- [Brian] Oh yeah, Look at that.
Holy moly, what in the world?
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(Laughing)
Hey, good morning everybody.
Welcome to the vlog.
Myself and Brian Kusgo here
and we are about to head to the building
and head up to Canada.
You psyched about this?
- I'm psyched, I hope I get across the border,
it'll be a good day if I do.
- Because we're gonna have a great day together,
but before we leave,
we're actually gonna feed Lucy in her big cage.
What do you say we head over to the shop?
So I'm pretty excited that I am about to feed Lucy
for the very first time.
I have all my friends with me.
Of course we got Desiree, Miguel over there,
Brian, we got the crew over here.
Forest is somewhere, I'm not sure where he is.
I am going in with Lucy and this should be pretty fun.
And away we go.
Hey, Lucy, how're you doing sweetheart?
How you doing sweetheart?
Calm.
And there it is, Lucy definitely likes her new cage.
She went right after that rabbit, no problem.
I'm not gonna lie, it's a little intimidating
because you have to get pretty close
and there is nowhere you can really go,
but she took it like a champ.
I'm gonna probably just try to get her out
of the waterfall a little bit so that's not quite as bad.
Probably put her, hmm.
Maybe I'll put her right over here.
There we go girl.
There we go that's a little better, huh, Pumpkin?
Alright, what do you think Brian?
- I think that Reticulated Pythons eating
is one of the most awesome things you can witness.
- Oh my gosh, it's so incredible.
Look at how beautiful she is!
Alright, Lucy, enjoy your meal.
Now Daisy's only been in the cage for about 12 hours,
so I'm not 100% sure if she's gonna eat or not
but we're gonna offer.
If she doesn't actually take it,
I'll probably lay it down on a piece of paper
and I'll have the crew check back later.
But Kelsey, go ahead and see if you can get her to eat.
Oh yeah, look at that!
Oh my gosh, I'm so happy that she ate.
That tells me right there
that they are definitely comfortable and getting settled in.
I really didn't think Daisy was gonna eat because,
you know again, she's only been in there 10 or 12 hours.
That is a great sign that the temperatures,
the humidity, you know her comfort level.
That is awesome.
Oh my gosh, that's so cool, huh Kelsey?
- It's awesome, I'm so happy.
- That's cool, oh my gosh, girl.
Yeah, well before we go to Canada,
I want you to feed one of my Retics, is that okay?
- Yes, please. - Okay, cool.
So I am legitimately not doing anything.
I want you to open the cage, I want you to feed the animal,
I want you to do everything.
I'm gonna see how Miguel handles the pressure
that's about to come on him.
- Wait, the pressure?
I'm feeding it a rabbit, right?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- How do you feel about your first time
about to feed a big snake? - I'm a little nervous
and excited at the same time.
- You should be a little nervous.
- Kinda like my first date.
Alright.
- Aw, that was so easy. - Too easy.
- Yeah, yeah I have experience doing this already.
No, I'm just playing!
- So she really wants the little movement before,
yeah that's crazy. - Great job, Miguel.
- Sorry, I couldn't keep my,
(Laughing)
- I couldn't keep my face straight.
- And with that said, we're wrapping up here at BHB
and hitting the road.
- And I'm with this Motley crew right here
heading to Canada.
First we're gonna stop off at Billy
from Mutation Creations place
and just check out his amazing collection.
And then tomorrow will be at CRBE, you guys ready?
- Shotgun!
- Definitely ready.
- Backseat!
- (Laughing) Let's hope we get passed the border.
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The good news is we made it into Canada,
they let Brian in. - Big mistake.
- It probably is.
So we have about a three and a half hour drive
to Billy's place, to look at some cool animals.
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- We finally made it.
- Yes.
- And I am so excited to be here with my buddy, Billy
from Mutation Creation.
This guy has an amazing collection of Ball Pythons.
Definitely, I put all the links in your description.
Gotta give him some love, on Instagram too.
I love your stuff on Instagram.
- Thanks man.
- Some of the best eye-candy out there.
But you're gonna show me some awesome snakes?
- Yes, Sir. - What do you guys say
we get to it?
Ready? - Yes, Sir.
Champagne Freeway, I posted this up.
Didn't even mean to make this,
and this beauty hatched out.
- Oh man, so this is a Champagne Freeway?
- Correct.
- So, what you basically have is Yellow Belly,
Asphalt and Champagne.
Oh my gosh, that is incredible.
- When it first came out, I'm like, is there Pied
in there, I mean what did I do?
And I went and looked at the clutch card, and like,
no that has to be Champagne.
And doing some looking on the web,
and asking for a few other peoples opinions,
definitely a Champagne Freeway.
- We're already one snake in and I'm already freaking out.
This is gonna be amazing.
- Orange Dream works very well in Freeway.
This here is a Pastel Enchi.
Orange Dream Freeway, and I'm just gonna put this down here,
and let you look at it.
And here I the exact same animal.
