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- Hey, good morning everybody and welcome
to the vlog and guess what crawled outta the egg.
That's right, that super incredible amazing animal,
one of a kind, a super Lori ball leopard.
Whoo, doggy.
This little monkey, it's small, I'm not gonna lie to ya
but it looks really cool.
Look at that little racing stripe down the back
and that kind of blue and silver look.
I tell ya what.
That's amazing.
Now as it gets older, it'll lose probably most of that blue
and kinda turn a little bit more silverish,
a little bit of browns comes through.
But nevertheless, that is one gorgeous animal.
Super happy that it's outta the egg right now.
Can't wait 'til it sheds.
I love to take you guys on that.
Whoo, doggy, that's awesome.
It's cool to produce something that no one else
has ever seen, including myself
and I couldn't be more happy.
How amazing it is.
Let's have a great day together.
May as well look at the rest of that super Lori clutch.
Of course, that beautiful animal.
And we have some other kinda cool animals too.
This, of course is a Lori leopard
which is one of the main components
of the super Lori leopards so that's really cool.
And as a matter of fact, we've got another one
that is kinda really even more awesome
in the way that it's got even a wilder pattern.
And that Lori ball python is a little bit axanthicy right?
It seems to be lacking a bunch of the yellow pigment
so this guy is pretty cool too.
So we got two Lori leopard ball pythons
and then we have a couple Lori ball pythons right here
and a bunch of people were kinda asking,
like, what do Lori ball pythons look like as babies
and here ya have 'em.
Again, they're not axanthic but they're definitely lacking
some of that yellow pigment
and there's some that's actually called a het red axanthic.
Definitely a similar mutation.
Not the exact mutation because they make different supers
and stuff like that, but I mean,
I kinda liken it to like the different between a Mojave
and lesser, they're in the same complex
but they make different things, right?
I would imagine if you bread a Lori ball python
to a het red axanthic, you might get something cool.
They might be allelic, I'm not 100% sure.
And then we got this one here which is pretty cool
which is just a Lori ball python
but it's very banded looking.
So, all in all, this was a really beautiful clutch.
Oh, wait, I forgot, there's one little baby here too.
This is actually another just Lori ball python.
Look at how absolutely adorable it is.
I mean, that is one cute little snake.
Got my first tour of the day coming.
Actually, I think my only tour
of the day to be honest with you.
How you guys doin'? - Good.
- [Brian] So good to have you guys.
You said you were from.
- A town around Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
- [Brian] All right, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Well, I love and love you guys' shirts,
love your enthusiasm.
We're gonna see some cool stuff, all right?
- All right.
- All right, let's do it.
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Not a ton of colubrids hatching today
but we have a bunch more that are on their way.
This is actually a cool little clutch here.
We just have a little albino corn
and then of course a normal corn.
There are both het for scaleless
and this beautiful scaleless one right here.
I mean, take a look at that.
Unbelievable.
And that's one of the things I love about scaleless animals
in general is the fact that each one
is kinda completely unique.
You could hatch 10 scaleless corns
or 10 scaleless rats and each one
almost looks like an individual
and I love when they get all feisty like that.
What are you doin', you little monkey?
What a cute little snake right there.
And again, you know, not a ton of babies today
but we have a few things that are pretty awesome.
Let's take a look at this, again,
just a handful of eggs here.
I'm gonna put this one actually in some water right here
just to get all of the vermiculite off
just because, again, the scaleless snakes
what ends up happening is that they get all the vermiculite
kinda stuck on 'em and stuff like that.
We'll go ahead and get these guys all cleaned up
and set up and stuff like this
but this is actually a scaleless snow corn snake
so this is lacking the black pigment, the red pigment,
and of course it is scaleless, so gosh, look at these guys.
They're so absolutely amazing.
Look at that snake right there.
And once they shed, you'll probably able to just barely see
a little bit of pattern on it.
Oh, this is a feisty little monkey too.
But couple scaleless corn snakes which is pretty cool.
I think those might be the first scaleless corns
that we've hatched this year.
At least I think so, but maybe not, I'm not 100% sure.
And then we have a scaleless creamsicle clutch
that has a few eggs in it as well.
Look at all of these right here.
There is four little creamsicle scaleless,
and again, I'll just wash these guys off
so that you get a little bit better look on how they are.
And that's what we'll do before we set these guys on bedding
and we'll set 'em right up on aspen bedding, no problem.
That doesn't stick to 'em at all.
But with this vermiculite,
it just kinda sticks to 'em like that
so we'll put these guys in water,
get 'em all cleaned up, get 'em set up on some aspen.
They'll be completely fine and really scaleless snakes,
at least corn snakes and scaleless rat snakes,
actually are just like a normal snake.
We don't do anything different.
We feed 'em the same.
We raise them the same.
Everything exactly the same
so that it's for baby colubrids today
but I tell ya what, we have some really cool animals today.
We're openin' up the Reptarium a little bit later on today
and you know, every single day
my crew does such a great job.
They have to go through all of the cages.
You can see all of these smudges on the cages here.
We were open last night so, you know,
with hundreds of people coming through,
obviously they're touching the glass,
the animals are touching the glass as well.
So every day the crew has to go through,
do, you know, fresh water, spot cleans,
they clean all the glass.
We mop the floor because, you know what,
I want people that come in tonight
to have the same exact experience
that someone that came in last night
when it's clean, it smells clean, it looks clean,
the glass is clean, and everything like that.
So that takes a lotta dedication,
a lotta work, and thankfully, my crew has bought into
that kind of idea that we have to always keep the standards
so high here that people come in and are blown away.
So, we have our work cut out for us
to get ready for the open.
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Back to some egg cutting.
It's been a few days since we've done this.
Had a lotta clutches that hatched out to be honest with ya.
