Your Cast of Animals
Requesting Animals
All requests must be submitted a week prior to the scheduled show. Choose the number of animals (depending on which package you booked) from the list below and send them to us via email at info@zootoyou.ca . We will try to accommodate your requests as best as possible. Please note our packages normally include a mix of animals and we do not accept animal requests for our 16 animal package.
Interaction Level
Please note the interaction section beside each of the animals in the description. Some of the animals are not as interactive as others. Some animals have a limited availability so book early!
Surprise List
Another option is to leave the list with us to choose a surprise list of animals that is well suited for audience of your event.
Fears
If children have a fear of a certain animal, please let us know beforehand. If there are any parents or attending adults with a fear, please take into consideration that the children will benefit from interacting with those particular animals. Exposing young children to certain animals, such as snakes and tarantulas, will help to curb any developing phobias that media or other influences have put on them.
American Alligator or Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman or Spectacled Caiman
American alligators are from the swamps in the southern United States. They will grow 8-14 feet long, have about 75 teeth and have a very strong tail that they use for swimming and defence.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for any age group.
Sugar Glider
Sugar gliders are a marsupial from Australia, they're similar to a flying squirrel. They have an extension of skin from their last finger to their first toe to allow them to jump and glide from tree to tree.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for any age group.
Burmese Python
Burmese pythons are the sixth largest snake in the world, they can grow from 10-19 feet long and are heavy bodied snakes. They are originally from Southeastern Asia.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for any age group, great photo opportunities, a must-have.
Savannah Monitor
Savannah monitors usually grow to about 4 feet in length, sometimes reaching 5 feet. They have thick scaly skin and they have a forked tongue like a snake for tasting the air.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for older group, limited availability.
Rose Hair Tarantula
Rose hair tarantulas are very hairy, but friendly tarantulas that are not poisonous. They have eight eyes and eight legs and are from Chile in South America.
Interaction: Surprisingly very interactive, great for any age group, great photo opportunities, a must-have.
Chinchilla
Chinchillas are from the Andes Mountains in South America, so they have a very thick fur coat to keep them warm. They love to take a bath in dust to keep their fur dry and soft.
Interaction: Very interactive, a must-have, great for any age group, great photo opportunities.
Crested Gecko
Crested Geckos are amazing little lizards. They can leap, have a prehensile tail and have tiny hairs on their feet so they can climb even on flat surfaces like glass. They also don't have any eyelids, so they lick their eyes with their long tongues to clean them.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for any age group.
Bearded Dragon
Bearded Dragons can make themselves look bigger and scarier by puffing out their beards, opening their mouths, and widening their bodies. They are from the deserts of Australia.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for any age group, possibility of being fed during presentation.
Red Eyed Tree Frog
Red eyed tree frogs are from the rainforests of Central America where it is warm and humid. Sticky pads on their toes allow them to climb and stick to the trees and leaves.
Interaction: Interacts with birthday child only, great for any age group, great photo opportunities, a must-have.
Red-footed Tortoise
Red-footed Tortoises can grow to be about 14 inches in length. They are very colourful tortoises and have a very curious and friendly nature.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for any age group, possibility of being fed during presentation.
Emperor Scorpion
Emperor scorpions are not a poisonous type of scorpion, their stingers are located at the end of their tails and if they did sting it would be like getting stung by a bee.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for older age group.
African Pygmy Hedgehog
Hedgehogs will curl up into a tight ball when they get frightened and stick their spikes up to protect themselves.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for any age group, a must-have.
Leopard Gecko
Leopard Geckos are small, friendly lizards. They're called leopard geckos because of their leopard-like markings.
Interaction: Moderately interactive.
Mini Rex "Velveteen" Rabbit
The mini rex rabbit has extremely soft short fur. They are a very smart and well-known pet rabbit, they're playful, relaxed and are known to be more "cat-like" than other breeds.
Interaction: Very interactive, a must-have, great for any age group, great photo opportunities.
Eastern Box Turtle
Eastern Box Turtles are the only type of turtle that can fully hide their whole body inside their shell.
Interaction: Very interactive, possibility of being fed during presentation, great for older age group.
Ball Python
Ball Pythons are called that because when they feel threatened they coil themselves into a ball and tuck their head in the middle for protection. They will grow to be about 4-5 feet long.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for younger age group, great photo opportunities, a small snake choice.
African Spurred Tortoise
African Spurred Tortoises could grow up to 150 pounds and live to be 100 years old. They are the third largest type of tortoise in the world.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for any age group, possibility of being fed during presentation.
Corn Snake
Corn snakes have a docile nature, are a moderate size (3-6 feet in length), have attractive patterns and colour variations and that makes them very popular as a pet.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for any age group, a small snake choice.
Red Tegu
Red Tegu's are from South America and are a large heavy bodied type of monitor lizard. They have thick scaly skin and they have a forked tongue like a snake for tasting the air.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for any age group, possibility of being fed during presentation, limited availability.
House Hippo / Skinny Pig
House hippos may look like miniature hippopotamuses, but are actually just naked guinea pigs called skinny pigs. They are not from the wild and are a mutation from a regular guinea pig.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for any age group, possibility of being fed during presentation.
Ferret
Ferrets are very friendly and have a playful nature and love going for walks on their leashes or a run through their tunnel.
Interaction: Very interactive, great for any age group.
Dwarf Reticulated Python
Dwarf reticulated pythons won't grow as big as the reticulated python, which is the longest snake in the world reaching up to 30 feet long. They are beautifully patterned snakes and are a long slender constrictor.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for an older age group, great photo opportunities.
Blue-tongued Skink
Blue-tongued skinks are from Australia and have a bright blue tongue to scare away other animals because bright colour in the wild is usually a sign of danger. So their tongue is their defense.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for older age group.
Mali Uromastyx
Mali uromastyx is a unique type of lizard from Africa. He has a spiked tail that he uses like a club when defending himself. He eats mostly vegetation, but likes the occasional insect.
Interaction: Moderately interactive, great for any age group, great photo opportunities.