Adopt an Animal!
Adopting an animal is a special and unique gift for the animal lover in your family. We offer several adoption plans for our reptiles & amphibians as well as a special adoption option for our birds of prey.
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.
Why Adopt?
What exactly does it cost to feed our resident animals?
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 & Care
- Veterinary Care
- Supplies (Bedding, Lighting, Heat Pads, etc.)
Owls & Hawk:
Rats & Mice- $2.90 per day/per bird / $1,058.50 per year/per bird
Total cost per year to feed our birds: $4,234.00
Reptiles & Amphibians:
Veggies, Fruit and Shrimp- $46.00 per month / $603.20 per year
Crickets, Feeder Fish and Bedding- $ 231.00 per month / $3,000.00 per year
Mice, Rats & Pinkies- $140.00 per year
Total cost per year to feed our reptiles & amphibians: $3,740.00
Meet our Resident Animals
Resident Reptile & Amphibian Adoptions
All adoptions are for one year.
Friend $25.00
You receive:
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4 x 6 photo of your animal
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Letter from your animal
Sponsor $75.00
You receive:
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5 x 7 Photo of your animal
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Letter from your animal
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Personal fact sheet
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Certificate of Adoption
Protector $150.00
You receive:
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5 x 7 Photo of your animal
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Letter from your animal
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Personal fact sheet
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Certificate of Adoption
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"Meet & Greet" with your animal and his or her friends!
Resident Birds of Prey Adoptions
Guardian $500.00
This one year sponsorship includes:
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Professional 8 x 10 photo of your bird
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Letter from your bird
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Personal fact sheet
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Certificate of Adoption
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Private, up-close encounter with your bird
 Pancake- Bearded Dragon |  Dakota- Red Tailed Hawk |  Hooty- Great Horned Owl |
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 Click- Barred Owl |  Indira- Red Tail Boa |  Chubbs- African Bullfrog |
 Elma- Eastern Box Turtle |  Van Gogh- Painted Turtle |  Sprinkles- Eastern Box Turtle |
 Rocco- African Ball Python |  Squirt & M&M- Painted Turtles |  Bonnie & Capone- Grey Tree Frogs |
 Franklin- Spotted Turtle |  Walter- Cane Toad |