Meet the Creatures
Allow us to introduce you to the team!
Scaly Reptile Team
Some have smooth scales, some have rough, some have four legs and some have none, some stick out their forked tongue and some don't blink, but they all have two things in common: they are cold blooded and pleased to make your acquaintance!
Jasper, the milk snake, joined us in 2018.
Luna, the corn snake, joined us in 2018.
Phoenix, the chuckwalla, joined us in 2021.
Alonzo is a banana royal python and joined us in Sept 2024.
Uluru, the bearded dragon, joined us in 2022.
Steve, the blue tongued skink, joined us in 2020.
Vincent, the Horsefield’s tortoise, joined us in 2012.
Kingsley, the royal python, joined us in 2014.
Fernando, the pinstripe royal python, joined us in 2022.
Creepy crawly TEAM
It's not all about how many legs you have that gets you on this team! Some have hundreds of legs, some just have one great big slimy foot. To be a member of Team Creepy Crawly you simply must have your skeleton on the outside of your body. Bear in mind, sometimes we only have the youngsters of a particular species who are busy growing, and not yet big enough to come out to visits!
Sonic & Screwdriver, the giant train millipedes.
Jolene, Billy bob and family, the giant spiny stick insects.
Scarylegs, the curly hair tarantula joined is in 2022.
Michelle & The Milky Bar Kid, the giant African landsnails.
We started keeping giant hooded katydids in 2025
The Jungle nymphs have been on the team since we started in 2010!
Chardonnay & Tarquin, the hissing cockroaches.
Heeby Jeeby, the forest scorpion, joined us in 2021.
Feathered Bird TEAM
The only way to join the Bird Team is to shake your tail feather, in fact, any feather will do. It's what makes a bird, a bird after all!
Kio, the barn owl, joined us in 2025.
Thistle, the mottled owl, joined is in 2024.
The hens joined us in 2022. Hehe & Carl are Pekins. Carl started life as a hen, and after 3 years started looking and sounding like a cockerel, even growing spurs and cockadoodledoo-ing!
Dolly, the orange wing Amazon parrot, joined us in 2017.
Furry Mammal TEAM
Who has the silkiest. who has the bristliest, who has the fluffiest and who has the smoothest fur coat of them all? There's only one way to find out!
Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar and Smoky Bacon, the rats, started their obstacle course training in 2025.
Flossie & Shirley joined us in 2025. These two sisters have taken over Percival’s spot in encounters.
Dexter & Delilah joined us in 2025.
Pixie Prickles, the pygmy hedgehog, joined us in 2025.
Suzette & Margot, the guinea pigs, joined us in 2022.
The Golden Oldies
When a member of the team gets to their older years, they retire from visits. Animals need more rest time, and lots of extra TLC as they grow older. Their lives with us are the same, they just rest and relax more, staying with us for the rest of their days.
Some of the animals on the team retire before they reach their golden years, some have never even been to visits! If an animal’s personality doesn’t suit joining us on encounters, or if after a time they decide it’s not for them, they will also still stay with us at H.Q. until the end of their days. This is their home after all!
When you book a visit from us, it is part of their retirement fund too!
Percival has been a firm favourite over the years, and has retired. He and his sister Arabella joined us in 2017. Arabella has never been a fan of human interaction, so she’s never come to visits.
Clementine is a uromastyx, and a tiny one at that. She’s finally grown to a more reasonable size for visits, so is starting encounter training, and may be moved to the reptile team section soon!
Nero is a boa constrictor, and used to come to visits until he got to about 7ft long, at which point he got a bit too big and heavy to come out to the type of hands on sessions we offer. He’s 9ft now, and still growing!
Nanuq and Chico are fully retired now, and are usually found snuggled up together. Chico was born in 2021 and Nanuq in 2020, they joined us in 2023.
Gili, the laughing kookabura, joined us in 2010. The average lifespan is 12-15 years, so Gili is an older boy. He spends his day digging around in his enclosure for creepy crawlies and confusing anyone passing by with his call!
Quill joined the team in 2014. He was about 3 months old when we got him, and hadn’t had any training to that point. While he flies for us here at H.Q., he’s not a fan of strangers, so doesn’t come to visits.