We FINALLY got Eggs from our Blue Japanese Rat Snakes!

[00:00:00]So, I'm looking at snake discovery on Google and the photos that people upload of it. Yeah.

[00:00:04]>> And I came across this.

[00:00:06]>> That's our Japanese ratnake in the zoo.

[00:00:09]>> She looks gravid in that customer's photo.

[00:00:12]>> She kind of does, doesn't she?

[00:00:14]>> Yeah. I think she might have eggs in her.

[00:00:17]>> Oh, I guess we'll have to go check.

[00:00:18]>> Yeah.

[00:00:27]Um, so you know how you're cleaning that because you're totally working on the garters right now.

[00:00:31]>> Yes.

[00:00:31]>> Uh, you know how it was supposed to be kind of an easy day. All you had to do was this and a couple uh probably egg videos.

[00:00:36]>> What's going on?

[00:00:37]>> We have a new egg video. Oh, >> yeah.

[00:00:40]>> Really?

[00:00:40]>> There you go.

[00:00:41]>> The Japanese ratnake laid eggs. I thought you was gravid.

[00:00:45]>> So, I guess uh we have to go pick those eggs up and film that now, right?

[00:00:49]>> Yeah. That'll give these garders that are stuck in this log not stuck. They're hiding in this log. Time to come out, maybe. I don't know.

[00:00:56]>> I'll believe it when I see it.

[00:00:57]>> Yeah, let's go check out those eggs.

[00:00:58]>> We're at the zoo now.

[00:00:59]>> We are. I like checking the day geckos for babies cuz sometimes they just appear.

[00:01:03]>> I mean, I heard there was like 14 eggs in here when they >> Yeah. Okay. They're totally going to have more babies then throughout the summer. Based on >> Oh, the water dish got removed.

[00:01:11]>> Oh, yeah. It's water dish cleaning day today. Based on the picture, I think they're under that rock.

[00:01:16]>> I see scales of a snake. I bet that's mama under here, too. Probably.

[00:01:19]>> Ready for the reveal?

[00:01:20]>> Uh, yes. And oh my goodness.

[00:01:24]>> Oh my goodness.

[00:01:24]>> She made like a little nest.

[00:01:26]>> A >> hi. Come here.

[00:01:29]>> You ever want to know where snakes lay their eggs? Just look under rocks.

[00:01:32]That's a perfect example.

[00:01:33]>> A You're such a good mama.

[00:01:36]>> She's like, "Uh, excuse you. Um, >> I'm sorry. I know. I'm taking your eggies so you can go back to normal life, but you look like you made an entire clutch of healthy, fertile eggs.

[00:01:46]1 2 3 4 5 6 Seven. A I mean, that's perfect. Seven is a lucky number. And these are considered lucky snakes in Japan, I think. So nice. Yeah. So, this is like so perfect. Okay. So, we have two girls in here, though.

[00:01:59]>> The other two don't look like they care about being parents at all. So, >> yeah. Well, I mean, the male did his job cuz those eggs are fertile. This is the other girl. Yeah. She actually doesn't look gravid at all.

[00:02:09]>> Okay. Well, that makes sense cuz we only baited her.

[00:02:12]>> That's true.

[00:02:12]>> So, that makes sense why she would be the one to lay the eggs. And can I take your eggies here? Come here. Good job, mama. I'm so proud of you.

[00:02:21]>> She got them all out.

[00:02:22]>> Yeah, it looks like it. We'll have to give her an extra snack, too. Here you go, friend. Go back to normal ratnake life and we will set up your eggs for the incubator. We have our perlite all ready to go. And here is our beautiful clutch of Japanese ratnake eggs. Man, I just love how per Oh, you can see a scale indentation on the egg.

[00:02:43]>> Oh, that's cool.

[00:02:44]>> Where she was hugging it. That's really neat. Holy cow. I've never seen that before. Did it go all the way around?

[00:02:50]Yeah, you can see a little bit on this side, too. Okay, that's new. Well, I'm going to nestle them in. They feel try and separate them.

[00:02:57]>> They feel very stuck to one. Can I separate any of you?

[00:03:00]>> I mean, I have no idea how old they are.

[00:03:02]>> Yeah, they feel like they're over a day old. So, Oh, it's these two that are really stuck. So, I'm going to leave them cuz they're close enough to a single layer that I think they'll be okay. I'll just monitor them. And what should we do for a theme?

[00:03:13]>> They're Japanese rats. Nice. How about Japanese themes?

