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11/08/2023

Although these might just appear like classics and amels... there's something ever so slightly special about them...

These guys are the start of our Scaleless Coral Snow Tessera project. These little babies all carry the amel, anery, red factor, and scaleless genes, facilitating the project and eventually producing something that, as far as we are aware, no one else is doing right now.

Can we just skip to the good bit? 👌😫😂

08/08/2023

They're finally here! 🙌 🤩

This is the clutch we've had the most pre-orders for, and you can absolutely see why! 😍🥰 These stunning Coral Snow Tesseras, Snow Tesseras, and Snows are so beautiful. The Snow morph is probably one of, if not the, most popular morphs we produce every year.😳

In total, we hatched out 19 of these beauties, and we can't wait to get them established on their food and into their new owners' hands 😀

02/08/2023

This years clutch of Butters are looking 🔥 💯

The butter morph is probably one of my favourites, but chuck in that Tessera gene, and it takes it to a whole other level.

These guys will soon be going up on to morph market, although be quick, as we already have pre-orders and there's only 6 of them!

27/07/2023

We can't get over how stunning some of the hatchlings from this clutch are!

The pairing was our girl Cinnamon (Ghost Motley) x Sausage (Coral Snow Tessera), and the babies are just gorgeous.

It's a pairing a do every year because it's always a fan favourite! We've already got pre-orders for these little guys when they go and more are coming in. It's always such a great feeling to see such a wonderful response to animals you've worked tirelessly to produce.

24/07/2023

Another baby Leopard Gecko has hatched!

This is our first season breeding Leo's, and we've learned such an immense amount about these wonderful animals.

We will be holding all of the babies back we produce this year, building up our livestock ready for next season where we can hopefully produce some stunning animals.

We're thoroughly enjoying this journey despite the hardships along the way.

11/07/2023

Well, well, well, isn't that a surprise!

This is not the clutch we were expecting at all. The pairing was Sausage (Coral Snow Tessera het Motley) to Apricot (Scaleless with unknown hets)... We were expecting normals at best, loaded with heta for future projects.

Instead, we've got... Well, I'm not entirely sure! I think those are Butters, as despite the photo making them look extremely pink, they're not red enough to be amels and they're not light enough to be snows, which makes me think they might be Butters. We'll have to wait and see how they look after a few sheds.

As for the darker ones, they're not anerys, as there's brown and red in them, so perhaps normals. Maybe with some RF in them? Once again, I'm not sure as this one has thrown is for a loop. Once they've had one or two sheds, I'll have a much better idea of their morphs. However, I'm happy to say they're all scaleless, which build towards multiple future projects! Exciting and, confusing, times 😂😍

06/07/2023

They're starting to hatch thick and fast!

That's the second clutch this week that has started to hatch. The pairing was Cinnamon (Ghost Motley) x Sausage (Coral Snow Tessera). This clutch will produce some absolute stunners like the same pairing last year.

We're expecting Anery, Anery Motleys, Anery Tessera, Anery Motley Tessera, and some with RF thrown in, which gives the whites a gorgeous pink colour. So, a really stunning variety!

This time of year really is like Christmas for breeders, as all of those gorgeous pearly white start to have little heads poking out of them.

04/07/2023

Finally, some great news after yesterday's tragedy! 🤩

Our first clutch of the season has finally started to pip! We're so excited to see what will be produced from this pairing. It was between Passionfruit (Lavender Motley het anery, amel) and Blackberry (Lavender Tessera het anery, amel, motley) so it should produce everything from Opal Motley Tesseras to Moonstone Motleys. There's going to be great variety in this clutch!

After the tragedy at the start of the week, it's really great to have something that lifts the spirits! 🥰

03/07/2023

Absolutely heartbroken! 💔

We've been away for the last couple of weeks (hence the lack of posting) on a well-deserved break, but we've come home to find one of our incubators has failed! The temps, for some reason, have shot up to 60c, subsequently killing the 8 leopard gecko eggs inside. 😭

There doesn't seem to be any reason why the incubator has malfunctioned, and it was only purchased last year. It had been working for a month and a half without any issues.

We know that there's always the possibility of downside to breeding reptiles, but it doesn't hurt any less when it happens. We'll gut it and repurpose it as a DIY incubator, so hopefully this issue won't happen again.

07/06/2023

And just like that, the last of the clutches is laid for this season.

Our stunning Sage (Snow Tessera), who was paired to our Coral Snow Tessera het Motley, Sausage, laid a stunning clutch of 20 pearly white eggs! The aim is to produce more Coral Snow Tesseras and future our line, producing some of the pinkest snow tesseras going!

Although our season has had its highlights, unfortunately, sometimes, it can be hit and miss. Two clutches laid consisted of all slugs, and 2 girls decided they didn't want to go this season.

With 73 eggs laid for us this season, it has been a marked improvement over last year. Although we didn't hit our target of 120 gorgeous little pearls, we improved over last year, and that's all that matters in this game. Onwards and upwards!

01/06/2023

Dinner time at Scales & Tails UK.

This gorgeous guy, a W&Y APTOR, must have been starving because as soon as we gave him some meal worms today, he absolutely demolished them!

