An Unfortunate Clutch from our Bullsnakes 

I found it really interesting that the eggs that seemed to survive being on the cool end were the ones that were still stuck together, seemingly confirming that being stuck together spreads out warmth

Even though we can see that Emily is quite sad about the eggs, it's nice to see that you guys are not shaming your employee for that mistake. Sometimes dumb things happen and everybody can learn from other peoples mistakes :)

That’s so sad to loose so many eggs! Hopefully a few of them make it If you get a big clutch, you should label them with soda brands in honor of your new incubator! Mr. Pib, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc

Tips for preventing spread of mold 1) don’t reuse the moss, you’ll just add spores and fungus gnats back into the clutch 2) practice bio security between eggs. Don’t mark them first if they’re moldy, and when marking moldy ones go from least to most moldy 3) consider a single use stamp for clutches, where you use it to mark one clutch and then sterilize it before use on another clutch. You can put out a small amount of ink into a container and use that instead of a pad 4) don’t dry wipe them, use a paper towel that’s slightly damp or spray them before wiping. This prevents spores from being disturbed and flung onto other eggs 5) have small tubs for moldy eggs to separate them. You can still label what clutch, but you don’t have the chance of it spreading to other eggs if they look good

It’s sad that there was a miscommunication. If you don’t already, I feel like you should have like a packet for the staff on how to take care of eggs when you guys are gone

As awful as the circumstances were with this cluch, I feel like it was very educational for a 'worst case scenario'. Hoping the clutch pulls through!

"That's just what we do here at Snake Discovery" **flashbacks of all there mischievous antics**

With the issues you are having. Maybe a good idea to hold a class with your employees on how to properly get eggs set up to prevent anymore issues. Then mainly do a refresher course every year to remind. I know they aren't doing it on purpose but this helps prevent and educates.

That’s so sad and unfortunate, I’m sorry that happened. I love watching eggs and hatching.

Love how I said to myself "incubate till there is no debate" before even clicking on this video just because of the title 😂 This sentence is burned into my head apparently

Maybe it's time to give the staff a crash course on how to properly set up the eggs for incubation?

Emily never gives up on any eggs and animals that's why she is the one who helps hatch the eggs I love your channel ❤

Such a brave smile in the face of loss. Hopefully the rest will pull through & you get cool little sneks. 🐍

I feel so bad for the employee that made the mistake with the eggs. If that had been me I would be crying nonstop.

This is a good learning experience in what the staff needs to be properly trained on. It does suck it cost the lives of a few noodles though but now the staff will be much wiser for it and learned a crucial knowledge point in working with reptiles.

I think I would die if my mistake was on the internet forever 😅 big hugs to the staff member, hopefully they don’t feel too bad ❤️

Everyone in your channel is so down to earth and happy, I really love your channel. Good example of great reptile keepers, all the love to you all.

Pluto is the planet of death and rebirth!! So let’s see what happens! I’m rooting for that egg haha

for the images on the eggs why dont you do a really long snake? like the first egg has the head and the last egg has the tail and all the eggs in the middle have segments of the body? can make the body segments different to tell them apart with stars or other patterns

I feel so bad for the employee, they must feel really bad for the mixup. It's a good opportunity to lurn and improve. 100% respect for not shaming them for their mistake, awesome vid as always!

A long time ago when I first started breeding snakes my king snake laid a bunch of slug eggs (well what looked like slugs) they were yellow lopsided and some of them were caved in but it being my first time I had a hard time throwing them away so I incubated them with the rest of the eggs I got that season well 60 or so days later they started to pipping it’s just proof incubate till there is no debate

There are two things I particularly love about this video. The first is your excitement over these new clutches of eggs. The second is Ed's excitement over getting to say Uranus on video. 🤣

I'm really disappointed at the amount of people thinking this is the employee's fault. There is clearly a lack of training here, the onus of which is always on the managers/owners to provide. Given the recent issues, I'm sure Emily and Ed have realised they need to up the training they provide to their staff and are already working on it :)

Maybe there should be a booklet or signage to help remind staff what to do when you guys are gone? Probably would help if you ran a mandatory meeting for brumation, laying season, and hatching season to keep everyone up to date and keep eggs from going bad. I know this is the first real breeding season at the facility and you guys are crazy busy, but it would help your employees that don't have breeding experience to know what to do in cases like this!

