- We're finally off, the weekend was over.
We were able to drain, completely get everything dry
in Salt & Pepper's enclosure
they're just in some hole right now.
Lori is trying to figure out
where maybe the leak is
you're thinking maybe something
placed inside here, maybe.
- [Lori] Yeah, it looks like some of the
the cupping I need to before was kind of peeling away.
So, I'm just gonna peel [Brian] So, maybe inside there.
- It's like right in this lip right here
where the water would be. So,
I'm just gonna try clean that up and reseal it
and see if hopefully that fits and such
- [Brian] Hopefully, that's the case of then maybe
if anything, you see anything, I see like a little bit here
and just wherever, so, I'm just gonna let Lori here
do her thing. She's good at this and I'm obviously not
because every time I tried to fix it, it still leaks,
so, I'm gonna go ahead and let you do it
and hopefully, fingers crossed
this will actually work.
Unfortunately, no one till tomorrow
cause it has to dry for 24 hours
before we actually put water in it
and test it out, so, fingers crossed.
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- It is insane to think that Christmas is literally
just a few weeks away.
Well, guess what
If you don't know what to buy someone whose a reptile
lover, if you're a reptile lover and you want your own gift
I can't think of a better gift, of course.
That reptile army swag, right?
I-I'm just kidding, of course.
But it does really make good gift.
Go ahead and go over to reptilearmy.com
Still time to get it before the holidays
but time is running out.
We got the new holiday gear,
we got the end of the year gear,
and then of course,
we have all of our bag catalogs, tons of stuff over
at reptilearmy.com
Go get your some.
In Jessica's gecko room and also have some new additions
What do we get?
- [Jessica] So, these are robusta they are another type
of New Caledonia gecko that's pretty rare
you don't see them around a lot
There's actually 12 different types of them
- [Brian] Oh my gosh. Holy cow.
- [Jessica] We're only probably gonna have the one
just because you know, space and its cramp in here
- [Brian] Yeah, space. I mean, that's the thing is
it's a new room but we're gonna run out of space.
- Let's take a look at them.
- [Jessica] Yup. They actually look like giant morning
geckos to me.
- [Brian] Giant morning geckos. Interesting.
- [Jessica] So, this is a smaller ones
- [Brian] Ooh, they're teeny tiny. Look at how small
these guys are. Oh my gosh. Their so good though.
They are morning gecko-ish but they have a cool
pattern to them
- [Jessica] Yeah, they have kind of a cooler pattern
- [Brian] And these guys get 3-4 inches, you think?
- [Jessica] Yeah, and then this one is unrelated,
This is the bigger one that's probably a few now
the other two are unsex
- [Brian] So unlike morning geckos,
there are males & females
in these
- [Jessica] Yes. Yup.
We can keep these guys communaly too,
so hopefully, we get all about the same size
- [Brian] Okay. Look at it wag its tail. That's so cool.
I love when geckos do that they wag their tail like-
- [Jessica] She's not very happy with us
- [Brian] Yeah, exactly. This one's cool, now it gets
a little more size you can see a little bit. Interesting.
Its crazy I didn't realize there's so many geckos
in New Caledonia besides crested gargoyles and bleachies.
But there's a ton of them,
so its pretty cool to add this to the repertoire
and eventually get them here and we will eventually
get this room done but, Jessica has a lot of work to do
- [Jessica] Lots to do
- [Brian] I tell you what,
If I don't get blackheads this year
I'd be so disappointed. You can see that they are locked
up again. It seems that they lock up every 2 or 3 days
So, they have definitely going. We just gotta make sure
we can put that food to pops
So, she can really get it in with her
so that she actually produces eggs
but I have a pretty good feeling, were gonna have blackheads
this year.
Of course on Thanksgiving.
My girl, Perdita, actually bit me and you can see
I can go in here and I can pet her like I can do anything
I want. I kinda want to explain what happened a little bit
and tell you guys that its a 100% percent, my fault.
Perdita doesn't have an aggressive bone in her body
She's so absolutely amazing
But the truth is that, she missed the food that I was
offering to her and the way my arm was positioned,
she grabbed my arm.
100% my fault. As a matter of fact, I would say that
99.99% that every snake bite I've ever gotten
my entire life has been my fault. I've made a mistake.
Its not that she's mean, its not that she wanted to bite me,
its not that she showing any aggression or anything
It's the fact that she smelled the food,
she went & go strike at it, she missed it
and my arm was in that spot.
She was in a weird spot, up in a vine and stuff like that
so, I kinda was in a weird angle & some
but the truth is that its my fault a 100%
and she is absolutely incredible again.
You can see, I can do anything with her
when I absolutely want.
She got a big whole meal in her right now
So, she's kinda like
"Don't mock with me too much, Dad"
But the truth is, she's absolutely incredible
and I don't wanna anyone to think when you see a bite
like what happened with me on Thanksgiving
that somehow snakes are mean or they could hurt you
Yeah, it hurt. It really did.
But it hurt, because I made the mistake.
Not that she was aggressive.