We currently have 10 eggs in the incubator from our first season with Leo's, which we're really happy about as we've only just got into them and are dipping our toe into working with them... the corns, on the other hand... Might need to buy someone bigger 🤔 😬

25/05/2023

We can't wait to see what this gorgeous girl hatches out.

Apricot (Scaleless ph Amel, Anery, Caramel) x Sausage (Coral Snow Tessera het Motley) is the start of our Scaleless Snow Tessera project. We're hoping to prove out her hets, but even if we don't manage to, her offspring will go on to produce Scaleless Snow Tessera, as they'll all be 100% het for Scaleless, amel and anery.

Breeding projects take years in the making, but when it all finally comes off, that'll be when it's worth every second.

24/05/2023

We have the first baby Leopard Gecko of the season!

The pairing was a Bucks Fizz (Female Sunglow) x Corkscrew (Male W&Y RAPTOR). It's going to be the first of many for these two and with any luck, we'll be producing Sunglows in no time 😍🥰

It genuinely blew us away just how small this little guy is 😩 It's too cute!!!

17/05/2023

More eggs incoming!

These two absolute stunners, Sausage (Coral Snow Tessera het Motley) x Cinnamon (Ghost Motley), produced a whopping 21 eggs with absolutely no slugs.

Last year, they produced some stunning babies so fully expecting these to be the same, as there's already a waiting list to snap up their offspring.

16/05/2023

First clutch of the season!😍🤩

Although certainly not the last. They're certainly starting to come in thick and fast, with this year being our best year to date!

We're super excited about this clutch though as it was our girl Passionfruit (Lavender Motley het Anery) x Blackcurrant (Lavender Tessera het Anery) that were paired together and will be the start of our Moonstone Tessera project. We'll be looking to use him next year for our Opal Tessera project as well.

For those that are new to our Insta, all of our animals are named after fruit/food or alcoholic beverages. You can thank Chelsea for that! 😂

05/05/2023

I think this has to be the pairing that we most love doing.

Nutmeg (Masque Ultramel Cinder) x Custard (Butter).

The babies that are produced are stunning. Although they're not what one might call "high-end" morphs, with them all being het Cinder, it makes the base colour so crisp and clean.

We might even be temped to hold back a Gold Dust het Cinder from this pairing this year!

03/05/2023

Another fan favourite! 😍

Repeating a highly successful pairing from last year! Sausage (Coral Snow Tessera het Motley) x Sage (Snow Tessera. The pictures really so not do Sausage justice as to how incredibly pink he is. 💗

This pairing is the basis of our Coral Snow project, where we look to line breed to create those pinks that just pop

We've already got orders for the offspring of these two, and we can't wait to see what they produce again this year!

01/05/2023

It's that time of year again!

We're really looking forward to seeing what these two stunners produce this year.

They're new to the collection and going to be the start of our Opal and Moonstone projects. We're hoping to produce Moonstone Tesseras with them this season.

The pairing is Blackberry (Lavender Tessera het Anery) to Passionfruit (Lavender Motley het Anery).

We also wanted to extend an apology for our absence! Instagram managed to lock us out of our account, but once we got back in, bugs meant we weren't able to post anything. We're still having issues with posting reels.

08/02/2023

Can't get over how much Pepperoni has grown since we got her last year!

Her previous owner was feeding her one large mouse a month due to financial constraints, causing her to drop down to 93g. However since purchasing her, with an utterly ravenous appetite, she's managed to gain to 230g and looks like she'll be ready for the next breeding season due to being over 3 years of age.

We're really looking forward to producing more stunning animals like her!

06/02/2023

The leopard gecko breeding season is getting off to a flying start as our girls and boys start to pair up!

We have our W&Y Raptor male, Corkscrew, pairing with our stunning Sunglow female, Bucks Fizz.

Also being paired is our Super Snowflake male, Mojito, to our lovely Tangerine Tremper female, St Clemens.

We'll be incubating the eggs at a lower temperature to produce all females, to start a couple of specific lines. Super excited to see where this takes us!

03/02/2023

Can't believe how quickly this girl is growing! We've named her Humbug, after the sweet.

Born in August 2022, she's already eating hoppers and will soon be going onto small mice. She just seems to grow at a crazy rate 😍

We can't wait to start breeding her as she's an anery motley tessera het amel, hypo and we're expecting to produce some crazy beautiful animals with her ❤️

02/02/2023

This girl is growing so well and has already put on a couple of grams with us! Hopefully, she'll be ready to breed soon as she's starting to look in great shape!

26/01/2023

This gorgeous girl is Bucks Fizz and is the last leopard gecko that we recently added to the collection.

She's a Sunglow which is a Super Hypo, Tremper Albino and Tangerine. The orange of Tangerine along with the lack of black spots is what denotes her as a Sunglow. Any leopard Gecko with reduced black supports is considered a Hypo but a Super Hypo has either a complete absence or less than 10, black spots.

She'll be ready to produce this year and we can't wait to see her babies!

20/01/2023

Introducing Corkscrew!

