- Oh, my gosh, take a look at this
big female piebald ball python!
Look at the color on that thing!
(whoosh)
Hey, good morning, everybody.
Welcome to the vlog.
I wanted to show you these cute little monkeys, here.
These are those black eyed and blue eyed
leucistic Colombian rainbows boas,
and they're feisty little monkeys, too.
I hope their starter day is absolutely incredible.
I know I'm gonna have an amazing day just spending
some time here with these gorgeous, gorgeous snakes.
So, the first bit of business I have to do today
is I have a shipment of snakes
that came in today that I have to open up,
and I'm gonna be totally honest with you,
I don't even know what's in there
other than the fact that they're
ball pythons, and I know I've said that before
with Laurie ordering stuff, but in this case,
it's a little bit different.
You guys know that when you buy a pet reptile,
you're taking on kind of a lifelong responsibility, right?
Well, we've had this happen in the past.
What happens when someone passes away
that's taking care of a bunch of animals?
What happens to those animals?
So, a friend of mine, out in Oregon,
reached out to me, him and his brother-in-law
had been taking care of this collection of snakes,
and his brother-in-law actually did all the maintenance.
Unfortunately, he recently passed away,
which is just absolutely horrible,
because he was a really, really great guy
and super passionate about the animals.
Well, of course, my friend reached out and said,
"Is there any way I could just send you this shipment?
"We'll work out the details later,
"but we just wanna make sure these
"snakes are taken care of."
So, normally I'd be super excited about getting
a new shipment of snakes to add to the collection.
In this case, it's a little bit sad, because, you know,
I don't wanna acquire snakes this way.
It's certainly a bummer knowing that this happened,
but at the same time, I know I'm gonna
really do the best I can do to do justice
to this collection of snakes in my friend Matt's name,
so I really don't know how to transition
into this whole thing other than,
let's go open up these boxes and see what he sent me.
So, this is actually just one box
of two boxes that I'm gonna be opening up,
and again, it's a weird thing for me,
because it's like, you know, I'm excited
to get new animals, I think it's
going to be absolutely amazing,
but, you know, at the same time,
it's a little bit of a bummer because
I don't wanna feel like I'm excited
about someone else's tragedy, right?
So, I'm gonna do the best I can do
to kinda figure this thing out
and again, I really have no clue
what they actually had in their collection,
so you're gonna be finding out right along with me,
and let's go ahead and jump right into this, guys.
Here we go, first bag!
I don't even know how this is,
this, okay, there's a little marking on this, okay.
Let's see what we got here!
Okay, looks like we have a banana of some sort.
It looks like we have a banana spinner here
and you can really see how that banana,
the spider, and the pinstripe react.
We got that really high white size.
That's a really beautiful snake,
and let's see if it's a male or a female.
This happens to be a girl.
A banana girl is always really good to have.
So, she looks good, maybe a little bit thin,
but still looks pretty good, and I gotta be honest with you
guys, there's a lot more snakes in here than I expected.
I thought that there was just gonna be
a handful of snakes, and it looks like,
just this box alone looks like it has maybe a dozen
or more snakes, and oh, doggy, this thing is beautiful.
This would actually be an enchi orange dream.
I mean, that is a real powerhouse combo,
oh, my gosh, and again, it's a female,
and she's almost ready to breed.
What a gorgeous snake!
Next up, it looks like we have a big fire female right here,
and hoo, doggy, that girl is big!
You know, definitely, you're seeing
that these animals are just ready to breed,
and my friend Aaron actually had said that
they only bred a few of these in the past,
that this was the year they were ready to go,
so again, it's kind of a bummer
that they're not gonna be able
to see it through fruition, but again,
I'll keep in touch with Aaron and I'll make sure
that he knows every step of the way what I'm doing.
Oh, my gosh, take a look at this
big female piebald ball python!
Oh, my gosh, she is gorgeous.
Oh, doggy.
Take a look at that thing right there.
Oh, my gosh, and she's gotta be a good 17, 1800,
maybe even 2,000 grams, she is definitely good to go.
I can see that maybe they need a little bit of weight,
a little bit more extra food, but other than that,
they are in really good condition.
Oh, my gosh, these are some gorgeous snakes.
I mean, they have such an amazing collection.
Oh, my gosh.
Look at the color on that thing, oh my gosh.
This, of course, is a lavender albino,
or a recessive mutation, but it's actually
het for piebal, so it's het for dreamsicle.
Oh, my gosh, that, I'm just lost for words.
This is gorgeous!