You guys know I love reading your comments
and I wanna do something new at least for a little bit
and see how it works.
Let's say in the comments
What's my cutest animal and I say
I think Al the Marine Toad is pretty darn cute.
So, I would literally go down the comments,
ask me a question everyday for the next few weeks
and who knows maybe forever
I will choose one of your comments and I'll answer that
question live on the vlogs.
So, go ahead and hit that comments down there and let me
know what you want me to answer
and while you're down there,
Hit that Like button.
That time of the year again
It's actually getting a little bit chilly here
slowly kinda going down from an 82º ambient temperature
as probably in a low 70s right now.
So, we have to revamp these guys next week
Get everything super clean and then these guys will
drop down to about 55-60º for the next 3 months.
I'm gonna miss them so much
Its always cool to come in here and mess with
but the fact is, they got to go to sleep
they got to brumate
so they can actually breed here in the next season.
So, its uh, its gonna be a sad day
when they go into brumation
but at the same time, its gonna be really exciting
when they come out and we got a bunch of new animals
up to size to breed next year. So, a lot of work to get
these guys all cleaned up, but pretty soon they'll be
sleeping for 3 months.
A lot of people ask why do you brumate the snakes?
I mean why you, I mean if you have a pet corn snake or
King snake, you don't have to brumate them, its completely
fine. But they do need a dormant period when you're
getting into the breeding season
I shouldn't say they do need it because
there are some people who breed without brumating
but uh, you definitely have a higher success rate
when you actually brumate them. It kinda sense that
single to them that there's a dormant period
they come out.
Now, males go through what they call Spermatogenesis.
And of course, females come out in know that they need to
start crading follicles to actually produce eggs
So, brumation definitely helps the breeding process
but if you have a pet snake, no need for brumation.
- [Guy#1] I wanna say that's a female
- [Guy#2] I'm pretty sure that's-
- [Brian] So, we keep getting confuse about which is the
male and the female when it comes to Blackheaded Phytons.
They were locked up earlier today
and I wanted to mark them.
So, I'm gonna do is get a silver marker, I'm gonna probe
them one last time. I'm gonna mark the female cause
I wanna give twice the food to pop the female as I am snap
But we just- were in disagreement. I think this might be
the female. - [Guy#2] I think that's the male and that's-
[Guy#1] Haha. See.
- [Brian] You think. (laughs) There you go
- There's only one way to find out, right?
Which one's going to try and kill you when you go in there?
- [Brian] They both would kill you
- [Guy#1] No no no. She'll definitely try to kill you
- [Guy#2] He's lying to you. They both will kill you
- [Brian] Let's probe them
I am so excited, guys. I'm going to one of my favorite
places in Florida on Dec. 11th. We're heading to Gator Land.
There's something that's called Croc Fest
Its really cool where crocodile experts
and passionate crocodile people
and even the public just go and hang out and talk about
crocodiles and hang out and raise funds for crocodile
conservation, a great cause.
We're gonna be one of the guest down there,
so come see us on Dec. 11th at Gator Land in Orlando
Its gonna be an absolute blast
because we'll be playing with alligators, crocodiles,
and meeting some amazing people.
So, you can come and have fun with us on Dec. 11th.
You could see that Ivy actually broke her shed
which is pretty cool, its always interesting to see that
you know, she'll break her shed like that
she should be shedding out here in the next hour or 2 hours
and it'll be great.
You know obviously we missed Thanksgiving feast with Ivy
and all the anacondas were in shed
so were'nt able to feed any of them for Thanksgiving
but uh, she should be out of the shed here within the next
couple of hours and the within the next couple of days
I'm gonna feed her a giant pig this time
its been a while since we fed her a giant meal
so, she's gonna get really large meal,
but I love when she comes out of shed
she looks so gorgeous.
- [Brian] I still think that she's the girl down here
but I could be wrong, I don't know. You're right.
It's hard to say, so, let's just get uh, this one
this little monkey
- [Guy#2] (chuckles)
- [Brian] You think this the boy?
- [Guy#2] Think so, yeah?
- [Brian] Okay. So, I'm just gonna see if I can probe
so basically what I'm doing is I'm putting this probe in
if it buries in there really deep.
Yup. That looks like that's the boy.
- [Guy#1] Boom baby
- [Guy#2] Nice. High five that one. Good job.
- [Brian] I'm gonna put silver marker on the boy.
Just for the heck of it, I wanna make sure its-
(Guy #1 & 2 laughs)
- [Guy#2] Hey, with the anacondas,
a 100% I totally understand.
- [Brian] Nope. Nope. That's the girl.
So, yeah. This is the boy and that's actually the girl
When there's a gap sometimes they have
a little bit deeper membrane
so, the girl is marked now.
- That is definitely the boy there. 100%
- [Guy#2] Okay.
- [Brian] So, this is the girl down here
- [Guy#2] The Master. He wins. We can't-
What cuckoo could argue?
- [Guy#1] Watch your-
- [Brian] Yes. So, this is the girl. The marker is a girl.
