- Hey, good morning everybody.
Welcome to the vlog.
This is a very, very important vlog,
so you guys need to stick around for it.
It involves a sheriff, Eric, a snake, and the woods.
Snakes can be absolutely amazing pets.
I mean, for me, I've spent my entire life around them,
and they have just changed the way I look
at the entire world.
So I tell you, if you want to get a pet snake,
or you're thinking about getting a pet snake,
they can be amazing.
But with that said, you have to really think about it.
Are you ready for it?
And are the people around you ready for it?
You've got to respect them as well.
When you get any animal, in particular a reptile,
it is very important that you are extremely responsible,
because you're not only caring for that life,
but you also have to take in mind everyone around you
and their happiness as well.
Because you never want the animal to suffer
because maybe you didn't do your due diligence.
I always say that responsible pet ownership is everything,
right?
I've been doing this for 30-plus years,
so I've seen a lot of mistakes that people make.
You've got to remember that reptiles,
and all animals, for that matter, can live a long time.
And when you have an animal like let's say a tortoise,
I mean, this thing's gonna live 150 years.
Obviously, I'm not gonna live as long as this guy lives,
as long as I'm taking care of him properly.
Even the short-lived snakes are 12 to 15 years,
and some can live up to 40 years.
So you have to take that into account
when you're getting an animal.
Are you gonna be able to care for that animal for 150 years?
Well maybe you aren't, but you know, someone else has to,
so someone's gonna be taking care
of that animal a long time.
And if it's a bearded dragon, you've got 12 to 15 years.
You've got to think about that before you get the animal.
(upbeat instrumental music)
Why am I bringing all this up?
I don't want to preach to you guys.
I never want to do that.
But I do want these animals,
and really the broader community of people
that love reptiles to always be in a good light.
And right now, as we speak, Eric is en route
because he got a call about a particular situation
that has me pretty amped up.
(peaceful instrumental music)
(car horn honking)
And this clutch actually started to pip out
literally a half hour ago.
When I brought it over, there were no heads pipping out.
And now all these eggs are getting cut, which is great.
That's when I want to cut clutches,
is when they're almost ready to hatch.
This is actually a pinstripe to a fire bee,
which is a pastel, a fire, and a spider.
So we could get a bunch of cool stuff.
So let's just jump right in and see
what kind of things we've got going on.
First egg, let's see what we've got here.
Okay, this one looks like, it looks like
just a spider ball python, to be honest with you.
Oh, you know, it's probably a fire spider.
That's why.
I was gonna say, the pattern's a little bit different.
That's right, it would be a fire spider.
Next egg.
Oh, I tell you what, I love this stuff.
Oh, okay, this is just a normal fire ball python.
So that's kind of strange that we got a little bit
of (laughing) some stuff.
I tell you what, I'm gonna miss egg-cutting so much.
I mean, we still have a bunch more clutches to cut.
But when it's over, I'm gonna be so sad.
I love it.
Let me know in the comments
if you guys are enjoying this here.
We've had some pretty amazing things hatch out this year,
and you guys have kind of followed along right with me.
So I hope that you enjoyed it.
Looks like we've got another,
no, this is a pastel, actually.
This is weird.
Not really great odds so far, so hey, it could get better.
We still have six eggs to go.
I'm gonna go ahead and cut this one that's already pipping.
Whoo!
Ooh, yeah, oh yeah, that's the all-gene animal right there.
That is exactly everything you can get.
This is a fire spinner blast.
So it's a fire, it's a pastel,
it's a pinstripe, and it's a spider.
Absolutely gorgeous!
I tell you what, I'm glad we hit that.
At least I feel better that we had one good egg.
So we got five eggs to go.
Another little fire ball python.
So weird, we're getting a bunch of single genes
when you're mixing all those genes together.
But that's just the way it goes, you know?
Odds work that way.
Sometimes they're in your favor, and sometimes they're not.
Over time, it kind of all works out and it pans out.
You guys have known, we've had some crazy odds,
and we've had some not-so-great odds.
So it all kind of works out.
This is actually looks like just a lemon blast,
to be honest with you.
If it had fire, it would be a dragonfly.
But that's just a lemon blast.
Three eggs to go.
Let's go ahead and cut this one over here,
see what we got.
That's a pretty one.
This is actually a fire spinner.
So this is a fire, a pinstripe, and a spider.
Absolutely amazing.
I see a normal head sticking out of this egg over here,
so I'm not expecting anything much
other than a normal or a fire.
Let's see what we got.
No, that's actually a pinstripe, actually.
So it was a normal looking head,
but it's actually a pinstripe.
Nothing else other than a single-gene pinstripe.
