Paws and Claws Animal Encounters

Paws and Claws Animal Encounters Enriching animal encounters at the Gateway to Hocking Hills since 2015. Encounters on our farm have begun! Check out https://www.pandcencounters.com to book.
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Proud to offer swimming with otters, painting with otters, fox, sloth, and capybara encounters, as well as full tours at one of the most unique farms around.

Happy Friday! You might meet this sweet boy, Comet and wonder what he is. Comet is a nilgai antelope that is native to A...
08/15/2025

Happy Friday!
You might meet this sweet boy, Comet and wonder what he is. Comet is a nilgai antelope that is native to Asia. Nilgai are also sometimes referred to as the “blue bull” because as males mature they turn into a blue/grey color and they are in the bovine family. Although Comet is a boy, he will not turn colors because he is castrated. We made the decision to castrate him for his own safety as the bulls can be quite dangerous to other animals and humans when the hormones kick in.

Something smells fishy….It’s definitely the otters! Just a friendly reminder our otters do eat sea food and shellfish. I...
08/14/2025

Something smells fishy….

It’s definitely the otters! Just a friendly reminder our otters do eat sea food and shellfish. If you are allergic we do not recommend our otter swims. They love to play with their food as much as they love to eat it.

Every otter deserves an emotional support muntjac. Lylla has claimed Mushu as her best friend. In the wild, Asian Small ...
08/13/2025

Every otter deserves an emotional support muntjac. Lylla has claimed Mushu as her best friend.

In the wild, Asian Small Clawed Otters and Muntjac deer are known to have overlapping territories but have shown no dependencies on each other. There are zoos across the world that have housed these species together and have seen them bond. We will continue to monitor ours together and make social adjustments as needed.

In case you needed some raccoons eating in your newsfeed this evening.
08/12/2025

In case you needed some raccoons eating in your newsfeed this evening.

Coconut enrichment with the mongoose and coatimundis. They have been having a great time smelling, rolling, clawing, and...
08/11/2025

Coconut enrichment with the mongoose and coatimundis. They have been having a great time smelling, rolling, clawing, and chewing them.

One of them is not like the others. Do you spot Zooma?
08/10/2025

One of them is not like the others. Do you spot Zooma?

Happy Gotcha Day to these five 🐪🐴🐴🫏🐴 One year ago today Cleo, Molly, Gru, Phillip, and Esmeralda arrived. Today they are...
08/09/2025

Happy Gotcha Day to these five 🐪🐴🐴🫏🐴 One year ago today Cleo, Molly, Gru, Phillip, and Esmeralda arrived. Today they are thriving and are very very loved. This summer they have enjoyed lots of spa days, extra treats, and love from our many visitors. We feel very lucky that we get to be their forever home.
Huge shout out to our wonderful vets and farrier who have made made the first year easier for us all. It’s been a labor of love.

We heard it is International Cat Day. We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to talk about our favorite bobcats, Canyon and...
08/09/2025

We heard it is International Cat Day. We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to talk about our favorite bobcats, Canyon and Forest.
Enjoy some fun facts to wind down this evening with.

🐱There are 41 species of cats in the felidae family worldwide. 40 species of wild cats and one domestic.

🐱Bobcat males are more likely to share territories than females are.

🐱Northern bobcats tend to be larger than southern bobcats.

🐱They are highly adaptable to their environment. You can find them in forests, deserts, swamps, mountains, and even suburban areas.

🐱Bobcats are excellent swimmers and climbers, adding to their adaptability.

Make sure when you book an encounter to stop by the bobcat habitat and say hi.

08/08/2025

Ranger is loving our walks together …and so am I. As he is growing we are in the process of getting his outdoor enclosure that will be suitable for him as an adult all ready. We are so eager to get it done. He will have lots of room to run and plenty of dirt to dig.

We got to be part of a pretty cool thing. A camel (not ours) at OSU was brought in severely anemic and loads of parasite...
08/07/2025

We got to be part of a pretty cool thing. A camel (not ours) at OSU was brought in severely anemic and loads of parasites. She could no longer stand on her own and needed a blood transfusion. We were more than happy to take our healthy camel, Tucker up to Ohio State and give her some blood. We are hoping her recovery goes well and this last ditch effort will be a success.

I’m never letting Leo do the dishes again.
08/07/2025

I’m never letting Leo do the dishes again.

Where do the otters sleep at night? These three, (Lylla, Ridge and Flint) prefer to sleep in their tunnel together. Our ...
08/07/2025

Where do the otters sleep at night? These three, (Lylla, Ridge and Flint) prefer to sleep in their tunnel together. Our other five love to sleep in their house outdoors.
Did you know sea otters are the only species to sleep in the water holding hands? Asian Small Clawed Otters prefer to sleep in groups on land, either in burrows or above ground.

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