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Spock's Sanctuary - Reptile Rescue and Sanctuary

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Spock's Sanctuary is a 501c3 Reptile and Amphibian Rescue, Sanctuary, and Service Provider in Des Moines, Iowa! Donate:
https://www.spockssanctuary.org/donate

10/30/2026

It’s World Lemur Day!

While we don’t work with lemurs here at the sanctuary, there is some interesting natural history from one of our residents that relates to them.

This is Alasia, a Dumeril’s Boa.

While most Boas are found in the Americas, with nearly half of all Boas being from South America, there are 4 Species of Boa native to Madagascar, including the Dumeril’s.

Dumeril’s Boas exhibit an extremely interesting behavior called Caudal Luring, meaning they blend in with their surroundings (like leaf litter in this case) and move their tail to lure curious animals to becoming their next meal. For Dumeril’s boas, this means - you guessed it - the occasional lemur!

While this might sound scary, Alasia is one of our sweetest snakes that calls the sanctuary home. In fact, you can meet her tomorrow and the Science Center of Iowa for their Spooky Science event!

10/30/2026

Very excited for this collab with a very good friend of ours! Come out and make some bee displays!

The time has come... Well, to mark your calendars at least 😅 the official sign-up will come next week hopefully.
But until then! Exciting details to get you pumped and ready to sign up for the class 😎
It all starts at University Tavern at 3pm on Sunday, November 29th with Spock's Sanctuary - Reptile Rescue and Sanctuary - come out to get to know them and their mission and maybe even support them!! At around 4:15pm, FloraFauna will begin the bee dome class! Every participant will get to make their own creation and supplies available to choose from; and you can even upgrade and make two domes, if you want! A portion of all earnings will be donated to Spocks, as well as raffle and silent auction offerings in person and online that will be detailed closer to come 🐝 🐍

Mark your calendars for now and keep an eye out on all of our pages for when sign-ups open because seats will be limited. Talk soon!!

10/29/2026

Not bad for something that was a pile of wood in a Menards this morning!

Progress towards the final enclosure build! (For now!)

10/22/2026

Trivia + Conserving wildlife? Yeah we’ll be there.

Had a great night yesterday for Bird Nerd trivia with Iowa Bird Rehabilitation! What a great event!

10/21/2026

It’s Reptile Awareness Day

While we aren’t able to spend it in the way we’d like, sharing the stories of these incredible animals in person, we are beyond grateful.

-Grateful because last night some of our last animals have come home.
-Grateful to have a community that supports us through thick and through thin.
-Grateful to have friends that were willing to step up for fostering in our time of need.
-Grateful for every moment we get to spend with the animals we put so much work into.
-Grateful for the hundreds of hands beyond the one on the video that made this a reality.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This Reptile Awareness Day, we’re grateful to you all for making this step possible.

There’s so much more that needs to happen before we can officially open, but we hope to see you all soon! If you’d like to contribute to making people a little more aware of these animals and their stories every day, consider donating at the link below.

https://www.spockssanctuary.org/donate

10/17/2026

We’re very excited to be coming back for this event later this month! Hope to see you all there in your amazing outfits!

Celebrate Halloween with a little Spooky Science! 🎃🔬

Join us October 31 for creepy-crawly critters, hair-raising experiments and safe, science-y fun for the whole family. Costumes encouraged! 👻

All activities are included with admission.
Free for SCI members!

10/14/2026

Y’all ever just… give a spray tan to a tyrannosaurus?

10/10/2026

Update - it took 409 screws 😅

10/06/2026

2x4s - 33
Plywood sheets - 8
Energy - A lot!

Who’s enclosure do you think we need these to build?

Bonus: How many screws do you think it will take?

10/01/2026

Today we we took a morning away from the work at the sanctuary because we were invited to be a guest speaker for Dr. Hart’s Animal Behavior class at Drake University!

We shared about the journey of what made Spock’s into what it is today, some of our animal’s stories, and about the different opportunities we have for students to be active in at the sanctuary.

Thanks a ton for the invite!

Address

1202 Army Post Road
Des Moines, IA
50315

Opening Hours

Monday	5pm - 8pm
Friday	5pm - 8pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm
	2pm - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 12pm
	2pm - 5pm

Telephone

+17125920758

Website

http://spockssanctuary.org/, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdH1TUab19metO_6w1PAoC2zX5WajW1JiraaWQCe83ktQS9A/

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