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- Good morning everybody, and welcome to the vlog.
You know, someone actually asked me
why are baby snakes so cranky?
So I'm gonna talk about that here in a second,
but oh my gosh, but before we do that,
I actually have some snakes to unbox.
For those of you guys that have been liking unboxing,
it's unusual for us to do so much unboxing,
to be honest with you, and I'm excited about it,
and Lori just keeps surprising me with different things,
and I didn't know this shipment was even coming
until it showed up and I was like,
"Oh my gosh, I get to unbox stuff".
Unfortunately, Lori is not here,
so she can't enjoy it with me.
But that's okay, because the truth be told,
you know, she doesn't allow me to keep stuff,
so if there's something cool in here,
I just set it aside,
she may not even know it's even here, right?
So, (shushes) don't tell anyone.
All right, we got two boxes here.
These are all ball pythons, again,
these come from my friends that I get
a lot of stuff from, they always have amazing stuff,
like I had mentioned, the last shipment that I got from 'em,
they didn't have much left, obviously Lori and them found
some stuff that they had left.
So I don't know what it's gonna be.
You guys know that I try not to look at the bags,
because I wanna be surprised like you guys, right?
So I wanna see if I can just see what is in here
and enjoy it, and of course if I guess right I feel good,
if I don't, then it means that I don't.
Let's see what got, oh, what do we got here?
Whoa, what the heck is that?
Okay, so right off the rip it looks like we have,
definitely like a sugar, pastel sugar?
This looks like a, maybe a super enchi spider, I'm thinking,
and then this one actually looks like
maybe a banana cinna pin?
Maybe even a black pastel cinna pin?
I'm not sure, let's see how I did here.
We have a banana cinna pin, so that was good,
a pastel sugar, I was good on that one,
the other one was a banana super enchi bumblebee,
so okay, that was, I just didn't get the banana part.
So this is actually a banana super enchi bumblebee,
so that's actually pretty cool.
These are some gorgeous snakes.
Let's just go ahead and jump right in, see what we got.
Okay, so this looks like a queen bee,
which would be a lesser spider and a pastel.
I don't know if I'm right, of course,
this is just a nice little pastel pied, I'm sure of that.
See what we got here, we got, oh a yellow belly pied,
so this is actually a yellow belly pied,
just changes the pattern just a little bit on it,
absolutely incredible, and this one is a banana
lesser spider, so again, I'm messing up.
That queen bee and banana spider stuff
looks really, really similar, so anyways, good stuff.
You know, and I always say it's really interesting because,
you know, I've been doing ball pythons since
there was really just normals and maybe when
the first albinos popped up and then pieds,
so to see all these amazing mutations,
it really is crazy to me.
This looks like maybe a banana lemon blast,
so a banana, a pastel, and a pinstripe, I would say.
This definitely looks like a banana,
maybe lesser woma-ish type of thing?
I wonder if this is a candino?
That is incredible animal, again,
every time we get candinos they sell so quick
'cause they're so absolutely beautiful.
Let's see how good I got here.
Let's see, we had a pastels candino,
so that was about right, just didn't get the pastel part.
We had a banana lemon blast, that was right,
and then a banana spider mojave.
I messed that one up pretty bad,
the banana spider mojave I was way off on that one,
but I guess I said a lesser woma,
so kinda similar if you guys know,
but definitely not good.
So I did, two out of three, I can't complain.
Remember, play along down in the comments,
I wanna see if you guys are doing good or not.
It's always so exciting to unbox things, I love it,
and oh my gosh these things are gorgeous!
I don't know, I'm gonna say a banana spinner,
banana spinner blast, maybe there's calico in this one,
'cause look at the whites in the sides.
But sometimes you'll get a lot of whites in the sides
just from the spider influence, right?
But I think these might just be
banana spinner and banana spinner blast, I don't know.
So we have, all of these are just banana spinners,
so all three of these are banana spinners,
and isn't it interesting how the polymorphism,
or just the difference between the same mutation,
unbelievably spectacular.
All right, next box guys, I hope that you guys have been
enjoying this unexpected kind of spree of unboxing,
which I think has been absolutely amazing,
'cause it's cool, right?
I love to do it and maybe we'll be getting
one or two more animals for the Reptarium
over the next few weeks, so some surprises coming there,
stay tuned, we'll see what goes on with that.
But let's just go ahead, keep going with this one,
whoo, whoo that's pretty.
So obviously we have another pied here,
and I'm gonna say the same thing,
maybe this is a pied yellow belly,
'cause you can see kind of the interesting patterning
in the flaming up the sides, often times is yellow belly.
