CaptainAquatics Fins & Scales

02/22/2025

Good morning!

This morning we had an unfortunate situation occur, while cleaning our blue tongue skink spuds enclosure. He jumped out of our hands and landed hard on the floor. Bringing him to the vet we discovered he dislocated his back legs and is unable to use them for the moment. Until he recovers, he won’t be attending shows.

We also wanted to reach out and kindly ask the community and anybody who supports what we’re doing to consider making a donation. Between routine check ups, incidents like this and the inevitable complications and situations that come up when caring for so many animals, our vet bill racks up quickly. 

we try to keep prices as low as possible given our goal is to spread passion and love for often misunderstood animals, not making a fortune.

If you are able to donate the link is on our website below the support tab. If you aren’t able to donate, I would greatly appreciate spreading this post.

Thank you so much for all the support you’ve shown. And I’m excited to continue working in this community!

CaptainAqautics Fins & Scales is a herpetology & aquatics educational business, providing educational shows, events, and encounters in and around Rutland, VT

02/18/2025

Our last show of this week! Get your tickets now!

02/17/2025

We are all sold out for our three upcoming shows this week! Due to this we want to give one more opportunity to anyone interested, Fortress of Fun is hosting us for one more show after our show on Saturday! This show will be from 3:30-4:30 taking place right after our 2-3pm show!

Link for buying tickets will be posted soon! These Saturday shows will be the first public appearance of one of our new ambassadors! Reserve your tickets because they are selling out fast!

02/12/2025

Hello everyone! I just wanted to post to remind everyone of our upcoming events next week!

2/16 - Sparkle Barn (SOLD OUT)
2/18 - The Fortress of Fun
2/22 - The Fortress of Fun

Please check out the events page to buy your tickets for the Fortress of Fun events! We look forward to seeing you!

02/01/2025

Wanted to share our breeding pair of Red Tail Green Rat Snakes Bonnie and Clyde hanging out after a tank cleaning!

I’ve had this pair for several months. Currently we aren’t actively trying to get eggs from these two (hence why they aren’t on a deep substrate), however when we do the babies will be for sale!

These two are a great example of animals that we care for but don’t attend shows. They are both amazing animals but are very shy and nervous around people and we don’t want to stress them!

If you like these two and would like to support them please feel free to donate on our website, every penny helps and every penny goes directly into the care of the animals!

01/31/2025

We’re excited to announce some of our upcoming shows and events!

The Sparkle Barn - 2/16/25 - SOLD OUT

The Fortress of Fun - 2/18/25 - Buy Tickets below!
https://www.fortressoffun.com/event-details/reptile-adventure-with-captainaquatics-2

The Fortress of Fun - 2/22/25 - Buy Tickets Below!
https://www.fortressoffun.com/event-details/reptile-adventure-with-captainaquatics

Bailey Memorial Library - 3/29/25 - FREE ADMISSION! Just show up!

We are so excited to see you all there!

Join us on February 18th and 22nd at 2 PM for an unforgettable hour with CaptainAquatics Fins & Scales! Alex, a passionate reptile enthusiast and Master Herpetologist, will introduce you to his amazing world of reptiles and amphibians!

01/20/2025

We had a great time yesterday at The Sparkle Barn! Wonderful audience and tons of fun! If you missed this show don’t worry, there is another show next month!

12/21/2024

Good morning everyone!

Unfortunately I have had to cancel the reptile show at Bailey Memorial Library today given the extreme cold temperatures. While it is unfortunate I prioritize the health and wellbeing of the animals above all else and I don’t feel it would be safe for them to go out in these conditions.

I apologize to anyone who was excited to attend and I hope you will attend another show sometime as there is more to come!

I hope you all have a very merry Christmas!

12/03/2024

Just a reminder that this Thursday from 3pm - 4pm we will be at the Bailey Memorial library in Clarendon, doing a walk-in meet and greet reptile show!

https://www.facebook.com/share/3U9m6UG912LLH2YT/?mibextid=9l3rBW

11/22/2024

Excited to announce two upcoming events! Both are meet and greet shows! Come meet some of our amazing ambassadors and get up close and personal with some reptiles!

Our first show is being hosted with Clarendon Bailey Memorial Library Thursday, December 5th at 3pm!

Our second show is being hosted with The Sparkle Barn Sunday, January 19th at 11am!

We hope to see you all there!

11/06/2024

We had so much fun attending the New England reptile expo over this past weekend. We met several amazing people and officially have two new ambassadors to our programs!

10/31/2024

Some of the results from picture days!
Going to keep some of them a surprise for when they are all posted to the website!

10/31/2024

Several days ago was lizard picture day, today is snake picture day! Maves is first up and she is quite curious about the backdrop, exploring every corner of it!

10/25/2024

Oh Chicago 😂
His photos came out great though! They, along with the others, photos will be shared soon!

10/25/2024

We officially have posted our prices for premade packages! Custom quotes are still available for more unique requests of course!

Check it out here:

Customized for you. Where do we service? Our primary service zone is located within 25 miles of central Rutland, VT!However, we will travel to you! We charge $0.75 per mile for locations outside of our typical service zone, up to 100 miles!(For travel over 100 miles from our primary service zone, fe...

10/22/2024

I’d like to make a post in Memory of Rango, my Baby Savanah Monitor, who sadly passed away this morning.
Rango came to me last month and was a joy to keep. He came in a bit sluggish but was eating and I assumed he needed some time to settle in as many reptiles do. Over the next week or two he perked up. Was eating well and active. Then over the last 2 weeks he started to take a decline.
He had his first vet appointment a bit over a week ago when I first started to notice his decline. He got medicine and was scheduled for another checkup in a week. He had perked up after his medication but yesterday he crashed pretty hard. Brought him in and it was discovered that he had pneumonia. He got more medication and was scheduled for another check up this afternoon but unfortunately passed away over the night.

He will be missed dearly and I wish I could have gotten to see him grow.

RIP Rango