- This is our new Argentine blue tegu
and her name is Snow White.
(Snow White laughs)
And my friends over at Toad Ranch actually sent me]
this dope new enclosure for the tegu.
Let's go ahead and look at what she's in now.
And this was just her temporary enclosure here,
her quarantine, till she was ready
to go into something bigger,
which is happening today.
- Man. - Wow, that was weird.
He does so much for us.
Pickle? - I'm good.
I think we need to help build him an enclosure today.
- Build him an enclosure.
Let's go look for materials.
Pickle? - I'm good.
- Okay.
- [Brian] So, I reached out to my friends over at Toad Ranch
and asked if they could help me out
with an enclosure for Snow White.
I've been a fan of Toad Ranch for quite some time,
when I first seen 'em come out
and they had this amazing technology
where they're using a material
that was perfect for reptiles,
but it looked more natural with wood grain.
Immediately I loved their way that they built things.
So, it's interesting to see the process
that they actually go through
and what this enclosure is actually gonna look like
once it gets done and it's shipped out to us.
It got here earlier today.
Can you set it right by the curb?
(upbeat music)
I don't know exactly what they sent me,
so I'm anxious to see what's inside these boxes.
Toad Ranch quality craftsmanship.
I am so excited.
I've loved these enclosures
from the day that I saw 'em
and now we finally have one.
Now we have to just figure out how to put it together.
And just like always, it's gonna be a challenge.
- That's real... Where'd you go?
- [Mike] Over here. (crow cawing)
- Oh. Oh my goodness, this is perfect!
If we build an enclosure for him,
that's so much better than buying him something,
'cause it's made of love,
and you know-- - [Mike] Cheap?
- And it's cheap. (cash register ringing)
I think we need some real sturdy wood.
Oh, my God, this is perfect!
(pallet clatters)
It's beautiful!
And there's two of 'em! - Nice!
- This way.
- I'll come back for that later.
(wood clattering)
- Let's go find some tools.
(upbeat music)
We almost forgot the wood!
Very sturdy wood.
(wood scraping)
I'm definitely gonna use these.
- Screw gun.
- May I first?
- No.
(tools rattling)
- I have three screws.
- That's way more than enough.
- Now, our first step, demo.
- Safety first, Mike.
(traffic cone clatters)
One, just make sure that people are understanding
that men are working.
(hammer banging)
- Should we wear safety glasses?
(Noah grunting)
- Just won't go.
- [Mike] I got some safety goggles.
(Noah shouts)
Something's not right with these safety goggles.
Uh-oh.
- What I think I'm gonna need for this build
is this screwdriver and a knife to open it up.
I have no idea what else I might need,
but once we open this all up
I hope there's maybe some directions
so that I have an idea of what the heck I'm doing.
(foam tearing)
Look at that.
Ooh, Sexy!
Sexy? Yes.
Easy to put together? We'll see.
Certainly is a lot of pieces here.
Well this is the glass.
I think this is the actual outside color,
which I absolutely love.
Look at it. It's like wood grain.
I think they call this drift wood.
Definitely one of my favorite colors that they have.
(bell chiming) Screws.
(bell chiming) Black finger pulls
for hood and stand.
(bell chiming) Stickers.
Screws and stickers, check.
Directions?
Not yet, but I'll be racking my brain
trying to figure this one out.
Kinda see what's going on here.
This is the front that's gonna look kinda like this color
and then these are the sides.
Top is over there. The back is over here.
Still not exactly sure what the bottom is gonna be like,
but I'm sure there's gotta be a plan
by time I get done with this.
So, let's just start screwing things together.
(power tool buzzing)
In my life, I've put together so many reptile cages
and they've really changed over the time
that I've been working with it.
This material seems to be really good to work with
and relatively simple to put together.
It's looking like we're starting to have a cage here.
And actually, once we started to figure it out
it came together pretty quickly.
But I'm still a little bit miffed here.
This is the bottom.
(slide whistle)
Just gonna have to figure it out as we go, right?
And with only a few screws left,
it looks like we have a cage coming together.
Although there's still that mystery missing bottom
looming ahead.
(packaging tearing)
I don't really know what this is for.
(dial up sound)
There's two of 'em.
Let's find out what's in the other boxes.
- All right now, look out, here comes the big boy.
(wood clattering)
- Dad's gonna be so excited, Mike, when he sees this.
- Oh yeah, dude. Mr. Brian's gonna so proud.
Right, is this a frame?
- Look at that.
- [Mike] I'm like a genius.
- That's a good start. And they're working.
- There's guys over here working.
God, respect the safety.
Noah, I thought you said demo was done?
(hammer banging)
- Aren't you guys supposed to be wearing like hard helmets?
- We glasses and we got gloves.
- Ooh! Mike, watch where you're drilling around.
