- Hey, good morning everybody, and welcome to the vlog.
I hope this Thursday is the best it possibly can be.
My girl, Ivy.
I'm so happy to see you guys again,
and yes, I am back at the shop.
For those of you guys that know,
I wasn't feeling well.
I'm not gonna lie to you,
it's unbelievably scary to have a fever,
to have a respiratory thing in these days.
The good news is
that it didn't look like I had all the symptoms,
and I most likely didn't have the virus.
That being said,
I'm very careful.
I'm not coming in contact with anyone.
You'll see me today with this mask on.
For the next several days when I'm around people,
you're gonna see me with this mask on
because I wanna make 100% sure.
Not going to the store,
not going anywhere else,
coming in just to work,
and that is 100%.
I feel like 99%.
Haven't had a fever in over 30 hours now,
so I'm pretty good.
I talked with my doctor,
went through the symptoms.
He felt 99.9% that I probably had a flu
which is great.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get tested
because I didn't have a fever over 100.5.
So I'm gonna take every precaution I possibly can,
not only to keep myself healthy,
but also to keep everyone else.
So I apologize.
You're gonna see me with this when I'm around people.
In the meantime,
I'm just filming me and you guys.
Jay's going to be filming on his own,
and I'm going to keep my distance from everyone in the shop,
so everyone stays nice and healthy
because that's the way you wanna go.
But hey guys, it was scary,
but I'm feeling good,
and thank you guys for all your great thoughts.
We actually have some fish coming in here in a little bit.
I'm really excited about adding more fish.
Listen, just being here is amazing,
and I'm excited about being here.
So let's just have a great day together,
and like I always say,
I'm here for you guys.
We will get through this.
So let's just push everything aside
for the next 15 minutes
and have a great time together.
And my fish actually got here.
Again, these come from my buddy over at Predatory Fins.
Pretty cool guy.
He's down there in Florida.
As a matter of fact,
you guys can actually check out their YouTube channel.
They have some dope content.
I'm going to continue to try and push content on you guys
if at all possible.
But if you guys are into fish,
they are definitely a cool channel to check out.
So they sent me some more fish.
Of course you guys know that we put some fish
in Bowser's tank right over here.
And here we are
about two weeks later,
and at least it appears
that all of the fish are still alive.
I can't count 50 of them,
but it looks like there's all 50 or close to all of the 50.
So, he some bigger cichlids
actually that came in that he asked if I wanted,
and they're right here.
So these guys are a little bit larger.
The same type of thing.
Really colorful.
And we just wanted to add some more life into this tank.
So we figured, let's go ahead and put these guys in here.
And again, if you guys help keep fish,
you know what you wanna do is float the bag
for about 20 to 30 minutes so that the temperature
actually acclimates.
Yeah, there's gonna be a little bit different temperature,
obviously, from what's in the box
to what is in this tank here.
So we'll let them just kind of do that.
And they are definitely about two to three times the size
of the other cichlids,
so that's gonna be cool.
My thoughts are
just to have a lot of movement in here, right?
The other thing we got was these guys here.
Of course you guys know I love my fish spa,
and it's absolutely incredible.
But the truth is we got 75 fish per tank,
and the tanks are just so big.
As you can see right over here,
that it doesn't look like there's many fish in there.
So again, we ordered these before the shut down
and everything else.
So, we're just gonna float these guys.
We got another 75 per tank.
So we'll have 150 fish per tank,
so that when we do open up the experience of the fish spa,
it's gonna be that much more incredible
because 75 was awesome.
They would just come,
but I figure if you have 150, that's even cooler.
And again, because I ordered these
before the whole shutdown,
I wasn't going to stick my buddy Rod over there
with the fish, right?
So I said just go ahead and ship them.
We all know we're gonna eventually get past this.
We're eventually gonna open up.
In the mean time,
I just will have more fish to do a fish spa with,
so pretty excited to get some more fish in as well.
Okay, so I'm here with Jessica.
She says that I have a surprise.
What do we have?
Oh my gosh.
Is it?
Are you kidding me?
Is it Deadpool?
- [Jessica] Yes, do you wanna
dig the eggs out?
- [Brian] No, no, I want you to.
You did all the hard work. You do it.
Oh my gosh, I hope they're good!
It's our first Deadpool eggs, guys.
Oh my gosh, how do they look?
- [Jessica] This one looks pretty good.
- [Brian] Oh, that does look good.
That looks good!
Oh my gosh, they both look amazing.
Oh my god, good job, Jessica.
Of course, Deadpool lying this --
- [Jessica] I can not wait to see her babies.
