- Hey, good morning everybody,
and welcome to the blog.
After a couple hours of sleep and driving 20 hours
and getting home at five in the morning,
it's gonna be a little bit of a Rocky ride today.
I'm not gonna lie to you, I am exhausted,
but we have Drogo over here.
We've just taken him out of the sloths room
because we're just kinda be working
on that today a little bit.
We're gonna give him his first opportunity
to kinda cruise around.
But first we wanna hang some ropes,
some vines and some stuff like that.
We're also gonna feed him in a little bit,
get that kinda dialed in,
and after he gets there
hopefully we can let him loose a little bit.
He will be staying in a crate like this at night
and for part of the day,
for the next few weeks,
that's just kinda how Leslie said, the owner said,
if we take them out of this into that big room,
he may stress out.
So, he's used to being in something like this a lot.
So he's got his bed, he's got his blanket,
he's got his hammock and stuff like that.
So he's comfortable here.
So we're gonna work on the sloth room,
give him some food and then go ahead
and release him a little bit and see what he does.
(Upbeat music)
So we have lighting,
We have some humidifying in here,
we've got all our Bines,
we've got all our branches
and all that other stuff set up in here.
So I think we're gonna go ahead
and let Drogo give his first kind of trout run in here.
We'll keep him again.
Well, we're gonna be watching them the entire time,
making sure that nothing goes wrong.
Just kind of keeping an eye on what he's trying to do.
And we have to probably change things around per him. Right?
We're gonna have to read what he's gonna do.
So, he's a sleepy slot.
As you know slot sleep a lot.
He sleeps in the daytime,
but we're gonna try to wake him up
and see if we can get him in here
and let him just kinda crawl around a little bit.
Drogo? Come here baby boy,
come here, wake up baby, wake up.
Drogo? Come here baby, come here baby, come here
I know, I know, come here, come here CLE,
come on, up here, up here, up here Drogo.
That's the baby boy.
Good job Drogo.
You wanna go for a little ride?
Go see your new place?
Maybe we'll walk around a little bit?
There it is Drogo. - (Chuckles) Oh my God.
Well hang on, up you go, uuggghh
there it is Drogo (Chuckles).
Drogos first little climb on his tree.
What do you think Drogo? What are you doing CLE?
There's a lot of room for you to play, buddy.
He's immediately just kinda feeling out,
you can see him thinking,
immediately he went right up to the great,
so he's trying to figure out how he can get to the great,
again, the one thing we gonna have to do
is we gonna have to get those wires
attached to the top of the ceiling,
so he can't pull on the wires obviously.
But I knew he was gonna love to climb on the wiring
and then he's got all the trees, the branches.
So let's just sit back and just watch him for a while,
'cause this is what it's all about.
You guys know I love letting animals go into new enclosures
and this is gonna be absolutely amazing for him.
So let's just sit back and enjoy this moment.
(Upbeat music)
(Water gashes)
So as if getting a sloth
and putting him in his enclosure
isn't good enough for today,
guess what else?
We're down at Gator land,
We've picked out some alligators to replace
the big alligators that we shipped down there.
And I get to play with them
and show you guys to get them set up today.
So these guys are so cute.
I almost can't remember when ours were this absolutely cute.
So we've got two different sizes.
We got a little bit well started once,
like these little monkeys right here,
look at all these dolls,
come on little chunky monkeys.
And so of course these will go into a big enclosure
that the monster's road,
I can't figure they could have so much space.
They're gonna be so absolutely happy.
It's gonna be so cold.
And we got six of these guys right here.
Come on little monkeys, come on, (Chuckles)
take a look at how amazing they're
they are so cold.
So these guys are probably like six,
maybe eight months old,
something on that line.
And like I had mentioned,
we're gonna have to train these guys, right?
So what happens is we'll start to
clicker train them and feed them.
The one thing that's great about alligators,
they love to eat.
So, if you clicked feed, click feed,
all in all really quickly,
usually within a couple of days,
they get the handle Like.
Once they hear that click,
they're gonna feed.
Now these guys aren't gonna jump out
like the other ones did
and kind of long jump,
it's kind of a bummer that that won't happen,
but they will feed pretty well.
We should get them trained within about a week.
I think we'll be in good shape to go with that.
And although it's cool that we have this size ones
that are gonna probably be around for the next year or so.
We did get some babies as well.
And guys look at how cute these are. (Chuckles)
Unbelievable, of course, these are little tiny babies,
probably just a matter of a month or so old.
These will go into the enclosure
where the smaller ones went in.
It will be able to train these ones and clicker as well,
but of course, easily small amounts of meals.
We won't be able to feed them a whole lot,
'cause obviously the fruit little tiny baby,
but is that so cool.
So we've got six little tiny baby alligators
that are just little cute little monkeys right there.
And then we'll have six little bigger ones.
So what do you say, We go ahead and go over that tape,
get these guys set up and just kinda take a look at them
in their new environment.
We get to play with these guys again
for the next year year and a half.
It's gonna be absolutely amazing
to see how they develop and grow
and become just amazing little animal ambassadors.
And here you go, this is the enclosure
that they're gonna go in.
And again, this is definitely much better size-wise
look at it, oh my God,
they're gonna look so cute and adorable here.
And again, the idea is, is that smaller kids
can reach this tank plus they're not intimidating
'cause they're little tiny babies
and they can feed these guys probably little crocodile chow.
Actually the little pellets are probably
what we'll feed these guys
and we'll get them clicker train
and get them up and this are unbelievably adorable.
