Turning an old Pepsi Fridge into a Snake Incubator! 

Veterinary technician here - check the storage temperature on the injectables. Most items are labeled for storage up to the high 70s and should not be stored higher (or lower than the low end). This is for the chemistry of the product itself but also the container/vial it's stored in.

Can we just take a second to appreciate how multi-talented and cool Ed is?

Yet another reason I’m a Snake Discovery Patreon backer. Ed and Emily could have taken the money we donate and just bought a new incubator. But they chose to renovate, renew and reuse a old fridge. They are such good stewards and their animal husbandry’s phenomenal.

"How do you clean rust off of an epoxy floor?" Epoxy artist here, either sand it off, and recoat it, or use WD40. Spray on, let sit for a little while, scrub off with non-abrasive sponge. Goo gone is excellent, too, but for rust specifically, I've never run into anything more effective than WD-40.

It's so weird to remember old videos when Ed refused to be on camera. I'm glad he changed his mind. I'm not putting images of me out there, but I don't fight people taking my picture like I used to. I still hate it, but don't flip out and bruise anyone anymore. Thank you, Ed, for being a wonderful person and role-model, even to people old enough to be your parent. And also thank BOTH of you for this amazing channel! My life is better with you than without.

I'm always super impressed by the amount of things you're able to upcycle and make better

They were talking about what Ed purchased when he was 16 and spoke as if they were together even then...how long have you guys been together!?! Side note: easy snake oven is a genius name for an incubator 🤣🤣

That incubator turned out awesome! The zoo is looking amazing. I can't wait to see it again now that it is open!

Just recognizing how long Emily's hair must be, petition for her and Ally to pose as a Targaryan princess with her baby dragon for Halloween. Or for any reason, really.

I know I've said it a million times, but I'll say it again, I love the relationship the 2 of you have!!! Y'all are adorable and hysterical, and I absolutely love watching you!!! You never cease to make me laugh!! I'm excited to finally see how you turned a fridge into an incubator!!!

i was chanting 'someones gonna STEAL' until ed mentioned putting a lock on. I worked at a pet store and litterally TWICE some stole BETTA FISH FROM THE CUPS. not the cup with the betta, i mean like, the betta, no cup. there is nothing the nasty people won't do.

I am so impressed with Eds mad skills here! I remember way back he was working for some utility but I thought it was software or support he worked on! He does electrical stuff? He worked for Ford? A man of hidden talents!

Congrats on finally getting it done. Though the magic of the old one was pretty awesome.

Great idea about keeping your saline & distilled water in there. I'm glad you are putting a lock on the door because there are always people who will open the door and not close it fully too. It turned out fabulous, guys.

It's so nice to see how Ed has come out of his shyness.

To clean the rust, try a mixture of lemon juice and cream of tartar. Make a paste out of it, let it sit for 15 mins and then scrub with a green scour pad. This mixture got rust stains out of my vinyl countertop

I love how Emily said: "oh! Let me snake back here" their energy (Emily and Ed's) are so amazing.

When you get the new doors I recommend investing in the super strong doors with plastic layers that are harder to break. I would hope no one would be horrible but just safety. Super amazing incubator!!

I have to say it's impressive how skilled Ed is with electronics!

Wow mad props to Ed, he built like most of the incubator and did so freaking good. And then he moved it such a far distance and was forced to shove the mysterious grime on the top all over his face. His sacrifice will be remembered

1:46 That actually happens to be one of my favorite Avengers 1 lines. Right next to: "Watch what you say about my brother" "He killed 13 people in 2 days" "....He's adopted."

This is awesome! The thermostat going off freaked me out and I ran to my snake’s enclosure thinking it was my Herpstat 🤣

When you guys were about to reveal the name my brain immediately went „Snake‘n‘bake!!!“ but i actually prefer your choice 👍

Finally the Pepsi incubator video!!! Waited for this maybe even more than meeting all the new babysneks.