This one here is a little bit smaller
because the majority of the ones I'm getting
are literally ready to breed, but this
is actually a really pretty enchi,
and it's het for pie, so you can see
they definitely really like the piebald stuff,
which I do, too, so that's really amazing.
I mean, I love piebalds and I'm just
gonna be so excited to be actually being able
to produce more of the piebald stuff,
and again, they'll kind of be in tribute to Matt and Aaron.
Oh, my gosh, I tell you what, these animals
are so gorgeous, you guys did such a good job!
Here we go again, another female piebald ball python!
Oh, my goodness, these are so amazing.
Take a look at this animal right there.
Oh, my God, and I love it, you know,
the fact that this is kind of a lower white pie,
I think it's amazing, I like the lower white pie stuff.
Oh, it's so gorgeous.
You know, and I almost feel a little bit bad
that I'm getting so excited about these animals.
I can't help it, I see such beautiful animals,
like this banana pinstripe here,
and although the entire story is certainly a sad story,
I know Matt very well, and I know Aaron, obviously,
and I know Matt would be looking down, saying,
"Yes, Brian, I'm so glad you're excited
"about the animals I worked with every day!"
So, again, it's kind of a conflict for me, right?
I'm excited about the animals.
I think they're amazing.
I can't wait to start working with them,
but obviously, there's a sad story behind these guys.
Matt, I promise, I will do the best I can do to make you
proud and do the best I can do for these animals.
And oh, my goodness, this one, oh, my gosh.
Take a look at this!
Oh, my gosh.
This is actually a dreamsicle, or a lavender
piebald ball python, and it's a big female,
I mean, look at this girl, she's definitely
ready to breed, right away, and what we'll do
is we'll get these all set up,
we'll give them meals for the next month or so,
cycle 'em in, and then we'll get them
into a breeding cycle, probably sometime
mid to late December, but oh, my gosh.
This girl is stunning!
I'm always concerned, like, what would happen
if something happened to me, because, after all,
I travel around, I do a lot of silly things
with really deadly animals all the time, so,
do you have a plan if I don't come home some day?
(Brian laughs)
- Well, well that came out of nowhere. (laughs)
- Well, you know, obviously, I just got that collection
from Aaron, and obviously, Matt had passed away,
and you know, it does get you thinking, like,
you know, what would happen if I'm not around, I mean,
I know you run things here.
Would you keep things going?
Would you replace me really quick?
- Uh, let's see, I really haven't thought about it.
- [Brian] What?
Well, you gotta start-- - I'm sorry I haven't
thought about (laughs) what I'd do if you died.
- [Brian] Well, would you keep the vlog going, number one.
- I don't know.
- [Brian] Would Noah take over maybe?
- Uh, it's hard to say, because it
could never be the same, because there is only one Brian.
- Are you trying to say it would be better with you?
- I didn't say that. (laughs)
- Exactly, right, right, right,
how 'bout BHB, BHB, Reptarium still going?
- Listen, I'm processing it, I'm in a lot of grief.
I don't know what I would do. (laughs)
I don't know, like I said! - [Brian] Start preparing!
- Start preparing, is something gonna happen?
- There's a chance, there's always a chance.
- Okay, well, can I flip the tables?
What would you do if something happened to me?
I think that's a worse problem to have. (laughs)
- It would be a disaster, I'm telling
you what-- - Do you have a plan?
- [Brian] I do.
- You do?
- [Brian] Just go into a fetal position.
(laughs)
Lots of drinking, lots and lots of drinking.
- Okay, well that's not gonna go well. (laughs)
- No, but (laughs) I know we're joking around
and it's kind of a serious topic,
but you know, if you're keeping animals,
and especially if you ever get into the animal business,
it probably is a good idea to have some sort
of a backup, so that if something happens.
(laughs)
- What would happen to my Phoebe?
What would happen to my Phoebe?
- Oh, Phoebe, well, it is always good.
Just food for thought, something to think about.
And then, here's box number two,
but it doesn't feel as heavy, so I'm assuming
that this isn't gonna have a dozen animals like that last
box had, but oh my gosh, was there some amazing--
Again, I have no idea what is gonna be in this box, either.
Woo, I tell you what, what an emotional rollercoaster.
Okay, let's see what we have.
First one, oh, is a pretty female banana ball python
and this girl's really beautiful,
really high white and stuff like that.
It looks like it might be a spider, actually.
It was marked a female banana,
but I'm pretty sure that there's spider
in this one, as well, yeah, no doubt.
