(water flowing) (peaceful music)
- Good morning everybody and welcome to the vlog.
Now that we're past the cringiest intro I've ever done,
let's go ahead, just jump right into the day.
Kelsey was checking up on the Viper boas and guess what?
This big girl here that definitely looked
like she was full of something,
looks like she has some infertile ova in here.
I remember actually seeing this girl
when I was out at Miguel's and saying,
"Wow it looks like she's gravid!"
And that was literally like eight months ago
and she never had any babies
and I thought for sure she was gonna have babies.
But we have a couple infertiles here.
I'm just gonna search through and see if there's
any chance that there's any babies in here.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we actually had some babies?
But right now I just see two infertiles.
But the fact that she's this big
would be very unusual just to have a couple infertiles.
And you can definitely see she is deflated.
Now, she definitely laid a bunch of stuff.
I have no idea...
Oh, I almost thought I saw a baby for a second!
Oh, come on!
Even one baby would be amazing,
but I don't see anything at all in here.
Come one! Sheesh.
(groans)
Yeah, I don't see any babies at all.
It's weird that she would only have two infertiles.
But sometimes with girls like this,
believe it or not, they'll lay infertiles
and then they'll eat 'em, believe it or not.
So there's a good chance that maybe she just ate
all of the rest of her infertile ova
and that they just weren't fertilized.
So she ovulated and she went through a pregnancy,
but she didn't have any actual babies.
Here's another one.
So we got one, two, three, oh here's another one, four,
five... oh, that's a piece of poop.
(chuckles)
Oh, let's see.
It looks like we have five infertile ova and no babies.
I tell you what, that was just amazing though,
just to think that maybe we were gonna have babies.
Miguel woulda been really mad at me
if I would've had babies after he kept 'em
and bread 'em and stuff like that.
Okay, so this girl's gonna be set up,
kinda give her some time to kinda
settle in and stuff like that.
We won't breed her this year,
but we'll get the other animals together here
in the next month, month-and-a-half,
'cause they typically breed December, January,
February, into the early March area.
So hopefully with any luck,
next year we will have good babies.
But as for now, no babies from this girl
but a bunch of infertile ova.
You know, there's all kinds of crazy stuff on the internet.
So I'm just thinking that I'm going to prank Eric
with a bucket and some water.
I'm not sure if this is gonna work.
If he gets a drift of what I'm doing
I think it might be a problem.
But this is what I'm thinking,
I'm gonna just put some water in this bucket right here.
(water flowing)
And then I'm gonna have Jay go grab Eric.
I'm gonna put this up on the ceiling
and say that there's a spider underneath it
and then I'm gonna have him hold it up there
with a broomstick and then I'm gonna tell him
there's water in there, and see what happens.
I don't know if this is gonna work.
Let's just go ahead and give it a shot.
- [Jay] Eric?
Eric?
I can't find Eric.
- [Brian] Really?
- [Jay] Eric?
- I'm in the crapper bud.
- [Jay] Dude, there's a giant spider
Brian needs your help with Bro.
- You gotta help me with this, man.
- [Eric] I really can't, dude.
- [Brian] Come on, dude.
- With what though? (chuckling)
- I know what, just climb up here.
I'll pull it down, you grab it.
- [Jay] This dude.
- I don't know. - It's so big,
it's like the size of my hand, dude.
- What is it?
- I don't know, it literally is like a wolf spider
like this freaking big.
I don't want this thing to go down.
- [Eric] So what do I do?
- I don't know, what do you think he should do, Jay?
- [Jay] I would say hold it up,
he's gotta get a piece of paper.
- Okay. - So you gotta...
- Wait, I gotta catch... will you catch it?
- [Brian] I'll hold it and you catch it?
Or do you want me to catch it?
- Are you just gonna drop the bucket?
Like what are you gonna do?
- No, I gotta get a piece of paper
and then I'll go and do that.
- Okay, so you get the paper or I get the paper?
- What do you want?
- I don't know, I'm scared.
I'm scared of heights, - I would say that you
should probably - and I'm scared of spiders.