[00:03:16]>> Ooh, okay. A Japanese theme. Heat. Heat.

[00:03:27][music] [music] >> [music] >> I present to you the Japanese ratnake clutch.

[00:04:03]>> Nice.

[00:04:03]>> Okay, I'm going to give you the tough one first, Ed, cuz it's tucked back here. Can you guess what it is?

[00:04:08]>> Sandal.

[00:04:09]>> Yeah, sandals.

[00:04:10]>> Uh, the Japanese flag. Yep.

[00:04:12]>> Uh, a kimono.

[00:04:14]>> Noodle dish or rice dish. Okay. Oniri.

[00:04:17]>> Yeah. Nice. Or >> or a donut from Pokémon.

[00:04:21]>> That's right. They called them donuts.

[00:04:22]>> Makes the best donuts.

[00:04:24]>> These donuts are great. Jelly filled are my favorite. Nothing beats a jelly fil donut.

[00:04:29]>> Cherry blossomry.

[00:04:30]>> Nice.

[00:04:30]>> And a Godzilla.

[00:04:32]>> Godzilla. All right. Going to put this lid on. Japanese rat exclamation point cuz it's our first time breeding them.

[00:04:39]Laid on 61. So 55 days due around the 22nd of June anyway. So >> yeah. Okay. Into the incubator.

[00:04:50]>> I'm so excited for these eggs. We've been wanting to breed these for a while.

[00:04:54]We just kept forgetting to broomate cuz they are ambassadors and they live in the zoo.

[00:04:57]>> Well, we got the first Japanese ratnake in 2021.

[00:05:01]>> Yeah, we got all three of them and a bunch of babies.

[00:05:03]>> Okay.

[00:05:04]>> So, we kept the parents or the adults and we just thought, you know what, we're going to breed these our own or on our own. But yeah, just didn't really have the opportunity to because they were being used.

[00:05:12]>> Oh my gosh, where are you going to put them?

[00:05:13]>> They can go down here cuz that's where my newer stuff is.

[00:05:16]>> We have Japanese red snake eggs.

[00:05:18]>> And now we wait for hopefully legless lizard eggs.

[00:05:22]>> Yeah, we'll see what gets laid next year. Well, our legless lizards have not had eggs yet, but we did get eggs from another brand new species to us. We have not shown you these snakes yet because we were waiting to introduce them to you until we got eggs. Yeah.

[00:05:37]>> And today is the day. Yeah.

[00:05:40]>> We have a new species to Snake Discovery. We've had them for about a year now. Come on, you three. We have a trio of African house snakes. You can probably tell which one is the male. The smallest one.

[00:05:54]>> Yeah, he's the one who looks like he's also in shed.

[00:05:56]>> He is also in shed. So, he's not his normal colors right now. But, we have two females and a male. And this is going to be a fun project for us cuz house snakes are really an underrated pet snake. They're This is as big as they get. And they are friendly. They're good eaters. They come in different colors. So >> I see them as like the quintessential snake. Like they look like a snake. They act like a snake.

[00:06:16]>> Yeah, I could see that.

[00:06:17]>> They just like if a kid was to draw a snake, I think they would draw a house snake.

[00:06:21]>> Yeah, definitely. So the brown one here is a patternless mutation. So she's got normal coloration, but the patternless pattern gene. The two orangey ones are called stacked albino.

[00:06:31]>> What is a stacked albino? That means they are both T positive albino and T- negative albino which are both recessive genes.

[00:06:39]>> What does the T- negative and T positive mean?

[00:06:41]>> So T positive and T- negative basically just means which strain of albinism it is. And the T stands for tyrosinase which is an enzyme that dictates the amount of melanin that goes into the snake. T negative means they do not have it's negative. They do not have tyrosinase so they do not get melanin so they cause red eyes. So our albino hog noses are technically a T- negative strain of albinism whereas T positive albino means they have some melanin. So T positive albino animals typically still have dark colored eyes >> but these guys won't because they're missing all the tyros.

[00:07:17]>> Yeah, the T negative takes it out of it anyway. It doesn't get readded back in I don't think with T positive. Yeah, you can only take away the colors. So yeah, the the pair that bred cuz we were keeping an eye on them were the two albinos.

[00:07:29]>> Yes. So, we have eggs here.

[00:07:31]>> So, these are both stacked albinos. So, all of the babies should be stacked albinos.