It's going to be stunning.
- This is, by far, the most exciting one
that we've had all year.
I am so stoked; I've been waiting for this forever,
so that's awesome.
Thank you, I needed some good news today.
You did good, thanks so much, all right, Jessica?
- Bring your spirits up a little bit?
- [Brian] Yes, absolutely.
Oh my god, I'm so excited. Sweet!
Good job.
- Couple months, and we'll have babies.
- [Brian] Yes!
All right, cool.
So, Lori, you didn't seem to be concerned at all.
You're kind of like,
"Hey, we're going to be fine," and all that stuff.
So I'm glad; I was freaked.
I'll be honest with you guys,
I'm still freaking out a little bit,
but I was freaking out yesterday.
(Lori laughs)
This is good; this is what you're supposed to do.
This is smart.
- Okay, okay.
- [Brian] But you weren't worried.
You think it's going to be okay, huh?
- No, I --
You know what?
I am not denying that there is stuff going on,
but no, I'm not worried about it, you know?
I think that we're listening,
we're going by the guidelines,
and, honestly, I think even if, by some chance,
we got it, I think we would be okay.
So no, I don't worry about it.
- Do you like my new look with the mask?
I mean, kind of like Zak Bagans from "Ghost Adventures"?
- Yeah, my favorite --
my favorite person. - I think it looks good.
I might wear this mask even afterwards.
I'm not sure.
I might just wear this forever.
It's like the Michael Jackson --
- Probably not, because I guarantee you
it gets real hot real quick.
- It is tough, I'm not gonna lie,
but I somehow feel comfortable with this
because I know I'm not spreading stuff,
so I don't know.
- All right, where's your gloves?
Gloves too.
- The lace monitor, for everyone here,
is a complete and total bucket list animal.
We are all, and I mean everybody here,
is excited about this animal.
And we're even more excited
because this animal is
working pretty well and fast.
I'm actually going to have Jessica here
be my lovely assistant,
and help me out, actually, doing the feeding
while I do the talking
because I'm a lot better at talking,
and she's a lot better with the animals,
even though --
- Shut up, you're really good with animals.
- So what we've been trying to do lately
is similar, almost,
to what we had done with our rhino iguanas.
Since he's already fairly food motivated,
we want him to be able to take food from the tongs,
but also be able to associate getting on our arms,
getting onto us.
Basically, just this physical interaction
and the feeding we're at now.
See if he'll come down real quick.
- [Jessica] Come on, bud.
- [Man] Oh, look at that.
Oh man, not even going to try.
He's like, "You will not trick me."
Stick your hands there.
Just leave your hands there.
We all know that there's always that possibility
when you're doing things like this with these animals,
sometimes they're not getting exactly
the association you want.
They may actually think your fingers are the food
that you're trying to feed them sometimes.
Okay, so don't move your hand.
Keep your hand very still.
Because he thinks, right now,
he's on a surface, Jessica.
You don't want him to think he's on you.
Just keep his attention on there.
That's awesome; good, good, good.
Now, we'll see how far you can get him this time,
now that you've got him on your hand.
See, he's already starting to trust
the branch he's sitting on.
Now, do not move; sit right there.
We're done now.
I'll take this.
No movement.
Don't make any sudden movements.
So, needless to say,
this is a super super super big step with him.
Even you guys getting a chance
to witness this is pretty awesome
because, lately, he hasn't really been too great
on trying to do this with cameras and stuff.
I mean, gosh, it won't be so long now.
I imagine that maybe within the next year,
this time next year,
he's going to be coming out
without even bothering with the food,
just coming out just for for curious reasons,
just like Elvis does,
just like any other animal we have here.
- I was excited when Raycon actually reached out to me
and wanted to actually bring you guys this special offer.
The thing I love about Raycon is
it's a bunch of underdogs that decided
that they were gonna dream big.
You guys know that I like that, right.
So basically, it's a wireless technology company
that has a suite of true wireless audio products
like these:
Raycon's Everyday E25s.
You guys know I'm always working, right?
And I was getting so sick of
as I'm going in and out of cages
and doing my job,
that I'm getting wires stuck all over the place.
But I'm going to be honest with you,
some of these wireless buds are so expensive.
Raycon's, like, half the price
of most of these companies,
but the quality is still just as good.
Trust me, I've been using them for the last few days.
Unbelievable, the bass, the clarity.
I mean, these are great.
Bluetooth, they last for about six hours
on a charge.
What's really cool is this tiny little carrying case
that your earbuds go into
can charge up to four charges.