The way Ed tidies his cables, so satisfying! My own wiring is so haphazard by comparrison. I mean i'm not at a professional level... Still, just watching him calmly gather them all correctly made me wriggle in delight. Good work by Ed!

Ed’s T-shirt collection is GOLD

That is so awesome guys!! I feel so proud and excited for you! I have loved watching how you guys have grown as people and how you conceived of and brought to fruition this wonderful dream store/rescue center/hatchery! I'm so proud to be a patron.

Incubator looks great! And I loved seeing the accidental employee cameos 😆

I messaged my nine year old to tell him there was a new video and, as always seems to be the case, the was soon massive yells of "YEAH!" that could be heard through the house. He then came to me almost in tears of joy afterwards because he had been convinced he'd never be able to see this kind of thing without miraculously being allowed into the back. Thank you for helping taking a kid that was once terrified of most things and turning him into one that is waiting (semi)patiently for warmer weather so he can make the trek to visit y'all. I've seen him blossom into a good keeper through your example and take enough interest/study towards one day owning his own ball python that I've little doubt in his capabilities there. Can't wait to see more videos and hearing first hand from him someday soon on how Snake Discovery is like.

It was already kinda shown in the other videos but seeing finally coming together in a dedicated video like this is pretty satisfying; you had an amazing idea, especially with the amount of eggs you had and you plan to have in the future! You did a great job guys! (Especially Ed this time around, lol!)

Are you sure that the shelves were just not the wrong way around? If they are slightly rectangular, you might just have to turn them once. I can hardly imagine someone giving away a fridge with unmatching shelves Oo

Did you try putting the white shelves in a different way? It looks like you just needed to turn them.

You know, my sister is going to start trying for kids soon, so I’ve been taking note of great, relatively kid-friendly content, and it genuinely warms my heart that children won’t be growing up in a world without the same Steve Irwin presence I remember having. They’ll be able to fall in love with animals even if they don’t have any yet - I was ravenous for any information like this as a kid, and I’d be a much different person if I had Snake Discovery growing up. But we can rewatch Steve Irwin and relive those memories and also see new and different stuff in the present! tl;dr your content helps give me hope that maybe the kids will be all right

Ed was like, "Ready? 3, 2, 1." And then it immediately cut into an ad. Perfect timing.

I'm so excited to finally see the full story after long waiting! Love your content SnakeDiscovery 🐍

Hopefully this incubator will be just as much of a tardis!

Depending on what the label on the injectable say. (The keeping temp as already mentioned). Small amounts can be drawn up in to syringes as normal and then held in the hand to warm for a few minutes.... I use single use predrawn saline for myself and it has a protective wrapper so I often put them in my pocket to warm while sorting other bits.

I noticed the white grates were put in parallel to the door when Ed showed they don't fit, but the new grates were put in perpendicular to the door. So maybe the white grates did fit after all.

I wonder how long it will take for the breeding program to overflow even this incubator? 😂 At least they kept the quail incubator to tie them over while sourcing and setting up a new unit.

Easy Snake Oven. LOL LOL LOL. I love your sense of humor.

Remember the days of shy Ed? Look at how far he's come. I love you two

yes finally the long awaited incubator video but can we take a moment to talk about that glas window to their office its GORGEOUS!!!!

not going to lie, calling it the easy snake oven is genius and funny I did laugh at it

With an incubator AND a brumation cooler - you can breed year round! (Several of the zoo snakes keep laying eggs/ having babies year round anyway)

I can't wait for this year's breeding season! You guys do such a great job caring for ALL of those babies! I'm really looking forward to more lavenders and tri-colors!

