- Hey, good morning everybody
and welcome to the vlog.
I hope the start of your day is truly amazing.
I actually have a little bit of an issue to start my day.
This is a beautiful super pastel
sugar ball python that is just absolutely wonderful,
but you can see right down here at the bottom
that it actually has something sticking out right there.
That is what they would call a prolapse, that's right.
You can kind of get a better view of this right now
and basically that just means that
its insides have kind of come out
and there's a whole bunch of reasons for that
and I'll get more into that in a minute
but for now, I'm gonna actually put this in sugar water.
That's right, you may think like why would you
use sugar water?
Sugar can actually help a prolapse.
Again, I'll explain more about that in a little bit,
but for now, let's go ahead, get this guy soaking
in some sugar water for the next 15 or 20 minutes.
Then we'll come back and see if we can help this guy out.
Pretty excited guys.
You know we're doing the turtle pond
at the new expansion of the Reptarium
and we had someone local here actually donate
a few turtles for us.
These will be the very first turtles that go in the pond.
Probably gonna ultimately need about 20 turtles like this.
This is actually either a red eared slider.
Eric thinks it may be a red eared and a yellow eared slider
mixed just because of the color of the shell
'cause typically the red eared sliders
don't have that kind of shell pattern like this.
They're much darker and stuff like that.
And then what we have here is a couple little
yellow map turtles here.
Again, there's this guy and then there is
this guy right here.
They're not quite full grown yet
but they're getting pretty good
and the people that had these
had them for about four years
since they were little babies,
so it's pretty cool that we got the first turtles.
It's been since I was a kid
since I had little turtles so I'm excited
to finally have some aquatic turtles back in my life.
That's gonna be so cool
and once they're in that pond,
oh my god, it's gonna be awesome.
People can come and we'll actually have
the opportunity for people to feed
the turtles in the pond.
It's gonna be one of the cooler features,
being able to kind of join the old Reptarium
with the new Reptarium.
Lorie, good news.
- Yes?
- [Brian] So originally, I thought you were only
gonna have one day to paint,
but the good news is is that
he's gonna be done a day earlier
so we can get that painted.
You got Monday and Tuesday to paint,
so you got two days to paint,
so we will be able to do that.
- Okay great.
So by we, you mean me.
- [Brian] Well no, we 'cause I'm gonna be supporting you.
I'm gonna be in Texas, but. - Yeah exactly. (laughing)
- [Brian] I'm gonna be emotionally supporting your decision
to paint so. - Okay yeah.
- [Brain] We got two days
to get it painted. - Thanks a lot.
I could not do it without all of your support.
- [Brian] I know, well that's good,
but it's good that you have an extra day.
(laughing) - Oh yeah, it's awesome.
- Thank you. (laughing)
we had this guy soaking for about 15 minutes or so
and you can see it's starting to actually
shed a little bit on top of it.
So the sugar itself actually absorbs moisture
and that prolapse when its tissue kind of shrinks
a little bit oftentimes goes in.
Unfortunately with this case, it didn't go in
and when you get to this point,
now first off, if this ever happens to your snakes,
I'm kind of going through the process with you guys
but I would take it to a vet, honestly.
The only reason again I keep saying this,
the reason why I do a lot of this stuff
is that I've been to a vet so many times
seeing them treat this that now I actually
can do it myself typically and also have that opportunity
to call my vet any time
if I get into a position where it's just not working.
So what I wanna so now that I've soaked
for 15, 20 minutes in that sugar and it hasn't worked
so I'm gonna just try my hardest
to work that prolapse back in.
Now again, a prolapse like this oftentimes
will come out because sometimes maybe
sometimes if you fed too big of a meal,
you can actually rip the colon away
from the wall of the body that holds it in.
So what we wanna do is just get this back in.
With this particular animal,
this is the second time it's prolapsed,
so I don't think that it's a meal issue.
It's probably just a genetic weakness.
Now again, I'm gonna just slowly just massage
this in slowly, not trying to do too much.
I'm getting a little bit here
but it's not going as well as I'd like.
I can even use a stainless steel probe here
and again, just try to gently work it in.
I wanna just get it inside that vent right there
the best I possibly can.
Just keep on , just really gently working it in
the best that is possible
and once it's in there, oftentimes it'll actually heal
over the course of a bit.
If this ever happens to you and you can get it in
just like I was able to get it in right there,
you don't wanna feed this animal
for at least probably a week or two
to be honest with you and then when you feed,
you want really small meals because again,
as it's trying to push the meal out
and go to the bathroom,
that's when that rip is gonna happen again.
Right now that its prolapse is in there
and I'm just gonna massage it
just a little bit to get it in like this.
It has the opportunity to heal on its own right now.