So this animal here, will transform into here
when the Orange Dream pops out of this animal.
- Oh so 'cause Orange Dream actually,
as it gets older kinda develops the orange.
- So this animal's the same animal just this is older?
- Correct, I had to look when I popped this out.
I'm like no, this can't be, but it could only be
the exact same combo.
And the I went and looked and I'm like, that's not the same.
But then when I looked back at the hatchling,
and I'm like, wow it did.
- Meeting amazing people up here at Mutation Creation.
Tell me, first off you started vlogging,
so I put a link in the description.
Tell me what your channel is again?
- Evolving Pythons Canada, both on Instagram and Youtube.
- Show 'em love.
But I tell you what, he bought some incredible snakes.
Can you give me a little tour real quick?
- Absolutely.
- What in the world, this is an amazing snake right here.
Tell me a little bit about this one?
- So this is a Pastel Pinstripe,
Yellow Belly Confusion.
- Oh my gosh, and that is amazing.
And of course, that Confusion gene is just incredible.
It's an incomplete dominant type of gene.
So right now there's not a super version,
but nevertheless, look at what it does to patterns.
That thing is ridiculous!
- And we're hoping to put her into the Freeway Project.
- I'm trying to put different genes into the Freeway,
as many different types and I wanna keep elevating it.
And everything that I've produced so far,
and other people have is just mind-blowing .
- [Brian] Oh my God.
- Pastel, Leopard Freeway, Freeway is a must.
Now imagine the Orange Dream popping in this down the road?
Definitely something to do.
Add some Phantom.
So, this here is a Pastel Leopard Freeway.
Pastel Phantom Leopard Freeway.
- And I absolutely love the Black-Headed stuff,
this is crazy, and of course this is a--
- Leopard, Black Head, Double Head for Dreamsicle.
So it had Pied, and it had Lavender.
- Oh my gosh, can you imagine that?
A Pied in a Lavender, in this animal?
Oh my gosh, the Black Head stuff is really cool,
and of course that is codominant
so there is a super version.
That thing is ridiculous.
- This one here is a male that I got.
He's gonna be a future breeder here.
I tried getting him into a couple of females this year.
He hasn't got the hang of it.
Orange Dream Yellow Belly Fire Pied Ball Python.
A powerhouse male, and made by that gentleman right there.
- [Brian] This legend over here.
- JKR man.
- And I always tell you guys, it's just awesome
to come to different places
and just see how people do things differently.
Obviously this is like, super neat
and kinda just organized.
I mean I love the incubators
where you can see the eggs up here.
Obviously all of the rack systems
are super nice and tidy, it looks so good.
I mean he's doing a great job of just kinda keeping
unbelievably organized system.
So these are all babies here
and then on the other side here, these are
where he keeps the adults, right over here.
So, I tell you what this is just a really great way
to keep a lot of really beautiful animals.
I think the thing that's so cool about this event,
to be honest with you, is coming not only
to see Billy's cool animals, but also to kinda get together
with a bunch of other people like Justin
and obviously Miguel, Brian Kusgo,
just everyone that's here.
I mean, this is what the hobby should be like,
is when everyone just comes together and hangs out
and kinda shares the passion.
Push all that kind of competitive business aside
and just enjoy the animals,
so you guys are doing a great job of that.
Holy moly, what in the world?
I mean, I've seen Dreamsicles before,
but that this is ridiculous.
What makes it so special?
- So this is actually a Yellow Belly Dreamsicle.
A good couple of years for Justin to hit on it.
He finally did, I picked up one of his females.
This is a key project going into the Freeways as well.
So we're trying to get Freeway Dreamsicles going
and the Yellow Belly is obviously key to that.
- Billy, tell me really quick, how long
have you been doing Ball Pythons
and what kinda led you to that?
- Been doing this now, say 13, 14 years.
It started like everybody else, bedroom, basement,
made more racks, more stuff.
But when I got in, we didn't have the variety we did.
You know, just the basic single genes.
Prices were ridiculous, I just loved it.
Everything that I was buying,
I saw what other people were making
and I wanted to make that.
So, other people inspired me.
$35 000 Pied Balls, and oh, one day, one day,
and eventually I bought my first one at $12 500.
And you know, I still have stock here
from that original male.
I don't know, I mean I have a big passion for this,
and it keeps growing and it hasn't died.
If not, it's evolving, it's getting bigger
and better, and bringing people in now,
and now I have a voice and I can help people
and inspire people and guide then the right way.
So being here and showing people my stuff
and inspiring others, 'cause other people inspired me.
It's what I do, and it what drives me even further.
- Well you can see that Billy has a lot
of eggs cooking up here, but this particular clutch
he kinda the home run on, huh?
- Ah yeah, you know, a quick rundown,
back in 2012 I bred a Bumblebee Ghost,
I bred that to a Clown you know,
thinking in the future I'm gonna make Double Hets,
and eventually make Ghost Clowns.
15, I did a pairing, Double Het to Double Het.