Considering that the snakes in the zoo are showing so much breeding behavior and that unexpected things seem to happen every time you guys are away, maybe it would be a good idea to give a crash course on incubating snake eggs to all of your staff. Just have them all come in early before opening one day or on a day that you’re closed and give them a class on it. Doesn’t have to be super detailed, just giving them all the basics. That way no matter what happens while you guys are away, there’s always someone there who can collect the eggs and put them in incubation safely until you guys get back to film the clutch. Seems like such a shame that those eggs might not make it do to some miscommunication. 😕 Both Shakira’s and Priscilla’s clutches have so much potential to be absolutely amazing, if they make it. Best of luck to those eggies!

When you were talking about seeing the veins/embryo in the moldyegg it made me wonder “can you candle reptile eggs like you can chicken eggs?“

That's so unfortunate! Love you guys and your new end card, to!

it's so sad that someone messed up that bad (hope the staff member is okay), especially when it was a clutch you were looking forward to. praying some of them make it

Mmmmmmkay so to the handful of comments suggesting an egg incubation crash course... If everything is already so busy and hectic with breeding season, the facility (both zoo and shop), being generous and looking out for a friend's reptiles when they have medical emergencies (who has hopefully gotten better... haven't watched in a while so if there was an update IDK ok), AND still providing RU-vid content to name a few, we really need to give EVERYONE here some grace. All of this is part of the learning process. Emily and Ed are some of the most invested people in what they do, and I know they have ALREADY done the proper prep work in training. I sincerely believe this. There are so many other factors we're not considering here: maybe a lot of Priscilla's eggs were sluggy anyways which is why they were quick to mold, the staff member is relatively new and didn't expect to need to do this so soon and thus they panicked, or the miscommunication that happened was truly legitimate and emphasized with the panic of trying to do what was best ASAP. We all seem to forget that we're human and that we make mistakes, but we're so quick to try and put the blame on someone. Why can't we just accept it was bad luck? It has happened before on this channel and the biology won't go off and perfect itself so this doesn't happen again. Trust Emily and Ed, as they know their business and staff better than basically (maybe staff watch, which you maybe haven't considered) any of us commenting here. Let them do what they need to do to address the issue, and let's appreciate that they took the time to use this as an educational opportunity. TL;DR: Please stop trying to tell those who know their situation best what to do. Let's just appreciate the awesome content and give everyone some grace for doing what they could. -- Thank you, Emily and Ed, for continuing to be transparent with everything you do on this channel after all these years. Sending all the love and good juju to both of you, your staff, and the eggs this breeding season ♥

Definitely consider instructions for staff next year. A little laminated cheat sheet/checklist for collecting/incubating could work well

When things don't go to plan and you end up with a very doubtful clutch, you could put smiley faces on them. The smiley face : ) would be a easy way to mark them while not having a theme but still maintaining a image on them. Plus a happy face may cause happy eggs and happy baby snakes.

:/ you guys are super nice about it. You’ve had a few miscommunications with employees like with Sable. I’d def train like one or two on what to do with breeding/eggs and things like that. I know you guys make guides maybe that would be a good idea. I’m sorry about the loss! Mistakes happen and I’m sure they all feel awful about it but that still really sucks. I hope they make it! It’s a learning experience for sure. You could do a video tutorial and have all the employees give you questions on specifically what they want to know In addition to what to do in different scenarios. We’d all like to watch the video anyway so it’s a win win

Sending love to the staff. I know you did your best and I'm proud of you for owning up to your mistakes.

Oh no, how unfortunate! Sending you all the good vibes for the clutch to hopefully still make it.

Really time to teach the staff what to do when you guys are not around please 🙏🏽 they make it Good vibes

I'm glad that you guys aren't being too hard on the staff with this. I also hope they aren't beating themselves up too badly. Just a little more education and training to help extend your hand when you can't be there. Thank you for always taking even disappointing moments like this to educate all of us.

Love that Ed used the Blue's Clues song to remember the planets, legit the same way I use to remember them :D

I love you guys and I’m so happy to celebrate my second breeding season with you guys!

Dog owners: *Names their dog Bailey* Cat owners: *Names their cat Meatball* Snake owners: *Names their snake Mr. Stealyourgirl*

You know it was so kind of you to not name the person who made the mistake. I'd be heart broken if I did that. I mean the death of the babies is heart breaking, but then the time lost, and the money lost. OH think I'd just want to curl up and die. So thank you for that kindness to them.