And then the worst case scenario
when you get to a point where it does it again
maybe multiple times, that's when you do
wanna actually go to a vet and what they'll do
is they'll actually stitch the anal vent
right to the body for a course of time
so there's no way it can push it out,
allowing the body itself to heal
and actually adhere that bowel and that colon
back to the body cavity.
So that's basically it guys.
We definitely got it back in.
Doesn't seem to be a real swelling issue.
Doesn't seem to be any infection
and the one thing that's really important
if you do have a prolapse like that
is to keep it really moist because if that skin
starts to dry out, you can actually get necrosis,
you know, start to rot away.
That's a big big problem.
Again, we got the prolapse in.
Probably certainly could have saved his life
by getting the prolapse back in.
Now we just have to see will it stay in
or will it go out again?
If it does, we'll probably have to get my vet
to stitch it up so that it can heal a little bit longer.
Fortunately, the animal has good body weight,
looks completely healthy,
moving around completely fine,
so I think we're gonna be okay with this one
but I kind of wanted to share with you guys
this experience if you or anyone else has the problem,
but again, I can't stress enough,
having a vet do this is definitely the better option
for sure so regardless,
I think this guy's looking pretty good.
I'll keep a really close eye on it
the next couple days and again,
probably won't even feed it
for another week and a half or two weeks
and then I'm gonna do something really small
and hopefully it can actually heal up.
Take a look at how big Moo Moo,
the cow reticulated python is getting.
Remember, this is the one that came in
and just like lit me up, was super aggressive.
She has tamed out so much and unlike Perdita,
that's that pure white with speckles,
this girl had the yellow from the beginning.
I guess Kevin told me from NER
that produced this one,
that has a lot of really cool genetics.
Honestly for me, it was just about look
and I wanted something that looked
a little different from Perdita
because obviously we already have Perdita.
We don't need another one of her,
so it's kind of cool to have a yellow one now
and look at how big she's getting.
Before long, I think she's gonna catch up to Perdita
and again, as soon as we're done with the expansion,
she's gonna be over there
because she's gonna be another hit snake
that everyone wants to hold.
Guys.
- What? - What's up?
- [Brian] Did you see this?
(laughing) - Dude, Robo Alive.
- [Noah] Are you kidding me?
- Give this to your mom, we're gonna start selling these
at the Reptarium. - My tongue flick out.
How much do you want for him? - No way.
- [Brian] Do you wanna play with one?
- I'll buy the whole set right now.
- [Brian] Yeah, there's like lizards,
there's a couple different types of snakes.
- The best part is you don't even have
to worry about it dying, Eric.
That's right for you. - That's right.
This is perfect for me.
It can't escape. - You don't have to worry
about it falling into your fish tank
and getting eaten. - I know, oh my gosh.
Well, what's the fun in that, really?
- Let's play with it. - There's T-Rexes?
- No, that's not the most important part.
The eye moves and the tongue flicks.
No, I don't think you're getting this, bud.
- Does it actually strike? - Animatronic.
- [Brian] Let's do it, let's try it.
- We can open it?
- [Brian] Yeah, let's open it, let's play with it.
(screaming)
(upbeat music)
- [Man] Oh no.
Not my dog.
- Looking at a few of the razors that we actually
hang onto here and oh my god.
This is actually a super extreme pinstripe banana.
I love the white that just comes up the sides.
A bunch of really cool animals in this rack for sure.
Definitely raising up some more camo females
for my Barney project
'cause I definitely need more of those
to potentially produce those animals
and even if they don't come out all purple,
camos are incredible on their own right.
Speaking about insane in its own right,
take a look at this monkey here.
This is actually a banana enchi cinny pinstripe.
Absolutely wonderful.
This is a boy that definitely
will be in the breeding scheme next year.
Figured if I updated you guys on Moo Moo
a little bit earlier that I would show you guys
one of Lucy's babies.
That's right, this is my citron tiger girl
that I hung onto from Lucy.
You can definitely see really placid reticulated python.
Unbelievably incredible.
Adding that citron gene to the tiger
makes it unbelievably beautiful,
so she's getting some size to her too
and another animal that I'm sure will be
over at the Reptarium, or like Lorie calls it,
the Reticarium.
(upbeat music)
So the mudding process has begun here
at the Reptarium expansion.
You can start to see the seams all come together.
Again, this is when it starts to look
more like a finished building
because this doesn't like seams as much.
Still have a ways to go and stuff like that,
but then of course right after that,
Lorie has to paint and as soon as
she's done painting, then the drop ceiling goes in,
then the floor gets done.
Oh my god, this place is gonna look a lot different
in just a week or so from now
but it's pretty cool to see the progress.
I mean, this is the type of stuff that.
I've been in enough building projects
to know like the steps and the processes
and when things really start to look different.
Obviously when you start to get drywall up,
they start looking like rooms
instead of just walls with little studs in them,
and then of course once you get the drywall
mud on it, they start looking like a solid wall
and you get paint.