(hammer pounding)
(power tool whirring)
- Oh, all we need is one more screw.
- Okay, Mike, how many screws do we have left?
- We're out. - Out of screws?
This is not much of a cage.
- [Brian] This box, I'm pretty darn confused,
but I'm on the lookout for directions
and I think I may just have found them.
(relaxed music)
I gave 'em a quick read
to see what I'm supposed to do,
but I'm still pretty confused.
Oh well, let's just keep building
and hope we figure this one out.
(relaxed music continues)
Look at this, another front that's kind of, amazing.
Still not a hundred percent sure
how this whole thing is gonna work.
I'm gonna keep on trying to figure it out.
I know it's gonna look really amazing when it's done.
- [Mike] Oh wait, wait.
- [Noah] Another one. - [Mike] Another one.
- Dad does so much for us, Mike.
He's gonna be so happy. Like, we're paying him back.
- That's our frame right there.
- Now, that's a frame.
- Oh, hang, hang on, hang on. Safety first.
We learned so much from watching Mr. Brian
that I feel like it's second nature to us.
It's in our blood.
(upbeat music) (hammer banging)
Oh nice. That's a solid piece.
- Think you can screw this one in?
- Got it.
(power tool whirring)
- [Noah] Look at how good this piece is right here.
- I love boring, just putting the safety on.
- Do you see the vision coming through?
- Bam, bam, bam.
(wood snapping)
- Mike, I got the perfect piece. The architecture on that.
(power tool whirring)
Nice!
- [Mike] Come on, get in there.
(power tool whirring)
- Come on, man.
(power tool whirring)
- [Mike] Yeah. That's it. - [Noah] Get it?
- Oh, look at it go. It's going.
(power tool whirring)
(packaging clatters)
- [Brian] This enclosure is truly easy to put together,
but I'm still confused on where the cage is.
(upbeat music)
(power tool whirring)
All I know is I'm happy to be getting Snow White a new home.
This is my favorite thing I do for my animals.
Interestingly enough, you know,
because there's a track here, I assumed this was the cage.
Figured this was a shelf and then I thought that was a cage
with maybe the viewing panels.
But ironically enough, I think this is the base here
and this is the hood
and the cage actually goes in between 'em,
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(power tool whirring) (upbeat music)
(hammer banging)
- How about you keep it down over there?
I'm trying to do something for my pa.
(wood clatters)
(power tool whirring)
No, you gotta be gentle.
That's why all the wood's splitting.
- Nailed it. Screwed it. Bop it.
- [Noah] How long are these screws?
- About six inches.
(power tool whirring)
How'd that piece fall off?
(power tool whirring)
Is that attached? Nope. Dang it.
(power tool whirring)
Yeah! Nice!
- Nice!
(power tool whirring)
- We already got a side up.
- Need some more structural support.
- Maybe we make this side the front.
We need the back wall and the side wall.
- Thinking more of like an open concept.
(power tool whirring)
- Ah! This is hard work.
(power tool whirring)
(Mike and Noah crosstalk)
Now my other question too,
how are we gonna get this in the door?
(dial up sounds)
We're outta wood
and there's no more good pieces over there.
- You think we got any cardboard?
- We can check.
- So, if my plan is right,
this is the actual enclosure that the animal goes into.
I thought that those enclosures were a little bit small.
I was like, "Wow, it's kind of a little smaller
than I expected."
So, now I got it under control.
And take a look at this. It's a backdrop.
Woo hoo hoo!
That's one of the things I like about Toad Ranch,
that they actually make backdrops that look like this.
So, there's a whole bunch of different scenes
that you can use.
This looks amazing,
and that's a lot bigger enclosure than those other ones,
there's no doubt about that.
(upbeat music)
And now we're onto the actual enclosure,
it's all coming together.
And now we can start cooking with gas.
Finally, we found the real glass.
Took us three boxes to find it,
but here's the glass.
But not just the glass,
we finally found the screen top.
- [Cameraman] Oh, now it all makes sense!
- [Brian] Sometimes in life you don't know exactly
what you're building.
Relationships, careers, dreams,
but once it comes together it makes perfect sense.
Or something like that.
(upbeat music continues)
Just a few more screws and we're good to go.
(power tool whirring)
And that's the last screw. It's all put together.
Now it's time to just assemble it.
- That looks like almost an empty box.
Can you help us with this, real quick?
Can we steal this box?
- You just want the big box?
Yeah, just gimme what's inside it.
(box clatters)
(Mike blows dust)
- Geez!
- Union 15, bro.
(power tool whirring)
- Whoa, dude. This was so easy.
(Mike sneezes)
Hurry up, Noah, your 15 minutes is up.
(knife sawing)
- Now, don't cut through it.
Go to the edge and stop.
