08/22/2024
We brought some our reptiles to LSU vet school yesterday for Zoo Med (exotics) to have a check up and for the students to have some reptile experience. Here’s Puddin, Monty, and Pongo. Pongo will be up for adoption in 3 weeks!💚🦎🐍
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A husband and wife that run a reptile rescue nonprofit 501c3 located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana!
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08/22/2024
Draco! Our second rescue we got. 💚🦎💚
08/21/2024
Someone is shedding 😊💚🦎
08/20/2024
We got a surrender Sunday that was a critical care case. When we got him we could tell something was off. He was super dehydrated and didn’t move very well. We brought him to LSU yesterday so Zoo Med could look at him. They found that his bones were super brittle and the jaw didn’t form correctly so his tongue just sat out. We came to decision that he was in pain and needed to be PTS. We are sorry that life didn’t give you a better hand, one that you deserved. Sleep well DogPool.
08/19/2024
Everyone welcome our newest surrender, a leopard gecko, named Pongo. He/she was abandoned in front of a PetCo last week. It’s beautiful with a cool white spotted tail! 💚🦎💚
08/17/2024
Meet our newest beardie surrender, Kai. We will be bringing him/her in for a checkup soon. 💚🦎💚
08/15/2024
Sorry we haven’t posted a lot this week. After last week, we need a recharge. Hope everyone is having a great week. Here’s Stevie in a bigger tank (but will still be getting a bigger one asap).💚🐍💚
08/12/2024
Stevie visited LSU again Friday. He loves the attention 💚🐍💚
08/11/2024
This past Thursday we said goodbye to our sweet Toothless. As most of you know, Toothless had been having some health issues over the past year. He would get better and then decline and then he would seem to feel better...until he didn't. Toothless saw several zoo med doctors, a neurologist, a ophthalmologist, we tried medications and supplements, he even got acupuncture, but this past month we realized that no matter how much we wanted him too, he wasn't going to improve. Toothless changed our lives. He is the reason we started Scales and Tails. He went from being a lizard that lived at a vet clinic to being part of our family. He was in a magazine. He was on the news. He was a fan favorite at birthday parties and story times. He was our first ambassador. He was in our engagement pictures. He was our friend and we will forever be so grateful for everything we learned from him. We know that you all will miss him too. Many of our friends first time holding a reptile was holding Toothless. When we did story time, the kids knew him by name and they asked where he was when he couldn't go anymore. He's on our T-shirts that so many of our friends, family, and supporters have bought to help us continue rescuing. We will miss his dramatic side eye, the way he would head bob at a blueberry, watching him bask by the pool, and of course catching him lounging on his couch. We're so thankful to everyone who has been there for us. The doctors, our friends, our family, our followers, people who have donated, you keep us going. We love you Toofer, we miss you, and we will keep working hard to give animals like you a second chance.
08/07/2024
If y’all are in need of isopods and springtails for your terrariums or bioactive enclosures, let us know. We sell all kinds of varieties.
08/07/2024
We are trying to upgrade Stevie Wonder’s enclosure to something he needs and deserves. If you would like to donate to this cause we will leave some links in the comments. If y’all need any receipts we can mail you one. We are a nonprofit so you can write it off on your taxes. Thanks so much for y’all’s continued help and support!💚🐍💚
08/06/2024
We had a great time at the St George Open House at the Cub Scouts table!! Everyone loved Ed and Stevie especially. 💚🦎🐍💚
08/05/2024
New Wagon, Who Dis?!
We are getting ready to join the Cub Scouts table at the St George Open House tonight from 5-7. 💚🦎🐍💚
08/03/2024
The stages of Merlin’s tongue while eating, in reverse order.
Did you know:
Veiled chameleons tongues can extend up to two and a half body lengths and unravel at speeds that would allow a car to go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in one hundredth of a second.
08/03/2024
Does anyone know someone who would be able to help us build large custom enclosures? Also someone who would donate their time/talents to help a reptile rescue!💚🦎🐍
08/02/2024
Draco says have a great Friday!💚🦎💚
08/01/2024
UP FOR ADOPTION!!!
Spyro, a leopard gecko, is still up for adoption! He’s a great eater, likes being held, and has a great personality. Would be great for a beginner or an experienced reptile keeper. Located in BR. PM for details. 💚🦎💚
07/31/2024
Stevie Wonder.
Did you know albino animals including snakes tend to have eyesight problems and sometimes blind like Stevie? Albino animals are animals that have a partial or complete loss of pigmentation due to a genetic condition called albinism. Albinism occurs when an animal inherits mutated genes from both parents that prevent their cells from producing melanin, the pigment that gives color to an animal’s skin, eyes, hair, and scales.
Leucism: (all white snakes or animals)
A partial loss of pigmentation caused by a mutation in the gene that controls pigment cell differentiation and migration.
07/29/2024
Pics from this Saturday at Spyder’s birthday party. Even though the power went out, we still had a blast. We love to see the smiles on the kids faces, especially the birthday kid. Makes it all worth it. Who else wants a reptile themed birthday party??💚🐍💚
07/27/2024
On our way to Spyder’s 10th birthday party! 💚💚🦎🐍🐢🦖🎉🎁
07/26/2024
UP FOR ADOPTION!!!
