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Scales & Tails Utah Summer Camps

Rindy — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:11:29 +0000

Scales & Tails will be offering Summer Camps this year! Here are the details:

June 2012

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW TILL JUNE 15TH

Camp Themes:
“Mystery of the Missing Monitor” – Help Scales & Tails guide Drew Webb find the missing Monitor at the Mysterious Scales & Tails Headquarters. Child will have fun doing activities and projects that will help them search for and hopefully find the Missing Monitor!
A simple snack of crackers, fruit and a juice box will be provided each day. Camp T-shirt will also be included.

“Reptile Wrangling” - Help Scales & Tails guide Drew Webb learn about how to properly handle snakes, lizards, and tortoises. Child will learn about proper handling techniques, correct habitats, and safe feeding procedures for each species of reptile. A simple snack of crackers, fruit and a juice box will be provided each day. Camp T-Shirt will also be included.

Two Day Camps – Every Tuesday & Wednesday
Location: Scales & Tails Showroom – 3588 S. 1950 W., #13, WVC, UT 84119

8am – 12pm – Kindergarden – Third Grade – $130/child
1pm – 4pm – Fourth Grade – Sixth Grade – $130/child

Week 1 (6/5 – 6/6) – “Mystery of the Missing Monitor”
Week 2 (6/12 – 6/13) – “Reptile Wrangling”
Week 3 (6/19 – 6/20) – “Mystery of the Missing Monitor”
Week 4 (6/26 – 6/27) – “Reptile Wrangling”

* Minimum of 4 participants needed to make the camp run
* Maximum of 15 participants per camp session.
* $25 deposit required with application (refund available if camp does not run).
* Remainder of payment is due one week prior to camp start date.
* $20/hr child care fee for children not picked up with in 15 minutes of conclusion of camp each day.

TO REGISTER: Please e-mail rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com to apply for session dates. Please notate how many children you wish to register, which camp dates you desire and which session: AM or PM. Once you are approved for a session, you will be sent a link to the registration paperwork.

April Workshop – “Gators & Crocs”

Rindy — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:53:08 +0000

Some of the most exciting reptiles in our world are the Crocodillians! Come out to this workshop and learn all about the Alligators and the Crocodiles. How long have they been around? Where do they Live? How long Can they Live? What do they Eat? Can they eat you?? These are just a few of the questions we’ll be answering that night. We’ll bring the Alligators, if you’ll bring the excitement!!

This workshop is open to the public. It is directed toward children ages 3-13 but anyone is welcome.

PLACE: Pleasant Grove Community Center
DATE: Wednesday, April 18th
TIME: 7:00pm
COST: $5/child (parents free with paid child admission)
REPTILE ROOKIES: FREE!

March Workshop – “Reptile Myths & Legends”

Rindy — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:56:31 +0000

How many of you have heard of the 49ft snake or the python that likes to sleep next to you so that it can “size” you up for dinner? In this workshop Scales & Tails’, Austin Earley, will be going over some of these myths and legends and let you know which ones are REAL and which ones are FAKE! We’ve got a couple of fun activities to show you how silly some of these ideas really are as well. This will be a lot of fun and we encourage you to bring some tall tales that you have heard to see if they are true or not!

Invite your friends, family and neighbors and lets have an awesome time!!

DATE: Wednesday, March 21st
TIME: 7pm
PLACE: Pleasant Grove Community Center – 547 S. Locust Ave., Pleasant Grove, Utah
COST: $5/child (parents free with paid child admission)
REPTILE ROOKIES: FREE!!

RSVP to rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com

*There is no charge to come into the Community Center, just the door fee for the workshop.

February Workshop – “FAMILY TREE” with LIVE Reptiles!

Rindy — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:23:46 +0000

Ever wonder how different reptiles are related? Is a python related to an iguana? What about a monitor lizard and a tortoise? Come out to this workshop to see which reptiles are related to each other at our Family Tree Night!! Family history is so much more fun with LIVE animals! We’ll be comparing and classifying each of the cool animals we bring! Invite your friends! Invite your family! Invite your neighbors!

DATE: Wednesday, Feb. 22nd
TIME: 7pm
PLACE: Pleasant Grove Community Center – 547 S. Locust Ave., Pleasant Grove, Utah
COST: $5/child (parents free w/ paid child admission)
REPTILE ROOKIES: FREE!
RSVP: rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com

**Workshop is hosted in the Large Education room of the PGCC – you do not have to pay for entrance to the facility – just the workshop alone.

January Workshop – “CAMOUFLAGE”

Rindy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:20:09 +0000

Your challenge should you choose to accept it… is to wear more camouflage than the animals we will be bringing! Scales & Tails Utah’s own Drew Webb will be presenting this workshop and boy does he have some cool stuff to show you!! Drew will be going into detail about what camouflage is, which animals have it, why they have it, and how to spot it. We have some great activities planned for you and maybe even a couple prizes. This will be an awesome workshop so make sure to tell your friends and family!! Oh.. and don’t forget to wear as much camouflage as you can!

DATE: Jan 25, 2012
TIME: 7pm
PLACE: 547 S. Locust Ave, Pleasant Grove, UT (@ the PG Community Center)
COST: $5/child (adults free w/ paid child admission)
REPTILE ROOKIES: FREE!!

Please RSVP to info@scalesandtailsutah.com

**Reptile Rookies is our Kids Club! Rookie benefits include: $25 off any party you book with Scales & Tails for one year. $5 off any Scales & Tails T-Shirt. Discounts on other merchandise as it becomes available. A personalized ID card and FREE entrance to all of our monthly public Reptile Workshops. Costs: $25/1 child family, $45/2-4 children, $60/5+ children. Memberships are sold at each of our monthly workshops and are good for one year. Contact rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com for more information. See past Reptile Rookie Workshops on our BLOG!