And last egg is
a pastel ball python.
So again, we hit the one all-gene animal,
that was pretty awesome, and then some combinations.
Not the greatest, but that's all right.
Absolutely amazing, so again, plenty of egg cutting
still coming for the year.
But it's been a pretty enjoyable year.
I hope you guys have enjoyed it so far.
Tell me what is up with this ball python.
- Well, I got a call this morning, and my friend said,
"There's a Burmese python at the park!
"They just captured a Burmese python!
"Can you help me out?
"Can you take it in?
"I don't want the animal euthanized,
"'cause no one wants to take it."
Long story short, I get a couple pictures,
I say, "Yeah, I think it's a ball python."
You know, you can kind of see the head.
In the pictures, it looked like a ball python.
I rushed over to the kind of local township hall
or whatever. (car engine revving)
Oh, oh!
And they had it held there.
And it was this ball python right here,
and it was in a park.
It was in a park, but you know, a lot of people think
of parks as houses surrounding.
This is like a park in the middle of the woods,
in the middle of nowhere.
Someone definitely, definitely dropped this snake off.
In my opinion, I don't know, you tell me,
but I feel like these snakes don't travel
very far. - Yeah.
Well listen, I mean, a couple things.
Number one, I promise you this is a true story.
I don't want anyone to think that I'm baiting you
or thinking that I'm telling a story.
I promise you that this actually happened.
I think it's one of two things.
Someone either dropped their pet snake off
or it got loose and it crawled out of their house.
A snake this size, pretty unlikely that it gets out
of someone's house.
Doesn't matter.
Either way, this gives me an opportunity to tell you
what I feel about something about this.
If you are getting a pet snake, whether it's a garter snake,
a python, a boa, whatever it is, number one, be responsible.
Because if it got loose and got out of your house
and then was around, because again, someone thought
this was a Burmese python, just like in the Everglades,
and it turns out it's a ball python.
So that's terrible.
Number two, if you don't want your snake anymore,
just give it to a pet shop.
Give it to someone that wants it.
You know, put it up on the internet for sale,
on Facebook Marketplace or something like that.
Whatever the case may be, the fact is,
letting that animal go is not only irresponsible,
and honestly guys, pisses me off,
because if makes us responsible pet owners
and reptile keepers look like complete morons,
but also, it's unfair to the snake.
Thank God these guys found this snake,
and now this snake can be with Eric and actually survive.
Because this snake could have got killed out there.
Winter's coming.
- Winter is coming.
- It ain't gonna survive the winter time.
And we're in a cold climate.
If you're in a warm climate, then it's even worse,
'cause it may survive forever,
and that's ecologically an irresponsible thing to do.
I tell you, whoever had this snake, either way,
I'm glad I don't know who you are,
because I don't get emotional about a lot of things,
but this animal suffered because of you,
and our hobby and the image of our hobby suffered
because of your irresponsible acts.
And I'm sorry I'm on my soapbox right now,
but I'm gonna be honest with you.
There's not many things that make me upset.
This makes me upset.
And I'm just thankful that this animal is in decent shape.
It got a little scuffs here and there.
There's a few scuffs here.
But overall, I'm sure this wasn't outside
like all summer long.
It's probably only been a few weeks,
maybe a month or something like that.
And it's an albino snake!
This is crazy.
I mean, it really is.
Thank you Eric, for taking care of it.
- No, no problem.
I'm glad they have my number.
I mean, this is super, extremely rare for, you know,
our area or whatever, for this to happen.
But I'm glad they have my number so they don't have
to euthanize any animals.
They can reach out to us and, you know,
I'm gonna end up keeping this animal.
Even if it was a Burmese, I can take it in, quarantine it,
make sure someone responsible gets it in the end.
But this is such a beautiful animal!
Who would just throw this away like a piece of trash?
The little guy said, usually they're dumping their trash
out there, not beautiful animals.
It's insane, it's insane.
It's crazy. - It's crazy.
Well, so anyways guys, before you buy any animal,
not just a reptile, be responsible.
Realize it's a responsibility you have to have
for that animal's entire life,
or you have to re-home it somehow.
So there it is.
The story ended well.
Most of them probably don't.
Now there's absolutely no way to know
if that albino ball python was let loose by an owner
that didn't want it, or maybe even someone in their house
that didn't want them to have him, and to spite him,
they were like, "I'm gonna let your snake go,"
or if the snake actually got loose and got out of the house.
I think it's probably not likely that it got out
just from the standpoint that it was miles away from home,
and ball pythons don't really move much.
Regardless, there's no way to ever know.
