- Hey, good morning everybody
and welcome to the vlog.
I hope the start of your day is absolutely incredible.
Obviously, my girl ate the largest meal
I ever fed her before but, you know what?
If I'm gonna talk about Ivy the anaconda,
I have to be wearing my new merch, right, for Ivy.
So, that's right, you can go down in the description
before we get started.
If you want merch, you can get Ivy,
you can get "free hugs" Ivy.
All that type of stuff but she is doing
absolutely incredible.
She doesn't even look like she had a really large meal
to be totally honest with you.
I have a feeling that what happened is
two or three days after, they bloat a little bit.
She might look a little bigger tomorrow`
or even the next day
but I really want to know how you guys like this new merch.
Again, it wraps all the way around
and if you're, hey, if you're also a Lucy fan,
I've got something to show you.
I'm gonna go ahead and come over here real quick
and show you what I've got going on with Lucy,
if you guys so like this stuff,
the first thing I gotta do is--
look at how good Lucy is looking--
but, what I have to do first is I'm gonna
set this camera down right here.
Right there, okay, okay, stay right there.
Now, I tried this once before.
I'm not sure if it's gonna work.
It's a little magic but
you have to really concentrate hard.
Okay, ready? (breathes sharply)
It worked, it worked!
All right, you can actually get Lucy here too.
So, we've got Ivy, we've got Lucy.
These are only gonna be available
for a limited time, so,
link in the description.
Go get you some if you wanted to.
Thanks, again, for letting me start the vlog this way.
Let's push our problems aside.
You guys know that I've been dealing with some issues,
so, I'm gonna try to push our problems aside
and just have an absolutely amazing day together.
Guess what time it is?
♪ Egg time, egg time, egg time, egg time ♪
The first animal we have here
is actually a corn snake that has het for blizzard.
Now, the blizzard corn snakes
are actually just kind of a white snake with pink eyes.
Just like this little monkey right here.
Absolutely gorgeous and what that is
is actually an albino for what they call
a muted black corn or a charcoal corn.
So, it's lacking the yellow pigment, too,
because a normal snow corn
that's a black corn will have yellow
and that gives it it's pattern.
You take away the yellow and there's no pattern.
So, this is actually a gorgeous corn snake, too.
Look at the colors on her
and that's a beautiful clutch of eggs right there.
We'll go ahead and get mama back in her cage real quick.
Good job, mama.
We'll clean her cage up, get her some fresh water,
get her all settled in
and we'll take a look at these eggs.
We've got two, four, six, eight, ten, 12 good eggs.
And again, that's a het for blizzard bred to a blizzard,
so again, we'll get blizzards, we're gonna get albinos,
we're gonna get muted charcoal corns,
and even some normal corns that are all het for blizzard.
So, beautiful way to start the coluber egg day.
This next clutch is just actually an Okeetee Corn Snake
and let's see what she's got going on in here.
A pretty snake, not such a pretty clutch.
The clutch doesn't look like it's too good which is okay.
She looks really good.
We'll get her all cleaned up, get her water as always.
And, we'll take a closer look at this clutch.
Like I said, it looks like a mixed bag.
We got some good eggs, we got some bad eggs.
You can definitely tell the difference, you know,
obviously, one, two, three really good eggs,
to these kinda sluggy, bad, yellowy, kinda squishy,
little M&M's almost, like little Good & Plenty's,
I guess, is more like it.
Anyways, so just go ahead
and take these bad eggs off of here.
We got three eggs in this clutch.
Again, not every clutch is gonna be beautiful.
Not every clutch is gonna be huge.
Not every clutch is gonna be fertile.
That's part of the breeding season.
All in all, it's been an amazing year.
I mean, obviously, you can see, all the eggs behind me,
how good it's been.
We got one more clutch to pull today.
By the way, two things that do help
with the mental help part of my journey is that,
number one, doing stuff like this
and working with the animals.
I do get distracted and I start, just really,
getting into it.
It's really awesome.
The other thing is, is that
the universe has balanced itself and my yellow dots
are back on track.