The ones I went about 6 subcaudal so I can bury it
and it felt like it went in on one. But this one went like
buried, and when I probe the other side on it, it went 3
subcaudal scales. So, this is a girl.
So, marked, girl.
- [Guy#2] Very intrusive-
- [Guy#3] Here in Repturium, we develop a new way of feeding
to you know, really build that relationship
between humans & chameleons.
As you can see, immediately attracted
and just like that, our bond has increased exponentially.
- [Guy#1] His tongue got my lip
- [Guy#3] Next up, is our boy, Fruit Loop.
I don't even know if that's his name
That's what I call him
- That's fruity pebbles
- [Guy#1] No, that's Fruit Loops.
- [Guy#3] That's what I thought.
(Guy#3 groaning)
- I feel it in my face, man.
Nooooowooooaahh
- [Guy#1] Cool
- [Guy#3] He's a cool big daddy white man
Look! Silly. You're drooling on the dragon, dude.
Oh yeah
- [Guy#1] That's what I'm talking about
- [Guy#3] Relationship +1
Listen, guy. Don't use me.
I hate the feeling of this
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Relationship build
- [Brian] As you can see, Lori is decorating the zoo
and its Christmas time again,
and you know every year, we had often get a real tree
from a place called Blake's Farm.
Absolutely incredible place, its one of the maybe
15 trees Lori's putting up
but it's definitely the biggest tree.
So, let's head out to Blake, go pick the family's Christmas
tree out. I always love this time.
Listen, Lori is a Christmas person but to be honest with you
I love it as well.
So, the weather is much better this year than it was in the
last few years, usually its like 12º outside.
So, its like 45-50º out here sunny. Beautiful, little windy
but uh, good look for the big trees over here, 12-16 ft
- Is that what were looking for?
- [Lori] I believe that's what were looking for
- [Guy#3] Frazier Fir
- [Brian] A Frazier Fir? I don't know
- [Lori] That's the ones I like
- [Brian] Okay. So, let's find our beauty here.
This one's actually pretty nice. This one is pretty tall.
I don't think this is tall enough.
- [Guy#3] This is short.
Oh my god
this ain't even cover the banners
- [Brian] Yeah, this is short. - [Lori] That is not.
- [Brian] This is 13 ft. That's 3 ft shorter than last year.
- [Guy#3] This is something we need right here.
- [Lori] Look at how wide it is
(upbeat music)
- [Brian] Leave me a 14 or 15 footer. Uhhhhh.
I think its a little bit bigger. They need a little short.
But I do like it. I think its a better-
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- [Guy#3] It scratch God's nostrill
- [Brian] Push at the back
- [Brian] Come on
- [Camera Operator] That's crazy
(laughs)
- [Brian] I can't even see it. Its pretty long.
- [Lori] We weren't gonna be able
to get this one in the house if its that heavy.
- [Camera Operator] Yeah. A little bit.
(screams)
- [Brian] So, were gonna go with this tree. This one here.
- [Guy#3] That's horrible. Way too big.
- [Lori] Shut up.
- [Brian] It's not big, its perfect.
- [Guy#3] You went from the small one to the large one.
- [Brian] That's solid. Okay, I'll go get the guy.
- [Guy#3] It was supposed to be 50º out here.
(upbeat music)
- [Camera Operator] How's the doughnut, bruh?
- [Brian] That's a solid doughnut right there.
So, all right, Barczyk tree
picked out, success. Just heading home, set this baby up.
You know, that's always fun.
Christmas has began.
- [Guy#3] Doughnuts
- [Brian] Finally, made it home. So, now we carry this big
tree in to the house to get it set up.
This always I love it. It always makes the house so festive,
it smells so good. So, you ready to help me out?
- [Guy#3] Yup. Let's do it.
- [Lori] Its like a baby, oh wait. I'm going first?
I wasn't aware of that.
- [Brian] Go in. - [Lori] And what?
- [Brian] To your right. Okay, stop. There.
Push, push, push.
Help me push.
Help me push, it gotta stand straight up.
- [Lori] Neither am I.
Your directions are not very good.
You just said push.
Ah. Shit.
- [Brian] Okay.
- [Background] First snip.
(chuckles)
- [Brian] Barczyk Family Christmas tree is officially in-
- [Camera Operator] Which number tree is this?
- [Brian] Were only doing live for maybe 4 years
- [Camera Operator] Right. A newer tradition
- [Brian] Yes. A newer tradition, we never live before.
I think this is a perfect size to be honest with you.
Last year, it was touching the ceiling. - [Lori] Yeah.
- [Brian] That was cool. I actually liked it when it was
like that but I think this is a good size.
- [Camera Operator] This is a good tree.
- [Brian] So, there it is. Our family Christmas-
How many trees do we have? I know we have 1,2
We got about 5 trees up so far, 6 trees maybe.
We'll go through and do a tree count here in
the next few days. But I have a feeling, its gonna be
closer to 12 or 15.
So, regardless, hoped you guys enjoy today's video.
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