The one thing I can say is that Burmese pythons
certainly are an issue down in the Everglades.
We all know it, we've seen it in the news and so on.
And listen, there's a lot of invasive animals down there,
but none as sensational as an 18-foot python roaming
where it shouldn't be in the Everglades,
and it certainly is a massive problem down there.
One day, I'll probably do an entire video down
in the Everglades talking more about that
if you guys want me to.
Regardless, my point is, we could argue all day long
whether they were released by pet owners
or they were actually released by Hurricane Andrew.
I think most likely the majority of those animals were
released by Hurricane Andrew,
but I would be remiss if I sat here and said,
"No, no one has ever released a Burmese python
"in the Everglades."
Of course it's probably happened,
and irresponsible pet ownership happens all the time,
not just with reptiles.
But when it happens with reptiles, it's a much bigger deal.
Hey, if they found a feral cat in those woods,
we probably aren't talking about that right now.
But the fact is, they found an albino ball python
in the woods.
And by the way, when they found it,
they thought it was a Burmese python.
But regardless, I don't blame 'em.
You know, that's what's in the news.
Burmese pythons in the Everglades.
Things aren't now Burmese pythons were in Lake Orion.
The fact is, guys, whether you're getting a giant snake
like a Burmese python and my guy here,
or you're getting a pet corn snake,
you have to be responsible.
Not only for you, not only for the animal,
not only for your family, but for the broader good
of the animal welfare community.
We don't want those black eyes out there.
And I'm sorry that I'm preaching today,
but this is a topic that I'm very, very passionate about.
Guess what guys?
- What's up?
- [Brian] I am getting a radical tattoo in a minute here.
- No way! - What?
- [Brian] Something crazy that you guys are
never gonna expect. - Dude, the tribal
on the face? - I've go to go find out.
- Are you gonna get a tribal face Mike Tyson tat?
- [Brian] We'll see.
All right, you guys ready?
- Dude, yeah.
- [Brian] I'll be back in about two hours, all right?
- Okay. - Sounds good.
Lower back, though right?
- We'll seem excited.
Tramp stamp?
- [Brian] Maybe, let's, we'll see, okay?
I'll be back.
- Okay.
- [Brian] See you in a bit, guys.
- What do you think my dad's gonna get tatted?
- Dude, honestly, probably like a skull,
there's like an arrow going through it,
or maybe it's like a--
- [Noah] I don't think that's gonna--
- Maybe it's like a dragon, and there's a knight,
and he's stabbing the dragon, and the dragon's leaned over,
and it's like, "Rragh," but they're both gonna die.
The dragon will die, but then the knight will die,
'cause it will be crushed.
- I've got to wait and see what this is gonna be.
I have no clue.
- [Brian] What's up?
- Yeah, what the hell
with that face-- - Reptarium for life, man!
- Dude, that's cool. - Reptarium for life!
- Look at your face tat! - Listen bud, it looks good,
but you might, at least you're never gonna apply
for a job again, right? - I'm not gonna lie,
it's a little crooked. (laughing)
- The truth is, guys, obviously it's a temporary tattoo.
We're gonna have these tattoos.
You can put them on your face, your arm, anything.
Monday, at the anniversary for the Reptarium.
12:00 to 8:00, come hang out.
Free tattoos.
- So are you guys getting face tats too?
- Dude, and check out Brian's new album on SoundCloud.
It looks like you're a SoundCloud rapper.
- It does, it does.
I'll put-- - Lil little snake.
- Yeah, little snake! (laughing)
- I'll put ones on my face too.
- All right, good.
All right, face tats for everyone.
Come to the Reptarium for the anniversary party.
Checking in on the Calubers.
What hatched today?
Ooh doggie, look at that.
That is a beautiful clutch here.
This of course are a bunch of albino Nelson snake
bredded to a head albino.
So that's why you've got some normal Nelsons here
that are actually heffer albino,
and then a whole bunch of albinos.
I tell you what, that's a good ratio.
Because on average, you should get about 50% normals
and 50% albinos.
And look it, we got a lot more albinos.
So pretty good day.
I tell you, whup, whup, whup, whup, whup.
Pretty good day, I tell you what.
So let's see what we have here.
This is actually, oh this is actually pretty cool.
This was actually a snow bred to a snow scalus.
So all the babies are snows.
Actually heffer diffused as well.
So these would be actually snow, heffer, scalus,
and diffused.
Really beautiful little babies.
Of course the snows are stuff that's
lacking the red pigment and the black pigment known
as a redafore and melanin of course.
And they just have these beautiful pink animals like that.
Really beautiful to see.
I love snow corns.
It kind of takes me back to those early days
of me breeding, when they were really amazing.