So you plug this in,
and then you can just throw the earbuds in this,
throw it in your pocket,
and you're ready to go for another six hours
of listening to your favorite music
or your favorite podcast
which, I hope, will be "Checking In."
I tell you, I also love the fact that,
since I've been using these guys,
I sometimes forget they're in my ears.
They're so comfortable,
and, like I mentioned before,
the fact that they're relatively inexpensive
compared to other brands,
that's pretty awesome.
Not to mention, it's pretty cool to wear them
because some people like Snoop Dogg
actually use these guys.
That's awesome.
You know we have Snoop Frog, but --
I don't think Snoop Frog would like these,
but maybe he would.
We could give it a shot.
Seriously, guys, after using these for a few days,
I am so --
They sound just as good as all the other premium brands,
and I'm going to be buying more of these
for everyone that wants them, I can tell you that.
And right now, if you go to buyraycon.com/brianb
you can save 15%.
Again, buyracon.com/brianb.
Save yourself 15%.
Pretty exciting because today you're going to try
to breed leachies, right?
- Yeah, so we're going to introduce them today.
- [Brian] Okay, you said that you need to do,
like, a cage that neither one have been in.
- Yeah, so ideally, you would put the female
into the male's cage just because these guys,
the females, can be a little more aggressive than males.
And they'll usually, if they don't like the male,
they'll attack him.
Lizards are pretty brutal in their breeding.
- [Brian] Sure.
- So we're going to give them a neutral cage
to start off in.
We'll put both of them in there,
make sure they're well fed for today,
and hopefully they like each other.
- Oh, that's awesome.
Well, that's cool, so I'm going to let Jessica
just kind of take it away,
set up that neutral cage,
and, fingers crossed,
maybe we'll have some breeding.
Maybe we'll have some leachies in our future.
- [Jessica] We're going to do the chahouas today too.
- [Brian] Are you?
- I don't know if Dave told you that, but yeah.
- I didn't know that; that's awesome!
It's exciting gecko day, a lot of gecko breeding.
Ready to release the fish!
Again, these are some cichlids,
African cichlids.
Let's just go ahead, pour them in here, hopefully.
There it goes.
How cool is that, man?
That is so dope.
Again, with the fact that these are a little bit bigger,
they're going to just pop a little bit more, right?
So now we'll have about 70 fish in with Bowser.
Again, just gives the tank a little bit of life,
and so far, the fastest of these guys
don't seem to be able to be caught by Bowser,
which is really cool.
So we released those;
let's go ahead and release the fish spa fish.
Here we go.
Release the kraken.
Oh my god, that's awesome!
Holy cow!
That's a lot more fish!
Holy cow, that is dope!
That is so cool to see that many more in there!
It's amazing how different that makes it look,
just having that many more.
I can't wait.
Actually, when I'm done with my work today,
I think I'm going to go and do a fish spa,
just feel how it feels with all those extra fish in there.
That should be pretty cool.
Let's release these last ones.
There we are.
All right, that is awesome, so cool.
So we'll let these guys just acclimate for a little while,
like I said, come back later on today,
and hopefully try them out, you know what I mean?
It's going to feel twice as tingly
with this many more fish.
- Not happening.
- [Brian] Why?
- Not showing my feet on camera.
- [Brian] Not showing your feet on camera?
- No, people have feet fetishes.
You know, like take pictures of my feet,
and they'll look at them in their spare time.
- [Brian] (laughs) That's not true;
nothing's going to happen.
- Uh, that is true.
- [Brian] Do the foot spa with me; you'll love it.
- I'll watch you do it.
They can take pictures of your feet.
- No one wants to see my feet, Noah.
- Jay, I'm not Darth Vader, I'm more like Bane.
- Oh yes, more like Bane, for sure.
- Yeah, more like Bane for sure, or, like I said --
- What about me though?
Look at me, I'm messed up. And I'm not even sick.
- [Brian] Yeah, you even have glasses --
- It's a new style; I got them from Kanye West.
- [Brian] Oh yeah, Kanye's good.
Just trying to stay safe.
So, obviously, Jessica has the breeding tubs set up.
It's set up in here.
- So we're actually breeding in here.
- [Brian] Oh, okay, cool!
- So I've got two full cups of food here,
make sure they're nice and fed.
- [Brian] Yeah, definitely.
So are you going to keep an eye on them
for a while?
Is that the idea?
- Yeah, I might stay a little late today,
and just kind of check on them.
Unfortunately, it'll probably be really late
by the time they decide to, like, breed or anything
if they like each other.
So I'll probably miss that, but ...
- [Brian] Fingers crossed.
