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- Hey, good morning everybody,
and welcome to the vlog.
And I hate to start the vlog on a downer note,
but I will tell you, something really kinda bad happened
that's got me pretty freaked out with Ben and Jerry,
the two headed snake right here.
You can see they're still doing completely fine,
and everything is good,
but every now and then, both heads will kinda fight
to go different directions, right.
Like every now and then they'll even go
on either side of your finger
and try to like push through your finger
rather than realize they have to work together
'cause they can't get around your finger.
But regardless, I had this plant right here,
was way in the back right over there,
and the stems were kinda sticking down
and sure enough, I saw Ben and Jerry
kinda pushing through the stems.
Ben was on one side of the stem,
Jerry was on the other side of the stem,
and they were pushing super hard.
And I was like, what the heck are they doing?
I've never seen them do this.
You gotta remember, they've bee in this habitat for, gosh,
a good six, seven months, right.
Never seen it happen before.
Well sure enough, they seem to rip the skin
a little bit between their heads.
Now, it's a pretty good gash that they have there
where it kinda ripped the scales.
I'm definitely pretty concerned about it.
I'm gonna go ahead a clean it up the best I can,
put some peroxide in, and then put some ointment.
I talked to my vet,
and they said that the ointment is the best way to go,
the antibiotic ointment, and that it should be okay.
I don't think it's gonna be a major issue,
but it's something that I'm definitely worried about.
I tell you what, I've never seen that happen before.
But that just gives you an idea
of the will of two different heads.
I mean, even though they have the same body,
they were so determined to go on either side of that stick
that they literally pushed their self
to a point where they were ripping their self apart.
I mean, that is absolutely crazy.
I'll keep you guys updated.
Again, I'm sorry to start the vlog this way.
Trust me, the rest of the vlog
is gonna be upbeat and positive,
and we're gonna have a great day.
But definitely stressed out about my guys Ben and Jerry.
So I gotta be totally honest with you guys,
I'm getting a little bit worried about Eric
and the fact that he's always kinda eating on the job.
The other day, literally, Danny came to me,
and she gave me a piece of footage that she shot.
She was literally standing right over here,
and she saw Eric literally like washing the racks
and like eating a taco at the same time.
So she decided to video.
And you can clearly see that he looks.
He sees me walking.
I walk by him,
and then he sticks the taco in his mouth,
and then he goes back to cleaning.
So, I think what I'm gonna do is literally
set up some cameras around the shop,
and just kinda see what he's doing,
kinda surveillance stuff.
Figure out what's going on with this guy.
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Pretty excited to show you guys this
because this is the very first ball pythons
that the entire clutch hatched
on the snake hatching cam 24/7.
Reptile live cams, link in the description.
So you guys literally were able to watch these guys hatch.
And basically what it was is that was the clutch that we cut
a handful of days ago, which was a het ghost female
bred to a calico male.
And I tell you what, these are some of the nicest calicos
I've ever produced.
I mean, they are absolutely stunning.
I mean, this little baby here
has so much orange and pink in it.
Again, this is all gonna turn white as it gets older.
And doggie, I'm telling you what,
that one is unbelievable.
But that's not it.
I mean, we got a whole bunch of 'em here.
We got, of course, it looks like we just have
two little normals right here.
So there's two normals here
out of the entire clutch right here.
Now this is a pretty low expression calico,
and this is what I've usually produced,
to be totally honest with you.
A lot of 'em are like this.
They have some orange and pink in 'em.
Definitely gonna get some white splotching,
but nothing like this first baby here
that is just unbelievable.
But again, it's kinda crazy because
there's two more that look absolutely
as good as that first one.
Oh, I take that back.
There is three more that look just like that first one.
I mean, I tell you what, this is an amazing clutch of eggs.
So we got four super high end calico animals.
Now of course, these are all possible het for ghost
because the female was a het for ghost.
And then we got one little calico again
that wasn't like super impressive,
but still a really beautiful snake.
And then two normals.
I tell you what, this is an unbelievably
beautiful clutch of snakes.
And to kind of explain, there's actually calico
and then there's sugar.
Oftentimes the sugars are the ones that are like this,
really high white and tons of pink and orange as babies.