Let's hope no one touches that yellow dot thing
and I know everything's gonna be okay.
Just really quick, we have another clutch
of children's python happed out
and it's so interesting what the little children's pythons,
how different each clutch is.
I mean, the amount of variability
you can see in each clutch.
Not only within the actual clutch,
but from clutch to clutch.
Like this animal here is really interesting to me
because it looks more like a stimson's python
because it has those kinda really cool bars
and stuff like that.
Really interesting.
This almost looks a little bit more like a spotted python
because it's really spotted in his and Coy's blount.
This would be a typical children's python, here.
It's just really interesting how
there's so much variability.
Look at the reduction in pattern
in this one right here.
It's really just cool, you know.
That complete thing with children's, spotted, stimson's,
all that stuff.
It's just a really cool kinda group of animals.
Again, dwarf pythons from Australia.
We having a crazy good year, I mean,
we're gonna have a lot of these guys.
I think this is our fifth clutch
and we still have seven or eight clutches to go.
Lot of stimson's, lot of children's,
a lot of spotted pythons this year,
but I absolutely love these little dudes.
Just wanted to keep sharing with you
all the babies that are hatching.
- Holy moly, look at the time, my friend.
So, today, I've got a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot,
lot, lot, lot to do.
It's mainly a big feeding day
so it's not necessarily a bad day,
it's a super fun day,
but there's a lot on my plate and, you know,
as many people who keep a lot of lizards
and stuff like that know
there's a lot of (mumbles) and starters
of trying to feed and stuff like that.
I'm already charged, I'm already wired.
I'm ready to feed some animals.
I'm sure you guys are ready to watch them too.
So, I've got-- man, look at this--
I've got "schloo" and that "schloo".
I don't even know, is that even a word?
Really looking forward to trying a couple little tricks out.
We're gonna do, give them to do,
a couple of little shots.
Definitely feeding Bowser today.
We're feeding monitors today.
We're feeding the mata matas today.
I'm even going around and feeding a couple little
bug-feeders, show you guys a couple little fun things
I've been working on.
- [Brian] As you guys know,
we're really trying to push the boundaries
when it comes to training reptiles.
I mean, I think here at The Reptarium,
we have such special animals.
They're so incredible.
And the work that Bruce or myself
are putting in the time to train these animals
to do things that are kinda out of the box.
You guys know that we already have been
target-training these animals quite a bit.
But now, what can we do next, you know?
Elvis is doing really good with the stop-and-go technique.
Can we continue to do that with other animals
and who knows what the future is?
All I know is I want you guys to come here
to The Reptarium and be blown away
and really stretch your whole opinion
of what reptiles can actually do.
(upbeat music)
Hey guys, I wanted to give you
just a little bit of an update.
You know, I wanted to take a couple days
to digest things because it was a little overwhelming
for me about my mental health in that video
and I wanted to first thank
everyone, each and every one of you
that sent me messages, emails,
called the shop, comments, I mean,
it was the most overwhelming thing
that I've ever experienced in my life
and your support and your words
and your suggestions really uplifted me.
This battle is tough.
It's got ups, it's got downs.
Today, I'm doing a little better.
Not great, I feel pretty tired and exhausted, mentally.
I feel kinda lightheaded, like I'm walking on air
or something like that.
But, I know I'll get through this, right?
I want to just occasionally update you guys
so that you know what I'm going through
and also the emails and messages I got
that so many of you are dealing with similar things.
I want to be here to inspire you.
To tell you that we will be better,
we will get okay.
There will be another side to this
and I just wanted to tell you all
how much I love you.
And, how much I appreciate you
and how much all of your thoughts
and all the things you've done for me does matter.
But, remember to do that to everybody, right?
Because there's so many,
millions of people that are just like me, suffering.
And, be that way to them.
I wanna be that way and when I get better,
which I will,
I wanna continue to preach the message of loving life
and being happy and finding balance
and going after your dreams because,
without happiness, none of it matters.
I have everything I could have ever imagined I wanted.
