Q: “Would you come to such and such thing?” 

 The answer is (99% of the time) YES we’d love to! We’ve been booked for everything from adult birthday parties in rented out bars to bachelorette parties, ren fairs, even just parents wanting to book some animal fun for their kids on a random afternoon! 

Q: “What kind of space do you need?”   

For most of our shows a living room or similar sized space would be enough for a private show like a birthday party. For public events- really as much space as you can give us. Every year we get told by librarians how surprised they are by just how popular our program is and how quickly the attendance cap gets hit (in fact, with some libraries we’ve had to start requiring a max head count purely because of how packed it gets). 

Q: “Do you need anything from us?”  

Nope! We bring just about everything we need- table, table cloth, animals, and even a small speaker with mic if need be. Saying that, if you had a table lying around we could borrow we wouldn’t say no! For very large audiences if you had a larger sound system we could plug our mic into or if you had a mic already hooked up that would definitely help!

Q: “Can you do your show outside?”  

Yes we can! Since we put the animals’ bins directly on the table though we cannot be in direct sunlight. If there was a tree providing shade, a small pavilion, or even a tent we could use that would be great. We have a small pop-up tent we can bring as well but it tends to be just enough for us and not the audience. 

Q: “Are you insured?”   

Yes we have insurance. To be listed on our insurance as additional insured does add a fee on top of the show fee which doesn’t go to us, that’s purely to cover the additional insurance listing.

Q: “Are any of your animals mean?”   

Since many of our animals are rescues, yes, not all of them come in friendly. We just simply don’t take these animals to come meet the kids 🙂

Q: “Can you get salmonella from petting the reptiles?”   

In more than thirteen years of working with reptiles interacting with the public, I have not come across a case of a child contracting salmonella from one of the animals. Simply petting the reptiles is not enough to get salmonella. Really the only reptiles I have worried about getting it from personally was when I worked with aquatic reptiles swimming around in their own bathroom water like turtles and alligators, but we do not have those :). Washing your hands or using hand sanitizer after interacting with our reptiles will be more than enough to stop any potential disease transference. 

Q: “What reptiles would you recommend for a child’s first pet reptile?”  

99% of the time I would recommend something like a crested gecko/leopard gecko, or a corn snake/hognose snake. There are care guides for most of them on our Youtube channel which you can find here. Feel free to message us on Facebook with any questions about preparing for a pet reptile as well!