[00:07:35]>> Uhhuh. So, it'll be kind of a boring clutch, but exciting still at the same time. We just got these eggs this morning from this girl.

[00:07:42]>> Oh, nice.

[00:07:43]>> Look, first time >> apparently. Also, just to let you know, we do need to keep an eye on the female cuz usually when they start breeding, they breed and breed and breed and breed and breed and breed and breed. So, >> we do. Yeah. So, she might have like three or four clutches this year, like more than just the two that hog noses have. I'm really hoping for the patternless to give us babies cuz I want to hold some of those babies back and get albino patternless.

[00:08:04]>> That would be really cool. But this will be a good practice round for us.

[00:08:08]>> Got my perlite going. Added some water to it. I >> like how you use the two-finger method.

[00:08:13]>> Yeah. I'm trying to prevent my entire hand from being covered in perlite. It's I haven't done this before, so I don't know if it's going to work.

[00:08:19]>> I assume their eggs are pretty easy to incubate.

[00:08:22]>> I would imagine so. Yeah, >> they don't need anything special.

[00:08:25]>> I don't think so. They're kind of bulletproof. That's another reason why they're such great.

[00:08:29]>> You just take this and go like that.

[00:08:31]>> Perfect. And done.

[00:08:32]>> Done. And done. Actually, can I split any of these? Oh, how much did you stick them? I think I can take off a couple of these top ones.

[00:08:40]>> They're like really pink eggs, >> are they?

[00:08:43]>> Yeah.

[00:08:45]You got one?

[00:08:46]>> Yeah. Oh.

[00:08:48]>> Oh, weird.

[00:08:49]>> Weird. Is that what their slugs look like? They're brown. What the heck is this? Weird. It's leaving like a brown stain on the good egg, too.

[00:08:59]>> Gross.

[00:09:00]>> Yeah. Let's get rid of this thing.

[00:09:02]Here.

[00:09:03]>> I don't want it.

[00:09:03]>> You can take it.

[00:09:05]>> Last time you threw one at me, it popped.

[00:09:06]>> Oh, did it really?

[00:09:08]>> Yeah. Where did >> Okay, it's over there.

[00:09:10]>> Oh, man. These are really stuck.

[00:09:14]>> Well, I done messed up, you guys. I was trying to separate these eggs like I do with all other clutches. And apparently house snake eggs are a little bit more fragile, I guess. Or at least they're more likely to burst if you try to separate them.

[00:09:28]>> Yeah. So, just leave them together as well.

[00:09:30]>> Leave them together. Yes, exactly. Don't separate house snake eggs is what we just learned today. So, I'm going to try to salvage this egg by placing a little bandage on it of sorts. There is >> I guess Yeah. Where was the the pop >> cut is right here under this top egg kind of underneath where the bristles are. Okay. And I'm going to try to patch it with a piece of paper towel, but I'm going to have to glue it on there. And we're mixing in Elmer's glue with lotin powder, which is what we use to prevent fungus or mold growth on eggs. And this mixture together will help prevent mold from accumulating on the uh site. And the glue will help this bandage up the opening. Just need a small amount. All right. Now, I'm going to try to patch that on right here. So, if anybody is watching hoping to breed house snakes someday, let this be a lesson to you guys as well as it is for us. Don't separate them.

[00:10:23]>> Yeah.

[00:10:24]>> Leave them together.

[00:10:24]>> Leave them together.

[00:10:25]>> Okay. We're going to see what happens there. It might not make it or it might.

[00:10:29]>> Yep. Either way.

[00:10:30]>> Sometimes it works.

[00:10:30]>> Yeah. I mean, we've fixed eggs like this in the past and it has worked. So, I'm not super concerned. I'll take that and rinse it off.

[00:10:36]>> All right. What should our theme for these eggs be?

[00:10:38]>> I mean, should it be things that pop?

[00:10:42]>> Yeah, let's do it.

[00:10:44]Heat. Heat.

[00:10:47][music] [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> things that pop. I couldn't draw on two of them cuz I didn't want to like press in and ooze out more of this one. And >> did you put an African house snake egg on there?

[00:11:28]>> I didn't answer. There's one right here.

[00:11:30]>> That's true.

[00:11:31]>> Okay. Can you guess the things that pop?

[00:11:33]>> That's a balloon, right?

[00:11:35]>> These are lips. Oh, bubble gum.

[00:11:37]>> Yep. These are things that you'd put in your mouth as a kid.

[00:11:40]>> Oh, pop rocks.

[00:11:41]>> Yeah.