This one is a tough one,
and this, I think we got this same one last time,
and I couldn't figure it out because I thought it was like,
maybe a banana spider mojave, I don't even know.
So let's just go ahead and see what I got here.
We actually have a banana bumblebee mojave calico,
that makes sense, that is a crazy animal,
and another yellow belly pied, so absolutely right.
So this is a cool, cool genetic animal,
I mean, there's a lot of really cool genes in that animal.
Just a few more bags here and we are done
with the unboxing for the day.
Let's see what we got, oh, another pretty thing.
I think we got another candino.
Gosh, I did not think we were gonna be able
to get candinos, again, candino,
and I would say banana enchi spider, I think.
Candino pastel, so the same one there,
and then this is a super enchi bumblebee,
so okay, a super enchi bumblebee and a pastel candino,
so, well there you go,
we've got a few candinos in stock now.
I'm gonna predict that we aren't gonna have those for long.
Two more bags guys, two more bags.
Whoo, these are pretty too.
They're all beautiful, you know what I mean?
I just love these guys, and oh my goodness,
look at that right there.
That, I mean, I'm assuming that's a bumblebee calico,
just 'cause you see, look at the white in the sides,
I mean whoo doggie, that is beautiful.
And then it looks like this one's gotta be
just a, maybe a banana lemon blast again?
This one is crazy!
I'm gonna say it's a banana super enchi pinstripe,
that's gonna be my guess,
but it might be a super enchi spinner too,
so let's go ahead and see what we got.
We got a banana, oh a banana leopard spinner,
whoo, that is awesome.
And then again a banana lemon blast,
and an enchi, oh so this is an enchi bumblebee calico.
So okay, cool, and then last bag,
let's see what we got in here.
Oh nice animals, I tell ya.
These are all just beautiful,
and that's the thing I like about these animals
is we're just getting really beautiful animals,
I mean just gorgeous, again,
it's gotta be like a banana spinner here,
looks like maybe a banana mojave bumblebee, I'm gonna say?
And then this one looks like a
banana lesser spider if I'm not mistaken.
So let's just go ahead, see what we got.
So interestingly enough, this doesn't have banana,
this is actually a killer queen bee,
so this is a super pastel lesser spider ball python,
it's also got enchi in it, that makes a lot of sense.
This of course was the banana lesser spider like I thought,
and then of course, a banana spinner.
So there you guys go, it wraps up the unboxing.
Let's hope we'll have some more unboxing
here in the near future.
Again, let me know in the comments how you did,
and if you enjoy unboxings.
Like I had mentioned yesterday,
we're gonna be able to increase from 10 to 25
people at a time here at the Reptarium,
so starting the 12th, 13th, and 14th weekend here,
all the way through June there's gonna be 25 slots
per hour available, I think we were pretty much sold out
at 10, but now we're adding an additional 15,
so if you guys wanna come hang out with us at the Reptarium
any weekend in the month of June,
you can go ahead and go to thereptarium.com,
you can buy your time slot.
We're also doing private tours, birthday parties,
and all that type of stuff, so this is pretty cool,
we're getting closer and closer to normal,
and we're hoping that by July,
maybe we'll just be open as normal.
We'll have to wait to see what the governor says,
we wanna always keep your safety in mind,
our safety in mind, the animals' safety,
but for now it's pretty awesome, able to have 25 people.
So if you wanna come hang out with us,
thereptarium.com, book your time slot.
Back to why little baby snakes often times are striking.
This is the actual boa that we unboxed the other day
that just kept on taking pop shots at me.
What you have to understand is that,
really snakes bite for only two reasons,
they're either scared and they're defensively
trying to bite, saying hey, get away from me,
or is so aggressive about feeding,
and that's why we're trying to
train Night Fury to ball train, right?
'Cause he's such an aggressive feeder,
that when you open the cage he comes lunging out
thinking he's gonna get fed.
Now that we're starting to target train him
with the ball, already I can open the enclosure
and he's not rushing out.
So again, as long as you understand that there's only
really two reasons for a snake to strike like that,
is if it's afraid, or if it thinks you're food.
And as you can see that now that this little boa
that was striking like crazy 'cause it was so afraid
the other day, is no longer afraid,
it's no longer striking, right?
So that's what happens a lot of times
is baby snakes you just have to gain their trust.
Once you've gained their trust,
then they pretty much stop striking.
Now I'll be totally honest with you,
there are some snakes, like mangrove snakes,
to some extent can be this way,
certainly tree boas, sometimes it's hard to get 'em.