- Go grab the paper, 'cause he's not gonna wanna
put that under there 'cause it could run out.
- Okay, well just grab that stick
and hold this so it doesn't get down.
Don't let it down, don't let it down whatever you do, okay?
- [Jay] Push it, push it, push it, push it, push it.
- All right. - Don't let it down.
- [Jay] All right, so Brian, you down to go to lunch?
- Yeah, dude, I'm good.
- No, wait a second - Okay, cool.
- you guys, hold on a second!
(suspenseful music) I knew there was a...
Dude, don't, dude!
- [Brian] There's water in there, dude!
(laughing)
- There's not!
Oh my god.
Why did I fall for this?
I've seen this a million times!
(laughing) I bet I can get it.
I bet I can get it, I've seen it.
- [Jay] No you can't.
- Is there a water or spider?
It's water?
(laughing)
Ready, watch your (beep).
(air horn blows)
(cheering)
- That was sick!
Oh my god, that was sick.
(laughing)
- Oh shit.
I've never... I knew something was up.
Oh my god.
- [Brian] All right, way to go.
- Oh shit. - Good job Eric, good job.
- Want to check on the mangroves,
see if there's any more babies hatched out
and give you a little update on that
just to kinda keep you guys posted
to see what everything is going on here.
Let's see.
Oh, we got one little baby out.
Still looks like we got three more babies in the egg.
Yep, one baby here, one baby there, and one baby there
to still hatch, but another Mangrove.
Again, these are the siblings to
that kinda purple-ish looking one.
So it's super cool that they're
finally all kinda coming out.
I love the fact that we've been producing
a bunch of mangrove snakes.
They are just absolutely wonderful.
Again, three more babies in this
and then we're done for the year
when it comes to colubrids as well as Mangrove snakes.
And I wanted to show you guys really quick,
just how I set up the babies.
And we'll check on the little purple one right here.
This is basically what we like to do, the setup.
Kind of a simple thing.
I always keep paper towel...
I like that we have a little damp spot in here
if it wants to go in there.
And then we just use this kinda cover right here.
We also use this little lattice right here,
that way if they wanna climb they can,
because they are arboreal snakes.
And you can just basically see
they can go up there like that.
Yeah, it still has that kinda
purple/gray-ish hue to it, really unusual.
It hasn't been gaining pigment which is great.
That tells me that there's a good chance
that this is whatever kind of mutation,
hypo, t positive, whatever it is.
But nevertheless, three more Mangroves
and we're done for the season.
You guys know that we're doing the live cams
on the Reptile Live Cam.
YouTube.com/reptilelivecams
Link in the description.
Well we're finally putting the last camera
that we're gonna do right now in the gator tank.
Gonna put it right up over here in the corner,
that way people can get the birds eye view of the gator.
Basically what happens, there's six tanks
from Bella to all kinds of other stuff,
and it kinda rotates through.
Every 30 seconds there's a new feed.
So if you guys wanna watch things
that are happening at the zoo,
now even the alligators, we're gonna put this in
and hopefully we'll have Alligator Cam
coming to Reptile Live Cam.
(upbeat music)
And with that said, a Gator Cam
is officially up and running.
Go check it out, guys!
Lori, guess what?
- What? - It's snowing!
- I know it. - Are you excited?
- I am excited, except for the fact
that I did not really bring a coat today.
- I know, we're both out here in just our short sleeves.
- And it's cold. - But it's great.
But Lori loves the holidays so, snow is here.
- I do, I do.
I've got lots of ideas.
I was Penny's Stores, there's so much Christmas stuff.
- Oh my gosh. (laughs)
All right, so back to work.
You guys are not gonna believe this.
I can not even believe it!
What in the world?
A little tiny Viper boa!
When I went through that female
and there was only three slugs,
I said, "She's a big girl,
"she should've probably had close to 10."
Well guess what Eric found?
- A little Viper boa!
I thought I was loosing it, man.
I was like, is that a Viper Boa on the ground?
- Oh my god, it's a little baby Viper boa.
Oh my gosh.
But the problem is that it was out loose!
So listen, this is the problem,
you can see Mary's over here looking around.