I mean, I forgot that Salt was this big,
Pepper was this big
are babies that we just sent back
to get a land where this big at one time,
I mean, it's crazy to think that they grow so quick.
I mean, this is awesome.
I am so excited, I mean,
I cannot believe how cool this is gonna be
so that we can put the other ones in the bigger tank,
and again, they're gonna get a lot more food.
So hopefully they'll get trained up quick though,
but wow, this is awesome.
(Upbeat music)
You know the thing that's nice about these
to be honest with you,
is that we'll be able to take these out if kids
or anyone wants to hold them.
Whereas the bigger ones,
it was just impossible.
I'm gonna just let them go right in the water
and let them swim around.
Come on little guys.
They're like, Oh, (Chuckles)
they're gonna have some fun for sure.
So we've got, again,
we're gonna have six little babies in here
and you can see they're already cruising around,
checking the place out,
wondering what's going on,
and again, at any time they'll learn to climb up on here,
bask up here and stuff like that.
And then again we'll start clicker training down
really as early as tomorrow to be honest with you.
But again, now we can actually take these guys out
and it's not really dangerous
because if even get bit by something this size,
it's like a pinch,
whereas the other ones we really couldn't bring out
because at that size I got bit by him occasionally,
just working with them
and it was a pretty painful bite.
So we couldn't take them out for people.
So it's cool that we can finally have some babies
back in here that we can play around with.
So that is absolutely amazing.
And like I said, it won't take more than probably
a week or so they will be clicker trained,
and then everyone can start seeing these things grow
again in a year year and a half from now,
I'll have to send them on back like I did those ones
and I'll miss them just like this though. (Chuckles)
So regardless awesome to finally have alligator situation
and Sloth situation worked out.
So guys obviously there's been a lot of stuff
that has been going on today,
and I mean over the last few weeks,
to be totally honest with you
it's exciting opposite we've got Drogo right over here,
we've got the new alligators and it's been amazing,
but I did wanna talk to you
about something a little bit more heavier,
and I hope that you guys will allow me to do this
and help me in the comments on what to do.
Obviously you guys know I've dealt with a lot of anxiety
over the last seven months,
gotten much better over the last month and a half
to be totally honest with you
up until the last week or so
most days were almost perfect, almost perfect.
I'd have a little bit here and there,
but nothing too major.
I'm not gonna lie to you.
The trip down to get Drogo was really bad for me.
I mean, my anxiety was through the roof.
I felt as bad as I felt in probably two months
spending time at Gator land helped.
It was like kind of cool,
but I was still pretty anxious,
but I still had a good time and it was good.
Then yesterday getting Drogo and coming back,
I felt so much better. I mean, I really did.
I had a really good day.
Today I'm a little amped-up,
just nervous I want Drogo to do well.
I've done, we've done all the research we possibly can,
but it's always stressful.
And now I have a really major decision to make.
And that's three days from now
is when I'm supposed to be leaving
for that cross country trip.
Well, actually four days,
but leave three and a half days.
And I thought I was ready.
I was really ready.
I was like, oh my God and then go for 12, 13 days,
it's gonna be amazing stopping all these animal places,
seeing amazing things,
taking you guys on a big adventure.
And now I'm a little bit freaked out
because the trip to Florida was so crazy.
Every mile we went, I felt worse and worse and worse
and I don't want to stop doing things.
And I don't want to get to a spot where I start to retract.
I want to push my comfort zone,
but at the same time, I don't want to go on this big trip
and be miserable the entire time.
I don't know what to do, do I push it?
And maybe it turns into what yesterday was for me,
where I'm happy, and it's awesome
and I was in such a good mood,
but what if it goes the other way?
And I don't want to, what if they,
I know that's the anxiety and he's speaking right now
and I don't know,
do you guys think I should postpone this trip?
Do you think I should just push through and do it?
bring you guys along
and hope for the best and wish for the best.
And maybe as soon as I get on the road,
it's not as stressful because I'm not going to get Drogo,
I'm just going on the road.
And it's about kind of an adventure
and I don't know what to do.
I know one thing is that I don't want that feeling
that I had driving to Florida where it was just on.
I mean it was terrible, it was, it's so hard,
unless you guys have suffered like this,
you won't understand what it feels like.
It is the worst feeling you could ever imagine.
And so I'm really in a quandary right now.
I wanna go on this trip so bad.
I wanna push my envelope.
I wanna get outside my comfort zone.
I think there's a very good chance that when I go
and get the energy away and just be like,
okay, this is cool we're gonna have a great time.
I'm gonna have Jay, Anthony, Noah with me.
I think it's gonna be incredible.
But there's that little piece of me that's nervous
because of what just happened.
And like I said, even today, I don't feel great,
I feel pretty keyed up and not as good as well.
Like again, I have a few days,
but I wanted to come to you guys and ask your advice.
What should I do? Please tell me in the comments,
what you think, should I postpone?
Should I keep going?
Are you guys excited about it?
I don't wanna let you guys down, so let me know.
I really need advice on this one, guys.
I need advice and positive energy, so that's it.
So yeah, I can't wait to read
what you guys have to say. Thank you.
And I don't wanna forget about my anacondas of course
got here he's over there and I be over there.
It's always nice to be back and see not just them,
but all my animals.
I hope that you guys enjoy the journey.
Let me know in the comments what I asked about
as well as what you think about Drogo.
I can't wait to get him into a position
where he's completely settled in
and we can start to have people meet him.
It's gonna be a while.
We gonna always be on the cautious side
when it comes to Drogo.
We want him to be good, healthy, happy
before we do anything else.
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