that is.
And these are the first pyromelana Arizona Mountain
kingsnakes that we've hatched this year.
So that's incredible.
And let's see what's up in this clutch here.
Oh, yeah, oh my gosh, this is amazing.
This is such a cool clutch right here because
this is that pink-eyed leucistic Texas ratsnake
bred to an albino scaleless Texas ratsnake
and I was wondering what was going to happen.
Oh we're in trouble, hang on a second, guys.
Hang on a second.
Oh yeah, we got snakes going out all over the place
right here.
That's okay, we're all right, we're all right.
Hang on one second, give me one second.
Let's get everything back together.
Okay, I think that we're okay.
All right, so anyways, I was really curious to see
what happened with this breeding
and I'll be honest with you, something happened
that I was not expecting and we hatched out
all snow Texas ratsnakes.
So this was a pink-eyed leucistic Texas ratsnake
that was bred to our snow male and the fact that
all snows came out was really interesting.
I'm going to go ahead and put these guys down really quick.
Let me tell you, these guys are crazy.
(closes lid)
So that result was kind of mind blowing
because to be honest with you, I thought we'd produce
albinos that were het for leucistic
and instead, we produced snows which tells me that
the leucistic is lacking again, all pigment,
which makes sense.
So it was an albino leucistic, which is
a white snake with pink eyes, bred to a snow,
which is actually lacking the black pigment
and lacking the yellow and red pigment.
So the fact is that we did produce snows,
which is crazy, that are het for leucistic.
I didn't expect that, I'm pretty excited about it.
But wow, what an amazing day, cutting snake eggs,
great odds, and then hatching some
absolutely incredible babies.
And there it is, guys, everything is done
and ready to get going.
Are you ready, Maria?
- Ready to go. - (Brian) Ready to go, Skye?
- (Brian) Andrea? You ready? All right, let's do it.
Hey guys, how are you?
Come on in, come on in.
Hi, how are you? It's good to see you guys.
Hi, guys.
How are you?
- What's going on, man?
- Hey, how's it going?
How are you?
Things are popping off here at the Reptarium, as always.
How you guys doing?
- Good, hi.
- Hi!
But I guess Bruce wants to feed Ubusuku.
This is the first time we'll do an Ubusuku feeding
during the hours that we're open.
So that's going to be pretty exciting.
He's been working with Ubusuku like you cannot believe,
really really putting a lot of time and effort into it.
Bruce!
- (Bruce) Uh huh? - (Brian) You ready to do it?
- Let's do this.
- (Brian) What are you thinking about doing?
- I guess I'm feeding her. - (Brian) Okay, oh my gosh.
- I'm ready to do this.
You want to be my ball guy?
- (Brian) I'll be the ball guy.
- All right, all right. - (Brian) I'm the ball man.
(people talking inaudibly)
- (Brian) You realize this is the first time anyone
has fed Ubusuku here?
- That's what he said. This is awesome.
- These are our guinea pigs. (chuckles)
- You can see Bruce has a stick just in case.
We're going to keep everyone safe,
we definitely don't want anything to happen.
But with as much energy as Bruce has been putting
into Ubusuku,
I think he knows her better than anyone
so I think we're going to be in good shape. You ready?
- This is my girl, I got her.
- (Brian) I'm taking your lead.
- All right.
All right, ladies and gentlemen,
I really need a lot of room right here.
So if you guys don't mind just
going a little bit that way and a little bit that way.
(people talking excitedly)
- (Brian) This is the first time
we've ever fed her or taken her out
during hours.
Bruce has been working with her
for the last few months.
She used to kill you by now,
she would have already bitten him by now.
So he's been working with her unbelievably.
And as you can see, she's really getting better
but you got to still watch her, though.
Okay, now you go.
Go ahead.
- (Bruce) Right in her face.
(people talking inaudibly)
- (Brian) Okay, go ahead.
I'm going to get her to come back here a little bit
so that she's away from people.
You guys ready?
(monitor hisses) (people exclaim)
- (Brian) Get her to maybe come up here.
(people talking inaudibly)
- (Brian) And there you guys go. What did you think?
- That was awesome.
- (Brian) Now, we got to make sure she doesn't
see this ball and Bruce can make sure
just keep it close, keep it close.
Okay, girl, you're all right, girl.
There she is, there she goes.
Look, you're all right, baby.
- Good girl.
- (Brian) Good job, guys.
- Hey, thank you guys so much.
- (Brian) Bruce! Way to go, Bruce.
- Let's do this
- (Brian) That was awesome.
(applause)
- That's come a long way in a very short period of time.
And I think I'm going to go ahead
and end the day here, wish you guys
an amazing day, tell you how much
I love your beautiful faces.
Ask you to be kind to someone.
And I promise, I will see you guys tomorrow.
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