But anyways, this one is a spider
and it's bred actually to a lemon blast bamboo
but we also had the silver streak bamboo woma in there too.
So I don't know who the father is.
As you can see, we actually have a couple eggs
that have already pipped out so obviously
these guys are ready to hatch.
So let's just go ahead, jump into egg number one.
We'll find out what we have not only in the fact
of what's hatching but also maybe find out
what father actually fathered the clutch here
and let's see here.
Okay, so right off the rip this doesn't tell me too much.
It looks like we have just maybe a bumblebee.
I'm not sure, there's somethin' else goofy
goin' on with this one.
Can't really tell until it crawls outta the egg
but this is definitely not a bamboo so still no idea
because either father could've fathered that clutch.
We're gonna go ahead and cut this egg
that is already slit and we'll see what is in here
and then maybe we'll be able to tell what the father is.
Yep, I already know what the father is.
Oh my god that's a beautiful snake right there.
Whoo doggy, that is for sure.
That is absolutely a silver streak bamboo,
maybe a woma, and I'm not exactly sure what else
but definitely a bamboo silver streak right there
and possibly a woma.
So now we know who the father is.
We obviously know who the mother is
so let's just jump onto this next egg right here
and see if we have anything else.
And you can get dual father clutches, right?
So it doesn't have to just be one thing
and what in the world is goin' on here?
What?
This makes absolutely no sense, guys.
So, I have a white ball python.
That has no pattern.
It's a leucistic ball python.
Now, I don't know what that means
to be totally honest with you.
Because we know that the female is a spider
but either one of the males could father it
but it doesn't matter what the male is.
Doesn't seem to be anything
that should produce a white snake so that's interesting.
So, a mystery snake right there.
That is crazy.
That's the first time I've ever spontaneously produced
a leucistic ball python in my entire career, so.
I don't know what that means but that's pretty awesome.
I tell ya what.
So we're gonna go ahead, move onto another snake.
I can see some pattern in this one already
because it was already pipped out
and it looks like, oh, interesting.
This looks like the exact same snake
as that silver streak bamboo woma
but this one actually looks much more silver
and originally I was thinking
that it must be a super pastel version
but now I realize that the female is just a spider
so it can't be a super pastel.
So it almost looks like an axanthicy thing.
Wow, I'm gettin' some strange results
from this clutch, guys.
I really don't know what to think
but I'm pretty excited about it.
Wow, this has been the wildest clutch that I've cut
so far this year.
What will another egg bring?
I have no idea.
You've gotta be kidding me.
What in the world is goin' on here?
Oh my gosh, wow.
This another wild snake.
Now this one has a little bit of pattern,
it's mainly white, and it's got a little dorsal pattern.
Definitely a bamboo.
But I have no clue, I mean, wow.
What in the heck?
This is the weirdest clutch I've ever cut in my life.
Totally not the results I was expecting or considering.
I don't even know what to think about it
but wild, wild, wild results.
Last egg, let's see if we just continue to blow my mind
with crazy stuff here.
Uh, okay, this looks like actually probably
a silver streak spider without the bamboo gene in it
so I tell ya what guys,
that was definitely one for the books right there
because that is crazy.
I cannot wait 'til this clutch hatches
so we can really take a closer look
at what the heck was goin' on with it.
That was some insane odds.
I still wanna know what that white snake is about.
No clue.
This other white snake with a little bit of pattern,
bamboo for sure, I don't know.
I guess this time I'm not expert
because I'm completely confused but that was pretty awesome.
Okay, so we are all cleaned up
and actually ready to open up the doors
for the Reptarium tonight.
Should be a fun time.
Hey guys, how are you?
Welcome guys.
Hi, how are you?
- [Guest] Good, how are you?
- Welcome, welcome.
Thanks, come on in.
Hey guys, welcome back, how's your day?
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I love it, I tell ya what.
It's just like every day is a dream, I always tell you.
Hi guys, how are you?
You gonna feed gators?
Do you wanna do it right now?
It's goin' crazy here, lovin' it at the Reptarium tonight.
It's absolutely amazing.
Jessica, I have a gator feeding for you if that's okay.
It's that time of the day again.
We're gonna go ahead, feed Lucy.
I think that she's gonna be ready.
Hopefully I survive this guys
so make sure everyone's recording in case I don't.
You guys'll have a viral video.
All right, here we go Lucy.
Here we go baby.
There ya go.
What do you guys think, pretty awesome huh?
- Yeah.
- All right, so what the deal is,
is it's gonna probably take her a good half hour
or so to eat this one, we'll feed her another one.
But we're gonna go right down there
and we're gonna actually feed Butterscotch.
We're gonna try to see if we can get Butterscotch out
and see if she'll catch a rabbit out
of the air for us, okay?
So, you guys can watch her all you want
and we'll go down and do Butterscotch.
Butterscotch is fired up and I'm a little worried
because she's got a lotta room.
She's gonna be somethin' else.
Oh girl.
Oh crap.
Okay, just let her go, let her go.
Stay, just stay back everyone.
Watch out, I got, I gotcha, I got.
Okay, here we go.
Gonna get it.
- [Guest] Much less energetic.
(gasps)
- So she's a good catcher, guys,
you know what I mean, so.
All right, guys, we're gonna feed,
we'll feed Lucy again in about a half hour.
All right, as we're wrappin' up the Reptarium.
Again, we've got maybe about 15,
20 minutes before our close.
It's been an absolutely amazing day.
Every day is amazing here.
I always tell you guys, I don't wanna bore you
with the fact that it's been amazing experience every day.
So regardless, I'm just gonna say goodbye.
Gonna wish you guys a happy day.
I'm gonna say that I love your beautiful faces,
be kind to someone, and I promise,
I'm gonna see you guys tomorrow.
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