This gorgeous little guy is a White & Yellow RAPTOR and is already at breeding size. This coming year we've got some big plans for him and with any luck, will be producing gorgeous baby Leo's in no time! We can't wait to see how adorable they are.

17/01/2023

This cute little guy is Mojito! He's a Snowflake!

The Snowflake morph is a combination of Snow (Mack), Murphy Patternless, Albino (Tremper) and Eclipse. This makes this guy bit of a powerhouse gene wise and will be a basis for a few projects going forward, such as our RAPTOR and Total Eclipse projects.

We can't wait to see what produces this season. Although I do feel sorry for him! Chelsea says he looks like an uncooked chicken 🐔 🤣

06/01/2023

Introducing our new girl, Mimosa!

She's a stunning White & Yellow APTOR with some outstanding vibrancy in her pattern and is also het for Eclipse.

Hopefully she'll be breeding for us this year as she's now at a good weight to sustain her throughout the intensive development and laying of eggs.

Watch this space!

04/01/2023

Last feed of 2022 before they entered into brumation.

Always hungry, always strike, always put on a show!

01/01/2023

Happy New Year 🥳🎆

New year, new projects! So with the New Year, we've decided to diversify and start working with Leapord Geckos🦎 as well as Corn Snakes 🐍

Introducing this gorgeous girl, Bucks Fizz, and she is a Sunglow ☀️ (Albino Tremper, Tangerine, Super Hypo). Chelsea has named all of our corns after food, so we decided to name the geckos after drinks!

We're really looking forward to see what she produces in the coming years!

24/12/2022

Merry Christmas from Jonathan & Chelsea at Scales & Tails!

We hope you're all having a lovely Christmas and enjoying time with your family. We'll be off to midnight Mass before spending tomorrow with Chelseas' family, stuffing ourselves senseless!

Our snakes have just gone into brumation ready for the coming breeding season and we're excited to show you what we've got planned.

Have a very merry Christmas and God bless.

30/11/2022

Feeding time for this stunning hatchling. 🍽

This little later was born in July but has come on at such an incredible rate; she's already on hoppers and once our new rack arrives, will be moving up to the next size rub as she's growing at an incredible rate! Why is it some snakes thrive and can out on the inches where as others take their time?

She already strikes and coils her food.

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New genes for the collection and excited for the future projects this ones going to be involved with... Female Lavender Motley/Stripe het Anery. She'll form a part of our moonstone or Opal project. #cornsnake #cornsnakes #cornsnakesofinstagram #culubrid #culubridsnake #calm #snakesuk #snake #snakes #snakesofinstagram #snakesofig #reptiles #reptilesofinstagram #project #future #plans #planstagram #lavender #purple #new #collection #newcollection #beautiful #babies #eggs #petsofinstagram #petlovers #pet #animal #animalphotography

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New addition to the collection! Male Lavender Tessera het Anery which we will be pairing to our female Lavender Motley/Stripe het Anery to produce some stunning 🔥 Moonstone Tessera🔥 What would be your dream cornsnake to own? The collection is really coming along with new genes constantly being added to take the animals we are producing to the next level. #new #addition #lavender #male #projects #project #adorablepets #cute #babies #baby #eggs #future #cornsnake #cornsnakes #cornsnakesofinstagram #petsnake #pet #snek #noodle #snake #snakes #snakesofig #snakesofinstagram #animalphotography #petsofinstagram #petstagram #instapet #growth #purple #pattern

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The look of confusion there was utterly real... violence it is then buddy 🥊👀😂

These two are going to produce some stunning babies! Tessera is one of our favourite pattern morphs but added to butter, it really makes the colours pop! #pets #petsofinstagram #petoftheday #petsagram #petphotography #petlovers #petshoponline #animalsofinstagram #animallovers #animallover #animaladdicts #animal #animals #snake #snakes #snakesofinsta #snakesofinstagram #snakebreeder #snakelove #snakeoftheday #reptilelover #reptile #reptilesofinsta #reptilefanatics #reptilebreeder #reptilesofinstagram #reptilekeeper #cornsnake #cornsnakes #babies #baby #eggs #egg #snakekeeper #snakeskin

It's that time of month where we do our deep clean on all of the snakes! Chelsea took one for the team and cleaned out all of the RUBs, replacing all of the substrate. We typically spot clean all of our snakes daily, with a deep clean being done once a month, or every other month depending on how soiled the RUB. We use aspen as corns love to burrow and keep our snakes in 50L RUBs to ensure they've got adequate space. To ensure your snake has adequate space, they need to stretch around two of the sides of the RUB. Many snake breeders keep their snakes in 30L RUBs but we felt that was far too small and therefore, tried to strike a balance between the ability to store the RUBs and not taking up lots and lots of room, with ensuring our snakes have got enough room to thrive. #cornsnake #cornsnakes #cornsnakesofinstagram #cornsnakesofig #uk #unitedkingdom #london #snakephotography #snake #snakes #snakesofinsta #snakesofinstagram #snakebreeder #snakeoftheday #snakeskin #snakelove #snakelife #pets #petlover #petoftheday #petsofinstagram #cleaning #deepcleaning #animalcare #animallovers #animal #animals #animaladdicts #animalphotography #petcare