Adopt an Animal!

Adopting an animal is a special and unique gift for the animal lover in your life. We offer several adoption plans for our reptiles & amphibians as well as a special adoption option for our birds of prey. All adoptions are for one year.

At Woodcock, our resident animals are a key element of our programs. Most of our animals visit with hundreds of students each year and enjoy that part of their jobs!

For more information about adopting an animal, please email the animal care coordinator at jbradshaw@woodcocknaturecenter.org or call (203) 762-7280.

Please note: In order to guarantee your package arrives prior to the Christmas/Holiday season, all adoptions must be purchased and finalized no later than Sunday, December 12th, 2021

Meet our Resident Animals

Resident Reptile & Amphibian Adoptions

Friend Level: $25

You receive:

4 x 6 Photo of your animal
Letter from your animal

Sponsor Level: $75

You receive:

5 x 7 Photo of your animal
Letter from your animal
Personal fact sheet
Certificate of Adoption

Protector Level : $150

You receive:

5 x 7 Photo of your animal
Letter from your animal
Personal fact sheet
Certificate of Adoption
"Meet & Greet" with your animal and his or her friends!

Resident Birds of Prey Adoptions

Guardian level: $500

You receive:

8 x 10 photo of your bird
Letter from your bird
Personal fact sheet
Certificate of Adoption
Private, up-close encounter with your bird

Why Adopt?

Adopting an animal from WNC can be a very special and unique gift for any animal lover. When you adopt one of our animals it helps the nature center provide the following:

Food
General maintenance and care
Veterinary care
Supplies (bedding, lighting, heat pads, etc.)

What exactly does it cost to feed our resident animals?

Owls

Rats & Mice: $1,000/yr per bird.

Reptiles & Amphibians

Veggies, fruit and shrimp: $600/yr

Crickets, feeder fish and bedding: $3,000/yr

Mice, rats and pinkies: $140/yr

Or, donate to our general animal care fund now.

All resident animal photos taken by educator & photography enthusiast Sam Nunes.

Hooty- Great Horned Owl	Click- Barred Owl	Jasper- Albino Ball Python
Indira- Red Tail Boa	Rocco- African Ball Python	Pancake- Bearded Dragon
Izzy- Legless Lizard	Juanita- Western Box Turtle	Elma- Eastern Box Turtle
Sprinkles- Eastern Box Turtle	Bottle Cap & Chicken Nugget- Painted Turtles	Franklin- Spotted Turtle
Van Gogh- Painted Turtle	Chubbs- African Bullfrog	Walter- Cane Toad
Mr. Toad- American Toad	Capone- Grey Tree Frog	Spot- Spotted Salamander