A great zoo, family, friends, crew, everything.
And, my happiness has been so horrible.
I can't enjoy hardly any of it.
And, I know I will again, you know?
And, I know that I'm going to.
And, I just wanted to update you guys.
I'll try not to bore you too often
with these updates but I just wanted to tell you that
I appreciate you.
Thank you, I will be okay.
It's not gonna be overnight
but I'm gonna make it through
and let me know in the comments
if you want me to occasionally update you
or if there's anything else you might need to talk about.
So, that's it.
Let's get back to some animal stuff.
Down here in the dungeon and that could only mean one thing.
♪ Egg time ♪
And, this girl is actually
a lesser female.
She's got one little egg out
and she was actually bred
to a super pastel "Hidden Gene Woma",
so we could get a bunch of pastel Soul Sucker, Soul Suckers.
A bunch of stuff like that
which is gonna be really cool.
We're just gonna go ahead
and remove this little egg right here.
We'll put this over here in the box,
and then, we'll see what mama has under here.
All right, mama, come on.
We're just gonna get you off,
you did really good, mama.
All these eggs are kinda loose in here,
so, I'll probably have to just candle them a little bit,
but, wow, I tell you what.
This is a nice clutch right here
and again, really weird when you have
a whole clutch like this that none of them
are attached to one another.
It's kinda unusual
and the thing that's interesting is for people
that are thinking about breeding a snake,
of course, ball pythons lay about 30 days after the shed.
Well, this girl was almost 40 days after the shed,
so, that just gives you a little bit of an example
about not panicking.
She had a beautiful clutch, no problems whatsoever.
We've got two, four, six, seven good eggs.
Not a bad way to start the day.
Come on, banana monster!
Come on down, let's go!
Here you go, Bella.
There's my banana monster.
What are you doing, girl?
You know, I tell you,
I've been feeding Bella banana's forever.
You know, just as a treat,
because it's not a good diet for them long-term,
but, you know, once in a while,
giving her a banana as a treat
is a really good enrichment thing for her,
plus, it's not bad for her diet to be varied up, for sure.
But, I had thought about it.
You know, I never have actually fed Diddy and Dixie
a banana.
And, I don't know if they'd like it or not.
They're a little bit weird about what they eat,
just like Bella is weird about what she eats.
And, you know, typically, she wants three bites
and that's it.
We'll see if she wants a fourth bite or not
but I figured, I've got a banana for Diddy and Dixie
and let's just go ahead and see what we can do
with those guys
'cause they are absolutely incredibly crazy
and as you can see,
three bites and Bella is done.
Let's go see if Diddy and Dixie wants to eat.
Let's see if these guys like it.
Do you want a banana?
Oh, I think he likes it.
Dixie, do you want?
Uh-oh, I think that he's going crazy with that.
I think they love it!
Oh my gosh, they're banana monsters too.
What are you doing, silly?
Oh my gosh, that is so absolutely incredible.
Again, this is the first time.
You want that one, baby?
Here you go, bud.
Here you go.
There you go.
Diddy just wants the peel.
Aw, you guys are loving it.
(laughs)
It's the craziest experience
they have lizards like this, guys.
I mean, look at this.
There goes Diddy.
Aw yeah, I think they're happy.
So, I guess Bella isn't the only banana monster
in the house these days.
There you go, Diddy.
Tell you what, guys.
It's insane, these animals are just
the most insane pair of animals I've ever seen.
They're not only jealous of one another,
constantly wanting to eat what each other want to eat
and stuff like that,
but that actually drives them.
It's good from a behavior standpoint
because if Dixie is jealous of Diddy,
we can get her to do things just out of jealousy.
They definitely love bananas.
So, now we just have one more treat we can give them
when people come to actually feed them
here at The Reptarium.
Absolutely incredible, as a matter of fact,
if you guys don't follow me on TikTok yet,
I'm posting a really cool video of Diddy and Dixie
climbing up fruit.
You guys will definitely wanna check that out.
Again, TikTok, Brian Barczyk, go check that out.