The problem is there's a pretty big gap right here.
I can't believe I made this mistake!
She obviously had babies
and they escaped and Eric found one.
We have no idea how many she possibly could've had.
I would've thought she wouldn't had 10 babies.
We found three slugs and at least one
live little baby Viper boa.
It's amazing.
Hey, guess what guys, we produce Viper boas.
Miguel's gonna be really mad
'cause he just sent me these animals
but we have at least one.
We're gonna look around.
Hopefully we can find some more.
They might just turn up over the next week or two.
But oh my god, I wonder how many she actually had.
I cannot believe I put her in a tub
that they could have babies and escape!
I didn't even think that was gonna be possible
'cause of how high it was and how short these guys are.
But with that said, hey guys,
we got at least one little baby live Viper boa
and hopefully we'll find some more.
We're gonna go looking.
Guys, it's Noah's 20th birthday today!
- That's crazy. - You're no longer a teenager!
- That's crazy by the way,
- Oh my gosh. - 'cause I still
feel like I'm eight. (laughing)
- [Brian] I know, I know.
It's crazy.
That was some good dancing you got there.
- Dude, that was some good...
Happy birthday, man! - Happy birthday, man.
20 years old. - Want some pizza?
- [Brian] Got some pizza, got some cake over there.
- It's the best thing ever.
- [Brian] You guys ready?
- Hell yeah. - For what?
- Does he get birthday spankings?
- No! - From Eric.
- Yeah. - Yeah,
I feel like that's a Eric kinda thing.
- Not from Eric, no!
- Dude, (mumbling)
- Birthday spankings for Noah! - No!
(laughing)
- [Brian] Gonna have to spank upside down.
- No!
(laughing)
- Seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 20, woo!
(laughing)
- All right, let's have some cake now.
(upbeat music)
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday dear Noah ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
(cheering)
A couple weeks ago we actually weighed Mario and Luigi,
the two headed snapping turtle, and they were 11 grams.
I wanted to kinda see if they've grown any.
This is a good kinda metric to just see how they're doing.
They're eating like crazy, but if they're not growing
that's not necessarily a good thing.
So let's just see if they've put any weight on.
Oh yeah, look at that!
They've gained two grams.
They're up to 13 grams now.
Hey, that's a pretty big percentage wise,
right, that's like 20% of their body weight
that they've grown, just in the last two weeks.
So that's pretty awesome.
That to me is exactly what I was hoping for
because again, that means that they're metabolizing thing
and actually growing.
You know, a lot of times with two headed animals,
sometimes they can eat but they're just not putting size on.
So the fact that Mario and Luigi
are gaining 20% body weight in the last two weeks,
that is a great sign.
- It's past due...whoa, now that the
camera's on me... for the...
- [Brian] Gummy (beep)?
(laughing) - Oh yeah!
- Are they really? - Are they really?
- [Eric] Wait, they are, they really are!
How did they get 'em like actual size, too?
That's what I wanna know. (laughing)
- [Noah] That's crazy.
What was your idea though?
- Putting in the lay box for the frilled lizard.
- Let's put it in. - What's it going to need,
like putting in?
- Go back there? Okay.
- [Brian] I put it in deep in the cage.
- For sure, I wish I could, you know.
- [Noah] I'm just scratching the surface over here, bro.
(laughing) - This is not
Noah's vlog, shut up.
- [Brian] Yeah, I know, exactly.
(laughing)
Eric wants to put a nest box back in with Lilith.
You feel pretty good about her?
You think she's gonna... - Yeah, yeah.
Mary got her down about last week
and we were feeling around.
Definitely felt something in there,
so I'm thinking maybe she's just kinda
waiting on this to do it.
- Although you guys know that she just
always lays underneath the nest box.
- Yeah, exactly.
- You're thinking that that just might be the way to go.
So I think what we're just gonna do
is just tuck it back in the corner there like we always do.
- Perfect.
- What she's been doing the last couple clutches
is laying underneath the nest box.
So you gonna maybe moisten things up a little bit back there
and to see what happens?