Best wishes to the staff! It was an honest mistake and you’ll make it a learning experience. Don’t feel too bad or guilty although I know it’s easy to. Be strong! Best of luck to the egos as well.

I'm glad you were able to treat the mold so it wouldn't keep growing and risk spreading to the other eggs. It's a relief we can all feel happy for 😌

I volunteer at Clint's Reptile Room, and yeah the terrifying fear of mistakes goes for both the expert and the learners. Nothing feels worse than making a mistake with someone else's animals, except maybe for being the owner who has to leave their critters in others' hands.

Made my day that Ed used the blues clues song! One of those things I’ll always remember! 😍

Maybe a 'what to do' instructions list in your employees handbook might be 'helpful' to prevent further miscommunication? Good luck!

OMG the Blues Clues song! As a child I had a blues clues toy that would sing the song when you pressed a button. Mine had a malfunction so it would go off in the middle of the night. To say I know that song by heart would be an understatement!

Good luck little eggos, you can do it. Stay pearly white. Fight off the mold!

That Blues Clues reference was everything 😂 I sing the song too! Lol

For next time, consider leaving a detailed instructions packet for your staff if you leave. This way, they feel more prepared and this doesn’t happen again.

Mr._Steal_Your_Girl is literally the most gorgeous snake I've ever seen 😍🐍

It will be interesting to see if some of that clutch hatches or not. You should mark them with good luck charms (clover, rabbits foot etc)

Has anyone ever used cinnamon to stop the mold? You can use cinnamon to stop mold on plants and soil. Just curious.

Maybe a manual on the egg collecting process would help for future egg lays and the staff. That way they can just refer to the manual and read a step by step process of what to do and what not to do. I wouldnt have known to tape up the vents either.

I found this channel randomly; it is really a channel that produces quality content.

I hope they make it! I really hope the staff member isn't too upset about it. mistakes happen especially when you get to a new place,things and new people

love that Ed knows the blues clues song! thats how i remember the planets/order still too

all the good luck vibes and charms to you and your hopefully living eggs! i really hope theyll make it, that would be amazing!

i like the guy talking. he's my favorite, i just love him so much!! he's got chad vibes, good chad vibes

The egg box with the moss is almost like intense care box.

I don't even have snakes and I think I could put together a batch of pearlite pretty well after watching all of your videos. ;-) It's a shame about the eggs, but it's also crazy to see how quickly the mold sets in!

Aww so sorry. Hopefully the next clutch works xx

I think some themes for future clutches could be elements, reptiles, other animal categories, mythical creatures, countries, famous cartoons, shows or movies. Love your channel, its educational and enjoyable! Keep up the good work

Sad about the eggs. Maybe an inservice class for staff would be helpful. This is an important part of your store/zoo/collection. Good Luck

Yes! Finally someone else who knows the blue‘s clues planet song that isn’t just me!

That's unfortunate... I hope you get better luck! Love you guys sm

Fun pluto info - It has water deep under its surface which acts similiar to molten lava, there is a huge portion of pluto where the frozen nitrogen boils due to the ocean of water beneath it.

Do staff not get training in regards to the eggs? and what to do if you aren't there? from what i remember this isn't the first time there was an issue with how the eggs were handled by staff.

Ed and the Blues Clues song is just making me happy

I feel like more eggs are molding then normal this year could there be a problem with the new incubator? Or is this normal and it’s just that there are more eggs so more mold is showing up because of that?

OMG, THANK YOU Ed! Finally, someone other than me who remembers the Blue's Clues planets song. XD I always sing it to myself whenever I need to remember the planets in order.

If you can use Lotrimin to stop mold growth on eggs after it has already started, would dusting the eggs from the beginning help prevent the mold from ever taking hold?

It's so unfortunate what happened. Best of luck that some pull through and you get some healthy babies from them. ❤️

“Aw! You’re gonna make Pluto the dead one?” “Pluto’s gonna be the test one!” “Because it’s not a real planet?” Why does that still sort of hurt? Pluto’s been classified as a dwarf planet for over 15 years now, for crying out loud! Also a fun switch from trying to draw the actual planets could be to draw their astrological symbols. They’re a bit more obscure, but they look cool.

I use to watch them years ago and I'm finding them again just is amazing.

