Where We Say Fun With a Forked Tongue
Welcome to our site! We provide reptile & bird shows for special events!
COVID-19 UPDATES BELOW. We are Traveling!! We are offering our Travel shows, our Zoom Shows, and Private Tours, and General Admission at this time. We are open Monday - Friday 2pm - 8pm and Saturdays 10am - 4pm. TICKETS MUST BE RESERVED AHEAD OF TIME. Masks for all parties ages 3 years and up will be requested while touring our facility.
COVID-19 UPDATE: General Admission is being limited to 10 people per one hour time block. We are offering our travel shows and will follow State guidelines for the number of participants. Masks are required for all of our products in-house and traveling. Please call to inquire for more details.
NEW FOR TEACHERS!! We are offering ONLINE Shows for classrooms utilizing the Zoom Platform! Check our Pricing Page for details.
RETAIL SHOP & PUBLIC HOURS
Public Behind the Scenes Tours are available Friday 12pm - 8pm and Saturday 10am-4pm. Appointments required 24 hours prior to be guaranteed, however we may accept less than 24 hours if available. Click on the "Come Visit Us" Button at the top of the page. Holiday hours may be added, and will be only listed in the booking application.
Scales and Tails provides entertaining reptile and bird shows year round. We are capable of performing shows indoors as well as outdoors (weather permitting). We are also capable of doing multiple shows at the same time in different locations. If you don't have a space to hold your party, please inquire. We have a small party room available for rent.
TRAVEL SHOWS (We follow State & City guidelines for group gatherings)
We offer entertaining, educational, and interactive reptile and bird shows to cities all over Utah including but not limited to Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden, Sandy, Draper, Layton, Clearfield, West Jordan, Alpine, St. George, Cedar City, Hurricane and many other cities. We will travel to your location and perform our show for your child’s birthday, scout group, classroom or school assembly. We also perform at fairs, festivals, carnivals, field trips, family reunions, corporate events, and pretty much any kind of event that you would have us come to! Currently we Covid-19, we are wearing masks when doing load in and load out, but not when on stage. Masks should be worn by everyone when doing animal handling at the end of the shows.
PUBLIC EVENTS (Look for our Online Calendar Events or on Facebook!)
Please visit our Calendar page to see when our upcoming Public Events are happening! Scales & Tails is located at 3584 S. 1950 W., Suite 13, West Valley City, Utah.
ANIMALS FOR RENT
We can provide animal wrangling with a variety of reptiles and birds for photo shoots, commercials, and film. Animals for rent include rattlesnakes, gila monster, pythons, parrots, and more. Got an online meeting that needs some spicing up? Zoom meetings got you down? We are able to bring an alligator, snake, or parrot to hang out with you and your associates on any online platform for a small fee. Please contact us for more details.
Blog Updates & More
Have you heard of Lefty?
“Elias Caress, aka ‘Lefty’, is a magician based out of Salt Lake City UT, but performs worldwide.We bump into Elias at several big events each year. Sometimes it’s a county fair, sometimes it’s a convention. Sometimes he’s the MC of the main stage, sometimes he’s just finishing up a magic show as we’re on our […]
GoFundme
We have had an outpouring of love from the community wanting to make sure the animals were ok and cared for. As such we have setup a Gofundme campaign to allow the general public to help contribute. Other ways to contribute: Venmo: @scalesandtailsutah PayPal: shane@scalesandtailsutah.com Donations of: Produce/lean meat/adult…
We are moving our shows online!!
Covid -19 look out! Scales and Tails will now be available for performing online shows for anyone who would like them. We will still have our standard reptile show offerings, but we will also be adding in a mini reptile or bird show that will be great as a reward for doing school work or […]
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