- Oh my gosh, this is unbelievable.
- He just got out of the field before we came in.
- It's right, it's a smiley ball python.
And I love the ghost champagne, which is called a mimosa.
What a gorgeous little monkey, feisty too.
Hey, good morning everybody.
Welcome to the vlog.
I hope the start of your day is absolutely amazing.
You know, I wanted to talk to you guys real quick
about my anaconda, Verde.
She ate a huge meal yesterday.
And you know, I've always said it just seems
like she's just kind of growing really slow.
So I'm like, I want her to be big,
I want her to be big.
But I'll tell you what is amazing,
is that after that big meal that she had,
look at how big she got.
I mean, I realize she's still a little girl compared
to say a 10 or 12 footer, but I sear to gosh,
it looks like she doubled her girth from one meal.
And that just goes to show you that with anacondas,
I think that they're a species that need really large meals
and that's how they grow.
Some snakes eat smaller meals more frequently.
With anacondas, I think they eat big meals less frequently
and grow a lot.
How amazing is she looking?
Literally, I started walking over here
and Bella jumped right down, right up to the front.
What are you doing, you silly monkey, you?
oh my God, I love her so much.
She's absolutely got it down where she knows
that if she comes up to the front of the cage,
she's gonna get some pets and some attention.
You're such a good girl, Bella.
What are you doing sweetheart?
I tell you what, she is amazing.
She's life-changing when it comes to reptiles for me.
Always grinding, you know how that is.
Got the news out again today.
So we're gonna do a little bit of a quick interview,
again just trying to get the word out
about the Reptarium as much as we can.
- It is Halloween time, but if you think snakes are creepy,
you haven't met my buddy, Sunrise here.
In fact, there's a place in Utica where you learn
that reptiles and snakes are our friends.
- Just wrapped up the interview with Fox.
It was really fun, you know, I mean again,
it's just one of those things that you want
to get exposure out there, get people to come in
and win them over with these amazing animals.
I didn't want to bore you with too much.
But they were really cool, super nice, great,
positive type of story, so that is good.
Onto the next.
It's been awhile, but I'm gonna
actually help Lori pack some snakes.
Again, I always say that I don't pack a whole lot of snakes
because in a way, it kind of makes me sad, you know,
because I see all these snakes that I really like going.
But Lori is really busy today,
so I figured I'll chip in and pack some animals for her.
And I've been saying, I'm really fortunate
that I have a great crew that is kind of running BHB.
Lori obviously oversees things.
And so I can really kind of mess around with the Reptarium
and do all the other crazy stuff.
So regardless, I try to help out when I can,
but I'm gonna be totally honest with you.
I am not that much of a help to these guys.
They do it almost on their own.
So let's just go ahead and pack up some snakes.
And the first one going
out here is a little male yellow belly.
Of course, the yellow belly is a codominate mutation.
You breed two yellow bellies together,
you get a whitish snake that's called an ivory.
Ooh, this is a pretty little dude here.
This is actually a fire ball python.
Ironically enough, another codominate,
that when you breed two fires together,
you get a white snake.
But in this case, instead of getting an ivory,
you get what is called a black eyed leucistic.
This next one is absolutely gorgeous.
I always have loved this combination.
This is actually a super pastel.
And it is a yellow belly.
And for some reason when the yellow belly
and the super pastel goes together, you get more fading,
just really a beautiful snake.
This is another snake that I've always really loved.
I love the champagne stuff and I love the ghost champagne,
which is called the mimosa.
And this one is actually a pastel mimosa.
What a gorgeous little monkey, feisty too.
Next up would be this cinny ball python.
This one has a really cool dorsal stripe.
And just like kind of the other codominates
that produce white snakes,
this one kind of does the opposite.
When you breed two cinnies together,
you get basically an all black snake,
or really dark brown snake that is kind of black.
But, regardless, I love cinnies.
And then here's just a normal ball python,
but it is really a pretty normal ball python.
We still produce a bunch of normal ball pythons
because again, when you want kind
of an entry level pet snake,
a normal ball python's affordable
and still absolutely gorgeous.
Okay guys, I've got a piebald ball python,
but not just any piebald ball python.
Look at that.
It's right, it's a smiley ball python.
I'm not really sure, I'm hoping this is going
to my friends down in Texas that came
up to visit the Reptarium.