What do we have here?
We have a whole bunch of apricot Pueblan milk snakes.
Of course these are the milk snake that I always
think are great starters, and every time I say that,
they just chew on me.
Honestly, they do tame out.
I promise you they don't stay so crazy like this.
But they're absolutely gorgeous.
And the thing I like about them is some milk snakes can be
little bit picky when they're babies,
but Pueblan milk snakes are absolutely monsters
when it comes to eating.
As you can see, this one is trying to eat my hand.
What are you doing, silly monkey?
Okay, stop that.
Okay.
Whew.
These guys are crazy.
All right, I'm gonna put these in here.
I've got to set my camera down,
because I know there's gonna be snakes
all over the place.
Okay.
Make sure no heads are caught in there.
Okay, we're good to go.
Last clutch, really quick.
This one's actually cool.
This is an albino Nelson spread
to a T-positive albino Nelson.
Of course, this is just the normal albino Nelsons here.
Basically you've got that red, yellow, and white.
And then of course, ooh, stay in there buddy,
stay in there, stay in there, stay in there.
And then of course the T-positive is
where you've got that purplish look to it right there.
I mean, what gorgeous animals.
And I've told you guys this before.
It's allylic so when you breed a T-positive
to a normal albino,
you get half T-positive and half albino right off the rip.
Absolutely gorgeous.
So I'm gonna go ahead and see if I can't get this lid on
before everything, nope, okay, come on, come on, come on.
Okay, good.
No heads, no heads?
Okay, good.
So (laughing) that's what hatched as far as Colubers today.
Some really beautiful snakes.
This is Maisie the corn snake,
one of the best beginner snakes out there.
And if you're thinking about getting a snake
or a reptile of any sort, I encourage it.
Obviously, I encourage it.
I think they're amazing animals.
Personally, I think they're one of the best pets
on the planet, but that's me.
I'm a little bit biased if you know what I mean.
But the fact is that if you're deciding to do that,
there is tons of resources out there, people,
for your education.
Tons of stuff online, tons of books.
There's places like us at the Reptarium or BHB
that you can call in and ask questions to.
You want to know the length of the animal.
You want to know what kind of habitat it needs.
You want to know how long it's gonna live,
what requirements, and hey, you also want to know,
what happens if I do need to move away
and I can't keep this animal anymore?
You can always reach out to tons of people, us of course,
and we will always help you re-home your animal.
Don't ever let number one,
someone in your house to let it go.
And number two, you don't think about letting it go,
because that's just completely irresponsible.
Again, think about it.
If you had a dog and you didn't want it anymore,
you're probably not just letting it loose
in the backyard, right.
So think about it.
These animals are the same exact thing.
And when people do what we saw today, it hurts everyone.
Thankfully it worked out because they called us.
We were able to go get it, no big deal.
If this would have made news,
it could have made national news or international news,
and who knows what might have happened?
Maybe some legislation would be passed
so that you or me couldn't keep these animals
because of one person that made a mistake.
I don't want this whole vlog to be a bummer,
so I'm gonna go ahead and end it on a happy note.
Look at the little baby frillies.
Look at how (laughing) absolutely adorable these things are.
They're a couple weeks old now, and they are driving me
absolutely love them to death.
And you can see they're so habituated.
We've been handling them every day to keep them super tame.
They are gonna be just like my guy Nova here.
And by the way, we've got like three or four weeks
'til Nova's next clutch hatches,
and we saw him courting today, trying to breed again.
So who knows how many frillies
we're gonna produce this year?
But these guys are absolutely cute,
and even on a day where I'm kind of complaining
about people a little bit on this vlog,
I sometimes can surround myself with cuteness
and just smile on the inside.
So again, didn't want to be a bummer and a downer today.
And I figured I'd end with this absolutely adorable shot
of my little frillies.
And you guys know that I never want to be a Debbie Downer.
You know, I think that keeping reptiles can be one
of the most amazing things and life-changing
for so many people.
And if you ever do have a reptile and you don't know what
to do because you cannot keep it anymore,
please reach out to us.
There's Facebook groups.
I'll put a link in the description.
There's a ton of resources out there.
Please don't ever let an animal go,
because all it does is it's harmful for the animal.
It's also harmful for the community.
With that being said, Eric has a really cool new
albino ball snake.
(laughing) Everybody, if you guys like this video,
here's another video I think that you guys will enjoy.
I'm gonna put a playlist right here if you want
to go check that one out.
You can subscribe over here
and turn those post notifications on.
Do me a favor and be kind to someone today.
And I promise I'll see you guys tomorrow.
(upbeat instrumental music)