- [Mike] Always cut towards yourself.
(Windows error sound)
- Oh, sh...
(knife sawing)
- Dude, it fits perfect.
- It fit's perfect.
- Now all we gotta do is screw it on.
(power tool whirring) (upbeat music)
- That didn't have much resistance.
- I don't think that...
These are called test screws.
(power tool whirring)
- Right there. Right there.
(power tool whirring)
- B 7. B 7.
- [Mike] Miss.
- A 9. A 9.
(power tool whirring)
- [Mike] Miss.
- [Noah] More towards you.
Think you hit. You got it.
(power tool whirring)
(Windows error sound)
- [Brian] Assembling this enclosure was absolute breeze
and went together in seconds.
There it is. This is absolutely a dope unit.
Put your lights and stuff like that up here.
The actual black things
that we thought were glass originally,
actually go right here, which is cool.
We also have a black shelf here where you can,
you'll put whatever, your reptile books.
And then the actual cage here.
So, let's go ahead, put the doors in,
all the windows in.
(upbeat music)
Putting the glass in this one
is one of my favorite parts of making enclosure.
(glass banging)
Oh...
Oof, but I gotta be careful.
Don't wanna break the glass.
But the finishing touches really make this cage come alive.
(upbeat music continues)
Sliders up here, glass in here, down there.
This thing is absolutely incredible.
Let's go show the boys.
- We'll put one right here.
- Just think that's a bit overkill.
(power tool whirring) (upbeat music)
- The hurricane test.
(Mike blowing vigorously)
- That can hold up with a 50 miles per hour wind.
- Mm hm.
All right, I think it's time for dad to see his new gift.
- Let's go get Mr. Brian.
- You've done so much for us, dad,
we just decided that we're gonna repay you.
All right, are you ready for the surprise?
- Yeah.
- Three, two... What do you think?
- Isn't it amazing?
- It's the new tegu enclosure!
We decided to surprise you.
- It's Snow White's new house.
- I mean, I... - It's plenty big enough.
- [Noah] Don't you love it? Look at this.
Has a locking mechanism.
- Front door over here with a little hood flap.
Almost like the hood.
Cross beam. - I appreciate you guys'--
- No, no. Wait, wait.
It's got a cross beam to support the top.
Aerodynamic, modern dye.
- It's modern art.
- Do you think that-- - This side here,
it's really nice and sturdy.
- Little bit of black mold down here.
- The best cherry wood on this side.
- Dad, you like the cherry wood?
- Really good though.
- This is amazing.
I'm glad that you spent so much time building this,
but unfortunately we already got a tegu enclosure
from Toad Ranch and we've already built it.
Did you guys see it yet?
- We we're building this.
- It's a surprise.
- It's just a little bit better than...
Let's go check it out.
- Better than this?
- [Brian] What do you guys think?
- [Noah] What is this?
- This is the new tegu cage.
- [Noah] New tegu cage?
I mean, this isn't even real Maple wood.
That's garbage. - We had at least, real wood.
- No, but this looks, I mean, come on guys, it looks--
- Like crap.
- [Brian] No, this looks really good.
The animal can't get out.
You guys had spaces where the animal could just--
- It's 2022, dad.
- New design, new architect. - Get with the times.
- I like it. I'm gonna keep this one.
That's where you can have your lights.
- Lights?
- Where do you put your lights for your thing?
- It's outside. - The sun.
Arcadian rhythm.
- Circadian rhythm, you mean?
- That's a bug in the sky. (buzzes)
- No, that's a cicada.
- Callin' us stupid?
- Not at all. I think you guys did brilliant.
I just think this is a little bit nicer.
- It's just not even fair.
We tried to do something nice. Look at all that junk.
(kicking box)
We can... You know what? Why don't we...
- Can't 'em all?
- We're gonna make a new cage.
- We have new material.
- We're gonna show you.
- While they're showing me,
why don't we show Snow White her new home?
- One second, dude. It's really dangerous.
(cameraman laughs)
All right, you got enough room in here?
Watch your head. Don't sit up at all.
You'll get a nine inch nail right through your head.
(Noah yells in pain)
I don't know what dad's talking about. This thing...
- Look how sturdy. Dude, this is amazing.
- I'm gonna live in this.
- Do you remember where we put my fork?
- Oh yeah, we screwed into the mainframe.
- Of course we did.
- Let's go see how Snow White likes her new enclosure.
It matches perfectly, by the way.
What a perfect color scheme.
Of course, we're gonna do decorations.
We gotta get water, some climbing.
We gotta put lights in and so on like that.
But I think she's gonna look great here.
Again, probably not a lifelong thing,
but for the next six or eight months before we move over
to the next place, it's gonna be absolutely perfect.
I'm so glad how this whole thing worked out.
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- Dad?
(Mike laughs)