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February Workshop – *** Crocs & Gators ***

Hey Reptile Fans!

We are super excited to present this month’s reptile workshop on Crocs and Gators!  Come out to our shop and meet some of Nature’s coolest creatures.  Scales & Tails Utah has one of Utah’s only two Crocodillian permits which means that you can come get up close and personal with our toothy friends!  (Don’t worry parents… we will keep it safe!)  At this workshop we will learn about the many different types of Crocodillians, their habitats, what they eat, what type of sounds they can make and many more cool and exciting things!  Afterward we have a cool gator game you won’t want to miss!

When: Wednesday, February 16th @ 6:30pm

Where: Scales & Tails Showroom – 152 W. Burton Ave. (2360 S.), Suite F, SLC, UT 84115

Cost: $5/person (adults free with paid child admission)

Reptile Rookies: FREE

RSVP to: rindy@scalesandtailsutah.com

What is a Reptile Rookie??   “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.

Tags: Alligators, Crocodiles, crocodillians, Permits, Scales & Tails Utah

Thank you to all that attended Venom Night!

All of us at Scales and Tails Utah want to thank those of you who attended our “VENOM NIGHT” last week at Wheeler Farm.  It was a huge success!  We had almost 200 people in attendance. 

This was a very informative workshop, which is a just a little bit different than our normal monthly workshop.  We were able to have Shane Provstgaard, a local serpentologist, come and present information on what type of venomous animals we typically find right here in Utah. We also learned what to do if we come upon one.  The best practice is to turn around and walk away.  Leave it alone! 

We took a short break after his presentation so that everyone would have a chance to visit the VENOM booth. Jim Dix of the Utah Reptile Rescue brought in several rattle snakes, poisionous spiders, and scorpions for display.  It was really cool to see things like a rattle snake and a black widow up close and personal!!  We even got out the magnifiying glasses so we could get an even closer look.  It also gave everyone a change to try out a scorpion sucker!  Did you know you can eat scopions and it WON’T hurt you!?!

The second half of the night was presented by Brad Dahl of the Utah Poison Control Center.  He gave us a very detailed description of what happens and what do do if you do become invenomated.  We learned that the majority of rattlesnakes bites were typically obtained by young men in their late teens to early twenties….and who were usually inebriated.  Funny that…   

Brad and Shane both gave great presentations and we are very greatful that they agreed to come.  Thank you guys!  We also want to thank Jim Dix for bringing out his collection of venomous animals.  He has a special permit to keep them that we do not have so we were very thankful that he could come as well.  

Thanks again to everyone in attendance.  We hope you had a great time and that you learned something helpful about living in proximity to venomous animals!  See you next month!

Tags: Black Widows, Brad Dahl, Jim Dix, Rattle Snakes, Scales & Tails Utah, Scales and Tails Utah, Scorpions, Shane Provstgaard, Shane Richins, Snakes, Venom, Venom Night, Wheeler Farm

S&T WORKSHOP – MONITOR LIZARDS

Alright all you Reptile Fans…
 
This month’s Scales & Tails workshop is soon approching!  It will be held Wednesday, November 19th at 6:30pm at the Scales & Tails showroom. Address: 152 W. Burton Ave. (2360 S.)

This month we will be focusing on Monitor Lizards!  Monitors are owner, Shane Richins’, FAVORITE animal! So he is very excited to do this workshop!  We will be learning about different kinds of monitor lizards via an interative human boardgame! A fact sheet about monitors will be e-mailed out to those who want to study up on monitors before the game.

(E-mail shane@scalesandtailsutah.com if you would like to be included)

 There will be prizes for the winners.
 
General Admission: $5 per person
Reptile Rookies: FREE
 
Ask us how to be come a Reptile Rookie!

 
RSVP if possible (via e-mail)

 

Tags: Lizards, monitor lizards, Scales & Tails Utah, workshop

S&T Workshop!! Wed. Oct. 22nd, 6:30pm

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 22nd

Time: 6:30pm

Place: Scales & Tails, 152 W. Burton Ave. (2360 S.), Ste. F, SLC, UT

Cost: $5 for Adults, $3 for kids 12 and under (FREE for Reptile Rookies!)

The Details:

It’s going to be EXCITING!! COOL! FUN!!

Scales & Tails will be holding the first workshop in a series of workshops we will be having through out the year.  This first workshop will be focused on “Colubrids” and how to take care of them.  Colubrids are pretty much all snakes not considered Python, Boa, or Viper.  So this would include: Milk snakes, King snakes, Garter snakes, Gopher Snakes, Corn Snakes, etc.  Basically many of the snakes that are considered “Good Pets”.  This workshop will last about 30 minutes and then allow for time afterwards to quiz Shane Richins and the rest of the crew about specifics on a pet you might have questions on.  We might also allow the kids to help feed some of our plant eating animals that night! This should be a lot of fun and should help kids learn how to good pet owners.

We will also be continuing to sell memberships for our “Reptile Rookies” program that night (or feel free to request more info via e-mail: shane@scalesandtailsutah.com or go to our “contact us” page on our website).

Tags: Reptile Rookies, Scales & Tails Utah, Snakes