This is pretty interesting.
This is actually a het hypo-blood-red
and then, a het for scaleless tiger.
This is the first scaleless tiger clutch that we've had.
I'll show you that male real quick.
It's kind of an interesting pattern.
It's this male, right here.
Again, just kinda has that, almost like
tigery look to it.
Just a little bit different than a normal scaleless.
Don't know if it's gonna be something genetic
but this is the first time
that he's actually fathered a clutch
so hoping for some good eggs.
Fingers crossed, yep, all right!
Good eggs, you can see.
Look at how beautiful this female is, right here.
That's a really-- oh, she's got an egg in her, though--
look at that.
And unfortunately, that egg is way up high
so we can't express or massage out that egg.
What we kinda hope happens is that
she'll eventually push that egg down closer to her vent
and then, eventually, we can actually help get her out.
This is something that you don't wanna see, for sure,
because when they're higher up like that,
it's usually a much harder time to get them out.
So, I'm just gonna put that girl in here.
Let her get settled in and stuff like that.
We'll give you an update in the next couple days.
Hopefully, she'll push that egg down.
We can get the egg out of here.
In the meantime,
it's actually a beautiful clutch of eggs.
At least, that's one thing that's really good.
And again, this is the first time this male
has fathered any eggs.
So, there's two, four, six, eight
absolutely beautiful eggs, right there.
So, here, in another couple of months,
we'll find out if that tiger is something that passes on.
That would be pretty cool
and that wraps up eggs for the day.
My boy, RJ's been out all morning.
Hey RJ, what's going on?
I know, he's like, "No, dad. Don't get me, don't get me."
Come on, RJ.
(RJ hisses) Oh, RJ.
Time to go back, buddy.
Oh my gosh, he's gotten so big.
Let's go back in your pond, sweetheart.
Let's go.
You had a bunch of time to have fun
out and about,
but, now it's time to go back home.
Okay, he's getting big.
Pretty soon, he's not gonna be able to run around
because I don't think I'll be able to pick him back up
to get him back in pretty soon.
And, that's right we have this huge clutch of ball pythons.
This actually a het for albino ball python, right here.
And, it's just bred to an albino male.
So, half the clutch, on average, should be albino.
Half the clutch will be het.
We'll see what mama has going on.
But, I'm telling you what, guys.
This looks like a big clutch of eggs.
That, I got to imagine that, at least,
will tie our 12 eggs, maybe it'll even surpass it.
I'm not sure, nevertheless, mama is not happy.
Whoa, come on, mama.
It's all right, she's protecting her eggs
so I've got to be a little bit careful with her, for sure.
I'll make sure she doesn't bite me
while I'm taking these eggs away.
Come on, mama, it's okay.
I'm just gonna go ahead, get these eggs out of here
and we can count them up.
Oh my gosh, that is a big clutch of eggs.
So, let's go ahead and put these in here
and then, get the rest of the eggs.
Oh my gosh, that is a,
I was not expecting this huge of a clutch.
I mean, she's certainly looked rabid.
But, I didn't think she was gonna be that rabid.
Oh my gosh, that is a big clutch of eggs.
Get these over here
and I'm gonna separate this one little egg out
because I won't be able to close the box.
Thankfully, they're pretty fresh in here
so they separate out really easy.
So, we have two, four, six, eight, ten, 12 eggs.
Well, we didn't beat it
but I knew we were gonna hit at least 12 eggs.
That's right, 12 eggs, that is awesome.
And again, you know,
even just producing six albinos in here or eight albinos,
whatever the number is,
that's awesome because those are such beautiful snakes.
I love producing animals like albinos
because they just make such great pets
and they're so absolutely beautiful.
So, 12 eggs, good job, mama.
Again, guys, thank you so much for all your support.
I hope that you enjoyed the video,
if you did, here's a playlist of a bunch of baby snakes
because, you know, we're gonna have
a lot of babies hatching out, pretty soon.
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have an absolutely wonderful day.
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and I promise, I'll see you tomorrow.