Adopt-a-Critter Program

The Stokes Nature Center has a variety of animals from frogs to the garter snake and we need your help to care for them. Help provide food and other needs for the nature center's critters by adopting one of them for six months or a year. We have all kinds of critters to choose from so read on to discover more about the nature center's most popular attractions.

Critters                                                           6 Months             1 Year

 

“Flash” the Red-Eared Slider Turtle                    $ 12.00                 $  24.00

“Harrietta” the Chilean Rose Tarantula                $ 15.00                 $  30.00

“Marbles” the Arizona Tiger Salamander             $ 25.00                 $  50.00

“Stitch” the Common Garter Snake*                   $ 35.00                 $  70.00

“Gonzo” the Great Basin Gopher Snake*            $ 55.00                 $110.00

 

* A three month adoption is also available for these animals at ½ cost of the 6 mo adoption

Stitch the Common Garter Snake is small but fast, he is a native to Cache Valley and has red stripes to match his red tongue. Stitch enjoys a meal of fish each week.

Harrietta the Chilean Rose Tarantula is not native to Utah. Chilean Rose Tarantulas rarely if ever bite! Harrietta eats a couple large and a couple small crickets each week.

Flash the Red-Eared Slider Turtle is not native to Utah. Red-Eared Slider Turtles prefer quiet waters and prefers marshes, sluggish rivers, and ponds.  Flash eats a few fish a week.

Marbles the Arizona Tiger Salamander is a common sight to some visitors, while others say they have never seen one before. Salamanders like cool, damp, dark places. Marbles will often be found burrowed under the dirt or resting beneath a piece of wood. Tiger salamanders are the largest land-dwelling salamanders on earth. Marbles eats up to one dozen crickets each week.

Gonzo the Great Basin Gopher Snake is a native of Cache Valley. Gopher snakes, or blow snakes, you will often find Gonzo wrapped up under the bark in his cage or on a staff member's hand while visitors get a chance to pet and even hold the him. Gonzo eats two small mice each week.

If you choose to adopt a SNC critter your name will be posted on your critter's home to acknowledge your adoption. You will, of course, have unlimited visits during nature center hours, but your critter must remain here at the nature center! Your generosity will ensure that your critter and animals like them will always be here for you and others to learn from and enjoy.

For more information, please call 755-3239 or email us at nature@logannature.org.