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Hope everyone has a safe and exciting celebration tonight!! See y’all tomorrow! 🧨 🎇
07/04/2026

Hope everyone has a safe and exciting celebration tonight!! See y’all tomorrow! 🧨 🎇

This little dude cracks me up. This is Merlin. He is a three year old leachianus gecko that lives at our home. We have p...
04/06/2026

This little dude cracks me up. This is Merlin. He is a three year old leachianus gecko that lives at our home. We have people ask us all the time what critters we keep, so I thought I’d spotlight some every now and then. He has a girlfriend that is growing up a little bit before they meet ☺️

03/29/2026

Meet Daisy!! 🌼
Daisy came to us after the heartbreaking loss of The Retic. It felt like divine timing. She needed a soft spot to land and we had the space and the means.
Daisy is a Platinum Cow reticulated python. She is as sweet as can be. We hope you’ll stop in to meet her and welcome her to the Tails family.
🖤🤍🫶

03/27/2026

Tiny tanks with a surprisingly cute side 🪳✨

Giant cave cockroaches might sound a little intimidating, but they’re actually super low maintenance, hardy, and kind of fascinating to watch. Native to warm, humid environments, they love a cozy setup with leaf litter, cork bark, and plenty of hiding spots.

They don’t bite, they don’t smell, and they’re incredibly resilient, making them a great choice for anyone curious about invertebrates. Plus, they play an important role in breaking down organic matter, basically nature’s cleanup crew.

✔️ Easy to care for
✔️ Quiet and odorless
✔️ Great for bioactive setups
✔️ Unique and underrated

Not everything cute has fur or scales. Sometimes it has a little armor and a lot of personality 🪳✨

Come check them out!

We love our friends at KWE 🫶 These are so cuteHappy Valentine’s Day!! 🤍
02/14/2026

We love our friends at KWE 🫶 These are so cute
Happy Valentine’s Day!! 🤍

On Wednesday we said goodbye to The Retic. She came into our lives as a tiny hatchling in 2001, and from that moment on,...
01/30/2026

On Wednesday we said goodbye to The Retic.

She came into our lives as a tiny hatchling in 2001, and from that moment on, she became part of our family. For more than two decades, she was a constant presence; through moves, changes, growth, joy, and loss. She watched generations of people come and go, taught countless lessons, sparked curiosity, and quietly left her mark on so many hearts.

We knew this day was coming. With an animal who has been with you for that long, you try to prepare yourself. You tell yourself you’re ready. Captive retics have a 15-20 year life expectancy and she was 26. But knowing doesn’t make it hurt any less. We are absolutely devastated. The emptiness she leaves behind is profound, and the grief feels heavier than words can explain.

She never had an official name. We believed it was bad luck to name her, and so she was simply “The Retic”, known and loved just as she was.

She was never “just a snake.” She was history. She was trust, a constant. She was awe and respect and a reminder of why we fell in love with these animals in the first place. She was magnificent. She helped shape who we are and what we’ve built, and a piece of us will always belong to her.

We know she meant a lot to this community too. If you have photos, stories, or memories of her, whether from years ago or more recently, we would be honored if you shared them here. Seeing her through your eyes would mean more to us than you know.

Thank you for loving her, remembering her, and holding space for us as we grieve. Rest easy girl.

✨ Happy New Year! ✨We’re ringing in 2026 today, so we’re closed to celebrate and reset.We’ll be back open tomorrow from ...
01/01/2026

✨ Happy New Year! ✨
We’re ringing in 2026 today, so we’re closed to celebrate and reset.
We’ll be back open tomorrow from 11am–7pm and can’t wait to see you!

Thanks for an amazing year! You guys blew 2025 out of the water! Thank you for including us in your fintastic stories 🫶 🐠
Here’s to fresh fins, happy scales, and lots of new adventures
🦎💙🐍

Address

1718 N Nelson Drive Unit A
Derby, KS
67037

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 7pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

Telephone

(316) 788-1100

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