Come meet some of our animals!

We have about 35 different animal species and each one is very loved by us here at Nature on the Geaux. Most are rehomed or rescued exotic pets. When not out conducting programs, our day consists of caring and training time for all of our animal ambassadors.

Our full list (with their names):

Mammals: Hedgehog (Peaches), ferret (Kiwi & Mango), lesser tenrec (Maisie), rabbit (Biscuit)

Lizards: Leopard gecko (Squish), Blue Tongue Skink (Loki), Bearded Dragon (Zapp’s), Crested gecko (Obi)

Snakes: Speckled Kingsnake (Brooke), Corn Snake (Athena & Julius), Children’s Python (Bindi), Carpet Python (Dude), Ball Python (Cheese, Artemis, Henry), Hognose Snake (Noodle & Hisstopher), Kenyan Sand Boa (Ravioli), Woma Python (Bert), Mexican Black Kingsnake (Zara), Pueblan Millk Snake (Mel), Common boa (Circe & Apollo), Common garter snake (Danger)

Turtles/tortoises: Box Turtle (Lilo, Callie, Beyonce, Autumn), Red Foot Tortoise (Ducky & Littlefoot), Diamondback Terrapin (Clementine), Sulcata (Petri, Cera, Spike)

Amphibians: Axolotl (Freckles, Toothless, Penny, Pringles, Lemon), African Bullfrog (Trevor), White’s Tree Frogs (Dumpy, Jade, Julip), Colorado River Toad (Roz), Poison Dart Frogs

Invertebrates: Madagascar Hissing Roaches (George), Giant African Millipede (Nancy), Curly-haired tarantula (Hagrid), Brazilian Bird-Eating Tarantula (Persephone & Guin), Asian Forest Scorpion (Callisto), Striped-knee tarantula (Io), Blue Death Feigning Beetles, Vinegarroon.