So these are some of the nicest calicos that I've ever had,
as a matter of fact I've said,
probably the nicest calicos that I've ever produced.
And this isn't the only clutch.
There's actually another clutch that only had two eggs
that we cut as well.
But it was cool that you guys actually
had a chance to watch these guys hatch.
And it was really fun at the live cam
when I was following the chat,
which I jumped on as much as I can.
People were actually naming them as they came out.
So it was just a lot of fun.
I encourage you guys to check 'em out.
But let's take a look at this other clutch too.
And then again, this was just two eggs.
And once again, this a pretty
insanely beautiful calico right here.
It's not quite as high orange and pink as the other clutch,
but it's gonna be a ripper when it gets that white in.
So this is a really good one.
And then again, we just got a normal.
So this was two eggs.
One calico, one normal.
Not too bad.
Awesome that these guys hatched,
and I just wanted to share it with you guys.
Especially the fact that we're able to watch these hatch
on the live cam.
So there it is, ball pythons today.
I think tomorrow or the next day, I'm not sure,
I'll be cutting a couple really cool clutches of ball python
so stay tuned for that.
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- Hey, Lori.
- I really haven't updated you guys
on this particular thing.
Lori actually kept one of the chameleons.
Remember when we got all of those little baby chameleons,
which by the way, we have to get more
so that we can have some over at the Reptarium.
We actually kept one male.
And what'd you name it again?
- I did not name it.
Beth named it Raul.
(laughs) - [Brian] Raul.
So here's Raul.
And is he pretty chill?
- [Lori] Yeah, I guess he heard you calling his name.
- [Brian] Yeah, he's like--
- [Lori] No, he's super nice.
- [Brian] Look at how big he's getting.
- I know, we're having a lot of fun having him in here,
and I think because we're playing with him so much
and taking him out,
once he gets bigger we'll move him over there,
and he'll be a great animal.
- Oh okay, yeah
Because we have a veiled chameleon over there now.
You really can't take him out.
I mean, he wants to bite everyone.
- He's not very happy. - He's terrible.
All right so--
- Raul is very friendly and doesn't mind coming out,
and he's getting prettier by the day.
Look how big his veil.
Is that what they call it?
- [Brian] His veil, exactly. - His veil is now.
- Yeah, he's a super nice looking animal.
So right now he's the shop pet over at BHB,
but again he'll eventually go over to the Reptarium.
But we do have to get a bunch of babies
back over to the Reptarium because I loved it
because we had 'em up front.
Kids would come in.
They could handle the little tiny babies.
It was just so cute.
And then of course, we'd just give 'em away
after a few months when they get bigger.
So, we'll work on that.
Hopefully get them at the Reptarium soon.
So this Tuesday we are going to be in Salt Lake City, Utah.
We're gonna be at the SeaQuest.
It's gonna be absolutely amazing.
It's gonna be myself, Lori, and Jake.
We're gonna be hanging out.
We got two meet and greets.
The member only meet and greet actually is sold out,
but I think that there's still some room left
of the second kinda general public meet and greet.
I think there's only 100 slots.
So you have to RSVP.
SeaQuest is a pretty cool place.
You can go swim with stingrays,
kind of get hands on with a bunch of really cool animals.
We are gonna have a great time.
We're gonna be vloging it, hanging out with you guys.
Then we're actually heading over to
Jeremy Stone's boa collection.
We're gonna see the snake keeper's
awesome ball python and boa collection.
And then we're gonna actually head out to Moab
to go check out the desert.
It's gonna be an absolutely amazing trip.
And if you're in the Salt Lake City area,
definitely come pay us a visit Tuesday night.
We have to do a quick feeding with the tarantulas.
And I know some of you guys
get a little freaked out by the tarantulas.
And like, I can't watch that, Brian.
But I am challenging you right now to hang tight
just for the next like 20-30 seconds.
See how amazing these tarantulas are when they eat.
I used to be terrified of 'em,
but now I love 'em to death.
So, again, this is a challenge.
Hang out, check how awesome this is.
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Little species spotlight today on my girl Zombie
the Chilean rose hair tarantula.
These guys are a Grammostola rosea,
and they're really probably the most common tarantula
in the pet trade for pets for a number of reasons.