Snake soda! Pop the lid and it goes "HSSsssssss!" Will the fans and vents give really good air circulation even when the incubator is quite full? I spent a miserable couple of months trying to maintain consistent temperatures in a setup quite similar to what you've got, with a temperature sensor in the middle and heaters around the outside. When a cool item was placed beside the sensor, the system cranked up the heaters, and because its air circulation was poor, it took a long time for the sensor to warm up. Everything near the heaters got badly overheated. When the wave of heat finally rolled over the sensor, the heaters shut down, so everything around the outside got cold until the cold finally reached the sensor. Repeat. My job was, essentially, to sit alone in the little room, watching the oven bake, and trying to second-guess its temperature controller by tweaking its settings every half or 3/4 hour.

Emily: how are we going to get this out there? Ed: Dolly! Some big buff dude that makes you both look like mice, in an Arnold voice: Hi. My name is Dolly. Kim said you were looking for me?

Ed’s electrical know-how is such a boon to the business! Great job upcycling the Pepsi fridge to a stylish and functional incubator.

I remember meeting you in saint Louis when the theme was silly hats, I was so happy when I told you my username. The Easy Snake Oven is a fantastic name for the incubator, take it from me, Easy Snake Oven

Emily and Ed, thank you for all the hard work you do and for sharing so much of yourselves online for others to enjoy and learn from. It is a major endeavor to fully commit to any passion project, much more so to turn that project into a full-blown business while operating a zoo and hosting a free-to-the-public youtube channel full of valuable content. I hope that you know how appreciated you are, and how much good you do in the world. You guys are great! 💕

Those decals are everything! I hope they're still visible with the incubator tucked away. Congrats and thanks for showing this!

The Works toilet bowl clear works great for rust, but spot check first.

I feel like at this point the old incubator is just another character of the channel! ❤

You guys did a great job on the old Pepsi machine. That was a great idea to change to the eggs heater .You all was do a good job love watching you guys God Bless you

You genuinely broke my brain for a bit showing up without glasses like that, I was half convinced I was just making up that you had glasses before and it was all in my head.

Its been 3 YEARS??? I remember when yall were announcing the facility😭 Im proud of yall! I want to visit one day :3c

Nice 👍 and great idea for an incubator. I’ve turned camping coolers into incubators and they work great for quick and easy to make incubators. I have couple videos on them but my next one I’m in the process of transforming is a wine fridge with clear glass door. I’ll definitely make a video on that one as well if your interested in watching or want to know how to do it as well. Eventually I’ll be doing a bigger incubator like yours as well because soon my other monitors will be breeding age but for now my smaller incubators are just big enough for the few clutches I get every year. I recently just got another clutch of Savannah monitor eggs and plenty more to come. I mainly specialize in breeding species that others aren’t having success with so that I can put my knowledge to good use and hopefully help others have success as well. I hope everyone at snake discovery has a great day and wish you all the best 🙌 I always enjoy watching your videos there always educational and entertaining so keep up the great work 🙋‍♂️✌️

This Video is like the instructions to build the TARDIS, the second magical Incubator is bigger on the inside

I wish I lived closer!!! I would absolutely love to visit! I love how you put so much time, thought, and effort into educating kids! Both of you are absolute treasures!

I just love you guys! The Easy Snake Oven came out great. So exciting for next season. Absolutely love seeing Ed do his thing as well. All the wires and tech stuff.

I think it would be a good idea to put up a lock for the incubator to prevent someone keep opening the door and messing up the temperature inside. Especially since there will be a lot of curious children in the store.

Awesome 👌 incubator video. Thanks Emily & Ed!

That is so so awesome! Bets on when the big freezer goes out they expanded so much that they make it a massive incubator.

It turned out sooooo good! Love the sides. I am surprised you guys have decided to put it up front in your retail as I thought it would go in the office where you keep a close eye on the eggs and when they are hatching.

Barkeepers friend is a great chemical rust remover. You can use it on your oven, pans, anything that has rust. It works great with a piece if steel wool, but a coarse sponge will work too. You use it mostly dry, hope this helps.

