Exotic Encounters

Exotic Encounters Exotic Encounters is an educational adventure on the "WILD" side! We bring exotic animals from all o

Most people don't ever get the opportunity to come face to face with animals from all over the world. Exotic Encounter's live animal shows allow you to get up close and personnel with these amazing creatures, learn what they eat, where they come from, touch them, and even feed them! Our live animal shows come to wherever the party or event are! We have so many animals to choose from, tenrecs from

Madagascar, micro squirrels from Africa, and parrots from Australia. It's easy for children and adults to be captivated as they have an encounter on the wild side. Our programs are unique, educational, and appropriate for any age! Our experienced handlers have been successfully doing live animal shows for years. We are fully insured and all of our animals are healthy, captive born, and raised around people.

Things are going to get "WILD" this summer at your local libraries! Sign up at the following libraries for one of our su...
05/12/2025

Things are going to get "WILD" this summer at your local libraries! Sign up at the following libraries for one of our summer visits to learn and meet the animals.

July 15th: Great Falls library 10:30AM 2 programs
July 16: Lewisville library 10:30AM 2 programs
July 18th: Chester Library 10:30AM 2 programs


As the school year comes to an end, we wanted to do something fun to reward those who worked hard during the school year...
05/12/2025




As the school year comes to an end, we wanted to do something fun to reward those who worked hard during the school year. We are giving away a FREE "Playdate with the Critters" program for your child and 6 of their closest friends/family members and all you have to do is send an email to [email protected] with a picture of your child's grades. JUST THE GRADES!! We don't need to see any personal info. We will post the winner in the comments below on May 31st!

PLEASE DO NOT POST PICTURES OF YOUR CHILD'S GRADES HERE!

04/10/2025

Guess where we will be this Saturday? Bring the family out for a Fun, FREE event!

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04/05/2025

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01/24/2025

This is what Big Bird does when she sees pizza.

We've got one! You can have Newton, the kinkajou  at your next 🎈, playdate👭 or event. Guests can pet, hold, and feed him...
01/17/2025

We've got one! You can have Newton, the kinkajou at your next 🎈, playdate👭 or event. Guests can pet, hold, and feed him treats.

Contact us through messenger or email ✉️ us at [email protected]

3694 likes, 41 comments. “Kinkajou 🐻 Tiny Teddy Bear of the Jungle!”

Getting in some Vitamin C at the  Purrfect Pair Cat Cafe today. This is my weekly visit to help kick the winter blues aw...
01/16/2025

Getting in some Vitamin C at the Purrfect Pair Cat Cafe today. This is my weekly visit to help kick the winter blues away. Drinks, kitties, and a good book to read for an hour.

Be a juke box hero for the kitties!! See info below from Rock Hills own Purrfect Pair Cat Cafe 😻
01/06/2025

Be a juke box hero for the kitties!! See info below from Rock Hills own Purrfect Pair Cat Cafe 😻

01/04/2025
Newton wants to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!
01/01/2025

Newton wants to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!

Thought this was a great idea to keep busy over the holiday break and give the wild life a little treat.
12/28/2024

Thought this was a great idea to keep busy over the holiday break and give the wild life a little treat.

Although anytime is the perfect time to make homemade pine cone bird feeders, I wanted to make sure I provided my black-capped chickadees with festive

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Growing up in New York I was privileged to learn all there was to know about animals in my families pet store. My father didn’t have your typical pet store, he had many types of exotic animals that you wouldn’t find or see anywhere else like giant tortoises, pigs, kinkajous, large parrots, and two headed turtles! It was my own personnel petting zoo and I never tired of it, even as I got older.

As a mater of fact, my fascination with animals kept growing as I got older, and I always loved to share my love of animals with others, especially children. Their faces just light up when they are presented with an animal and they learn about them. I was in my teens when I realized that when teaching children about animals you had to talk to them and present the information in a way that they could understand. It wasn’t long after that that I started to give tours for groups of children.

As an adult, to keep my passion for animals going, my husband and I formed Exotic Encounters. Through silly stories, props, and one of a kind, hands-on experiences children learn interesting and often funny facts about animals. Each “Exotic Encounter” is different, but the end always remains the same, in that, all the children have fun and walk away learning something about animals that they did not know before and life long memories have been created..

Now, Exotic Encounters is available for birthday parties, school programs, scout experiences, church, library programs, as well as, summer camps. You can even offer one of our one of a kind “Exotic Encounters” as a gift!!!