Messed 16, also 17.
Instead of giving up, its like,
you know what lets just keep doing it.
I actually put a Pastel Enchi Butter Double Het,
Ghost Clown to an actual Double Het Ghost Clown.
7 eggs and, I'll let this speak for itself.
- Oh my gosh, there are some crazy ones in here.
- So this one here is a Ghost Clown.
- There's your first double recessive. Right there.
- K, nice Ghost Clown, turned out to be a female.
When I saw this one, I couldn't believe it.
I'm like no, this can't be it.
- And I actually saw this one on Instagram,
so I wanted to see this in person
when I saw it on Instagram, I was like, oh my God.
- This is an Enchi Butter Ghost Clown.
- Holy moly!
- Also a female.
- Oh my gosh.
- Now, by breeding Double Het, to Double Het
the odds are you know, against me.
I did amazing here.
So, out of this I was really hoping
for one of them to be a male,
'cause that way my odds would be much better
breeding that male back to those females.
This little guy came out, and yes, I said guy.
This is a boy.
- Oh my gosh.
- This what I do believe
is a Pastel Enchi Butter Ghost Clown.
- Oh my God, what are the chances of hitting three
of the Ghost and Clowns
and then all these mutations in 'em.
Oh my gosh.
- It's crazy and like I said, I mean three years.
This was a 2012 project,
now in 2018, six years later,
missed three years.
It pays to you know, keep going
and one year might not be great.
This just proves, hey you know, three, four years,
six year project.
Wow, I can't say anything but wow.
- And that's what I always tell people,
you really don't loose out on projects
until you give up on projects, you know.
If you keep going with it you know,
Billy having this success is a perfect example.
You know, for years and years missing the odds
and its just looking terrible.
But rather than giving up on the project,
he kept going, and look at this.
The reward paid off, he got three amazing animals
and now a male that's gonna really speed up the process
and make those odds that seemed really long
into much shorter odds.
- So this guy happens to be a Fire Gotham.
Was named by JKR Reptiles, it's actually
a Fire Banana Leopard Clown
and it is definitely my favorite snake right now.
- This here, is Firefly Leopard Clown.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, what an animal, huh?
- It is just stunning and it will get nicer and nicer.
The Fire will bring out the color more.
I'm so happy, a male, crazy.
- [Brian] That thing is absolutely gorgeous,
but I gotta be honest with you, what.
I see this right here, Calico Double Het Dreamsicle.
- Calico Double Het Dreamsicle, where's Miguel?
- If Miguel sees this he'll probably try to buy this.
- Yeah he's been trying to buy it
from me the whole time man.
You know it's one thing about making amazing animals,
you wanna keep 'em and other people wanna buy 'em
and, you know, it's like, uh.
- Oh, look at that thing, holy moly,
that is as orange as you can get, oh my gosh.
- Calico male, Double Het Dreamsicle,
which has Lavender and Pied Ball.
- [Brian] That is stunning, Billy.
And you guys know that I love dark morph Ball Pythons.
Take a look at this right here.
Tell me about this?
- So this is a Black Pastel Mahogany
Yellow Belly Het for Pied,
and she's also possible Het Lavender.
- Oh my gosh, a Lavender, that would be ridiculous.
By the way, if you guys are interested
in knowing who made these beautiful snakes,
it's my buddy Justin here.
- Hey guys. - It's so good to see you man.
I tell you, I've known Justin for I don't know,
probably at least a dozen years or something like that.
- 2005.
- 2005, so he's killing the game
when it comes to Ball Pythons,
really setting the standard
for what the new age of Ball Python production is,
marketing, so he's doing a great job.
If you guys don't follow him yet,
I will put a link in the description
for his channel too.
Go show him some love, and tell 'em I sent you.
- If you need some extra be roll be,
I got some be roll, ready, be.
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- I tell you what guys, with that said,
I think we're gonna go ahead and end the vlog here.
We'll see all these guys back at the CRB tomorrow.
we're gonna have a great time checking out some reptiles.
Don't worry, won't be long before I head back
to the Reptarium, I will continue work over there.
But again, it's kinda good for me
to take that mental break, kinda get everything together.
Get that excitement level back, and when I get back
we are gonna absolutely crush it over there.
Got a lot of animals to move, a lot of cages to finish.
I cannot wait to get back there,
but for the mean time we're gonna spend
a little time in Canada.
Enjoy my Canadian friends and all these amazing animals
and I hope that you enjoyed seeing Billy's crazy,
cool collection, I mean oh my God,
I absolutely love it to death.
I wish you guys an absolutely amazing day,
evening, whenever you happen to be watching.
Thank you as always for all your support.
You guys mean the world to me.
Can you do me a couple of favors before I get outta here.
Can you smash that like button,
turn those post notifications on.
Leave a comment, let me know what snake
you like the best over here and let me know
what you think about Daisy and Lucy eating
over at the Reptarium.
Make sure to be kind to someone,
and I promise I will see you guys tomorrow.
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