I think people are forgetting that when you two were doing this on your own there was a much tighter control on what was happening. The bigger and operation gets, the more hands you add to it, the more likely mistakes like this will happen. Yes they are avoidable, but if you look at probability, its gonna happen eventually. Even the greatest waiter in the world will eventually drop a plate or spill a drink. I'm sure you guys are handling it, and even though I can tell you are sad you still are very kind and understanding people.

Also works since Pluto is Romes version of Hades, God of the Dead.

Not being mean, but I'd definitely give any of the employees who may see or handle the care of the snakes who breed, just some basics of what to do during breed season/with eggs/when they pip. I'm just not sure how someone didn't know they shouldn't be on the cool side.

Mr. SYG is a very pretty snake. Looking forward to seeing any of his offspring! Good luck on that second clutch!

Looks like its time for a shop meeting about egg care. Call everyone in so they are ALL on the same page

Oh no, I’m so sorry! Hope they all (or mostly all) make it. I just want to fast forward a little to see what happens. 😁

Ed, I was so excited to hear you use the Blue's Clues planet song! That's also how I remember the planets, and no one else ever know where it came from. I'm glad I'm not alone!!

I don't blame the employees; sometimes these things do happen, but I hope there will be training in the future to prevent a repeat occurrence. I know Ed and Emily love their reptiles and are always excited about these lays and hatchings, but standard reptile care (and documentation of such) should be taught and made available for employees too since they aren't always there. I don't blame anyone, but it's something to consider looking forward.

I loved the blues clues reference. We have a toy that sang that song and we played with it all the time!

It's sad knowing Priscilla put all that effort into making that clutch, but human error/miscommunication devastated it. Sending all the good vibes that the remaining eggs hatch with strong, healthy babies!

Aww so sad!😥Hope the other babies have a wonderful life!!! ❤🧡💛💚💙

Mistakes happen and I'm sure that poor staff member will never make the same mistake. Good for you guys for being kind and mature about the situation :) I'm really interested to see what happens with these clutches...but also I'm secretly hoping every single one of these next videos are either rats or lavender snakes lol

Omg that Blue Clues song is so nostalgic lol. I haven't heard that in like geez 20 something years

I feel the disappointment, I hope whichever eggs do make it to hatching are amazing, though! Hard for me to watch this today. Was waiting on eggs from one of my girls, but unfortunately she ended up egg bound. I do want to say thank you for saying what vets you use locally, I took her in to one of those mentioned in a previous video and they have been wonderful with her as both a new patient and an emergency. They're going to try everything, but it's looking like the outcome will probably be a spay. I'm just hopeful my girl makes it through, that's the only care I have rn.

I wish y'all all the luck for all babies may they all make it even for the rest of the year.. no more bad eggs lots of health babies...

Very cute snakes!!

That song is Bubble Guppies. It was a great show for kids.."Call the clambulance" (Bubble Guppies S1 Ep1) was my daughters favorite

This makes me so sad :( it happens sometimes, I know, but it's upsetting

I love that some of these hatched! The moldy egg video!!

I made this comment on the last video, it got a heart but then I edited it andnthe heart got removed 😅 Few ideas for egg clutch themes: -Birthday Themed (just because the last batch of babies were born on my birthday) -Prime Numbers -Pizza Toppings -Emoticons (rather than emojis, use XD, XP, :D, etc) -Countries -Sea Animals -Different Types Of Leaves Or Trees -Constellations -Peppers -Video Games -Minecraft Blocks -Irregular Shapes (this one could be fun for different staff members as well, you each label one egg and try to make none of them look exactly the same) -Uncommon Emojis -Gravity Falls Zodiac (look it up if you don't know it :D) -Owl House Glyphs (same thing, feel free to look it up if you don't know it!)

Ed the fact that you still know the planets because of the Blues Clues song makes you one of the most awesome people in the world. To this day at 32 that's what I sing when I need to remember the order of the planets. I even have toy that plays it and that is how my son is learning the planets.

I really like your videos and hope to open a reptarium just like you and hope to meet you guys at Tilley one day

My Very Early Model Jalopy Sometimes Uses Neptune Petrol. This is what I learnt at school around 1959 to learn the planet’s sequence. @Snake Discovery

Oh no! At least we have a few that may still make it. It sucks that alot of them went bad tho

It makes me more and more excited for school to start back up bc for me school starts in August. About when the eggs hatch

Maybe it's a good idea to make some caresheets for the staff on what to do when there are eggs when you're gone. I used to make them for my staff when managing a pet store and it helped me a lot when something was wrong with an animal