Doesn't mean you can't get them to tame out,
it just means that there's a higher amount
of defensiveness with them,
and they just don't trust people the same way.
Now I've seen a lot of tree boas and mangroves
that have been super, super tame,
so every snake you can certainly gain their trust.
Some are just a little harder than others,
but once you understand the mechanism of why
snakes strike, usually you can get them to stop striking.
I can not wait until my girl Ivy here sheds out,
like I've been mentioning.
Been really, kind of dreaming about that time
of just getting in and settling in here in the water,
and spending some time with her.
I don't know why I haven't done it yet.
I mean, yeah I've been in with the water with her,
you guys have seen me cleaning her and stuff like that,
but I've never just kind of settled down
and been quiet with her,
and let her kind of decide what she's gonna do.
I think she looks amazing when she's in blue though,
I mean, what an absolutely gorgeous animal.
When she sheds she's gorgeous,
when she's out of shed she's gorgeous,
she's just incredible, but I'm telling you what,
definitely buckle up, because I think we're gonna get
some amazing footage, and it's gonna be an
incredible experience to just sit in the water,
and like I said, somehow, some way,
I have to figure out offering that experience to people.
So people can come, and whether it's getting in the water,
or sitting on the land, people have to be able to get
the experience that I've been able to get recently with Ivy
because I'm telling you what,
it is like no other snake experience you'll ever have.
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It's time, we are in the dungeon,
and that means we're gonna collect some ball python eggs.
And this first clutch I am excited about.
Look at this, this is actually a fire yellow belly,
whoo doggie, look at that snake right there,
and look at the clutch of eggs.
Could this be the 12 egg clutch we've been waiting for?
I tell you what, I'm predicting that there's
at least 12 eggs in this clutch.
That is a beautiful clutch,
and she was bred to a banger male.
This pin red stripe here, the red stripe stuff is so cool,
pinstripe is obviously really cool,
you get that into fire and yellow belly,
to produce a fire pin red stripe yellow belly,
that's got some foundations for some awesome babies.
Let's see how many eggs there are,
and see if I predicted that 12 egg clutch correctly.
Okay, Momma, you ready?
Come on girl, I know, you did so good.
Oh gosh, that is like,
that is the clutch of dreams right there.
I mean, just perfect size eggs,
she's wrapped on them, she's coiled them really well,
she is just an absolutely good momma.
You did good, Momma, I'm sorry I took your eggs away.
I tell you what, it's gonna be a close one
with that egg count, I'm not gonna lie to you here.
Oh my gosh, that is a beautiful clutch of eggs.
Oh my goodness, you guys ready?
Let's see if I was right.
Two, four, six, eight, 10, 11.
11 eggs, we've now had like, five 11 egg clutches.
I thought for sure this was a 12 egg clutch,
but hey listen, 11 gorgeous eggs,
I am gonna take it, I cannot wait til these babies hatch.
Again, 57 days we'll be cutting this clutch,
and we have one more clutch to pull today.
Then the next clutch is actually this
spider ball python right here.
Let's just go ahead and pull it up.
Wow, that thing has got some
beautiful eggs in it too.
Another really good clutch.
Again, I'll show you the male it's bred to.
Which is this banana extreme pin stripe.
It's in shed, so it doesn't look as great right now,
but that should be pretty cool.
We could get some banana extreme spinners.
The extreme gene stuff looks really good with pinstripe
and spider, so let's see how many eggs she has.
Come on Mom, let's come off the eggs, baby girl.
Oh, she was really a sweetheart,
what a beautiful snake, huh?
Let's go ahead and just move these eggs really quick.
Oh, we got a bunch of little loose ones here.
We'll candle those up just to make sure that they're okay.
Then we'll remove the rest of this clutch like this.
Okay, here we go, another beautiful clutch.
Two, four, six, eight, 10 good eggs.
I tell you what, that's pretty awesome,
that's 21 good eggs today, no slugs, I tell you what,
that's a pretty darn good day.
And just like that, we're up to almost 70 clutches,
not quite halfway through production with ball pythons.
Let me know if you guys are enjoying this,
enjoying the fact that we're gonna be able to
take the journey all the way through to egg cutting,
and you're gonna remember these clutches while they're laid,
and you can actually see 'em being cut.
So let me know in the comments if you guys
are enjoying this content.
I hope you guys learned a little bit
about why little snakes are a little bit angry.
Like I said, they're just scared,
once you gain their trust they're absolutely amazing,
and by the way, I hope you enjoyed the unboxing,
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