Spyro the leopard gecko is up for adoption! He is healthy, a great eater, and very good at being handled. Plus look at that face! Located in BR. PM for details. 💚🦎
07/25/2024
Merlin has his moments where he’s not hissing at me🤣🦎
07/24/2024
Wednesday Wishlist.
We have everything from lights to food and other accessories in here. Thanks for all y’all’s support.
07/24/2024
🎶Pull over that a$$ to fat🎶🤣
Falkor was our first reptile we rescued back in January 2021. He’s what got me and my wife hooked on reptiles. Next we got our crested gecko Draco from the same owner. Then in July we got Toothless our bearded dragon and then 6 months later we started our rescue. It’s been a wild ride full of ups and downs, but to see the faces of the people who adopt them, makes it all worth it!💚🐍🦎🐢🦖🐉
07/23/2024
Maize looking fresh after her shed. Looking good for being 22!💚🐍💚
07/22/2024
We LOVE updates on our adopted out reptiles! Here’s Mushu in his new 40 gallon bioactive enclosure! He went from a bad situation to being adopted by an awesome family! Makes everything worth it to see our reptiles and their new families happy!💚🦎💚
07/16/2024
07/16/2024
We did another collaboration with our friends at Mimosa Handcrafted for 💚🐍💚
In honor of World Snake Day, MIMOSA interviewed Sean and Meg Braud of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's Scales and Tails Animal Reptile Rescue.
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Videos
Stevie taking a night swim!💚🐍🌊
Video of Merlin. Their grips are super strong. Did you know: When moving along branches they sway from side to side to look like a leaf.💚🦎🍃🍂
Stevie having his first swim in our new reptile pool. He loves it!💚🐍💚
The Eastern Newts we are babysitting. We can watch them all day. Yesterday was feeding day.
Merlin getting some dinner.💚🦎💚 #dinner #chameleon #nonprofit
Monty doing what he does every night. Tries to look for a way to escape.🤣🫠💚🐍
Arrakis doing some exploring 💚🐍💚
Merlin getting some dinner.💚🦖💚
Have you ever seen a snake drink water?Here’s Maize drinking some fresh water after I cleaned her bowl. 💚🐍💚
Merlin’s first meal with us! He ate some superworms. 💚🦎💚🪱
Scooter Update: He didn’t gain any weight today, but he didn’t Lose any so that’s good!Gave him a bath, then here’s me giving him his Critical Care and washing his eye out. There’s still a film over his eyes from the stuck shed. Fingers Crossed!💚🦎💚
Dr Alan Grant Update:Turns out he’s a she!! Also check out this awesome new mansion he’s in! From being abandoned in a parking lot to this makes our hearts full!❤️💚❤️🦎
Daisy!Daisy’s eyes are all back to normal! When we got her her eyes were totally shut due to an infection and stuck shed. She was also underweight. We are running a test on her this week and then hopefully we can adopt her out soon!! Thanks everyone for following her journey and giving us encouragement 💚🦎💚
Falkor got an upgrade for his tank today! We made a bioactive tank for him aka a fully functional environment with live plants and a cleanup crew of springtails and isopods. This was possible due to a very generous donation from an LSU vet school student.
Meet our newest surrender Pumpkin! She’s an African Sideneck Turtle. She’s about 5 years old and seems to be in good health. Cool Facts: because of their long necks they can’t pull their heads back like other species of turtles but put it to the side. Also because of their long necks they can right themselves if they ever find themselves on their backs unlike most species of turtles.
Pico💚🦎💚 To everyone new Pico was surrendered to us with MBD. Lucky he was young and we treated it so he’s gotten a lot better (his bones aren’t so wobbly and he doesn’t walk as weird, as well as put in weight). You can tell in the video that his front legs are shaped differently (bent weird). We love Pico
Daisy ❤️💚
Daisy Update: Her last night after her soak, eye flush, eye drops, and dinner. BOTH of their eyes are open!! One of them is still half open some of the times but it’s still getting better each day. She’s up to 37 grams, 2 grams since last post and 12 since we got her. It’s looking like she could be healthy enough to adopt out one day!💚🦎💚
Daisy Update: She’s up 11 grams since we got her. She still gets her Critical Care along with a superworm or roach a night. Along with her soaks, eye rinses, eye drops, and Silver Sulfadiazine for her eyes. I just got what looks like the last of the stuck shed off her eyes and she’s been opening them both so it’s looking hopeful.💚🦎💚
DAISY UPDATE: This is HUGE! Daisy has finally started to eat some on her own! Since this sweet girl has come to us, we’ve had to syringe feed her because her eyes are so infected she couldn’t see to hunt. We’ve been doing subcutaneous fluids, anti inflammatory injections, flushing her eyes, and applying a few different eye medications several times a day but all the hard work is FINALLY paying off! This little lady is a fighter! Taking care of these cases are tough because we get so attached. Every victory means so much but it also means treatment can become very expensive. If you can help in anyway wether that be through a donation or just by sharing this post, it would mean so much to us and sweet Daisy! Thank you to everyone who’s asked for updates and all her doctors that are continuing to help us with her care. WE’RE ROOTING FOR YOU DAISY! 🌼