You can see the spider pattern.
It's not quite ready to breed,
but it's pretty darn close.
This bag here doesn't have any markings on it,
so I'm really not sure what, oh, I know
what it is now, after looking at it.
Another beautiful piebald, and this one actually
looks like a pastel piebald, to be honest with you.
Again, not quite ready to breed if it's a female,
but it's getting pretty close, let's just take a look.
Oh, this is actually a male, that makes a lot of sense.
This guy is definitely ready to breed,
and you can see right there, that's
what they call sperm plugs, so this male is ready to breed.
Again, we'll get him set up, we'll give him
a month or so to settle in, and then
we'll get him into a breeding cycle.
What we have here is actually a mahogany female,
and that's actually a codominant mutation.
When bred together, you produce suma ball pythons,
which I think are the blackest of the ball pythons,
and they don't have any deformities that basically come
with them, so the suma pies are incredible.
So, this little girl is definitely
gonna be slated for a piebald male,
but this is a really pretty one, right here.
This is actually a cinnamon pinstriped lesser ball python,
and what a beauty that is, that's a great combination,
just look at the color and pattern on it.
What a beautiful animal.
Let's see if this is a boy or a girl.
This is a little boy, too, and he's probably
just big enough to breed, so he's
gonna be a good powerhouse male to have, for sure, and
another piebald, oh, my gosh, these things are incredible.
I'm about doubling the pies that I have, adult wise.
Oh, my gosh!
Again, just look at how gorgeous that animal is,
and let's see if this is a boy or a girl, another girl.
Female pies are always so incredible to have around.
This girl isn't quite ready to breed,
but next year, she'll be ready to go.
This little dude here isn't like a super powerhouse animal.
It's actually a pewter lesser, but they're still
really beautiful snakes, I mean,
take a look at that, and if it's put
to the right female, it could really
make some incredible offspring.
This female, here, is a good one, for sure.
This is actually a pastel Mojave enchi,
and it's a het for clown.
This little girl has a little bit of stuck shed on her,
so we'll get her in a soak in a day or so.
We'll definitely let her settle in, first.
We don't wanna put her right out of box
and into soak, it might be more stress for her,
but a couple days from now, we'll
get that shed off, she should be good to go.
Here's the only little one in this shipment here,
and it's definitely a banana, but unfortunately,
I'm not exactly sure what else it is.
It has a pretty unusual pattern to it,
but it could just be a normal banana.
Unfortunately, it was just marked banana something,
so they didn't know, we'll raise it up
and see if we can prove it out.
It is a little boy, we can always
use another banana boy, they're so popular, so.
One more snake, and we are done unboxing,
and this last snake, I remember when we hatched it,
it was so absolutely gorgeous, I remember
Aaron and Matt being super excited
about the future for this one.
It's got some stuck shed on it,
unfortunately, but this is actually
a super Lori pinstripe, so it's gonna
be a really great animal in the future.
Again, we'll get it in soak, we'll get the shed off,
we'll get all of these animals set up.
We'll make sure they're in good shape.
We'll definitely baby 'em out.
Again, Aaron, thank you for trusting me with these animals,
and like I said, Matt, I promise I'll do you proud man, so.
Guys, the new additions to our collection,
again, it's on a sad note, for sure,
and Matt, you are truly gonna be missed, dude.
You're a great guy.
He was my camera guy when I went out to Oregon,
so we had a great time together,
but regardless, some beautiful, beautiful snakes.
So Kelsey disinfected an entire rack, right here,
that's kind of separated from the rest
of the adult ball pythons, kind of
a little bit of a quarantined area.
We'll do like we always do, we treat for mice,
just preventatively, just to make sure
nothing ever gets into the collective, as far as mice,
but we'll go ahead and set these up, here.
Kelsey, since you're taking care of 'em,
go ahead and start going.
There's some really amazingly beautiful animals,
and there's a couple animals, I know,
in particular, Kelsey's gonna really, really love.
- Oh!
- [Brian] That's just a really pretty,
this is actually believe it or not,
it's a female banana spider.
- Female banana spider, oh, my God!
- I think there's only one male.
All the other bananas are female, so--
- Wow!
- [Brian] I know, gorgeous, right?
- What is this one, (gasps) wow, oh, my God.
- [Brian] I think there's one pie male,
and then all the other ones are female.
- She's beautiful!
Oh, my gosh!
- [Brian] Lori pinstripe.
- What?
It's so dark!
- So, when these guys are born,
they're like, literally, like, silver and blue,
oh, and it's starting to shed.