That incubator is absolutely awesome. Well worth the wait. And I love the Easy Snake Oven. No cooler name could be used. You guys are great.

This turned out amazing! This shows the amount of courtesy you have for your animals

I love how far this project has come and being able to witness it

Awesome job upcycling! I'm so glad we finally get to see the incubator in its full glory

The way that they encourage each other warms my heart ❤

I love this! Great way to up cycle the Pepsi cooler.

WD-40 for rust on an epoxy floor. You can use a scotch pad and take it off. Just don't be TOO rough with it. Also LOVE the easy snake oven!

Ingenuity at its finest. I went to a distillery where their mash tanks were actually old ketchup and mustard manufacturing vats. Got the job done! Hopefully I can make it to y'all's area soon to look at trh zoo.

So exciting that the incubator will be in the retail area! Guests will be able to let you know the MINUTE any eggs start pipping!

Great job on this! It really came together nicely. I've been excited to see this project for a while now 🙂

I was waiting for this video to come out! I also love your videos cant wait to watch it!

Emily & Ed's skills and resourcefulness never cease to amaze me

Omg it’s here. I’ve been waiting for this video for the longest time. So excited to see how this works

i’ll miss the tardis incubator but i have to admit this looks so cool

I am the sole proprietor of a vending machine business. I find old vending machines all the time when I am servicing machines for my customers. Most of the time they give me their old machines and I try my best to re-purposed them. Sometimes I can rebuild them And others, I find all kinds of uses for. For example, I use one machine as my business safe. The locks on those vending machines are nearly impossible to get open and they are very large. So I didn’t pay anything for my save that no one can open or carry off. I love the way you repurpose, this refrigeration unit. I only have a little bit of advice I can offer, the next time you find something like this, and you need to clean it. It may be prudent to rent a bead blaster that uses a little plastic beads to sandblast all the dirt and rust away. It leaves a really clean surface and takes all the muscle work out of it. Sometimes you can get a really good deal on one and if you plan on doing a lot of these restorations, it may be prudent to purchased one. I use them all the time for many different projects. It’s not a sandblaster, it uses little plastic beads instead. I even have a few glass front machines that are not in use right now. They are just sitting around and I am thinking I may turn them into snake habitats. The idea is awesome because they are glass front and lock a wall. With a little modification, the temperature can be controlled as well. Underneath there can be storage for many different items. Pop machines are great for safes and glass. Front snack machines are great for snake habitats.

Good job on the incubator 😁

The heat strips and tape is exactly what I did for an rv flooring but with bigger heat strips! Really neat

Awesome build! I love the idea of alert emails.

Incubator looks amazinggg!!! ❤

YAY! congratulations on your patience!

Easy snake oven, what a fantastic build y'all!!

Very cool. I love the whole build, but honestly the decals are my favorite

I’m so happy for you that you finished the incubator, that was a long time coming!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤

I love the snake S in the back where the window is at 00:57 ☺️

Okay! I'm blown away by how nice that came out!

Yea! I’ve been looking forward to watching this transformation!

It would be so cool to see a staff introduction video including each staff members favorite reptile in the facility!!

Also, the bird incubator would be good if you get an animal into adoption island who's gravid and ultimately lays while up for adoption. You can keep "adoptables" separate from your breeded eggs to avoid potential oopsies and mixups.

3 13:16 It’s so amazing how you turned a Pepsi fridge into a snake incubator!❤

That is Awesome! I’ve planned to visit your store on vacation soon and I’m so excited ❤

Yes this video is finally out! So much teasing and it's finally here! ❤️❤️❤️

Whoot! The Easy Snake Oven! This has been a long time coming but well worth the wait. Let's also salute the Magical Incubator of Holding.

"This one's playing Galaga" I pissed myself laughing :D

That came out great! It looks fabulous! Now we'll be anxiously awaiting the next breeding season!

The incubator turned out amazing!!! 👌👌👍👍😁😁