- Yep, I might actually take it back out,
spray and just make sure everything's perfect.
'Cause I feel like they can even sense
when the ground's too dry, perfect kind of wetness.
So hopefully that'll make her go in there
and lay some more eggs.
- So hopefully.
To get another clutch from Lilith will be amazing.
The babies over here are doing so good.
I mean look at how big these ones
that are like a month-and-a-half-old are getting now.
Unbelievable, look at these things.
They're crazy.
And the babies from a couple weeks ago
are doing amazing too.
So we have all 11 just jamming.
So hopefully with any luck,
more eggs coming soon from Lilith.
- Hi guys.
- Hey! - Hey!
- It's Miguel!
♪ Miguel ♪
- Happy birthday, Noah!
- Oh, thank you, thank you.
(laughing)
- Hey man, we just have to tell you
thank you for those Viper boas, man.
- Oh yeah. - Oh.
- We just wanted to say
that we've been really working hard at breeding 'em here.
- Yep, really hard. - That's true.
And we had babies.
- Wow, this is really why you wanted
to FaceTime me, you dick?
(laughing) (murmuring)
- Dude, I freaking bred those things so much, trying to...
Right when I thought I couldn't even do it,
you end up freaking getting it.
- Yeah, but see the thing is, I think you were
missing the final step.
The final step of actual...
if they wouldn't have come here, it wouldn't have happened.
- It's true. - Would've never happened.
- That's so jacked up.
You know what?
I say it was 'cause of Eric.
- I think so. - 'Cause Eric
brings them so much positive energy
the female's like, you know what?
I'm ready.
I'm just gonna let them all out.
- I said, hey girl load 'em up.
(laughing)
- You guys know that I love monitor time.
I'm gonna go ahead and just give some enrichment
to my monitors, including Elvis here,
which is certainly gonna love a bunch of meat.
So go ahead, Elvis.
Come on out, bud.
Come on, come on.
You know you like it.
There it is buddy, come on.
And of course, this is target training,
you can see it goes right after the ball.
Oh, I'm not supposed to let him actually get the ball.
I'll go ahead and let him get a little piece of meat.
Now, I'm gonna go ahead and give him some exercise.
That's one of the things that's great
about target training is I can use this as enrichment.
I'm gonna walk him up and down the aisle,
just to give him a little exercise and a little fun time.
(upbeat music)
And again, like I said, not only is it
fun for us to do the target training,
it's really good for them.
You know, it stimulates their mind,
it gives us an opportunity to give 'em a little exercise.
And again, it's just a great enrichment tool
that we can use, not only to keep them happy and healthy,
but also keep us safe.
Like I had mentioned, when the ball's away,
don't have to worry about him thinking my fingers are food.
Archimus Prime is always a acrobatic animal.
One of my favorite animals to feed here at the Reptarium.
(upbeat music)
Hey, it's Ubusuku's turn.
We just have to make sure she understands we're not food.
We're not food, baby.
And what we'll do is we just kinda rub her with this
and she doesn't see that ball for target training
so she knows we're not food.
You okay, girl?
You okay, sweetheart?
Can we take you out?
Can we take you out, baby?
There you go Ubusuku, way to go, girl.
Oh, up you go. (grunts)
What a beautiful animal, huh?
Okay, now I'm gonna get the target.
Come on, girl.
Come on, baby.
And there you go, sweetheart.
Oh my gosh, she is so awesome.
(upbeat music)
And just like Elvis, the thing that's great about Ubusuku
is as soon as she doesn't see that ball,
you can go up and just pet her, like this.
Remember, she was an animal that just a few months ago,
if you even got within 5 feet of her
she was gonna try to get ya.
So it's amazing how far the training has come.
And I tell ya what, feeding monitor lizards
is one of the coolest things
I get to do here each week at the Reptarium.
Having these wonderful animals in my life
is truly a blessing.
Absolutely incredible that we go a Viper boa.
It's really cool.
And it was really a rookie mistake
to put 'em in a rack to where they could actually escape.
So the truth is, I don't know how many she had,
and hopefully we'll find some more.
I'll keep you guys updated.
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