Number one, they are unbelievably docile,
not to mention just the availability of them
seems to be the highest of the availability.
I absolutely love my girl Zombie,
and this is the girl that got me over my fear.
Now, she's 15 years old,
and rose hair tarantula's can typically live up to 25 years
if they are a female.
Of course they're insect eaters.
They come from anywhere from Chile, Argentine, and Bolivia,
mainly the grasslands and the deserts of those areas.
And although they will wonder around at night,
they've also been observed to actually dig burrows
and live within the burrows.
And the main defense mechanism that these guys have
rather than really gearing up and striking that often,
although they can do that,
they're typically gonna run away.
But they have what they call urticating hairs.
These little furry hairs,
they'll kick 'em with their back legs,
and they can actually get in predator's eyes,
and that's really the way they typically defend their self.
Thankfully in captivity, animals like Zombie here,
really never kick any fur or anything like that.
So if you're ever looking for a really cool tarantula,
and you want one that maybe you
can get over your fears with,
I really suggest Chilean rose hair tarantulas
'cause to me, they're one of the coolest animals out there.
Eric, what's going on, man?
- Hey, what's happening?
Just changing a lot of bedding,
keeping up with all these little baby snakes,
and new snakes, and all that stuff, so.
- [Brian] Awesome. - Yeah.
- [Brian] Keep working hard.
You staying on point with your diet?
- Definitely.
Oh man, I've been eating real good.
- [Brian] Have you, all right. - Eating good, so.
- All right, just keep it up.
All right cool.
All right, I'll catch you later.
- Oh.
- You guys know that I've showed you a million times
how I actually have ball trained Elvis,
and he completely understands that the ball equals food.
Here you go Elvis.
There you go, bud.
Want more food?
There you go, buddy.
And again, I've talked about this before.
The fact that I can hide this blue ball.
He understands that there's no food coming,
and I can literally pet him like nothing.
I can even pet him right on the face,
and he understands.
Even if I have a little bit of smell of that rodent on me,
He understands that there's no food,
and that he's completely fine.
See, I can pet his chin and everything else like this.
But I'm gonna be honest with you guys,
when you're working with animals,
sometimes you make a mistake,
and oftentimes when that mistake happens,
it's your fault not the animal's fault,
and guess what happened yesterday?
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And basically what happened guys,
I'm not gonna lie to you,
is I was feeding Elvis just like I always do,
ball training like that.
And like you saw, I usually come in like this.
I'll pet him like this.
I'll go under his jaw.
I can pet him all like this.
Honestly, my fault.
I went straight in like this, and he thought I was food.
He just immediately grabbed me.
Didn't really think about it.
But the fact that I only have a couple
little tiny marks on me is for one reason.
It's the fact that when he grabbed me,
you can see I went back with him.
I didn't pull away.
Most injuries, whether it's snake bites,
or even monitor bites, or whatever,
happen when something bites you and you pull away,
and it rips the skin.
This guy has unbelievable teeth.
I mean, they may not look like deep marks right there,
but trust me, they were like right down to the bone.
I was struck like a pig.
I was bleeding like crazy.
But the fact is, no real harm because I went with the bite.
But again, keeping in mind, it wasn't Elvis' fault.
It was my fault.
It's always kind of our error when we get bit
because we just, we get too lazy and things happen.
But Elvis is an amazing animal.
And this just proves that even with him
biting me yesterday on accident,
today he's completely fine.
- Hey, Jessica, I can get that.
Let me get that for you. - Thank you.
- Yeah, I'm gonna take it out there.
- [Jessica] All right.
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- I tell you what, I was just looking over
the surveillance footage, and Eric is eating all day.
He's outside.
I have no idea what he's doing.
When he comes up again, I'm gonna confront him.
- [Brian] Eric, dude.
- What's up, man?
- [Brian] Man, I was just looking,
and dude, you're like literally eating all day,
like every 10 minutes.
- No.
- [Brian] What are you doing?
- What do you mean?
- [Brian] What the heck is wrong with you, man?
- Dude, I'm starving.
- Oh my gosh.
I tell you what, I just, I give up.
I don't even know what to say about this.
And that concludes the Brian Barczyk vlog for the day.
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- Will you leave me.
- [Brian] I don't know what you're talking about.
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