When I had it in the bag before,
it had lots of shed, so we'll probably
have to soak a couple of these,
but yeah, I remember hatching this little girl.
Isn't she gorgeous?
- This is nothing like I ever would have
pictured a super Lori pin to look like,
and this makes me so excited to continue the Lori projects.
- You know, I wanna make it perfectly clear
that in no way, shape, or form,
am I making light of the fact that someone I knew
passed away and I was getting a bunch of snakes from it.
The truth is, my friend Aaron reached out to me, told me
about the situation, he didn't want the snakes, said,
"Hey, I'm gonna send 'em to you.
"We'll work out a deal, whatever the case may be,"
and I knew that it was the best thing
for Aaron and his family, and let's face it,
I want what's best for the animals, as well.
Listen, it really does bum me out,
because I spent a lot of time with Matt,
like I'd mentioned, when I went out to Oregon,
he was always the guy that was shooting my camera.
He picked me up from the airport, we hung out so much,
so it is a huge loss for, really, myself.
Everyone that knew Matt, his family,
I mean, he was really a great guy.
He was super passionate about these animals.
The one thing that I can try to do
is take those animals he cared so much about
and do the best I can do with them, you know,
make him proud of the things that we do.
Yes, I'm happy to get a bunch of really cool animals.
No, I am not happy the way that it happened,
but this is just the reality.
Maybe it's just something to keep
in the back of your mind, you know,
have a contingency plan, that way,
if something does happen, whoever you left behind
kinda has an idea, it's something that obviously,
I need to work on, 'cause Laurie doesn't know.
She never even really talked about it,
and it's crazy because I travel the world
playing with deadly animals all the time.
We've never talked about what if something happened,
so it's something that probably,
I should think about a lot more,
and I encourage you guys, too.
Regardless, I didn't wanna bring you down.
I don't wanna make this a sad thing.
I wanna make it a happy thing, because listen,
there's a bunch of beautiful animals
that are gonna be really well cared for.
We're gonna produce a bunch of really cool babies,
and every time we hatch a baby,
I'm gonna think of Aaron, and I'm gonna think of Matt,
and I'm gonna think about how happy Matt would be
to see these babies being hatched.
So, there it is, guys.
Like I said, I didn't wanna bring you guys down,
but hey, that is what it is, and you guys
come along for my daily adventures, and today,
this is what the day was about.
- Look at you, Mama!
- [Brian] Now, she's an enchi orange dream.
- Yes, finally, we get some orange dream stuff.
- [Brian] I know, isn't that nice?
- [Kelsey] She is beautiful!
- [Brian] I love being able to share these moments
with Kelsey, as far as getting new animals,
because I know she gets as excited as I am
with them, so, this is a pretty snake right here.
- What do we got, (gasps), is this a lavender snow?
- [Brian] It's actually, believe it or not,
it's just a lavender, a really beautiful lavender,
but it's actually het for pie, as well.
- [Kelsey] So beautiful!
- [Brian] It literally does look like a lavender snow.
That's how light it is. - Oh, yeah.
- [Brian] It's one of the nicer ones I've seen.
And I saved one of the best for last, because I knew Kelsey
would be really excited about this one.
- (gasps) Wow.
- [Brian] Isn't that amazing?
- Dreamsicle.
- Now, a beautiful big female dreamsicle.
Now, the problem is, is that we have
two female dreamsicles, but we don't have a male, so--
- I don't see how that's a problem,
we have two dreamsicle females!
- [Brian] No, definitely not a problem.
So, there it is, Kelsey, enjoy yourself,
you know, keep me updated on how things go.
I know this kind of changes our breeding plans
going forward, but again, we're gonna
keep this group separate for awhile.
Quarantine them, make sure they're good,
get 'em beefed up, we have to soak a few of 'em,
but man, what an absolutely gorgeous,
gorgeous collection of snakes.
And with that said, I think I'm gonna go ahead
and end the vlog here, guys, and just leave it like that.
We have a lot of work to do.
Tomorrow, we're gonna be feeding snakes,
we're gonna be doing a whole bunch of other stuff,
so hey, listen, we have a lot going on,
and we do have a couple special events
that we're gonna be announcing,
here, at the Reptarium, so keep an eye on thereptarium.com.
Follow us over on Instagram and Facebook
and all that other stuff, giving you
kinda the behind the scenes of what's going on here.
Regardless, you guys have an absolutely amazing day.
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("Before Chill" by Yomoti)