It actually starts looking like a building.
Drop ceiling's gonna make a huge difference,
then the floor's gonna put that finishing touch on it,
so super excited.
Things are coming along well.
Oh my gosh.
Oh and by the way, we are leaving tomorrow for Texas.
(upbeat music)
- [Jake] What's going on today, Eric?
- Nothing man, just.
This sounds really stupid.
I'm on the camera, I'm obviously on the camera right now.
- [Jake] Literally right now.
- I'm just nervous for tonight.
I don't know what it is. - What's tonight though?
- Tonight is the big podcast.
- [Jake] With who?
- 5 p.m., Barczyk,
we got special guest Brian Barczyk on.
Okay, we can say that, right?
He's our guest I guess.
But no, me and Noah are doing this podcast.
I've been super excited to do this
but for some reason I hype myself up
and then as soon as I'm there, I'll be fine,
but it's just up until that point, I don't know.
I think it'll be fine. - I've never actually
seen you nervous like this.
- Dude, I know, I know. - You've came up to me,
what, 10 times now and you're like, Jake,
like listen. - I'm nervous.
- [Jake] Is everything going to be fine?
- I think it's because it's live
and it's just knowing that people are watching live.
I'm really weird, I'm a strange person.
- [Jake] No no, that's weird, that's actually
most peoples' fears. - When it's on the camera.
Oh yeah, no, like a big stage or something,
I could never ever ever do that.
I'd probably throw up and die.
- Guess what Noah?
- More shoes.
I can tell by the shape of the box.
- Exactly.
- [Noah] You love shoes.
- I just wanted this, I need a pair
to kind of wear around, you know what I mean?
- Oh yeah, not like you have 50 other pairs
you can wear.
- No, no, I only try to get the right pair,
you know what I mean?
What the heck is this?
These boxes are different, huh?
That's weird. - I don't know, what is it?
That is a cool box though.
Look, you push those in and then you pull them.
Whoa. - Look at that.
- [Noah] Look at that new design.
Oh, you got some new Ultra Boost.
- Some Boost? - Jesus, what is that?
- Neighborhood, man. - The Shark Tooth 16s?
(laughing)
- [Brian] They're pretty cool, huh?
- That's crazy,
what the heck? - I know, right?
These are Neighborhood Ultra Boosts.
- [Man] I mess with them.
- These are 3M, aren't they?
Here, get a flashlight.
- [Brian] Shiny, the reflectives?
- [Noah] I think so.
- Oh interesting, so what do you think?
You think your mom will like them?
- No way.
- [Brian] She's gonna hate them.
- Yeah, but you know what?
That's fine though.
Every day rock right here. - Let me know what you guys
think in the comments on these new shoes.
- These Shark Tooth 16s.
- I mentioned earlier that we were leaving for Texas
tomorrow and that's right.
We're gonna be driving down there
going to Universal Rocks to finish up.
The big tasks of the day are gonna be
this huge anaconda cage.
We're gonna build this anaconda cage.
It's gonna be absolutely ridiculous.
Again, a huge pond, like 450 gallons of water
with a waterfall, then there's gonna be
land for the anaconda.
Floor to ceiling, it's gonna be really amazing.
That is probably the biggest job we have there.
We also have to do Salt and Pepper's enclosure
and then the arboreal closure
and then just button up a bunch of things,
so we have our work cut out for us down there
but if everything goes well,
by the time we leave at the end of the week,
we should be wrapped up and getting ready
to ship stuff out.
Again, it was supposed to be February 3.
I'm sorry, it's February 10 now,
but that is a drop dead date.
We are not changing it so if you guys
are interested in coming in,
again, sending emails to everybody on that one,
so again, heading to Texas tomorrow
to build this anaconda cage,
Salt and Pepper, arboreal cage.
Oh my god, cannot wait guys.
It's gonna be amazing.
- [Noah] My question to you Eric
and I'll feed you back as well
is what is your favorite conspiracy?
- [Eric] Oh, that's a tough one.
- [Noah] That you actually believe in.
And we can touch on just favorite conspiracies
that we don't necessarily believe in,
but I would just like to hear what your thoughts were
'cause I don't think I've ever asked you that before.
- You've never asked me that, number one.
Cousin Brad goes, what the hell is that?
And I look up real quick.
Dude, it looked like a huge huge structure,
the way there was like four lights in a row?
- In the sky?
- In the sky just moving like simultaneously perfectly,
so I don't think it was four different airplanes,
four fighter jets, 'cause we do have
an air force base that's pretty close to us here.
Definitely something to the point where
I almost dropped my drink.
I was so scared.
You know what I mean, like I almost cried when I told Mary.
I'm like, get in the basement and load the shotguns up.
They're coming, they're here.
They are here.
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