Scales 'N Tails

07/26/2025

2025 Cuviers Dwarf Caiman (Paleoauchus palpebrosus) 9 beautiful eggs. 😍😍😍😍

03/02/2025

Join us on day 2 of Show Me Reptile Expo in Colorado Springs. We'll be here 9-3:30 with some insane deals. Both Colorado Springs locations are also running 20% off animals and 15% off dry goods all day long. Open 10-8 daily.

11/27/2024

Please join us this Friday for amazing Black Friday deals. We will be opening one hour early and for the first hour only we will be having a discount of 30% off all animals and 25% off dry goods and complete setups. After 10 am we will be running 20% off store wide. We have a wide selection of reptiles, amphibians and a ton of awesome invertebrates as well. We look forward to seeing you on Friday. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

06/25/2024

Join us this weekend at the Show Me Reptiles Expo in Colorado Springs. We will be bringing a huge variety of reptiles and amphibians to choose from and running sales all weekend at the store locations. We hope to see you all there. Get your tickets below.

The Show Me Reptile Show was made to help cultivate the reptile community.

04/18/2024

Baby Fly River Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) available over here at our Constitution location in Colorado Springs. Offering an amazing deal on this beautiful and very rare FULLY aquatic turtle who has flippers instead of feet and claws. His shell is soft and only about 6" in diameter.

04/11/2024

2024 Cuviers Dwarf Wedgehead Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) Hatch day here at Scales 'N Tails. 101 days of incubation. We are so stoked for these urban dinosaurs to make their grand entrance into this world. Happy Hatch day baby Crocs.

04/11/2024

Is today the day these baby dinos hatch?

03/01/2024

Update on our 2024 Cuviers Dwarf Wedgehead Caiman clutch. At 60 days into incubation we can see veins all throughout the egg. We can also see the embryos moving about inside the eggs. We are 2/3 of the way there and are excited to see these little baby Caiman heads popping out of their egg shells. 30-40 more days of incubation.

02/22/2024

Update: Both have found new ponds. Thanks to all who inquired.

We have 2 fully mature male Cuviers Dwarf Wedgehead Caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) male #1 measures in at 53 inches and roughly 25 lbs, male #2 measures in at 48" and roughly 25 lbs. Both of these fellas are looking for new ponds to occupy and would do better as solitary or with a mature female. Please DM me for more information.

01/18/2024

Update on our 2024 Cuviers Dwarf Wedgehead Caiman clutch. After 17 days of incubation we took a closer look at the eggs and inside the eggs to see if we could determine if any are fertile. What we're looking for as we candle (shine light through egg shell) these eggs is banding in the mid section of the eggs. Banding means that the embryos have attached to the egg wall to receive oxygen through the poris crocodile shell. We will keep updates on this clutch and hopefully in 80 or so days we'll have baby Dwarf Wedgehead Caiman hatching.