- Yup. All right, we're going to put the boy in first.
- [Brian] Okay, he's pretty.
- He doesn't have a name.
- [Brian] He doesn't have a name? He's so pretty.
Guys, down in the comments,
let me know what you think we should name this guy.
Of course, he's going to be our breeder male, hopefully.
So, with any luck, he'll be a daddy here.
He is so pretty though, oh my gosh, that thing is --
- He's got almost purple on him. It's really cool.
- [Brian] I know, he's so cool.
- Put him in first.
- [Brian] He's big too, huh?
- Oh yeah. He's closest in size to Big Bertha,
so we're hoping, you know, she doesn't beat up.
- Yeah, because again, like she said,
usually the females are the ones
that are going to beat up the males, typically.
- I heard that the GTs are really bad about it.
- [Brian] Oh no, that's not good. Fingers crossed.
Please, we don't want anything to happen.
Okay, so here's my girl, Big Bertha.
Come on, you behave yourself Big Bertha.
But she is bigger, so --
- [Jessica] A little bit.
- [Brian] Okay, well here it goes, guys.
- [Jessica] We'll see, we'll keep an eye
for a couple minutes here.
- Yeah, so wish us luck, fingers crossed.
Hopefully, they get along, there's no problems,
and, hopefully with any luck,
we can get some eggs in the future. Again, wish us luck.
Continuing content for you guys to check out:
a lot of zoos across the country
are doing these, like, daily tours of their zoo
at a certain time.
It's not interactive, per se, one on one,
but you can tune in and just watch them walk around,
feed animals, interact with animals.
So if anyone knows about those zoos,
put them down in the comments,
and you guys can go check them out.
Again, these to keep your mind off it in this time.
I love the fact that zoos are, at least,
participating and keeping people happy
seeing a bunch of amazing animals.
Next up is actually the chahoua geckos.
This is actually Kermit here.
What a beautiful animal.
Now, do you put the male in first too?
- Yup.
- [Brian] Okay, so I'm going to put the male in.
There he goes.
I'll put that guy right in there.
And then this is the female.
She's pretty too.
There they are, fingers crossed!
- [Jessica] She looks a little plump already.
- [Brian] She already looks a little plump,
like maybe she's starting to ovulate, huh?
- Hopefully.She's never laid duds,
so I'm hoping she'll produce for us right away.
- Just in time, so that's awesome.
So, again, new Caledonian breeding geckos are on the way.
Again, like I mentioned earlier,
I'm going to go ahead and do a little fish spa
with all these extra fish in here
just to see how it feels
because it used to be crazy
with just a little amount of fish.
Oh my gosh, it is definitely way more intense
with this many fish.
It's so cool!
And still a lot of them are settling in.
They've only been in here for a few hours.
I noticed last time that the majority
of them really went crazy
two or three days after they were here,
so I'd still say that I've only got about 10 or 15% more
than I had before,
and it's still awesome.
I mean, I'm just going to sit back
and enjoy this a little bit.
Yesterday, when I was sick and out of the shop,
it's one of the things I did miss is the fish spa.
I missed everything,
and I'm so grateful that I'm feeling healthy.
The big important thing is now to socially distance,
stay home if you can.
Obviously, in my case, it's kind of impossible
for me to stay home. I've got to run the shop,
but I'm going to be very very careful
with the rest of the crew and stuff like that.
In the meantime, I'm feeling much much better, guys.
And by the way, just so you guys know,
I am positive I had the flu and not COVID
because, again, I didn't have a ton
of the symptoms that COVID had.
Although, it was scary while it was going on
because your mind starts getting away from you,
and you think,
"What's going to happen," next day, the next day,
and the next day.
So thankfully, I'm feeling good,
scared out of my mind yesterday,
but I'm here to tell you things are going to be okay.
I'm going to still really be safe
for the next two weeks,
just to make sure no one around me catches even the flu,
to be honest with you.
Again, guys, it's good to be back,
but again, going to continue to be extremely safe
around everybody here.
And, like I mentioned, I'm not going to stores,
I'm not doing anything else.
Here and home, staying away from everyone,
wearing masks when I can.
I want you guys to stay safe.
I want you guys to adhere to the rules
and regulations out there
because if you don't,
this is going to last a lot longer.
In the meantime, we are going to get through this together.
I promise you there will be a day
in the not too distant future,
that we'll look back and say,
"Thank God we are past this."
So hang in there with me,
things are going to be okay,
and thank you again for all your support.
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Remember, guys, have the best day you possibly can,
be kind to someone,
and I promise I'll see you guys tomorrow.