[00:11:42]>> A bubble. Nice.

[00:11:43]>> Okay. That looks like a TV remote, but I'm guessing it's like a um >> bubble wrap.

[00:11:47]>> Bubble wrap. Okay.

[00:11:48]>> Cork.

[00:11:49]>> Yeah, cork on a bottle.

[00:11:50]>> Champagne cork. Okay. Popcorn.

[00:11:52]>> Nice. And >> a red tube.

[00:11:55]>> Bacon.

[00:11:56]>> It sizzles and pops.

[00:11:57]>> Yeah, it pops at you. I know. I've gotten burned by bacon many, many a times.

[00:12:01]>> And this is pretty well stuck on there, so that's going to give it its best shot. Lets me make the bacon so she doesn't get hurt.

[00:12:08]>> I do. You're good at making bacon.

[00:12:10]You're better than I am.

[00:12:11]>> Say that.

[00:12:12]>> Why was there BACON IN THE SOAP?

[00:12:15]>> I made it myself.

[00:12:17]>> Do the African house snakes have names?

[00:12:19]>> They do not.

[00:12:20]>> Oh, so we need three names.

[00:12:23]>> We do, guys. We were We were waiting until you got to meet them to to actually give them names. So, now they're on the channel. They're part of Snake Discovery. Give us names for our trio of houses. two stacked albino names, a male and a female, and then a patternless >> female name.

[00:12:38]>> Female. So, okay, let us know in the comments.

[00:12:41]>> 29.

[00:12:44]>> There we go. Should be due around the 24th of July. Wait, wait, wait, wait. My default is just to jump ahead like 55 to 60 days. House snakes take 60 to 80 days to hatch. So, okay, Google, what is 70 days from today? August 8th is actually when they'll they'll be due.

[00:13:02]>> Jeez, man. We're learning so much today.

[00:13:04]>> We are. Yeah. New species for us. So, yeah, they incubate at around the same temperature as hog no snake eggs do.

[00:13:09]>> So, we can throw them in with the hog noses. Yep.

[00:13:11]>> I guess we should make sure these are at like the bottom bottom cuz they're going to be in there probably the longest.

[00:13:15]>> Oh, yeah. Probably. I'll put them underneath these milknake eggs.

[00:13:19]>> Perfect. Yeah, the milknake eggs will be done before they are. So, >> Oh, yeah. Those are going to be down there a while. And that concludes today's new species of eggs video. And I don't know when the legless lizard's going to lay eggs, but that video is hopefully going to come out in a little bit, too.

[00:13:33]>> Hopefully the eggs are good.

[00:13:34]>> Hopefully these stupid blue tree monitor eggs hatch soon.

[00:13:38]>> They're taking forever. Just start pipping already, guys.

[00:13:41]>> We want to see you.

[00:13:43]>> I want to meet the babies. Thank you, Patreon backers. Thank you guys for watching. I'm just going to wrap up today's video and wish us luck on baby house snake eggs and Japanese ratnake eggs, of course.

[00:13:53]>> Both of them.

[00:13:54]>> Both of them.

[00:13:55]>> Okay, update time. Doesn't look good, guys. But I'm not going to open this lid indoors. I apologize for the wind. A storm is coming in. But I know there's nats in here, and I don't want to release them inside. So, go nets.

[00:14:06]Bummer. Almost the entire clutch went bad. Although, it's proven that bacon is delicious and the best. So, that egg is fine. This isn't. Oh, wait. Actually, that egg looks okay. That one looks Oh, it's like Well, I don't know. This is so strange. Are there just a couple bad eggs? And there's pupa over good eggs, but there's still Oh. Oh, that's what it was. It was the torn egg that's going nasty. But look at this. That egg underneath all those pupa looks perfectly fine. So, it just goes to show that healthy eggs won't be attacked by fungusnats. So, what I'm going to do is remove all these bad eggs and see what eggs we have left that are still good.

[00:14:52]Ah, it's starting to rain.

[00:14:56]Open the door. Jump back inside.

[00:15:00]All right, not all is lost. Even more than just bacon, I think, is good. We've got four eggs here that still feel like a good egg. They feel like a tot balloon, which is what I'm looking for.

[00:15:12]Those all feel good. These are discolored, but I think that's from my attempted patch on that torn egg. So, those look good. I did have to throw a few, but overall I think those four are still okay. And bacon looks great. As always, bacon looks great. So, we're going to pop them back into the incubator and see what happens.

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