They wanted this snake, so I'm assuming Lori
and them worked it out.
I have no idea, but regardless
this is the first smiley ball python that I've ever sold,
so whoever is getting it,
hopefully my friends from Texas, congratulations.
Just a couple of more snakes to go.
This happens to be a hetford albino.
Again, the way recessive genes work is
that they look normal.
They're carrying the gene for albinism.
You breed two hets together,
or an albino and a het together
and you can produce more albinos or hets
or whatever the case may be.
Hope I didn't confuse you too much.
And the last ball python to pack is
this beautiful fire ghost ball python.
The ghosts are what they call hypo.
As well as the recessive mutation,
the fire is like the one we talked
about earlier that produced the black eyed leucistic.
Together they make an absolutely gorgeous snake.
We do have some other animals to pack,
but I have to get over because
I have another news crew over.
We're gonna do another news segment on the Reptarium.
So that concludes packing of snakes for me for the day.
And again, I do a lot of these news interviews
just to kind of get the word out about the Reptarium.
And it's always a lot of fun.
(upbeat music)
Second TV interview in the books.
You know, I just have a good time just sharing this
with everybody, and I just think hey,
how many people might watch that, come visit,
and we'll turn them from kind of not liking snakes
or being fearful of snakes into being a snake lover?
So it's worth my time and energy.
It's a great time, but I do have a lot of work still to do.
(laughing)
What?
(laughing)
What, don't you like...
(laughing)
- Are you really gonna wear that in public?
- I'm gonna go to the mall with it
when we go shopping again.
- This would actually be kind of cool for motorcycle riders.
- I think it's a good look.
- It's a look.
(laughing)
- I like it, it's I like--
- I think that like feeding and stuff
like this is gonna be dope.
- [Noah] I think so too.
- You know what I mean? It's like I'll be opening
up drawers, feeding stuff, and--
- You're the only one that would ever have time to use--
- No, I like it. - that stupid backpack.
- I like it because now you don't even have to use, like
when you do it you have to hold this,
but now you can use both your hands.
- [Brian] Exactly.
And this can adjust, this is awesome, right?
- Yeah. - Um, it's something.
- [Brian] What are you talking about Lori?
Don't be that way.
- I'm not, it's, it's wonderful.
(laughing)
- Are you gonna talk about the origin of it?
- [Brian] What is the origin, I can't remember.
- We saw it on like a ghost hunting show.
- [Brian] Oh, that's right, we saw it on a ghost show.
- Oh, now it's all making sense.
That's why you bought it.
(laughing)
- [Brian] It was one of those nights that
we watched a ghost show, we watched a ghost show
and Noah's like, that's cool.
And I was like, I Googled it immediately.
(laughing)
- Great, did it come with one of those EMF readers
or whatever too?
- [Brian] Yes, yes, it's perfect.
I'm gonna go show Eric.
- [Lori] Eric will love it.
- Hey Eric, what do you think of this?
- Whoa, what did we going ghost hunting or what, man?
(laughing)
- [Brian] That's exactly, Jessica what do you like,
you like this?
- Holy crap.
- [Jessica] Oh, (laughing).
- Look at that there, I'm gonna need one of those.
- [Brian] I know, so now that when we're feeding colubrids
and stuff like that or geckos, you guys gotta wear the vest.
- Yeah, a little back pack.
- This is awesome, isn't it?
I mean, think of--
- [Eric] Whoah, whoa, whoa (garbled speaking).
- Oh my gosh, what happened?
What happened there? (laughing)
- It's mainly built for a mountain bike.
- Well let me know if you guys want me
to use some of this footage.
What did you think, what do you think I could use it for?
I mean, is it feeding, is it cleaning big snakes,
I don't know.
Let me know in the comments what you guys think, all right?
You know, I've been thinking about something.
As people are coming to the Reptarium,
there are certain animals that really catch their eyes.
I mean, obviously the rhino rat snake is one of them.
This scaleless Texas rat is certainly one of them,
but the truth is there's all kinds.
Nova, of course Bella and Elvis and Perdida
and all that stuff.
So I was kind of thinking, maybe if I do something
in depth about them on the vlog sometimes.
So like one particular animal,
tell you all about that animal.
What do you think about that idea?
If you like the idea, go ahead down below
and tell me what animal, you know, snake, lizard,
frog, or tarantula whatever it is.
