- Hey, good morning everybody.
Good morning.
Good morning everybody.
Welcome to the vlog.
We have a busy day.
I want to to take this home.
Isn't this the cutest thing in the world?
We have a ton going on today,
but the first thing that we have to do
is actually head to the dungeon
because Quin told me we have a pretty exciting
ball python clutch that I've been waiting for a while for.
So what do you say we just buckle up,
push our problems aside,
and have a great, great time together?
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♪ Where python eggs are laid ♪
♪ In the dungeon ♪
♪ The mighty dungeon ♪
♪ Where python eggs are laid ♪
♪ Python eggs and python eggs ♪
♪ And python eggs and python eggs ♪
- And I am excited about this one here.
Got one little egg out.
Of course, this is a Lesser Clown ball python
bred to a Pastel Leopard ball python.
Last year we produced some crazy stuff from this female.
It was actually the last clutch of the year.
She's still pretty late in the season
but she's not the last clutch.
We still have about six or seven
more clutches to go after her.
But what an absolute beauty.
What do you say we see how many eggs she has?
Momma, it's okay, don't bite me.
Please?
She had seven eggs last year,
so let's see what she has this year.
We'll just get her unraveled a little bit.
It's okay momma.
You did so good.
What a gorgeous animal she is, huh?
Hoo, I tell you what,
and I'm gonna candle these eggs
because they kind of look like
they've been rolled around just a little bit.
I'll go ahead, get these eggs over here.
Put 'em over here.
Get these last two eggs.
And like I said, I'll candle these just to make sure,
but it looks like she had two, four, six eggs this year.
Last year she did seven, this year she did six,
but like I said, everything's gonna be Clown,
it's gonna be all kinds of combinations
of Pastel Leopard Clowns, Pastel Leopard Lesser Clowns,
I mean all kinds of different stuff.
So this is gonna be an exciting clutch for sure
to cut here in 57 days.
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Just an idea of what these babies looked like last year
now they've got some size to it.
This one actually is a Super Pastel,
what they would call a Killer Clown,
but it's also a Leopard.
So this is a Super Pastel Leopard Clown.
The Pastel of course is the super is incomplete dominant,
and the Leopard is also incomplete dominant,
and then the clown is recessive.
So there's a lot of genes going on.
This is one of the hold backs from that clutch,
just unbelievable.
And then there's this little heater right here.
This is actually a Leopard Lesser Clown ball python.
Just look at the head pattern,
or lack thereof head pattern.
That really cool striping down its back.
That comes from the Leopard, of course,
and the Clown mixing.
And then, of course, the Lesser gives it
that really subtle, beautiful look.
Again, this one came out really amazing,
but the real creme de la creme is this one.
And, of course, this is the Pastel Lesser Leopard Clown,
so basically the exact same animal as the last one
but with Pastel in it.
And then you can see that little black smudge right there,
that's actually a paradox mark.
That's right, that's pigment that just bred through
as a baby and will be there its whole life,
which makes it really cool.
So this one is definitely amazing.
All of them are amazing to be honest with you.
We had seven babies from that clutch
and every single one was breathtaking,
but we hung on to these three and this one,
so you never know what we're gonna get.
In 57 days we're gonna find out.
Hopefully we'll have a good hatch rate
like we did last time
and hit some crazy mutations.
Definitely gonna be a nice way
to kind of slowly wrap up the year,
although we still have some more clutches after that.
It's definitely getting close to the end
and it's gonna be really exciting to see
what this momma brought us.
So happy to see Ivy and Aries just hanging out together.
I mean, how awesome is that
that they're finally getting comfortable enough
where they both can be in the water
and both kind of hang in the same area?
And it's interesting that they both have adopted
this same area.
This seems to be Ivy's favorite corner,
and now Aries seems to like it as well.
That is awesome.
- What's going on guys?
So, a lot of you guys have been asking me
for an update on my boy Noop Noop here,
which by the way, that was the name
we ended up choosing for our West African bush viper here.
He is absolutely doing wonderful.
He's still gonna give me a bit of a hard time
with the feeding, but he's still taking down food
which is really, really important right now.
So I think a little it more persistence on my part
and I think he'll be a-okay,
but man, look at him.
Oh, he's a beauty.
Absolute beautiful animal.
Look at those eyes, Jesus.
It's like looking into Hypnotoad like,
"Buy it, buy it, buy it."
Very often people ask me,
"Oh my God, is that a squamigera?"
Or what kind of species this is.
So this is an Atheris chloroechis.
This is a West African bush viper,
so it's not the typical one that you typically see
with their beautiful colors.
Red, yellows, oranges, and blues.
