Did you know that guinea pigs have three toes on their back feet and four on their front feet?
On average guinea pigs live between 4 and 8 years, but the oldest guinea pig ever lived to be 15!
In the wild guinea pigs live in large groups so its important to cuddle your little buddy.
Hamsters like Josephine usually live in burrows underground during the day and come out at sunset to eat.
Just like her wild counterparts, Josephine eats a diet primarily made up of seeds and fresh fruits and veggies.
This is our buddy Houdini, the omnivorous Box Turtle! While most wild turtles live about thirty years, in captivity they can live to be over a hundred years old!
Box turtles are NOT tortoises even though older box turtles (like Houdini) live almost entirely on land.
Young Box Turtles have soft shells until the age of 7 years. The smaller softer shells make them excellent swimmers and they spend most of their days in the water. After 7 they tend to spend more time basking in the sun than in the water.
Corn snakes eat mice and small rodents. They will eat only a couple times a month!
Like all snakes, corn snakes, shed their skin when they out grow of it or as it gets old and worn out.
Corn Snakes are named after the corn like pattern on their bellies and because they were found in corn silos chasing mice.
Our activity table offers multiple hands-on learning throughout the week. Each week day, the museum puts out a new activity at the activity table. We love to keep kids learning!
Watch yourself as you put on a show! Our performance area includes a stage with a camera that shows you back on a TV!