Let me know what you'd like kind of maybe
like a two or three minute segment in the vlog
that's really in depth telling you all about it.
If it's something you're in to, I'm happy to do it
because I love educating you guys.
I think it's been a blast here
at the Reptarium, having people come in,
getting a chance to do it.
So just an idea in my head I thought I'd share.
Let me know what you guys think.
Look at how absolutely gorgeous Snazz looks right now.
And the reason he looks so gorgeous is he just did an
absolutely cool shed.
And I was lucky enough to kind of catch him in the act.
(upbeat music)
And people ask me all the time, Brian,
you should film a snake shedding.
You know, honestly, it's not that easy to catch
them right in the act.
So Snazzy, you look absolutely gorgeous.
So it's been a month and a half or so since
we've been open at the Reptarium.
And you guys went on the journey of how you can make
these beautiful enclosures and do some amazing stuff
with the Universal Rock thing.
And you guys might remember that I mentioned
that we're doing a course on how to do this,
how you could be a contractor for Universal Rock,
building either cool enclosures,
building ponds, outdoor stuff, whatever it can be.
If you're interested in being your own business
and making some money on this kind of cool stuff,
we are putting a course on.
And we actually have a couple of spots left.
It's gonna be mid November.
So if you are interested at all, make sure
to hit me up at info@bhbreptiles and let me know.
I'll give you all the information.
Again, mid November, learn how to do this.
Start your own business, whatever the case may be.
And do some awesome stuff with Universal Rocks.
So let me know if you guys are interested.
Like I've been mentioning, we try to have special events
here at the Reptarium.
At least once a week, we want to do something
that's really special.
Tonight we actually have a friend of mine
that is a falconer.
And he's actually bringing a Harris hawk
and a red tail hawk here to meet everyone.
It should be amazing.
Oh my gosh, this is unbelievable.
- He just got out of the field before we came in.
(loud chattering)
Pigeons, chickens, they have what's called a crop,
and so does a hawk and a falcon.
Owls do not have crops.
And what a crop is, it's like a storage tank for food
so that when, cause it's real hard in the wild
for them to catch food all the time.
So when they do catch something big,
they can really load up on food.
And it'll buy them a lot of time.
So the thing is is there's a ton of rabbit
in here is what's going on.
- Looking and I was, you know, looking deep into its mind.
(loud chattering)
(falcon squawking)
- I tell you what, not only has it been amazing
to meet these birds, you know, (garbled speech).
- [Man Off Camera] He wants to get, you said no.
- No.
- But what I think is so amazing is,
he is literally so passionate about these birds.
I mean, am I not right?
- No, no, he's crazy. - It's awesome.
- I mean it's like, like I am with reptiles,
he is with these birds.
It is crazy.
I've learned so much about falconry
just in the last half hour listening to
just everything he has.
I mean, it's like he lives and breathes it.
I love this guy.
I mean, I definitely am going to bring him back more often
because it's great.
And we're going out next Sunday--
- Yes we are.
- Yeah, I think I might go to.
- Oh my gosh, so we're literally,
a bunch of us are gonna go with him next Sunday
at 9:00 in the morning.
And we're gonna go hunting with him and see
these things in the wild.
oh my God, I'm so excited.
Oh my gosh, how awesome was it to see those hawks?
I mean, I tell you what.
In the last hour and a half or so, I learned
so much about them.
It's incredible to see someone so passionate about it.
And I tell you what, I cannot wait to go out with them
and do some hunting with those hawks.
Oh my God, I am so excited.
And you know, we are always doing special events
here at the Reptarium like I've mentioned in the past.
So make sure you follow over at theReptarium.com
and all the social media for that matter.
'Cause we're announcing stuff all the time.
We have big plans coming up
and some fun announcements that are coming your way.
So definitely make sure to keep an eye on that.
As for now, I'm gonna go ahead and end the vlog
and wish you guys an absolutely amazing day,
evening, whenever you happen to be watching.
As always, seriously, your support means the world to me.
And really I do truly love you guys so much.
Can you do me a couple of favors before we get out of here?
Can you smash that like button?
Turn those post notification on so you know
when I upload a video.
Make a comment down below so
I can read about you beautiful people.
Be kind to someone and I promise
I will see you guys tomorrow.
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