This is a pretty, pretty classic one
when it really comes down to it.
This is definitely one of my favorite ones
just for the sheer fact that it's just
super, super, super cool
and it's super basic when it comes to a bush viper.
- We hatched another one of those
Creamsicle scaleless clutches,
but we didn't have any Creamsicle scaleless.
Actually, the odds were a little bit weird on this,
but we did hatch another one
of these Greenie looking animals.
Remember I told you about the Green Spot Snow corn,
which is part of the Creamsicle Snow stuff?
Well, this one is another one
that hatched out with all that green color.
So it's a basically like a normal,
but I think that the Emory influence
that's part of the Creamsicle
is causing this sort of green tint to it.
So this is the second baby we've hatched out
of this lineage that looks like this.
It is so radically different and so bizarre, it's awesome.
I'm super happy that we hatched them out
and I can't wait till these guys
get a little bit bigger
to see what they look like.
This was a banger of a clutch.
These, of course, are Tiger scaleless corn snakes.
This was a Tiger scaleless to Tiger scaleless
so everything was gonna be a Tiger scaleless,
and look at how amazing some of these are.
But the surprise was we had some
anerythristic Tiger scaleless in here.
We didn't even know they were het for anerythristic.
So we have these silver
just believably cool looking guys right here.
And these guys are starting to get a little bit wonky on me
so I better be careful
or I'm gonna have snakes all over the place, but wow.
I tell you what, what a clutch.
Scaleless to scaleless is awesome.
It's something I didn't even know
we could do before this year.
I'm so happy we did.
The fertility was good, the hatch rate was good,
and the babies are absolutely breathtaking.
Do you guys remember this girl right here?
Well, this girl is the girl
that laid that first clutch of eggs,
one of two clutches that is a special project of mine
that I am so, so excited about.
Well, guess what?
We're about two weeks away,
less than two weeks away,
from 57 days of cutting this clutch.
Just wanted to give you a little tease.
You better stay tuned because two weeks from now
I'm gonna cut this girl's clutch,
and either I'm gonna be over the moon excited
or I'm gonna be disappointed.
The good news is we do have a second clutch
that was laid just a couple days later,
and if both of those clutches whiff
then I guess I just wasted seven years
working on this project.
But if they hit, oh my gosh,
I cannot wait to share this moment.
You're gonna see Brian, that's me, very, very happy.
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(blade whooshing)
(metal ringing)
I'm excited about this clutch right here.
It's actually a blue eyed leucistic female,
my baby blue eyed leucistic,
the one that I love so much,
which is actually a Lesser and a het Russo.
It was bread to that Super Pastel hidden gene Woma,
so we could get, again, Russo Soul Suckers,
we could get Lesser Soul Suckers,
and a whole bunch of combinations of Pastels
and stuff like that.
So we have two, four, six, seven eggs to go,
so let's go ahead, jump into egg number one.
Everything in this clutch is gonna be
either Russo or Lesser,
and everything is gonna be Pastel.
And right off the rip we have a little, let's see,
it's a Pastel hidden gene Woma.
I don't think there's anything else to that.
So yep, just a Pastel hidden gene Woma,
but nevertheless really beautiful.
And I actually nipped this other egg right here,
so might as well cut that egg, right?
We already nipped it.
All right, let's see.
Boy, I hope we produce some Soul Sucker stuff.
That would be super, super dope.
And looks like we got another little
Pastel hidden gene Woma.
They're so beautiful though.
The Pastel hidden gene Woma stuff is amazing,
but I was really hoping for the Soul Sucker.
Which, you know what?
I'm pretty sure that's actually a Soul Sucker right there.
I was looking at it at first
that it doesn't have the banding, it has the stripe.
So this is a Pastel Russo Soul Sucker right here,
so that is ...
Gosh, that thing is a ripper.
Holy moly, that thing is beautiful.
So let's hope we get some Lesser Soul Suckers too.
Let's jump into egg number three.
But I'm already happy that we're getting
some Soul Sucker stuff right off the rip.
Let's see what we got.
Oh, we have a ...
It's actually a Lesser.
It would be a Pastel Lesser
because it's a Super Pastel hidden gene Woma,
so it's a Pastel Lesser.
Really cool striping on it,
but not a Soul Sucker.
So now you can see we're gonna get Lessers again
or het Russos, either way.
So if we just combine those hidden gene Woma stuff
that's when you get the Soul Sucker.
So let's go ahead and get on to egg number four.
Come on, come on, come on, come on.
What do you got, what do you got, what do you got?
All right, looks like another ...
Yep, we got another Russo Soul Sucker,
or Pastel Russo Soul Sucker.