December Workshop – “Pythons & Boas”

Rindy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:18:30 +0000

We may not have fancy feather boas or designer python purses, but do have the real thing instead! Come out to our Reptile Rookie night and learn about the giants of the snake world, the Boas & Pythons! At this workshop we will learn a little bit about where these snakes come from, how small or large they can get, what they eat and what cool designer colors that they can come in. Afterward will be all get a chance to crawl through an Aardvark Tunnel to wrestle out a Rock Python (don’t worry mom & dad, it is safe). This workshop is open to the public so we encourage you to share this event with your friends and family!

Date: Wednesday, December 14th
Time: 7pm
Place: PGCC
Cost: $5/child (parents are free with paid child admission)
Reptile Rookies: FREE

Please RSVP @ info@scalesandtailsutah.com

See you there!

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Please feel free to contact us for more information by:
Phone: 801-577-7182
E-mail: info@scalesandtailsutah.com
Website: www.scalesandtailsutah.com

November is “Monitor” Month!

Rindy — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:48:17 +0000

November’s workshop will focus on Monitors! And not we are not talking about your computer screen. Monitors are a type of lizard! Have you ever heard of the Komodo Dragon?? The Komodo Dragon is actually the Komodo Monitor. The biggest lizards in the world are Monitors! We have several Monitor Lizards that many of you may recognize such as Bug (Black Throat Monitor), Zig Zag (Nile Monitor), Hydro & TnT (both are Asian Water Monitors). We will be bringing all these cool lizards to our November workshop where you will get to learn all about their lifestyles, habits, and eating preferences. We will also be feeding the lizards! Be forewarned, some of the things we feed the Monitors can be pretty disgusting, like raw eggs, raw ground turkey, cockroaches and worms! This is going to be a super cool workshop so make sure you RSVP to rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com. Feel free to invite your friends, neighbors, and cousins! You won’t want to miss it!

DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 16th
TIME: 7pm – 8pm
PLACE: PGCC – 547 S. Locust Ave., Pleasant Grove, UT
COST: $5/child (adults free with paid child admission)
REPTILE ROOKIES: FREE

October Workshop – “Happy Creepy Crawly Halloween!!”

Rindy — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:26:21 +0000

What better way to spend October and Halloween then with a bunch of spiders & scorpions!! Come out to our Reptile Rookie night and learn about some of the coolest creepy crawlers on the planet!! Guest speaker, Zach Valios, will be giving us an in depth tour of where spiders & scorpions live, what they eat, how dangerous they can be or might not be, as well as why scorpions glow in the dark.

Zach Valois, an undergraduate student at Salt Lake Community College, UT, was born in Pocatello, Idaho. He has been interested in invertebrate biology since he was a child and spent the last six years working with arachnids in the field. Since 2007, Zach has assisted the NSF-REVSYS Vaejovidae project with fieldwork throughout Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, California, and Utah. He has also assisted the UMNH with curating and cataloging the collection, in addition to volunteering for Dr. Brent E. Hendrixson, Millsaps University, with fieldwork throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada. Zach is a member of the American Arachnological Society and the American Tarantula society. Zach’s current interests involve taxonomy and systematics of North American Vaejovidae and Phelsuma geckos. Zach plans to continue his education and would like to go into the field of teaching.

We will also have some cool glow in the dark activities that you kids will love so make sure to come out and see us for our October Workshop! This is open to the public, so invite your friends, tell your neighbors, and pass it on to your school buddies! Hope to see you there!! Happy Creepy Crawly Halloween!

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 26th
Time: 7:00pm
Place: PGCC
Cost: $5/child (adults free with paid child admission)
Reptile Rookies: FREE

Please RSVP – Thanks!

***SLC ROOKIES: We apologize that the SLC facility is not complete yet. Cross your fingers for next month. We hope that you will be able to make the short trip down to Pleasant Grove.***

September Workshop – “Birds, Birds, Birds!”

Rindy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:01:25 +0000

Birds, Birds, Birds!!! Come out to our September kids workshop and learn about the creatures of the sky! We will be learning about what makes a bird a bird. We will meet a couple of Parrots, Macaws, Doves, and Pigeons. This is a great workshop if you are not into creepy crawlers and reptiles so tell your friends, family and neighbors about the birds of Scales & Tails Utah! (Birds provided by Squawks & Co.)

SLC

Due to constraints put on us by the city of West Valley City, we will not be able to host a workshop at our new facility until we can install a second restroom. We hope that you can attend the workshop in Pleasant Grove this month and we apologize for the inconvenience.

UTAH COUNTY

DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 21st
TIME: 7pm
PLACE: PGCC – 547 S. Locust Ave., Pleasant Grove, UT
COST: $5/child (adults free with paid child admission
REPTILE ROOKIES: FREE*

Please RSVP: info@scalesandtailsutah.com or on our FACEBOOK page.

Reptile Rookie Memberships are available to purchase at each of our workshops.
Reptile Rookies is our Kids Club! Rookie benefits include: $25 off any party you book with Scales & Tails for one year. $5 off any Scales & Tails T-Shirt. Discounts on other merchandise as it becomes available. A personalized ID card and FREE entrance to all of our monthly public Reptile Workshops. Costs: $25/1 child family, $45/2-4 children, $60/5+ children. Memberships are sold at each of our monthly workshops and are good for one year. Contact rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com for more information. See past Reptile Rookie Workshops on our BLOG!

Did you see us on abc4?

Rindy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:43:47 +0000

The producer at abc4 called us up early on Friday morning and asked us to bring down some tarantulas to help with a prank they were pulling on one of their anchors. Check out the clips below by clicking on each “part”:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3