So we haven't hit the Lesser Soul Sucker
but we've hit two of the Russo Soul Suckers,
which are really beautiful.
When they climb out of the eggs
you guys are gonna love 'em.
They are beautiful.
Three eggs to go.
All right, what do we got?
Come on.
So far it's interesting.
We've got only one ...
Little Pastel Russo.
Little Pastel Russo, so nothing too crazy there.
Two eggs to go.
And again, cutting eggs, just amazing.
No matter what you produce you're always excited about it.
Again, another Pastel Russo Soul Sucker.
It's weird when we only produce one Lesser
out of the whole clutch so far.
We had two, four, six eggs so far,
only one Lesser, which is really bizarre.
But hey, maybe this last egg
will be the Pastel Lesser Soul Sucker.
Let's go ahead and do it.
Remember, the last clutch that we had going in
it was the last egg, so maybe this one will be the same way.
And here we go.
What do we have?
What do we have, what do we have?
Looks like maybe a Pastel Lesser.
Another Pastel Lesser.
So we did hit two Pastel Lessers in the clutch,
but we didn't hit the Lesser Soul Sucker.
Nevertheless, a few of the Russo Soul Suckers
which are absolutely amazing.
So all in all, I can't complain.
Still been having a really good time
with the virtual tour stuff.
We have Morgan here that's kind of
spearheading the majority of it.
She's about to jump on a quick,
like 15 minute virtual tour.
We offer a bunch of different packages,
all the way from five minutes to an hour long virtual tour.
You can check it out, link in the description.
And if you want to come in in an in person tour,
birthday party, you can do that as well.
All the information's in that link
so go ahead and check that out.
I'll let Morgan have some fun on this virtual tour.
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Got a quick package to open up here from California.
Let's see what we got.
Man, I should never cut towards myself.
Where are those cut proof gloves that I have?
That's what I need to make sure I don't get in trouble here.
Oh, we got some shiny package here.
Oh my God, that is cool.
Oh my God.
I used to collect Ty Beanie Babies,
so this is from Ty.
It's a little beautiful chameleon.
I love that thing.
We should sell these in our gift shop
'cause that thing is dope as could be.
So thank you.
Don't know if that was for me or for someone else.
So let's see what else we have here.
Don't hurt, be happy.
(Brian laughs)
That is awesome, a little sloth.
I love that one.
Thank you so much.
And then lastly, before we read whatever, we have,
oh, some essential oils.
Oh my gosh, guys, I am ...
Lookit, I'm an essential oils guy.
I've got my little bracelet on.
I always use it.
So a bunch of really cool stuff.
Thank you so much.
It says top six essential oils.
What do we have here?
We have lavender, love it.
Eucalyptus, use it every day in my sauna.
Rosemary, that's interesting.
Peppermint.
I actually wanted to get peppermint
and try that in the sauna to be honest with you.
Tea tree is amazing.
Sweet orange.
Thank you so much.
Let's see who sent this really quickly.
Cannot thank you enough, that is awesome,
especially the essential oils.
I love essential oils
and it really does help me calm myself at this time.
But I love all the rest of the stuff too,
so thank you so much.
Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue,
and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
"Dear Laurie and Brian,
"thank you for all you've done for my daughter.
"Your vlog has opened her up to a world
"I never could have imaged.
"I loved it also.
"We also have two ball pythons we purchased
"in the last two months and are awaiting
"our first Fire ball python from BHB next week."
Well, thank you so much.
I really do appreciate it.
"Keep doing what you're doing.
"We love you all, Anne."
And there's also another one.
"Dear Brian, you're my biggest inspiration.
"I try to be more like you every day."
Thank you.
Well, try to be the best part of me,
not the bad part of me.
"I love you and Laurie
"and I love The Reptarium so much,
"and always look forward to watching
"your videos every morning.
"I'm 17 and I also suffer from severe anxiety,
"but your videos about ball pythons an everything else
"connects with me and I appreciate it so much.
"I can't wait to hopefully meet you
"and your reptiles one day."
Well, listen, this is sincerely Gina.
Thank you both, Anne and Gina, for everything.
And listen, things are gonna be okay.
Together we're on this journey of anxiety.
We're gonna get through it together.
I'm here for you, please be there for me.
These essential oils are certainly gonna help as well,
so thank you guys.
You're so lovely.
That clutch from the female Clown ball python
last year was really our most amazing
hatched clutched of the year.
This year we have all kinds of other stuff hatching
that is crazy too,
but I'm still super excited.
So 57 days from now we're gonna see
what kind of babies come out of it.
That is amazing.
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